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:  
 
03/08/1075 Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, Arab theologist 
03/08/1495 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brother of Barmhartigheid) 
03/08/1607 Johann Rist, composer 
03/08/1714 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach 
03/08/1743 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer 
03/08/1748 Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau 
03/08/1778 Friedrich August Kanne, composer 
03/08/1783 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer 
03/08/1783 Hannah Hoes Van Buren, NY, wife of pres Martin (1837-41) (died 1819)

03/08/1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery 
03/08/1799 Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 
03/08/1825 George William Martin, composer 
03/08/1836 Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) 
03/08/1840 Franco Faccio, composer 
03/08/1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) 
03/08/1843 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer 
03/08/1847 Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente) 
03/08/1853 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, Flemish composer (Parisina) 
03/08/1857 Ruggero Leoncavallo, composer 
03/08/1859 Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows) 
03/08/1859 Otto Taubmann, composer 
03/08/1862 Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds 
03/08/1865 Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer 
03/08/1872 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer 
03/08/1876 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) 
03/08/1879 Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium

03/08/1883 Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer 
03/08/1886 Anton Portielje, inspector of Arts/radio host 
03/08/1886 Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950) 
03/08/1888 Stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste) 
03/08/1889 Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business) 
03/08/1891 Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey) 
03/08/1892 M ty s R kosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53) 
03/08/1894 W„in” V Aaltonen, Finnish sculptor 
03/08/1898 Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each othe

03/08/1898 Theophilus E D”nges, South Afr minister of Internal Affairs 
03/08/1899 Eric Linklater, Scotland, novelist/poet (Blue Swallows) 
03/08/1909 Anthony Donato, composer 
03/08/1909 Claire Trevor, actress (Murder My Sweet, Marjorie Morningstar) 
03/08/1911 Alan Hovhaness, Somerville Mass, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo) 
03/08/1917 A Marja, [ATE Mooy], wrtier (Snippers on the River) 
03/08/1918 Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr, LA Calif, actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island)

03/08/1921 Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side

03/08/1922 Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953) 
03/08/1923 Sembene Ousmane, Senegalese author/novelist/director (Doctor Noir) 
03/08/1924 Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur

03/08/1925 Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer 
03/08/1925 Petrus Steenkamp, Dutch politician (KVP/CDA) 
03/08/1927 Jaromir Podesva, composer 
03/08/1927 Joseph Berg, composer 
03/08/1928 Frank Michael Beyer, composer 
03/08/1928 Judy Johnson, Norfolk Va, singer (Your Show of Shows) 
03/08/1934 Christian Wolff, composer 
03/08/1934 Ron Taylor, Sydney Australia, cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals

03/08/1936 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle) 
03/08/1936 Sue Ane Langdon, Paterson NJ, actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie) 
03/08/1937 Juvenal Hayarimana, president of Rwanda (1973-  ) 
03/08/1937 Raynoma Gordy, [Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices) 
03/08/1938 Lew DeWitt, Va, country singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall

03/08/1939 George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist (Dark Sky Legacy) 
03/08/1939 Jim Bouton, Newark NJ, pitcher (NY Yankees)/author (Ball Four) 
03/08/1939 Lydia Skoblikova, USSR, speed skater (Olympics-6 gold-1960, 64) 
03/08/1939 Mike Lowry, (Rep-D-WA, 1979-  ) 
03/08/1939 Robert Tear, Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh Natl Opera 1970) 
03/08/1939 Yannis Vlachopoulos, composer 
03/08/194- Alan Sues, Ross Calif, comedian (Laugh-In) 
03/08/1940 Leslie Isben Rogge, one of FBI's most wanted 
03/08/1940 Susan Clark, Sarnia Ontario, actress (Night Moves, Webster) 
03/08/1940 Theo Laseroms, [The Tank], soccer player (Feyenoord) 
03/08/1941 Ivana Loudova, composer 
03/08/1941 Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff, composer 
03/08/1942 Ann Packer-Brightwell, England, 400m/800m runner (Oly-gold-1964) 
03/08/1942 Ralph Ellis, England, rhythm (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good) 
03/08/1942 [Dick] Richie Allen, baseball player (AL MVP 1972) 
03/08/1943 Lynn Redgrave, London, actress (Georgie Girl)/Weight-Watcher 
03/08/1944 Carole Bayer Sager, NY, aka Mrs Burt Bachrach, singer 
03/08/1945 Jim Chapman, (Rep-D-TX, 1985-  ) 
03/08/1945 Mickey Dolenz, LA Calif, actor (Circus Boy)/singer (Monkees) 
03/08/1946 Randy Meisner, rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles-Take it Easy) 
03/08/1948 Peggy March, rock vocalist (I Will Follow Him) 
03/08/1949 Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner (Olympic-silver-1972) 
03/08/1952 Aleksandr A Volkov, Russia, col/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-8, T-14, TM-7) 
03/08/1952 Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasjoetin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-14) 
03/08/1953 Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder (AL MVP 1978) 
03/08/1953 Kathleen Ann Shower, Brookville Oh, Playmate of the Year (May, 1985)

03/08/1954 Cheryl Baker, rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) 
03/08/1954 David Wilkie, England, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976) 
03/08/1954 Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1976) 
03/08/1954 Marie-Th‚rŠse Nadig, Tanneboden Switz, skier (Olympic-2 gold-1972) 
03/08/1958 Gary Numan, [Gary Webb] Hammersmith England, vocalist (Replicas) 
03/08/1959 Aidan Quinn, Chicago, actor (All My Sons, Reckless, Stakeout) 
03/08/1964 Peter 'Ged' Gill, drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-2 Tribes) 
03/08/1966 Holly Ann Salo, Keani Alaska, Miss Alaska-America (1991) 
03/08/1966 Laura McCabe, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) 
03/08/1970 Rhett Harty, Pasedena CA, US soccer player (Olympic-92) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
03/08/ 883 Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies 
03/08/1144 Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle 
03/08/1403 Bajezid I Jildirim, [Bliksemschicht], 4th sultan of Turkey, dies 
03/08/1550 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Barmhartigh), dies at 55 
03/08/1638 Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 
03/08/1640 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 
03/08/1702 William III, King of England (1689-1702), dies at 51 
03/08/1716 Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 
03/08/1720 Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 
03/08/1734 Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33 
03/08/1828 Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 
03/08/1862 Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 
03/08/1869 Hector Louis Berlioz, composer, dies at 65 
03/08/1869 Louis H Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 
03/08/1874 Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 
03/08/1889 Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 8

03/08/1901 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 
03/08/1901 Peter Benoit, composer, dies at 66 
03/08/1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, air pioneer, dies 
03/08/1919 Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 
03/08/1920 Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies 
03/08/1923 Johannes S van der Waals, physicist (Nobel 1910), dies 
03/08/1930 William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 7

03/08/1931 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 
03/08/1932 John de Mere, lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 
03/08/1937 Albert Verwey, poet/literature historian (Motion), dies 
03/08/1941 Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 
03/08/1941 Sherwood Anderson, US writer/publisher (Winesburg Ohio), dies at 64 
03/08/1945 HJ Jamin, resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald 
03/08/1950 Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67 
03/08/1951 Honeymoon Killers, die in electric chair 
03/08/1951 John Winter Thompson, composer, dies at 83 
03/08/1955 Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies 
03/08/1957 Othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70 
03/08/1959 Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered 
03/08/1961 Thomas Beecham, English composer (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 8

03/08/1971 Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies at 77 
03/08/1974 Christian van Yellow, poet/sculptor, dies at 56 
03/08/1974 Willem 'Wim' Sonneveld, singer/actor (Silk Stockings), dies at 56 
03/08/1975 George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 
03/08/1983 William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 
03/08/1985 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack 
03/08/1985 Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 3

03/08/1992 Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies 
03/08/1993 Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke 
03/08/1993 Johan Bodegraven, radiohost (Stock exch open, dikes close), dies at 

03/08/1993 Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69 
03/08/1993 Wells Root, US screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92 
03/08/1994 Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69 
03/08/1994 Knut Haukelid, Norse/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82

 
 
Significant Events:  
 
03/08/1418 Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant 
03/08/1586 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch land advocate 
03/08/1658 Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark 
03/08/1702 Queen Anne ascends to the English throne 
03/08/1766 Willem V (18) becomes governor of United Provinces 
03/08/1782 Gnadenhutten massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians 
03/08/1801 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt 
03/08/1838 US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) 
03/08/1854 US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan 
03/08/1855 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls 
03/08/1858 Opera 'I Pagliacci' is produced (Naples) 
03/08/1861 E W Tempel discovers asteroid #65 Cybele 
03/08/1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal 
03/08/1862 Confederate ironclad Merrimack launched 
03/08/1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown & 
03/08/1862 Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress & Monitor 
03/08/1865 Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) 
03/08/1887 Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes 
03/08/1888 J Palisa discovers asteroid #273 Atropos 
03/08/1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #358 Apollonia 
03/08/1894 A Charlois discovers asteroid #389 Industria 
03/08/1894 NY passes 1st state dog license law 
03/08/1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #559 Nanon 
03/08/1906 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Smith Falls (Ont) for Stanley Cup 
03/08/1908 Collingwood Elementary (Cleve) burns, kills 173 kids & 2 teachers 
03/08/1908 Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, NY 
03/08/1910 Baronne Raymonde de Laroche, France becomes 1st licensed female pilo

03/08/1911 1st International Woman's Day 
03/08/1915 1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned 
03/08/1916 US invades Cuba, to stop corrupt regime-Menocal 
03/08/1917 Russian revolution breaks out (2/24 OS) (in St Petersburg) 
03/08/1917 US invades Cuba for 3rd time 
03/08/1920 Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations 
03/08/1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah 
03/08/1930 Babe Ruth signs $80,000 contract with the Yankees 
03/08/1930 Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India 
03/08/1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 
03/08/1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1453 Fennia 
03/08/1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) 
03/08/1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 
03/08/1942 KNIL surrenders to Japanese armies 
03/08/1943 Limited gambling legalized in Mexico 
03/08/1946 1st helicopter licensed for coml use (NYC) 
03/08/1949 WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting 
03/08/1949 WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting 
03/08/1950 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel-BR Walters 
03/08/1950 USSR announces they have developed the atomic bomb 
03/08/1951 Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel

03/08/1951 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1596 Itzigsohn 
03/08/1952 Antoine Pinay forms French government 
03/08/1952 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis 
03/08/1953 KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 
03/08/1953 WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 
03/08/1954 Herb McKinley sets ¬ mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia 
03/08/1957 Israeli troops reopen Suez Canal 
03/08/1958 Silky Sullivan comes from 40 lengths back to win by 3 at Santa Anita

03/08/1958 William Faulkner says US school degenerated to become babysitters 
03/08/1959 Groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together 
03/08/1959 KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting 
03/08/1959 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq 
03/08/1961 US nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base 
03/08/1961 of Holy Loch from SC in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hrs

03/08/1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria 
03/08/1964 F Borngen discovers asteroid #3181 Ahnert 
03/08/1964 Malcolm X begins black Muslim action 
03/08/1965 1st US combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines) 
03/08/1965 4000 Marines land in South Vietnam 
03/08/1967 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day

03/08/1968 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Md) 
03/08/1968 Fillmore East opens 
03/08/1968 Students demonstrate in Warsaw 
03/08/1969 Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo 
03/08/1970 WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 
03/08/1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in Madison Sq Garden (NYC) 
03/08/1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record) 
03/08/1971 Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's 'Star Spangled Banner' 
03/08/1972 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) 
03/08/1972 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp 
03/08/1973 Paul & Linda McCartney are fined œ100 for growing cannabis 
03/08/1974 Charles the Gaulle Airport opens in Paris 
03/08/1976 1774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China 
03/08/1977 Henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond 
03/08/1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 
03/08/1979 Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdal

03/08/1979 Volcanoes on Io discovered by Voyager 1 
03/08/1983 IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0 
03/08/1983 Pres Reagan calls the USSR an 'Evil Empire' 
03/08/1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in west Beirut Lebanon 
03/08/1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 
03/08/1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million 
03/08/1987 FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in Calif 
03/08/1987 Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor 
03/08/1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 1st victim, Mario Orosco 
03/08/1991 Harry Hamlin & Nicollette Sheridan wed 
03/08/1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder 
03/08/1994 B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed 
03/08/1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 
  
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