Today in History for 7th March 2018:
Historical Events
1866 – 28th Grand National: Mr Alec Goodman aboard Salamander IRE wins
1932 – Riots at Ford factory in Dearborn Michigan, 4 killed
1945 – Cologne taken by allied armies
1978 – Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb
1981 – 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death
1991 – Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
Famous Birthdays
1788 – Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist who pioneered the study of electric and luminescent phenomena, born in Châtillon-Coligny, France (d. 1878)
1850 – Tomáš Masaryk, Czech philosopher and 1st President of Czechoslovakia (1918-35), born in Hodonín, Austrian Empire (d. 1937)
1946 – Matthew Fisher, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum), born in London, England
1954 – Matt Frenette, rock drummer (Loverboy)
1959 – Donna Murphy, American actress
1965 – Steve Beuerlein, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Car Panthers)
Famous Deaths
1111 – Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies
1761 – Antonio Palella, Italian composer and harpsichordist, dies at 68
1931 – Theo van Doesburg, [Christian Kupper], painter/architect, dies at 47
1941 – Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63
1973 – Andre de Meulemeester, Belgium WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78
1995 – Paul-Emile Victor, French polar explorer, dies at 87