Historical Events
1900 - British Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury rejects peace overtures from the Boer leader Paul Kruger (on 5 March) as demanding too-favourable terms
1924 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweeps Ottawa Senators in 2 games
1948 - WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting
1982 - Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion
1986 - 187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1996 - John Winston Howard becomes the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. His term in office is the second longest in Australian history, ending on December 3, 2007.
Famous Birthdays
1873 - David Horsley, English-born film executive (d. 1933)
1907 - Eleni Gatzoyiannis, heroine (saved her kids)
1931 - Rupert Murdoch, Australia, publisher (NY Post)/CEO (FOX-TV)
1937 - John Ward, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (8 Tests 1964-68)
1939 - Lorraine Hunt, former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
1967 - Bill Houlder, Thunder Bay, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Famous Deaths
222 - Elagabalus, Roman Emperor (218-22), murdered by the Praetorian Guard at 18
1870 - King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho
1907 - Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered
1947 - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45
1977 - Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1996 - Vince Edwards, actor (Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 67
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