Today in History for 23rd March 2018:
Historical Events
1865 – General Sherman and Cox’ troops reach Goldsboro, North Carolina
1917 – Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US
1965 – Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom and Young)
1970 – “Hello Darlin'” single released by Conway Twitty (Billboard Song of the Year 1970)
1975 – Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic
2016 – GPR investigation of Shakespeare’s tomb at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford concludes the Bard’s skull probably has been stolen
Famous Birthdays
1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist
1935 – Barry Cryer, comedian/writer (Goodies Rule-OK, All You Need is Cash)
1957 – Amanda Plummer, American actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker), born in NYC, New York
1971 – Alexander Selivanov, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Moscow, Russia
1972 – Ryan Kuwabara, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1975 – Alydar, American racehorse (d. 1990)
Famous Deaths
1842 – Stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Le Rouge et de Noir, a Chartreuse de Parme), dies at 59
1880 – Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67
1914 – Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Saint Rebecca) Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
1953 – Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France
1973 – Ken Maynard, American stuntman and actor (Phantom Rancher, $ 50,000 Reward), dies of stomach cancer at 77
1978 – Bill Kenny, American singer, dies at 63