Historical Events
1898 - 1st 1st-class game between NSW and Tasmania
1915 - Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia
1925 - Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rezā Shāh Pahlavi takes over
1931 - Japanese government of Imukai forms
1990 - US accuses Iraq of dragging its feet on dates for talks
1995 - CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31
Famous Birthdays
1945 - Susi Hush, TV producer
1956 - Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
1967 - Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer
1969 - Jane Robinson, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Tito Wooten, NFL safety (NY Giants)
1977 - Orlando Hudson, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1926 - Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Contes sans morale), dies at 77
1933 - Theodore Moses Tobani, composer, dies at 78
1951 - Mildred Bailey, American jazz singer (b. 1907)
1959 - Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 79
1971 - Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated
1998 - Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida (b. 1930)
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