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| + | *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. | ||
| + | *[[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]]. | *[[1998]] - [[Pope John Paul II]] apologises for inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the [[Holocaust]]. | ||
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| *[[1908]] - [[René Daumal]], French Surrealist writer (d. [[1944]]) | *[[1908]] - [[René Daumal]], French Surrealist writer (d. [[1944]]) | ||
| *[[1911]] - Dr. [[Josef Mengele]], German, accused [[Nazi]] [[war criminal]] (d. [[1979]]) | *[[1911]] - Dr. [[Josef Mengele]], German, accused [[Nazi]] [[war criminal]] (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Jerry Lewis]], American comedian | + | *[[1920]] - [[Jørgen Nash]], Danish Situationist artist and writer (d. 2004) |
| + | *[[1926]] - [[Jerry Lewis]], American comedian (d. 2017) | ||
| *[[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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Art and culture
- 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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