Today in History for 6th March 2018:
Historical Events
1865 – US President Abraham Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Ball
1946 – France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation
1959 – 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr win
1983 – In New Bedford, Massachusetts, woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table
1997 – Picasso’s painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later.
2000 – Long-time Boston Bruin defenseman Ray Bourque is traded to the Colorado Avalanche
Famous Birthdays
1475 – Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance (David, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel), born in Caprese, Tuscany (d. 1564)
1785 – Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer
1885 – Ringgold “Ring” Lardner, US sports writer (You Know Me Al)
1903 – Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, American platform diver (Olympic gold 1924 and 1928), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1989)
1912 – Madge Adam, astronomer
1926 – Elwood H [Bud] Hillis, (Rep-R-IN, 1971- )
Famous Deaths
1753 – Gerhardus Havingha, composer, dies at 56
1936 – Rubin Goldmark, composer, dies at 63
1964 – Edward Van Sloan, American actor (Frankenstein, Dracula), dies at 81
1965 – Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker], actress (Animal Crackers), dies at 75
1992 – Emmy Huf, Dutch cabaret performer/writer (I Want Warm Meat), dies
2016 – Nancy Reagan [Anne Francis Robbins], US First Lady (1981-89), dies at 94