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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *[[597 BC]] - [[Babylonians]] capture [[Jerusalem]], replace [[Jehoiachin]] with [[Zedekiah]] as king | + | *In Ancient Rome, the [[Bacchanalia]] were traditionally held on [[March 16]] and [[March 17]]. |
| *[[1190]] - [[Crusade]]rs start to massacre the [[Jew]]s of [[York]]; many Jews commit suicide rather than submit to baptism. | *[[1190]] - [[Crusade]]rs start to massacre the [[Jew]]s of [[York]]; many Jews commit suicide rather than submit to baptism. | ||
| - | *[[1249]] - The [[Servite Order]] is officially approved by Cardinal Raniero Capocci, papal legate in Tuscany. | + | *[[1244]] - [[Catharism]], a large and symbolically important massacre took place, where over 200 Cathar perfects were burned in an enormous fire at the prat des cramats near the foot of the Montségur castle. |
| - | *[[1322]] - [[Battle of Boroughbridge]] in the [[First War of Scottish Independence]]. | + | *[[1977]] - [[The Sex Pistols]] are sacked from A&M. |
| - | *[[1521]] - [[Ferdinand Magellan]] reaches the [[Philippines]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1621]] - [[Samoset]], a [[Mohegan]], visits the settlers of [[Plymouth Colony]] and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset." | + | |
| - | *[[1660]] - The [[Long Parliament]] disbands. | + | |
| - | *[[1689]] - The 23rd Regiment of Foot or [[Royal Welch Fusiliers]] is founded. | + | |
| - | *[[1792]] - King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] is shot; he dies on [[March 29]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1802]] - The United States Military Academy [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] is established. | + | |
| - | *[[1812]] - [[Battle of Badajoz (1812)|Battle of Badajoz]] (March 16 - [[April 6]]) - British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during [[Peninsular War]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1815]] - [[William I of the Netherlands|Prince Willem]] of the [[House of Orange-Nassau]] proclaimed himself [[Dutch monarchy|King]] of the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]], the first [[constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarch]] in the [[the Netherlands|Netherlands]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1818]] - [[Battle of Cancha Rayada]] - Spanish forces defeat Chileans under [[José de San Martín]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1861]] - [[Edward Clark (governor)|Edward Clark]] became [[List of Governors of Texas|Governor]] of [[Texas]], replacing [[Sam Houston]], who was evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1867]] - First publication of an article by [[Joseph Lister]] outlining the discovery of [[antiseptic]] [[surgery]], in ''[[The Lancet]]''. | + | |
| - | *[[1872]] - The [[Wanderers F.C.]] won the first [[FA Cup]], the oldest [[Football (soccer)|football]] competition in the world, beating [[Royal Engineers A.F.C.]] 1-0 at [[The Oval]] in [[Kennington]], [[London]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1900]] - Sir [[Arthur Evans]] purchases the land around the ruins of [[Knossos]], the largest [[Bronze Age]] [[List of archaeological sites sorted by country|archaeological site]] on [[Crete]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Lawrence Oates]], ill member of [[Robert Falcon Scott|Scott]]'s [[South Pole]] expedition leaves the tent saying, "I am just going outside and may be some time." | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under [[John J. Pershing]] cross the border to join the hunt of [[Pancho Villa]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - The [[free port]] of [[Fiume]] formally annexed by [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini's]] [[fascism|fascist]] regime. | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Rocket#Modern rocketry|History of Rocketry]]: [[Robert Goddard (scientist)|Robert Goddard]] launches the first liquid-fueled [[rocket]], at [[Auburn, Massachusetts]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] orders [[Germany]] to rearm herself in violation of the [[Versailles Treaty]]. Conscription was reintroduced to form the [[Wehrmacht]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - From [[Prague Castle]] Hitler proclaimed [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia|Bohemia and Moravia]] a German [[protectorate]]. | + | |
| - | * 1939 - Marriage of Princess [[Fawzia of Egypt]] to Shah [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran]] | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Rocket#Modern rocketry|History of Rocketry]]: First [[V-2 rocket]] test launch (exploded at liftoff) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] ends but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist. | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[Würzburg]], [[Germany]] is 90% destroyed, with 5,000 dead, in only 20 minutes by British bombers. | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - In [[Cilaos]], [[Réunion]], 73 inches (1,870mm) of [[rain]] falls in one day, setting a new world record. | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Ford Motor Company]] produces its 50 millionth automobile, the [[Ford Thunderbird|Thunderbird]], averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding. | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - A [[Flying Tiger Line]] [[Lockheed Constellation|Super Constellation]] disappears in the western [[Pacific Ocean]], with 107 people missing. | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Mount Agung]] erupts on [[Bali]] - 11,000 dead | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - Launch of [[Gemini 8]], the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the [[Agena Target Vehicle]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Vietnam War]]: In the [[My Lai massacre]], between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers -- men, women, and children -- are killed by American troops. | + | |
| - | * 1968 - [[General Motors]] releases its 100 millionth automobile, the [[Oldsmobile]] Toronado. | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - A Venezuelan Airlines [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9]] crashes shortly after takeoff in [[Maracaibo]], [[Venezuela]] killing 155 | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - Government of [[Trygve Bratteli]] in [[Norway]] | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - UK Prime Minister, [[Harold Wilson]] resigns. | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Aldo Moro]] is kidnapped by left-wing terrorists in [[Italy]] and is later killed by his captors. | + | |
| - | * 1978 - Supertanker ''[[Amoco Cadiz]]'' splits in two after running aground on Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of [[Brittany]], resulting in the 5th-largest [[oil spill]] in history | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - Demolition of the [[Transmitter Ismaning|radio tower Ismaning]], the last radio tower in Germany built of [[wood]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[William Francis Buckley|William Buckley]], the [[CIA]] station chief in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]], is kidnapped by [[Islam]]ic fundamentalists and later dies in captivity. | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Associated Press]] newsman [[Terry A. Anderson|Terry Anderson]] is taken hostage in [[Beirut]]. He would be released on [[December 4]], [[1991]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Iran-Contra Affair]]: Lieutenant Colonel [[Oliver North]] and Vice Admiral [[John Poindexter]] are indicted on charges of [[conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] to defraud the [[United States]]. | + | |
| - | * 1988 - [[Halabja poison gas attack]]: The [[Kurd]]ish town of [[Halabjah]] in [[Iraq]] was attacked with a mix of [[poison gas]] and [[nerve agent]]s, killing thousands of people. | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Mississippi]] formally ratifies the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Thirteenth Amendment]], becoming the last state to approve the abolition of [[slavery]]. The thirteenth amendment was officially ratified in 1865. | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Göran Persson]] is elected leader of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Sandline affair]] - On [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]], soldiers of commander [[Jerry Singirok]] arrest [[Tim Spicer]] and his mercenaries of the [[Sandline International]] | + | |
| *[[1998]] - [[Pope John Paul II]] apologises for inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the [[Holocaust]]. | *[[1998]] - [[Pope John Paul II]] apologises for inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the [[Holocaust]]. | ||
| - | *[[2003]] - Largest coordinated worldwide vigil, as part of the global [[Protests against the 2003 Iraq war|protests against Iraq war]]. | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - Israel officially hands over [[Jericho]] to Palestinian control | ||
| - | *[[2006]] - The [[United Nations General Assembly]] votes overwhelmingly to establish the [[UN Human Rights Council]]. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1338]] - [[Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick]] (d. [[1401]]) | ||
| - | *[[1445]] - [[Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg]], Swiss-born preacher (d. [[1510]]) | ||
| - | *[[1473]] - [[Henry IV, Duke of Saxony|Henry IV the Pious]], [[Duke of Saxony]] (d. [[1541]]) | ||
| - | *[[1581]] - [[Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft]], Dutch historian and writer (d. [[1647]]) | ||
| - | *[[1585]] - [[Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero]], Dutch writer (d. [[1618]]) | ||
| - | *[[1631]] - [[René Le Bossu]], French critic (d. [[1680]]) | ||
| - | *[[1654]] - [[Andreas Acoluthus]], German orientalist (d. [[1704]]) | ||
| - | *[[1687]] - [[Sophia Dorothea of Hanover]], queen consort in Prussia (d. [[1757]]) | ||
| - | *[[1750]] - [[Caroline Herschel]], German-born English astronomer (d. [[1848]]) | ||
| - | *[[1751]] - [[James Madison]], 4th [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1836]]) | ||
| - | *[[1773]] - [[Juan Ramón Balcarce]], Argentine military leader and politician (d. [[1836]]) | ||
| - | *[[1774]] - Captain [[Matthew Flinders]], English explorer of the coasts of Australia (d. [[1814]]) | ||
| - | *[[1789]] - [[Georg Ohm|Georg Simon Ohm]], German physicist (d. [[1854]]) | ||
| - | *[[1794]] - [[Ami Boué]], Austrian geologist (d. [[1881]]) | ||
| - | *[[1800]] - [[Emperor Ninko of Japan]] (d. [[1846]]) | ||
| - | *[[1805]] - [[Peter Ernst von Lasaulx]], German philosopher and writer (d. [[1861]]) | ||
| - | *[[1822]] - [[Rosa Bonheur]], French realist painter and sculptor (d. [[1899]]) | ||
| - | *[[1834]] - [[James Hector]], Scottish geologist (d. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | *[[1839]] - [[Sully Prudhomme|René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | * 1839 - [[John Butler Yeats]], Northern Irish artist (d. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[1840]] - [[Shibusawa Eiichi]], Japanese industrialist (d. [[1931]]) | ||
| - | *[[1846]] - [[Gösta Mittag-Leffler]], Swedish mathematician (d. [[1927]]) | ||
| - | *[[1851]] - [[Martinus Beijerinck]], Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. [[1931]]) | ||
| - | *[[1856]] - [[Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial|Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph]], called Napoleon IV, the only child of [[Emperor Napoleon III]] of France (d. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | *[[1857]] - [[Charles Harding Firth]], British historian (d. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Alexander Stepanovich Popov]], Russian physicist (d. [[1906]]) | ||
| - | *[[1865]] - [[Patsy Donovan]], Irish-American baseball player (d. [[1953]]) | ||
| - | * [[1869]] - [[F. A. Forbes]], Scottish author (d. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Reza Shah Pahlavi]], [[Shah of Iran]] (d. [[1941]]) | ||
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Clemens August Graf von Galen]], German archbishop and cardinal (d. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | *[[1889]] - [[Reggie Walker]], South African athlete (d. [[1951]]) | ||
| - | *[[1890]] - [[Solomon Mikhoels]], Soviet actor and chairman of the [[Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee]] (d. [[1948]]) | ||
| - | *[[1892]] - [[César Vallejo]], Peruvian poet (d. [[1938]]) | ||
| - | * 1892 - [[James Petrillo]], leader of the U.S. musicians union (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Conrad Nagel]], American actor (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Ethel Anderson]], Australian poet (d. [[1958]]) | ||
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Edward Pawley]], American actor (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Leon Roppolo]], American jazz clarinetist (d. [[1943]]) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Mike Mansfield]], American politician, and diplomat (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Elisabeth Flickenschildt]], German actress (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | * 1905 - [[Marlin Perkins]], American naturalist (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Henny Youngman]], American comedian (d. [[1998]]) | ||
| - | * 1906 - [[Francisco Ayala (novelist)|Francisco Ayala]], Spanish writer | ||
| *[[1908]] - [[René Daumal]], French Surrealist writer (d. [[1944]]) | *[[1908]] - [[René Daumal]], French Surrealist writer (d. [[1944]]) | ||
| - | * 1908 - [[Robert Rossen]], American film director, screenwriter and producer (d. [[1966]]) | ||
| *[[1911]] - Dr. [[Josef Mengele]], German, accused [[Nazi]] [[war criminal]] (d. [[1979]]) | *[[1911]] - Dr. [[Josef Mengele]], German, accused [[Nazi]] [[war criminal]] (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| - | * 1911 - [[Pierre Harmel]], Belgian politician | + | *[[1920]] - [[Jørgen Nash]], Danish Situationist artist and writer (d. 2004) |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Pat Nixon]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1993]]) | + | *[[1926]] - [[Jerry Lewis]], American comedian (d. 2017) |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Mercedes McCambridge]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Samael Aun Weor]], Colombian writer (d. [[1977]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Frederick Reines]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Leo McKern]], Australian actor (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Traudl Junge]], Hitler's secretary (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[John Addison]], British composer (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Dorothea Binz]], Nazi war criminal (d. [[1947]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Harding Lemay]], American television scriptwriter and playwright | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Luis E. Miramontes]], Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the [[combined oral contraceptive pill]] (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Charles Goodell]], American politician (d. [[1987]]) | + | |
| - | * 1926 - [[Jerry Lewis]], American comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov|Vladimir Komarov]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1967]]) | + | |
| - | *1927 - [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], U.S. Senator from New York (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | * 1927 - [[Olga San Juan]], American comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Christa Ludwig]], German mezzo-soprano | + | |
| - | * 1928 - [[Karlheinz Böhm]], Austrian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Nadja Tiller]], Austrian actress | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Tommy Flanagan]], American jazz pianist (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Betty Johnson]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Don Blasingame]], American baseball player and manager (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1932 - [[Walter Cunningham]], American astronaut | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Sandy Weill]], American financier and philanthropist | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Ray Hnatyshyn]], [[Governor-General of Canada]] (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Teresa Berganza]], Spanish soprano | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Fred Neil]], American singer-songwriter (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Amos Tversky]], Israeli psychologist (d. [[1996]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Carlos Bilardo]], Argetinian football coach | + | |
| *[[1940]] - [[Bernardo Bertolucci]], Italian film director | *[[1940]] - [[Bernardo Bertolucci]], Italian film director | ||
| - | * 1940 - [[Jan Pronk]], Dutch politician | ||
| - | * 1940 - [[Keith Rowe]], English guitarist ([[AMM (group)|AMM]]) and painter | ||
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Robert Guéï]], ruler of [[Côte d'Ivoire]] (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| - | * 1941 - [[Chuck Woolery]], American game show host | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[James Soong]], Taiwanese politician | ||
| - | * 1942 - [[Jerry Jeff Walker]], American musician | ||
| - | * 1942 - [[Roger Crozier]], Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Ursula Goodenough]], Evolutionary Scholar, Cell Biologist | ||
| - | * 1943 - [[Kim Mu-saeng]], South Korean actor (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Michael Basman]], English chess master | ||
| - | * 1946 - [[Hubert Soudant]], Dutch conductor | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Ramzan Paskayev]], Chechen accordionist | ||
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Michael Owen Bruce| Michael Bruce]], American musician. Guitarist and keyboard player for [[Alice Cooper]] | ||
| - | * 1948 - [[Margaret Weis]], American author | ||
| - | * 1948 - [[Richard Desjardins]], Quebec singer, songwriter and film director | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Erik Estrada]], Puerto Rican actor | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Elliott Murphy]], American Singer-Songwriter | ||
| - | * 1949 - [[Victor Garber]], Canadian actor | ||
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Kate Nelligan]], Canadian actress | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Joe DeLamielleure]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Philippe Kahn]], French-American entrepreneur | ||
| *[[1953]] - [[Isabelle Huppert]], French actress | *[[1953]] - [[Isabelle Huppert]], French actress | ||
| - | * 1953 - [[Richard Stallman]], American free software activist | ||
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Jimmy Nail]], British actor and singer | ||
| - | * 1954 - [[Nancy Wilson (guitarist)|Nancy Wilson]], American guitarist, singer, and actress ([[Heart (band)|Heart]]) | ||
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Jiro Watanabe]], Japanese boxer | ||
| - | * 1955 - [[Bruno Barreto]], Brazilian film director | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Jorge Ramos]], Mexican TV anchor | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Flavor Flav]], American rapper | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Jens Stoltenberg]], [[Prime Minister of Norway]] | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Duane Sutter]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Todd McFarlane]], Canadian cartoonist, comic book writer, artist, and media entrepreneur | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[Brett Kenny]], Australian [[rugby league]] footballer | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Jimmy Degrasso]], American musician, drummer | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Kevin Smith (actor)|Kevin Smith]], New Zealand actor (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Patty Griffin]], American singer and songwriter | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[Gore Verbinski]], American movie director | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[Pascal Richard]], Swiss cyclist | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Richard Daniel Roman]], English songwriter and record producer | ||
| - | * 1965 - [[Belén Rueda]], Spanish actress | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Lauren Graham]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Ananya Khare]], Indian actress and teacher | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Paul Oscar]] (Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson), Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Alan Tudyk]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Brant Bjork]], American musician ([[Kyuss]]) | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Georgios Anatolakis]], Greek footballer | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Fotini Vavatsi]], Greek archer | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Sienna Guillory]], English actress | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Nick Spano]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Abraham Núñez (baseball infielder)|Abraham Núñez]], Dominican baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Donal Óg Cusack]], Irish hurler | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Edison Méndez]], Ecuadorian footballer | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Rashad Moore]], National Football League player | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Leena Peisa]], Finnish musician ''([[Lordi]])'' | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Felipe Reyes]], Spanish basketball player | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Todd Heap]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Andrew Bree]], Irish swimmer | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Curtis Granderson]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Brandon League]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Levi Brown]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Nicole Trunfio]], Australian supermodel | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Ken Doane]], American professional wrestler | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Tiiu Kuik]], Estonian model | ||
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Theo Walcott]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1989 - [[Peaches Geldof]], English writer | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Murder of James Bulger|James Bulger]], British murder victim (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Wolfgang Van Halen]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Sierra McClain]], American actress and singer | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[37]] - [[Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar]], [[Roman Emperor]] (b. [[46 BC]]) | ||
| - | * [[455]] - [[Valentinian III]], [[Roman Emperor]] (b. [[419]]) | ||
| - | *[[1021]] - [[Heribert of Cologne]], [[Archbishop of Cologne]] and Chancellor of [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Otto III]] | ||
| - | *[[1037]] - [[Robert I Archbishop of Rouen|Robert I]], [[Archbishop of Rouen]] | ||
| - | *[[1072]] - [[Adalbert of Hamburg]], German archbishop | ||
| - | *[[1322]] - [[Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford]], English soldier (b. [[1276]]) | ||
| - | *[[1410]] - [[John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset]] (b. [[1373]]) | ||
| - | *[[1457]] - [[László Hunyadi]], Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. [[1433]]) | ||
| - | *[[1485]] - [[Anne Neville]], queen of [[Richard III of England]] (b. [[1456]]) | ||
| - | *[[1559]] - [[Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland)|Anthony St. Leger]], Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. [[1496]]) | ||
| - | *[[1649]] - [[Jean de Brébeuf]], French Jesuit missionary (b. [[1593]]) | ||
| - | *[[1620]] - [[John Sarkander|St. John Sarkander]], [[Moravia]]n priest, died of injuries caused by [[torture|torturing]] | ||
| - | *[[1679]] - [[John Leverett]], Governor of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] (b. [[1616]]) | ||
| - | *[[1721]] - [[James Craggs the Elder]], English politician (b. [[1657]]) | ||
| - | *[[1736]] - [[Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]], Italian composer (b. [[1710]]) | ||
| - | *[[1737]] - [[Benjamin Wadsworth]], President of [[Harvard University]] (b. [[1670]]) | ||
| - | *[[1738]] - [[George Bähr]], German architect (b. [[1666]]) | ||
| - | *[[1747]] - [[Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst]], father of [[Catherine II of Russia]] (b. [[1690]]) | ||
| - | *[[1888]] - [[Hippolyte Carnot]], French statesman (b. [[1801]]) | ||
| - | *[[1890]] - [[Zorka of Montenegro]], Princess of [[Serbia]] (b. [[1864]]) | ||
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Samuel F. Miller (US politician)|Samuel F. Miller]], American politician (b. [[1827]]) | ||
| *[[1898]] - [[Aubrey Beardsley]], British artist (b. [[1872]]) | *[[1898]] - [[Aubrey Beardsley]], British artist (b. [[1872]]) | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Joseph Medill]], mayor of [[Chicago]] (b. [[1823]]) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Roy Bean]], American jurist | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Charles Albert Gobat]], Swiss politician, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1843]]) | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Sergeant Stubby]], decorated [[World War I]] dog | ||
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]], Spanish dictator (b. [[1870]]) | ||
| - | *[[1935]] - [[John James Richard Macleod]], Scottish-born physician and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1876]]) | ||
| - | * 1935 - [[Aron Nimzowitsch]], Latvian-born chess player (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| *[[1936]] - [[Marguerite Durand]], French journalist and feminist (b. [[1864]]) | *[[1936]] - [[Marguerite Durand]], French journalist and feminist (b. [[1864]]) | ||
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Selma Lagerlöf]], Swedish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1858]]) | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Börries von Münchhausen]], German poet (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Nicolas de Staël]], French-Russian painter (b. [[1914]]) | ||
| *[[1957]] - [[Constantin Brancusi]], Romanian sculptor (b. [[1876]]) | *[[1957]] - [[Constantin Brancusi]], Romanian sculptor (b. [[1876]]) | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]], Italian composer (b. [[1895]]) | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Gunnar Ekelöf]], Swedish poet and writer (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Tammi Terrell]], American singer (b. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Thomas Dewey]], American presidential candidate (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Richard W. DeKorte]], American politician (b. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[T-Bone Walker]], American musician (b. [[1910]]) | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Kamal Jumblatt]], leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. [[1917]]) | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Jean Monnet]], French politician (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| *[[1980]] - [[Tamara de Lempicka]], Polish-born painter (b. [[1898]]) | *[[1980]] - [[Tamara de Lempicka]], Polish-born painter (b. [[1898]]) | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Arthur Godfrey]], American actor and television host (b. [[1903]]) | + | *[[1993]] - [[Natália Correia]], Portuguese writer (b. [[1923]]) |
| - | * 1983 - [[Fred Rose (politician)|Fred Rose]], Canadian politician (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[John Hoagland]], American photographer (b. [[1947]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Eddie Shore]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Yves Rocard]], French physicist (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | * 1992 - [[Roger Lemelin]], Quebec novelist and television writer (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Johnny Cymbal]], American singer and producer (b. [[1945]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Charlie Barnett (actor)|Charlie Barnett]], American actor (b. [[1954]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Derek Harold Richard Barton]], British chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Gratien Gélinas]], Quebec playwright and director (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Thomas Ferebee]], [[Hiroshima]] [[bombardier]] (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Norma MacMillan]], Canadian actress (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | * 2001 - [[Bob Wollek]], French race car driver (b. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Rachel Corrie]], American political activist (b. [[1979]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Ronald Ferguson]], father of [[Sarah, Duchess of York]] (b. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Vilém Tauský]], Czech conductor and composer (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Todd Bell]], American football player (b. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Ralph Erskine (architect)|Ralph Erskine]], British architect ([[Byker Wall]]) (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Anthony George]], American TV actor (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Allan Hendrickse]], South African politician (b. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Dick Radatz]], American baseball player (b. [[1937]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[David Feintuch]], American sci-fi author (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Manjural Islam Rana|Manjural Islam]], Bangladeshi test cricket player (b. [[1984]]) | + | |
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| - | ==Notes== | + | |
| - | Aubrey Beardsley | + | |
| - | Bernardo Bertolucci | + | |
| - | Josef Mengele | + | |
| - | Pruitt-Igoe | + | |
| - | Catharism | + | |
| - | Jerry Lewis | + | |
| - | Isabelle Huppert | + | |
| - | Constantin Brancusi | + | |
| - | Jørgen Nash | + | |
| - | Natália Correia | + | |
| - | Marguerite Durand | + | |
| - | Bacchanalia | + | |
| - | Malcolm McLaren | + | |
| - | James Bulger | + | |
| - | Caligula | + | |
| - | Memento (film) | + | |
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- In Ancient Rome, the Bacchanalia were traditionally held on March 16 and March 17.
- 1190 - Crusaders start to massacre the Jews of York; many Jews commit suicide rather than submit to baptism.
- 1244 - Catharism, a large and symbolically important massacre took place, where over 200 Cathar perfects were burned in an enormous fire at the prat des cramats near the foot of the Montségur castle.
- 1977 - The Sex Pistols are sacked from A&M.
- 1998 - Pope John Paul II apologises for inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the Holocaust.
Births
- 1908 - René Daumal, French Surrealist writer (d. 1944)
- 1911 - Dr. Josef Mengele, German, accused Nazi war criminal (d. 1979)
- 1920 - Jørgen Nash, Danish Situationist artist and writer (d. 2004)
- 1926 - Jerry Lewis, American comedian (d. 2017)
- 1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director
- 1953 - Isabelle Huppert, French actress
Deaths
- 1898 - Aubrey Beardsley, British artist (b. 1872)
- 1936 - Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist (b. 1864)
- 1957 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
- 1980 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (b. 1898)
- 1993 - Natália Correia, Portuguese writer (b. 1923)
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