Today in History for 11th March 2017:
Historical Events
1597 – Archduke Albrecht occupies Amiens, France
1779 – US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)
1865 – General William T. Sherman’s Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC
1904 – Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
1954 – US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
1993 – Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN
Famous Birthdays
1785 – John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1861)
1885 – Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min)
1913 – Thomas Gray, professor/anaesthetist
1923 – A Louise Brough Clapp, Oklahoma, tennis player (4 time Wimbledon champ)
1946 – Brigitte Fossey, Tourcoing France, actress (Man Who Died Twice)
1965 – Eric Jelen, West Germany, tennis star
Famous Deaths
1833 – Fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71
1856 – James Beatty, Irish railway engineer (b. 1820)
1900 – Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies
1982 – Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55
1990 – Dean Horrix, English footballer (b. 1961)
1996 – Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant, dies at 70