Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Today in History for 19th March 2014

Historical Events


1930 - Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi

1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.

1943 - Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks

1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1981 - 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident

1992 - Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, announce separation


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Famous Birthdays


1715 - Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer

1907 - Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders)

1907 - Cor Treslem, [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje)

1966 - James "Big Jim" Wright, American record producer

1969 - Scott Alexander Brownlee, Hamilton NZ, rowing coxless 4 men (Oly-96)

1999 - Tatum McCann, American actress


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Famous Deaths


1913 - John Thomas, composer, dies at 87

1940 - Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54

1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74

1979 - Richard Beckinsale, actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31

1979 - Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video), dies at 65

1982 - Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25


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