This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
03/07/1543 Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent) 
03/07/1574 John Wilbye, composer 
03/07/1602 Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits) 
03/07/1621 Georg Neumark, composer 
03/07/1663 Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer 
03/07/1682 Johan W van Ripperda, diplomat/baron/duke 
03/07/1693 Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69) 
03/07/1707 Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind 
03/07/1715 Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet (Der Frhling) 
03/07/1731 Jean-Louis Laruette, composer 
03/07/1762 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company) 
03/07/1765 Joseph Niepce, inventor (photography) 
03/07/1769 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer 
03/07/1773 Tommaso Marchesi, composer 
03/07/1785 Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed) 
03/07/1792 John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer 
03/07/1797 Karl Schwencke, composer 
03/07/1799 Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song) 
03/07/1807 Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Of the Alchemist) 
03/07/1811 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer 
03/07/1813 Judocus Smits, Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time) 
03/07/1820 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer 
03/07/1822 Victor Masse, composer 
03/07/1827 Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 188

03/07/1831 John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen 
03/07/1832 Orlando Metcalfe Poe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 
03/07/1837 Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) 
03/07/1841 Olegario V¡ctor Andrade, Argentina, poet (El nido the c¢ndores) 
03/07/1842 Anne CAI of Diest, Belgian physician/feminist 
03/07/1844 Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist 
03/07/1849 Luther Burbank, Lancaster, Mass, horticulturist 
03/07/1850 Tom s G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35) 
03/07/1856 Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) 
03/07/1857 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) 
03/07/1858 Nikolai Artzibushev, composer 
03/07/1869 Earnest J Cohen, chemist 
03/07/1872 Piet Mondrian, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie) 
03/07/1872 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer 
03/07/1875 Maurice Joseph Ravel, Cibourne France, composer (Bol‚ro) 
03/07/1875 Maurice Ravel, composer 
03/07/1883 Carl Deis, composer 
03/07/1887 Heino Eller, composer 
03/07/1888 Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, gov of Neth Indies (1936-45

03/07/1895 Juan Jose Castro, composer 
03/07/1896 Erwin Bodky, composer 
03/07/1898 John Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer 
03/07/1900 [Albert] Carel Willink, painter (realism) 
03/07/1902 Heinz Rhmann, German actor (Der Hauptmann von K”penick) 
03/07/1904 Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver) 
03/07/1904 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice)) 
03/07/1904 Willy Forst, Austria actor/director (Wiener Broke) 
03/07/1906 Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer 
03/07/1906 Hans Lachman, composer 
03/07/1907 Juan Francisco Giacobbe, composer 
03/07/1907 Mircea Eliade, religious historian (Le Yoga) 
03/07/1908 Anna Magnani, Alexandria Egypt, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle) 
03/07/1908 Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN) 
03/07/1908 Tomas de Manzarraga, composer 
03/07/1911 Stefan Kisielewski, composer 
03/07/1915 Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician 
03/07/1917 Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone) 
03/07/1917 Robert Erickson, composer 
03/07/1924 Kobo Abe, Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes) 
03/07/1930 Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, photographer 
03/07/1930 James Broderick, Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family)

03/07/1931 Cornelis T 'Cor' van de Molen, director Social Businesses of Press 
03/07/1931 Donald Barthelme, US, writer (Snow White) 
03/07/1934 Willard Scott, weather forecaster (Today Show) 
03/07/1936 Georges Perec, French writer 
03/07/1937 Don Bonker, (Rep-D-WA, 1975-  ) 
03/07/1938 Homero Blancas, golfer (1965 Rookie of the Year) 
03/07/1938 Janet Guthrie, race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indie 500 
03/07/1939 Marion Marlowe, St Louis Mo, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends) 
03/07/1940 Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues)

03/07/1940 Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader 
03/07/1940 Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4) 
03/07/1942 Michael Eisner, Mt Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney) 
03/07/1942 Paul Preuss, US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire) 
03/07/1942 Tammy Faye Bakker, gospel singer/wife of Jim Baker (PTL) 
03/07/1942 Tommy F Robinson, (Rep-D-AR, 1985-  ) 
03/07/1943 Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought) 
03/07/1944 Elton Gallegly, (Rep-R-California) 
03/07/1945 Arthur Lee, rocker (Vindicator) 
03/07/1945 John Heard, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD) 
03/07/1946 Peter Wolf, rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame) 
03/07/1947 Donna Loren, Boston Mass, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo) 
03/07/1947 Lewis J Stadlen, Bkln NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City) 
03/07/1950 Franco Harris, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers) 
03/07/1952 Ernie Isley, US guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On) 
03/07/1952 Lynn Swann, NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster 
03/07/1954 Matt Frenette, rocker (Loverboy) 
03/07/1960 Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis pro (US Open 1985-87) 
03/07/1961 Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena Calif, actress (Kayla-Days of our Lives) 
03/07/1962 Taylor Dane, Long Island NY, rocker (I'll Always Love You) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
03/07/ 161 Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 

03/07/ 322 -BC- Aristotle, Greek philosopher, dies 
03/07/1040 Harold I, King of England (1035-40), dies 
03/07/1111 Bohemund I van Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies 
03/07/1274 Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48 
03/07/1305 Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namen, dies at 78 
03/07/1724 Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68

03/07/1737 Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/field marshal, dies at 79 
03/07/1750 Cornelis Consolation, portrait (It Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52 
03/07/1761 Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68 
03/07/1802 Johann Georg Witthauer, composer, dies at 50 
03/07/1804 John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies 
03/07/1809 Johann G Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73 
03/07/1810 Albertus H Wiese, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at about 48 
03/07/1842 Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61 
03/07/1862 Ben McCulloch, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 50 
03/07/1862 John Baillie McIntosh, US general-major (Union Army), dies at 32 
03/07/1907 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64 
03/07/1911 Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies 
03/07/1926 Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan, composer, dies at 73 
03/07/1931 Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65 
03/07/1931 Theo of Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect, dies 
03/07/1932 Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69 
03/07/1939 Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 39 
03/07/1941 Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63 
03/07/1945 Adolf Bartels, German writer, dies 
03/07/1951 Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated 
03/07/1951 Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies 
03/07/1959 Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies 
03/07/1959 Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows dies at 88 
03/07/1961 Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42 
03/07/1961 Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France dies at 60 
03/07/1964 Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73 
03/07/1973 Andr‚ de Meulemaster, Belgian WW I pilot [Arend van Vlanderen], dies

03/07/1975 Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73 
03/07/1976 Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at 90 
03/07/1979 Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 
03/07/1979 Klaus Egge, composer, dies at 72 
03/07/1981 John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73 
03/07/1981 Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67 
03/07/1982 Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68 
03/07/1983 Igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70 
03/07/1983 Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65

03/07/1985 George Schick, conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 
03/07/1985 Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95 
03/07/1985 Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies 
03/07/1986 Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81 
03/07/1988 Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema 
03/07/1990 Max Neuhaus, composer, dies at 50 
03/07/1993 Arnold Franchetti, Ital/US composer, dies 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
03/07/1138 Conrad III becomes German king 
03/07/1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa 
03/07/1621 John Pieterszoon Coens troops land on Lontor, East-Indies 
03/07/1633 Prince Frederik Henry appointed himself viceroy of Limburg 
03/07/1644 Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies 
03/07/1719 Amsterdams master builder Steven J Vennekool buried 
03/07/1774 British close port of Boston to all commerce 
03/07/1778 Capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay 
03/07/1801 Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law 
03/07/1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro 
03/07/1835 HMS Beagle sails from Valparaiso to Concepci¢n 
03/07/1843 1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 
03/07/1847 US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico 
03/07/1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed 
03/07/1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850 
03/07/1851 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 
03/07/1852 Dutch telegraph worker law established 
03/07/1854 Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 
03/07/1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch & McIntosh killed 
03/07/1865 -10] Battles round Kinston NC 
03/07/1870 Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & Eas

03/07/1872 -8øF in Boston, MA 
03/07/1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone 
03/07/1894 A Charlois discovers asteroid #388 Charybdis 
03/07/1900 Battle at Poplar Brutal 
03/07/1902 Boers beat British troop in Two Bush, Transvaal 
03/07/1906 Finnish Senate agrees for general voting right, except for poor 
03/07/1907 Kopff discovers asteroid 628 Christine, 629 Bernardina & 630 Euphemi

03/07/1908 Cincinnati mayor says woman aren't physically fit to operate an auto

03/07/1911 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border 
03/07/1911 Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker 
03/07/1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 
03/07/1913 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #747 Winchester 
03/07/1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania 
03/07/1921 Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt 
03/07/1926 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY) 
03/07/1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 
03/07/1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball 
03/07/1932 Irregularities in Ford-factory Dearborn, Michigan, kill 4 
03/07/1933 Game of 'Monopoly' invented 
03/07/1934 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1301 Yvonne 
03/07/1935 Saar incorporated into Germany 
03/07/1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 
03/07/1937 Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR 
03/07/1939 Glamour magazine begins publishing 
03/07/1940 Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home 
03/07/1940 Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ 
03/07/1941 3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1') 
03/07/1941 50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece 
03/07/1941 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 
03/07/1942 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee 
03/07/1943 S Arend discovers asteroid #1563 Noel 
03/07/1944 Japans begins offensive in Burma 
03/07/1945 Cologne taken by allied armies 
03/07/1945 During WW II, US crosses Rhine River 
03/07/1945 US 9th Pantzer division attacks Remagen on the Rhine 
03/07/1948 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1863 Antinous 
03/07/1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1597 Laugier 
03/07/1950 Dick Button wins 3rd consecutive world figure skating championship 
03/07/1951 Ezzard Charles wins 15-round HW decision against Jersey Joe Walcott 
03/07/1954 Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competiton 
03/07/1955 Baseball com Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter 
03/07/1955 Mary Martin as 'Peter Pan' televised 
03/07/1958 Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffa

03/07/1959 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 
03/07/1960 Builders strike for CLA 
03/07/1962 Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data) 
03/07/1965 Alabama state troopers & 600 black protestors clash in Selma 
03/07/1965 Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile 
03/07/1970 WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting 
03/07/1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire 
03/07/1973 Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory 
03/07/1973 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahmans Awami League wins election in Bangladesh 
03/07/1974 'Monitor' (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras NC 
03/07/1974 1st general striking in Ethiopia 
03/07/1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate 
03/07/1976 Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria 
03/07/1977 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 
03/07/1977 Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin meets Pres Carter 
03/07/1978 Belgium baron Charles Brought kidnap 
03/07/1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 
03/07/1978 Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb 
03/07/1981 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death 
03/07/1982 Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec) 
03/07/1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released 
03/07/1986 M Inoue & O Muramatsu discovers asteroid #3432 Kobuchizawa 
03/07/1986 South-Africa emergency crisis disbands Brabant & Limburg 
03/07/1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist 
03/07/1987 Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith to win the WBA heavyweight title 
03/07/1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award 
03/07/1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Gr Britain over Rushdie 
03/07/1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland) 
03/07/1990 H Wayne Huizenga buys « Joe Robbie Stadium & 15% of Dolphins for $30

  
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