Today in History for 16th March 2022:
Historical Events
1862 – Battle at Pound Gap, Kentucky: Confederates separate battles
1919 – Frank Wedekind’s play “Elius Erweckung” premieres in Hamburg
1988 – Federal grand jury indicts North and Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
2003 – 44th SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Mississippi State, 64-57
2012 – Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar becomes first cricketer to score 100 international centuries
2021 – Gunman shots and kills eight people at three different spas in Atlanta, Georgia
Famous Birthdays
1882 – Jim Lightbody, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m, 1500m, 2590m Steeplechase 1904), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1953)
1920 – Traudl Junge, German secretary to Adolf Hitler, born in Munich (d. 2002)
1929 – Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (Ich suche Dich, Rosemary) and Miss Austria (1949), born in Vienna, Austria
1932 – Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Col USMC/astronaut (Apollo 7), born in Creston, Iowa
1940 – Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA)
1954 – Hollis Stacy, American golfer (US Open, 1977-78, 84), born in Savannah, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1888 – Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman, dies at 86
1955 – Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75
1974 – Daniel Frank Gerber, American manufacturer of baby food, dies at 75
1984 – Roloff Beny, Canadian painter and photographer (A Time of Gods), dies of a heart attack at 60
2009 – Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, American Appalachian moonshiner, bootlegger, and how-to book author (Me and My Likker), takes his own life at 62
2021 – Sabine Schmitz, German professional motor racing driver, and television personality (Top Gear), dies of cancer at 51