Today in History for 23rd March 2017:
Historical Events
1888 – 50th Grand National: George Mawson aboard Playfair wins
1921 – Germany announces it will be unable to meet its Great War reparation payments
1922 – 1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.
1949 – Sidney Kingsley’s “Detective Story” premieres in NYC
1962 – William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for $ 4,625,000
1982 – Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, president Romeo Lucas flees
Famous Birthdays
1834 – Julius Reubke, composer
1905 – Joan Crawford [Lucille Le Sueur], American actress (Mildred Pierce), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1977)
1933 – Geoffrey Leigh, CEO (Allied London Properties)
1973 – Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver
1977 – Josh Ackerman, actor (Mickey Mouse Club)
1985 – Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player
Famous Deaths
1369 – Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered at 34
1618 – James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
1944 – O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash
1955 – Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (b. 1875)
1970 – Del Lord, Canadian director (b. 1894)
1991 – Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68