Today in History for 1st March 2018:
Historical Events
1932 – 12 pro-independence revolutionaries captured in and around Chittagong in Bengal province, British India are sentenced to deportation for life, two to three-year prison terms with the remaining 32 being acquitted.
1942 – 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat
1954 – Baseballer Ted Williams breaks his collarbone In spring training
1961 – US President JFK establishes the Peace Corps
1966 – Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
1980 – Snow falls in Florida
Famous Birthdays
1771 – Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer
1930 – Pierre Max Dubois, composer
1943 – Mauro Checcoli, Italian 3 day equestrian (Olympic gold 1964)
1962 – Mark Gardner, pitcher (SF Giants), born in Los Angeles, California
1963 – Magnus Svensson, Leksand Swe, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
1970 – Lisa Eagen, Harlan Iowa, team handball wing/back court (Olympics 1996)
Famous Deaths
1870 – Francisco Solano Lopez, President of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43
1963 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1893)
1993 – Terry Frost, actor (Waterfront, Dead Man’s Trail), dies at 86
1994 – Jacob “Jimmy” Herman Huizinga, journalist/writer, dies at 75
1996 – Margaret McKay, politician, dies at 85
2006 – Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)