Today in History for 22nd March 2022:
Historical Events
1903 – NY Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale
1927 – Federico Garcia Lorca’s first play “El Maleficio” (The Butterfly’s Evil Spell) premieres in Madrid
1944 – American movie star Jimmy Stewart flies his 12th combat mission, leading the 2nd Bomb Wing in an attack on Berlin
1968 – Jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia
1978 – Karl “The Great” Wallenda, German acrobat (The Flying Wallendas) dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 73
2019 – “Mind-blowing” discovery announced of 518 million year old fossil site in near Danshui river, Hubei province, China, with thousands of unknown fossils well preserved
Famous Birthdays
1885 – J?kabs Medi?š, Latvian composer, born in Riga, Russian Empire (now Latvia) (d. 1971)
1918 – Tauno Pylkkanen, Finnish opera composer, born in Helsinki, Finland(d. 1980)
1947 – James Patterson, American author (Alex Cross, Witch and Wizard), born in Newburgh, New York
1959 – Avraham Fried [Friedman], Orthodox Jewish Musician, born in Brooklyn, New York
1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer and coach, born in Antwerp, Belgium
1989 – J. J. Watt [Justin James], American NFL player (Houston Texans), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin
Famous Deaths
1838 – Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73
1913 – Song Jiaoran, Chinese Nationalist and revolutionary (Leader of Kuomintang party 1912-13), assassinated at 30
1977 – Hymie Shertzer, American jazz and session saxophonist (Benny Goodman; NBC’s Tonight Show), dies at 67
1996 – Ron Hayward, English politician, General Secretary of the Labour Party, dies at 78
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)
2009 – Leon Walker, Wakefield Wildcats Rugby Player (b. 1988)