Today in History for 1st March 2017:
Historical Events
1781 – Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
1904 – England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia
1945 – British 43rd Division under Gen Hubert Essame occupies Xanten
1966 – Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
1995 – Belgium ends military conscription
1995 – 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelphia, Sheryl Crow
Famous Birthdays
1734 – Pieter Valck[x], South Netherland sculptor
1882 – Ida Moore, Altoona Ks, actress (Mr Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki)
1896 – Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (d. 1942)
1945 – Dirk Benedict, American actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica), born in Helena, Montana
1963 – Magnus Svensson, Leksand Swe, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
1971 – Zahoor Elahi, cricketer (Pakistan opening batsman v NZ 1996)
Famous Deaths
1911 – Jacobus H van ‘t Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 58
1922 – Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
1947 – J Boogaard, nazi collaborator, executed
1974 – Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (b. 1935)
1994 – Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, dies at 74
2012 – Andrew Breitbart, American conservative blogger and publisher, dies at 43