Welcome to Today In History for Sunday, March 21, 2010.

On this day in history ..

• 1349 - 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
• 1421 - Battle of Beauge-French beat British
• 1492 - Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus
• 1610 - King James I addresses English House of Commons
• 1681 - 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London
• 1697 - Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe
• 1702 - Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament
• 1788 - Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
• 1788 - Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
• 1790 - Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State
• 1791 - Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN
• 1804 - French civil Code of Napoleon adopted
• 1824 - Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
• 1826 - Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna
• 1835 - Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass
• 1843 - Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today
• 1844 - Origin of BahÝ'° Era-BahÝ'° calendar starts here (BahÝ 1, 1)
• 1851 - Yosemite Valley discovered in California
• 1857 - Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die
• 1859 - 1st Zoological Society incorporates (Phila)
• 1859 - Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh
• 1859 - Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated
• 1860 - US extradition treaty with Sweden
• 1863 - Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon
• 1864 - Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana
• 1865 - Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman
• 1866 - Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
• 1868 - 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC
• 1871 - Journalist Henry M Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
• 1871 - Otto von Bismarck elevated FÅrst
• 1874 - US Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
• 1885 - 2nd French government of Ferry resigns
• 1888 - Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London
• 1890 - Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
• 1891 - A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years
• 1899 - British & French accord about West-Africa
• 1907 - US invades Honduras
• 1909 - Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)
• 1913 - -26] Flood in Ohio, kills 400
• 1914 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
• 1914 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott
• 1916 - JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as gov-gen of Neth Indies
• 1917 - 1st female US Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh
• 1918 - -28] During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive
• 1921 - Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC
• 1922 - KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
• 1923 - US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition
• 1924 - 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC)
• 1924 - Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US
• 1925 - Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens
• 1925 - Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar
• 1927 - Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee
• 1931 - KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
• 1931 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
• 1931 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
• 1933 - Hitler, Gîring, Prince Ruprecht, BrÅning & top army meet in Berlin
• 1934 - Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500
• 1934 - Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play
• 1935 - Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris
• 1935 - Persia officially renamed Iran
• 1937 - Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade
• 1939 - Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland
• 1941 - Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1942 - Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk
• 1942 - Heavy German assault on Malta
• 1943 - Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
• 1943 - British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia
• 1944 - Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy
• 1945 - 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa
• 1945 - During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
• 1945 - Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police
• 1946 - Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
• 1946 - UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx)
• 1947 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur
• 1947 - Pres Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
• 1947 - Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch
• 1948 - "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
• 1949 - WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1951 - 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea
• 1951 - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage
• 1952 - "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 perfs
• 1952 - -22] Tornadoes in Ark, Tenn, Mo, Miss, Ala & Ky cause 343 deaths
• 1952 - 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central US
• 1952 - Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever
• 1953 - NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse)
• 1954 - KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1955 - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece
• 1955 - Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"
• 1956 - 28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani & Ernest Borgnine win
• 1957 - Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in NYC
• 1958 - 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
• 1958 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
• 1959 - "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 16 performances
• 1959 - 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats W Va 71-70
• 1960 - Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
• 1961 - Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
• 1961 - Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club
• 1962 - A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds
• 1962 - Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Neth for birth control
• 1962 - Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control
• 1962 - Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36
• 1963 - Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed
• 1963 - David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London
• 1964 - 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83
• 1964 - Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
• 1964 - UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
• 1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
• 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
• 1965 - US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact
• 1966 - Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene
• 1968 - "Royals" chosen as the name of new KC AL franchise
• 1968 - Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London
• 1968 - Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
• 1968 - Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao TomÇ
• 1969 - John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)
• 1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1970 - 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69
• 1971 - Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
• 1971 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
• 1971 - Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"
• 1971 - WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1972 - US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote
• 1973 - Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals
• 1974 - Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall
• 1975 - Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
• 1978 - Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
• 1979 - Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
• 1980 - On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot
• 1982 - "Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC
• 1982 - Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
• 1982 - Movie "Annie" premieres
• 1982 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
• 1983 - Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
• 1984 - Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings
• 1984 - NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
• 1984 - Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
• 1984 - Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
• 1985 - Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
• 1985 - Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed
• 1986 - 199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
• 1986 - Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) & 3 km (4:18.02)
• 1986 - Pittsburgh Associates buy Pitts Pirates for $218 million
• 1987 - PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (ü17 million)
• 1988 - 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
• 1989 - 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral
• 1990 - "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC for 149 perfs
• 1990 - "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
• 1990 - "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV
• 1990 - Namibia becomes independent of S Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president
• 1991 - 27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide
• 1991 - Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome
• 1991 - Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship
• 1991 - UN Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq
• 1992 - 2nd WLAF season begins
• 1992 - Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi
• 1993 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
• 1993 - Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint
• 1993 - South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
• 1994 - 66th Academy Awards - "Schindler's List," Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win
• 1994 - Anne P Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of Natl History
• 1994 - Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend
• 1994 - Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals
• 1995 - NJ officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295
• 1995 - NYC agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM)
• 1996 - "Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 perfs
• 1997 - Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus)
• 1997 - Wrestlemania XIII

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1466 - French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen
• 1474 - Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint
• 1521 - Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)
• 1527 - Hermann Finck, composer
• 1609 - Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)
• 1624 - Franáois Roberday, composer
• 1642 - Georg Schmezer, composer
• 1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (MatthÑus-Passion)
• 1708 - Caspar Ruetz, composer
• 1713 - Francis Lewis, signer (Decl of Ind)
• 1716 - Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer
• 1763 - Jean Paul, writer
• 1765 - Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat
• 1768 - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist
• 1779 - Alexis Garaude, composer
• 1806 - Benito Pablo JuÝrez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of MÇxico (1858-72)
• 1813 - James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)
• 1816 - Charlotte Bronte, novelist/poet
• 1820 - Frank Mori, composer
• 1836 - Jesus Monasterio, composer
• 1839 - Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS]
• 1854 - Alick A C Bannerman, cricketer (bro of Charles, Australia 1878-1893)
• 1863 - Hugo Kaun, composer
• 1866 - Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer
• 1869 - Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design
• 1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld, producer (Ziegfield Follies)
• 1878 - Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer
• 1880 - Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real)
• 1880 - Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist
• 1881 - Hermann Sandby, composer
• 1882 - Gilbert M Anderson, [Max Aronson], Little Rock AR
• 1883 - Jules van Nuffel, composer
• 1884 - George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure)
• 1887 - Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor
• 1891 - Jonathan Hale, actor (Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back)
• 1893 - Geoffrey Dearmer, poet
• 1900 - Eugenie Leontovitch, Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal)
• 1900 - Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor
• 1901 - Carmelita Geraghty, Rushville IN, actress (My Best Girl, Texas Ranger)
• 1901 - Richard Leslie Hill, historian
• 1902 - Carl Jaffe, Hamburg Germany, actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement)
• 1902 - Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician (Delta Blues)
• 1902 - William Downie Forrest, journalist
• 1904 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer
• 1905 - Phyllis McGinley, US, poet (Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters)
• 1906 - John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil)
• 1908 - Maurice Stans, rocker
• 1910 - Nick Castle, Bkln, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland)
• 1911 - John Paxton, screenwriter (On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely)
• 1912 - Peter Bull, actor/author (Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove)
• 1913 - George Ghita Ionescu, academic
• 1913 - Max Youngstein, NYC, producer (United Artists)
• 1914 - Herman Siles Zuazo, politician
• 1914 - Paul Tortelier, composer
• 1918 - Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
• 1918 - Joe Carveth, NHL forward (scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons)
• 1919 - Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist
• 1919 - Lois Collier, SC, actress (Mary-Boston Blackie, Slave Girl)
• 1920 - Bruno Maderna, composer [or Apr 21]
• 1921 - Antony Hopkins, composer
• 1921 - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist
• 1921 - Logan Ramsey, Long Beach Calif, actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes)
• 1923 - Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show)
• 1923 - Philip Abbott, Lincoln Neb, actor (Arthur Ward-The FBI)
• 1924 - Karl Heinz Fussl, composer
• 1925 - John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)
• 1925 - Peter Brook, London, director (1776)/TV writer
• 1926 - AndrÇ Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta)
• 1926 - Virginia Weidler, Hollywood CA, actress (Babes on Broadway)
• 1927 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP)
• 1928 - Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer
• 1928 - James W Kinnear, Pittsburgh Pa, CEO (Texaco)
• 1928 - Peter Hacks, German playwright (Tie Windloch)
• 1929 - James Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death)
• 1929 - Jules Verne Berman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV)
• 1931 - Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist
• 1932 - Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch)
• 1933 - John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
• 1933 - Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense (1986)/MP
• 1934 - Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie)
• 1934 - Lister Carney, Bellaire Oh, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
• 1935 - Brian Clough, soccer manager
• 1935 - Hubert Fichte, writer
• 1936 - Marek Stachowski, composer
• 1937 - Tom Flores, Fresno Calif, NFL quarterback/coach (Raiders)
• 1938 - Grahame Thomas, cricketer (Australian batsman of the mid-60's)
• 1938 - Wilf Corrigan, English/US electronic manufacturer (LSI Logic)
• 1939 - Kathleen Widdoes, Wilmington Del, actress (Without a Trace)
• 1939 - Martha Hudson, Eastman Ga, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1941 - Dirk D Frimout, Belgium, cosmonaut
• 1941 - Malcolm Francke, cricketer (leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984)
• 1942 - Franáoise DorlÇac, Paris France, actress (That Man From Rio)
• 1943 - Antal Dunai, Hungary, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1943 - Vivian Stanshall, songwriter/comic
• 1944 - Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff Ark, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold-1968)
• 1944 - Henrik Colding-Jorgensen, composer
• 1944 - Jamary Oliveira, composer
• 1944 - Marie-Christine Barrault, Paris France, actress (Stardust Memories)
• 1945 - Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
• 1945 - Vernon Guy, US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees)
• 1946 - Ray Dorset, rocker (Cold Blue Excursion)
• 1946 - Timothy Dalton, North Wales, actor (James Bond-Living Daylights)
• 1949 - Alvin Kallicharran, cricketer (wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81)
• 1950 - Peter Banks, rocker (Genesis)
• 1950 - Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again)
• 1951 - Helena Antonaccio, playmate (June, 1969)
• 1951 - Russell Thompkins Jr, US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing)
• 1952 - Chris O'Connell, rocker
• 1953 - Carl Wolfson, Wash DC, comedian (Thicke of the Night)
• 1953 - Robert Johnson, rocker
• 1953 - Shotgun Johnson, rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Boys-Give it Up)
• 1954 - Mary Jane Smith, Van Nuys Ca, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1993)
• 1955 - Barbel Wockel-Eckert, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80)
• 1955 - Jean Marie Hon, SF Calif, actress (Jane-Man From Atlantis)
• 1956 - Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, marathoner (Olympic-4th-1984, Bost-86, 89)
• 1957 - Sabrina Le Beauf, New Orleans La, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show)
• 1958 - Brad Hall, Santa Barbara Calif, comedian (SNL)
• 1958 - Gary Oldman, actor (Sid & Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace)
• 1958 - Marlies Gîhr, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
• 1960 - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champ)
• 1960 - Dale Baze, jockey
• 1960 - Guy Chadwick, English singer/songwriter (House of Love)
• 1961 - Kassie Wesley, Ky, actress (Evil Dead 2, Blair-One Life to Live)
• 1961 - Slim MacDonnell, Jim Phantom rock percussionist (Stray Cats)
• 1961 - Wei Wang, Beijing China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96)
• 1962 - Matthew Broderick, NYC, actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues)
• 1962 - Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne (League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie)
• 1963 - Ronald Koeman, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord)
• 1963 - Sharon June Howe Pederson, Glencoe Mn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
• 1963 - Shawon Dunston, Brooklyn NY, infielder (SF Giants)
• 1966 - Al Iafrate, Dearborn Mich, NHL defenseman (San Jose Sharks)
• 1966 - Karen Lunn, Cowra Australia, LPGA golfer (1993 Women's British Open)
• 1966 - Matthew Maynard, cricketer (big hitting Glamorgan & England player)
• 1967 - Elaina Oden, Orange CA, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
• 1967 - Troy Westwood, CFL kicker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1968 - Erwin Vanderbroeck, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
• 1968 - Jeff Lazaro, Waltham Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
• 1968 - Johan Garpenlov, Stockholm Swe, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
• 1968 - Mark Sander, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
• 1968 - Samantha Leah Dorman, Lakeland Fla, playmate (Sept, 1991)
• 1968 - Scott Williams, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
• 1969 - Jennifer Lyn Jackson, Cleveland Ohio, playmate (April, 1989)
• 1969 - Mark Allen, Australia, Australasia golfer
• 1971 - Hason Graham, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots)
• 1972 - (Olympics-silver-1998)
• 1972 - Boris Mironov, Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia Oly-S-98, Edmonton)
• 1972 - Chris Ball, Costa Mesa Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Frank West, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1972 - John Leach, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1972 - Michele Michael, Miss Maryland USA (1996)
• 1973 - Chiou Hai Ta, Miss Taiwan ROC Universe (1997)
• 1973 - Larry Bowie, running back (Washington Redskins)
• 1975 - Vitaly Potapenko, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1487 - Nicholas van Fluâ, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies
• 1538 - Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79
• 1556 - Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66
• 1652 - Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flem historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at 55
• 1654 - Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51
• 1656 - Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76
• 1729 - John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57
• 1734 - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48
• 1768 - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
• 1793 - Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51
• 1801 - Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59
• 1810 - Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies
• 1844 - Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65
• 1857 - Abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64
• 1863 - Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66
• 1894 - Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80
• 1916 - Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72
• 1920 - Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37
• 1921 - "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
• 1934 - Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55
• 1934 - Lilyan Tashman, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 34
• 1936 - Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70
• 1938 - Oscar Apfel, actor (Inspiration), dies at 60
• 1939 - Evald Aav, composer, dies at 39
• 1941 - Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67
• 1942 - Captain MorÝvec, Czech resistance fighter, commit suicide
• 1945 - J Woortman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen at 39
• 1952 - A J Pieters, SS-UntersturmfÅhrer, executed
• 1952 - Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed
• 1954 - Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84
• 1955 - Muriel Aked, dies at 67
• 1958 - Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34
• 1969 - Gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44
• 1970 - Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49
• 1973 - Antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65
• 1974 - Candy Darling, [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies
• 1975 - Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64
• 1975 - Ralph Hawtrey, economist (multiplier), dies at 95
• 1980 - Gideon Fagan, composer, dies at 75
• 1982 - Harry H Corbett, Brits actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57
• 1985 - Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 77
• 1985 - Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78
• 1986 - August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90
• 1987 - Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35
• 1987 - Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68
• 1989 - Milton Frome, actor (Family Jewels), dies
• 1991 - Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies
• 1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, former PM of India, killed by bomb at 46
• 1992 - John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78
• 1994 - Dack Rambo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 52
• 1994 - Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89
• 1994 - Macdonald Carey, actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81
• 1995 - Daan Wildschut, Dutch painter/author, dies at 81
• 1995 - Etienne Martin, French sculptor, dies at 82
• 1995 - Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66
• 1995 - Robert Urquhart, actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72
• 1996 - Eric Brand, diplomat, dies at 73
• 1996 - Frank Murray, police Officer, dies at 51