Today in History for 19th March 2022:
Historical Events
1987 – Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company
2008 – GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed
2011 – Despite a final round 24-8 defeat to Ireland at the new Aviva Stadium in Dublin, England wins the Six Nations Rugby Championship courtesy of their opening 4 straight victories
2012 – Wendy’s overtakes Burger King to become the second best-selling hamburger chain
2013 – 27 people are killed and 14 are injured in a bus crash in Maharashtra, India
2021 – Icelandic volcano Fagradalsfjall erupts for the first time in 800 years and after more than 50,000 earthquakes
Famous Birthdays
1749 – Princess Louisa Anne of Wales (d. 1768)
1777 – Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat
1844 – Minna Canth, Finland, playwright (The Pastor’s Family) and social activist
1904 – Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, Polish composer and cultural attache, born in Lviv, Poland (d. 1957)
1960 – Eliane Elias, Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, composer and arranger (Dreamer; Around The City), born in São Paulo, Brazil
1969 – Michael Bergin, model (Coca-Cola) and actor
Famous Deaths
1893 – Karel Komzák I, Bohemian organist, conductor, military bandleader, and composer, dies at 69
1950 – Sir Walter Norman Haworth, British chemist (Nobel Prize, 1937), dies of a heart attack on his 67th birthday
1962 – Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist, dies at 89
2008 – Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (Cool Lover, Sugar), dies at 78
2008 – Paul Scofield, English actor (A Man for All Seasons and Quiz Show), dies from leukemia at 86
2017 – Jimmy Breslin, American author and columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday), dies at 88