Today in History for 31st March 2017:
Historical Events
1717 – A sermon on “The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ” by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provoked the Bangorian Controversy.
1865 – Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg
1870 – 1st black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ)
1969 – George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined £250 each for illegal drugs
1970 – Following an Orange Order parade, intense riots erupt on the Springfield Road in Belfast; violence lasts for three days, and the British Army used CS gas for the first time in large quantities
1980 – Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
Famous Birthdays
1893 – Clemens Krauss, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937), born in Vienna, Austria
1911 – Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (d. 1986)
1922 – Richard Kiley, actor (Man of La Mancha, Endless Love), born in Chicago, Illinois
1926 – Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters)
1938 – Arthur B. Rubinstein, American composer
1944 – Mick Ralphs, English guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
Famous Deaths
1389 – Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered
1934 – Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88
1982 – Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85
1985 – Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun (b. 1933)
1996 – Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer, dies at 91
2003 – Anne Gwynne, American film actress (b. 1918)