Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Mon Mar 29 2021 06:00 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
03/29/1484 Johann Spangenberg, composer
03/29/1561 Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/hereti
03/29/1616 Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer
03/29/1636 Esaias Reusner, composer
03/29/1725 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer
03/29/1752 Edward Jones, composer
03/29/1790 John Tyler, Va, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845)
03/29/1799 Edward Stanley, Earl Derby (C), British PM (1852, 1858-59, 1866-68)
03/29/1813 John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884
03/29/1816 James Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
03/29/1817 Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet
03/29/1819 Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well
03/29/1819 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/founded American Hebrew Congregations
03/29/1821 Joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
03/29/1826 Wilhelm Liebknecht, German social-democratic parliament member
03/29/1829 Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia
03/29/1829 Robert Emmett Rodes, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
03/29/1867 Cy Young, winningest pitcher (509 wins, 1890-1911)
03/29/1869 Ales Hrdlicka, US, anthropologist/curator (US National Museum)
03/29/1875 Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33)
03/29/1875 Paul Rubens, composer
03/29/1876 Jan Ingenhoven, composer
03/29/1876 Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist
03/29/1879 Thomas Beecham, composer
03/29/1886 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer
03/29/1888 Adrianus M de Young, writer (World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak)
03/29/1888 James E Casey, founder (United Parcel Service)
03/29/1889 Howard Lindsay, writer
03/29/1889 Warner Baxter, US actor (In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid)
03/29/1892 J�zsef Mindszenty [Joseph Prehm), Hungarian cardinal
03/29/1901 French U Kailas, Finnish poet
03/29/1902 Marcel Aym�, French writer (Jument Verte)
03/29/1902 Onslow Stevens, LA Calif, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life)
03/29/1902 William Walton, England, composer (Troilus & Cressida, Wise Virgins)
03/29/1905 Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader
03/29/1906 E Power Biggs, Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS)
03/29/1908 Arthur O'Connell, NYC, actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years)
03/29/1908 Dennis O'Keefe, Fort Madison Iowa, actor (Suspicion)
03/29/1909 Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke)
03/29/1911 Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu)
03/29/1913 Niall MacGinnis, Dublin Ireland, actor (Curse of the Demon)
03/29/1913 Phil Foster, Bkln NY, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley)
03/29/1916 Eugene McCarthy, (Sen-D-Minn, presidential candidate 1968)
03/29/1917 Man O'War, racehorse, winner of 20 out of 21 races & $249,465
03/29/1918 Pearl Bailey, Newport News Va, singer (Hello Dolly)
03/29/1918 Sam Walton, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart)
03/29/1919 Eileen Heckart, Columbus Ohio, actress (Doll's House, Trauma Center)
03/29/1924 Jules de Corte, blind lead singer
03/29/1925 Emlen Tunnell, NFL safety (Giants, Packers)
03/29/1927 Arthur Jr Ravenel, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
03/29/1928 Vaclav Felix, composer
03/29/1934 Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, composer
03/29/1936 Richard Rodney Bennett, Broadstairs Kent England, composer
03/29/1937 Billy Carter, Georgia, brother of Pres Carter
03/29/1938 Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA)
03/29/1939 Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, Night Creature)
03/29/1940 Raymond Davis, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep)
03/29/1941 Terence Hill, Venice Italy, actor (Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity)
03/29/1942 Larry Pressler, (Sen-R-SD, 1979- )
03/29/1943 Eric Idle, England, comedian/actor (Monty Python)
03/29/1943 John Major, British premier (1990- )
03/29/1943 Lech Walesa, union leader/president Poland (or 9/23)
03/29/1943 Vangelis, composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire)
03/29/1944 Denny McLain, Detroit Tiger pitcher (1968 AL MVP/Cy Young/31 wins)
03/29/1945 Julie Goodyear, British actress (Bet Lynch-Coronation Street)
03/29/1945 Walt 'Clyde' Frazier, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
03/29/1945 Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host
03/29/1947 Aleksandr Step Viktorenko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, TM-8, TM-13)
03/29/1947 Bobby Kimball, vocalist (Toto-Africa)
03/29/1949 Michael Brecker, musician (The Brecker Brothers)
03/29/1950 Bud Cort, actor (Maria's Lovers, Brewster McCloud, M*A*S*H)
03/29/1952 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 8
03/29/1954 Karen Anne Quinlan, NJ, famous comatose patient
03/29/1955 Dianne Kay, Phoenix Az, actress (Nancy-8 is Enough, Reggie, Glitter)
03/29/1955 Earl Campbell, NFL running back (Houston, New Orleans)
03/29/1956 Kurt Thomas, US, gymnist (Olympics), actor (Gymkata)
03/29/1956 LaToya Jackson, singer (If You Feel the Funk)/posed for Playboy
03/29/1957 Christopher Lambert, actor (Highlander, Subway, Greystoke, Why Me)
03/29/1959 Marina Sirtis, London, actress (Troi-Star Trek: The Next Generation)
03/29/1961 Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio)
03/29/1964 Elle Macpherson, Sydney Australia, model (Sports Illustrated 1986,7,
03/29/1964 Jill Goodacre, Lubbock Texas, model (Cosmopolitan, Victoria Secrets)
03/29/1969 James Atkin, rocker (EMF-Unbelievable)
03/29/1970 Lara Flynn Boyle, actress (Twin Peaks)
03/29/1971 Ryan Mark Lambert
03/29/1976 Jennifer Capriati, tennis pro (Federation Cup-1990)
03/29/2334 Beverly Crusher, Copernicus Luna, fictional doctor-Star Trek Next Ge
03/29/2336 Deanna Troi, Betazed, fictional counsellor-Star Trek Next Gen
Deaths:
03/29/1058 Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), die
03/29/1650 Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73
03/29/1745 Robert Walpole, count of Orford/1st British premier, dies
03/29/1792 Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds
03/29/1794 Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet, mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at 5
03/29/1802 Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 52
03/29/1839 Bernardus JC Dibbets, baron/general-major (Maastricht), dies at 56
03/29/1847 Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies
03/29/1848 John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84
03/29/1866 Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies
03/29/1880 Jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62
03/29/1888 Charles-Valentin Alkan, composer, dies at 74
03/29/1892 William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75
03/29/1911 Alexandre Guilmant, composer, dies at 74
03/29/1912 Robert F Scott, British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies
03/29/1917 Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76
03/29/1924 Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, dies at 71
03/29/1933 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Ned's violinist/conductor, dies
03/29/1937 Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 5
03/29/1945 Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79
03/29/1957 Joyce A L Cary, English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies
03/29/1958 W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, composer, dies at 84
03/29/1959 Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies
03/29/1959 Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer, dies at 84
03/29/1963 Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies
03/29/1964 Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
03/29/1974 Seton I Miller, writer, dies at 71
03/29/1979 Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82
03/29/1980 Mantovani, orch leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
03/29/1981 Eric Williams, Prime Minister (Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 79
03/29/1982 Carl Orff, German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86
03/29/1982 Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 68 of heart attac
03/29/1982 Walter Hallstein, W German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80
03/29/1983 Richard O'Brien, actor (Rocky Horror Show), dies of cancer at 65
03/29/1986 Harry Ritz, actor (3 Musketeers, On the Avenue), dies
03/29/1989 Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women & War), dies at 73
03/29/1991 Lee Atwater, political strategists (R), dies of brain tumor at 40
03/29/1991 Matt Bennett, actor (Hickey & Boggs), dies
03/29/1992 Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana
03/29/1992 Paul [G J von] Henreid, Austrian actor (Laszlo-Casablanca), dies at
Significant Events:
03/29/1461 Battle near Towton Field (33,000 die)
03/29/1638 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
03/29/1798 Republic of Switzerland forms
03/29/1807 Discovery of 4th asteroid Vesta by Heinrich Olbers
03/29/1807 H W Olbers discovers asteroid #4 Vesta
03/29/1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians
03/29/1847 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico [or 0327?]
03/29/1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing-for 1 day-because of an ice jam
03/29/1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
03/29/1864 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
03/29/1865 -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed
03/29/1865 Battle of Quaker Road, VA
03/29/1867 British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passed
03/29/1871 Albert Hall opens in London
03/29/1882 Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men
03/29/1886 Coca-Cola created (with cocaine)
03/29/1912 Last entry in Scott's diary, in a blizzard 18 km from the So Pole
03/29/1919 Mont & Seat win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarde
03/29/1924 Bayern & Vatican reach accord
03/29/1927 1st auto to exceed 200 mph (322 kph), Henry Segrave, Daytona Beach
03/29/1927 HOD Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona
03/29/1928 Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (NYC)
03/29/1929 Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games for the Stanley Cup
03/29/1932 Jack Benny debuts on radio
03/29/1934 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialistic worker's movement bankrupt
03/29/1935 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1754 Cunningham
03/29/1935 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage
03/29/1935 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1343 Nicole
03/29/1936 10,000 watch the 200' mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
03/29/1940 Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck to retain heavyweight boxing title
03/29/1941 WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format)
03/29/1941 Wisconsin beats Wash State for NCAA basketball championship
03/29/1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
03/29/1943 Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WW II
03/29/1945 Oklahoma A & M wins NCAA basketball championship
03/29/1948 Yanks & Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game
03/29/1949 Turkey recognizes Israel
03/29/1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2069 Hubble
03/29/1959 'Some Like it Hot' with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
03/29/1961 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Wash DC residents to vote for pres
03/29/1961 After a 4� year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
03/29/1961 KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
03/29/1962 Argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army
03/29/1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the 'Tonight Show'
03/29/1963 Final episode of soap opera 'Young Doctor Malone'
03/29/1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs George Chuval in Toronto
03/29/1967 WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
03/29/1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College
03/29/1969 Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
03/29/1971 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My-Lai massacre
03/29/1971 Chile president Allende nationalizes banks
03/29/1971 Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor
03/29/1971 WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, VA (PBS) begins broadcastin
03/29/1973 Dave Cowens, wins NBA MVP
03/29/1973 Last US troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Gulf Resolution
03/29/1973 US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution
03/29/1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
03/29/1975 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
03/29/1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State student
03/29/1982 'Chariots of Fire' wins the 54th Academy Award
03/29/1982 L E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3691
03/29/1982 North Carolina beats Georgetown, 63-63, for NCAA basketball title
03/29/1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
03/29/1985 Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece
03/29/1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
03/29/1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
03/29/1987 Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44 to win NCAA Ladies Basketball title
03/29/1987 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party
03/29/1987 Largest wrestling crowd ever (90,873) at Silverdome
03/29/1987 Wrestlemania III-Hulk Hogan beats Andre the Giant
03/29/1988 US Congress refuses continuing aid to Nicaraguan contras
03/29/1989 'Rainman,' Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster wins 61st Acadamy Awards
03/29/1989 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
03/29/1989 1st US private commercial rocket takes suborbital test flight (NM)
03/29/1989 I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris
03/29/1989 Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in NY for racketeering
03/29/1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 2nd victim, Germaine Montenesdro
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