Today in History for 14th March 2015

Historical Events

1903 - WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass" premieres in Dublin

1906 - Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms

1910 - Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.

1935 - 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars

1951 - During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul

1986 - European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)

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Famous Birthdays

1887 - George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter

1895 - Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian

1908 - Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer

1935 - Jo van den Booren, composer

1959 - Tamara Tunie, American actress

1982 - François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)

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Famous Deaths

1760 - Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26

1925 - Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65

1986 - Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74

2002 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)

2007 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)

2012 - Censu Tabone, President of Malta, dies at 98

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