Today in History for 3rd March 2018:
Historical Events
1638 – Duke Bernard of Saxe-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
1869 – 31st Grand National: George Stevens aboard The Colonel wins
1917 – German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann publicly admits the “Zimmermann Telegram” is genuine. Generates support for the US declaration of war on Germany in April.
1921 – Toronto’s Dr Banting and Dr Best announce discovery of insulin
1946 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1953 – Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed
Famous Birthdays
1872 – Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897
1882 – Charles Ponzi [Carlo], Italian con-man (Ponzi scheme in the US), born in Lugo, Italy (d. 1949)
1917 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
1937 – Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
1953 – Zico, Brazilian footballer
1962 – Herschel Walker, WFL/NFL running back (NJ Generals, Dallas Cowboys)
Famous Deaths
1824 – Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violist/composer, dies at 70
1932 – Eugene Francis Charles D’albert, composer, dies at 67
1990 – Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86
1994 – Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50
2012 – Alex Webster, American football coach, dies at 80
2017 – Stephen Ross, American economist (arbitrage pricing theory), dies at 73