Today in History for 26th March 2017:
Historical Events
1852 – Decree regarding streets of Paris passed
1931 – Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio
1971 – “Cannon” with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV
1988 – Janet B Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10)
1991 – Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, NYC
2016 – US primary elections: Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders wins Washington, Hawaii and Alaska
Famous Birthdays
1890 – Jozef Arras, Flemish writer
1902 – Leslie Melville, economist
1904 – Hermann Schroeder, composer
1937 – Barbara Pearl Jones, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1952, 60), born in Chicago, Illinois
1950 – Ernest Thomas, actor (Roger-What’s Happening!!), born in Gary, Indiana
1973 – Larry Page, American search engine pioneer and co-founder of Google, born in East Lansing, Michigan
Famous Deaths
1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)
1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
1942 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1945 – David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister (Liberal: 1916-22), dies of cancer at 82
1956 – Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70
2015 – John Renbourn, English folk guitarist and songwriter (Pentangle), dies of a heart attack at 70