Today in History for 22nd March 2018:
Historical Events
1960 – 1st patent for lasers granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes
1978 – France performs nuclear test
1982 – 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched
1985 – NASA launches Intelsat VA F-10
1986 – Ladies’ Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Debi Thomas (USA)
1986 – Heart’s “These Dreams” single goes #1
Famous Birthdays
1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)
1917 – Charles Pick, British publisher (William Heinemann), (d. 2000)
1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Hogan’s Heroes), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 2000)
1949 – Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman (BBC)
1970 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
1980 – Shannon Bex, American singer (Danity Kane)
Famous Deaths
1906 – Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist and composer, dies at 59
1922 – Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian, dies at 86
1964 – Addison Richards, American actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees), dies at 61
1986 – Charles Starrett, American actor (The Mask of Fu Manchu, Bonanza Town), dies at 82
1986 – Derek Farr, British actor (8 O’Clock Walk, Doctor at Large), dies from cancer at 74
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)