Today in History for 29th March 2018:
Historical Events
1461 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Duke Edward of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI and Queen Margaret of Anjou and proclaims himself as King Edward IV
1969 – Communist New People’s Army found in Philippines
1981 – Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women’s Kemper Golf Open
1984 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1996 – Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens
2013 – 36 people are killed after a 16-floor building collapses in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Famous Birthdays
1875 – Paul Rubens, English musical comedy composer (Miss Hook of Holland), born in London (d. 1917)
1886 – Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer
1918 – Sam Walton, American businessman (founder and CEO of Walmart and Sam’s Club), born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma (d. 1992)
1924 – Jules de Corte, blind Dutch ballad singer
1964 – Jill Goodacre Connick, model (Victoria Secrets), born in Lubbock, Texas
1968 – Chris Calloway, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
Famous Deaths
1848 – John Jacob Astor [Johann Jakob Astor] German-American businessman (first multi-millionaire in the United States), dies at 84
1940 – Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(b. 1916)
1979 – Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82
1980 – Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
1992 – Paul [G J von] Henreid, Austrian actor (Laszlo-Casablanca), dies at 84
1996 – Maggie Donnelly, bag lady, dies at 46