Today in History for 25th March 2017:
Historical Events
1753 – Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia
1967 – The Turtle’s “Happy Together” goes #1
1967 – 29th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64
1976 – Argentine milt junta bans leftist political parties
1986 – Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes
1992 – British scientists find new largest perfect # (2 756839 -1 * 2 756839)
Famous Birthdays
1893 – Edward Hart, (Rep-D-NJ)/1st chairman of Com on Un-American Activities
1947 – Claudine Schneider, (Rep-R-RI, 1981- )
1960 – Robert Green, tennis star, born in Omaha, Nebraska
1967 – Matthew Barney, American media artist
1982 – Sergey Yakovlev, russian musical artist and painter
1982 – Sean Faris, American actor and model
Famous Deaths
1712 – Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641)
1880 – Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61
1917 – Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)
1969 – Billy Cotton, British bandleader and entertainer (b. 1889)
1978 – Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at 85
1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball manager (b. 1936)