Today in History for 8th March 2018:
Historical Events
1702 – Queen Anne becomes Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland upon death of King William III
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded
1902 – 1st performance of Jean Sibelius’ 2nd Symphony
1961 – Jean Kerr’s “Mary, Mary” premieres in NYC
1980 – 6th People’s Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds and Jane Fonda win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda and Carol Burnett win (TV)
1987 – 34th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats North Carolina, 68-67
Famous Birthdays
1892 – Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader and Prime Minister (1952-53), born in Ada, Serbia (d. 1971)
1902 – Louise Beavers, American actress (Beulah-Beulah), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1962)
1911 – Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2000)
1937 – Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
1966 – Elliot Boult, New Zealand golfer, born in Blenheim
1984 – Dave Moffatt, Canadian musician
Famous Deaths
1720 – Georg Bronner, German composer and organist, dies at 53
1887 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer (b. 1820)
1901 – Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66
1994 – Knut Haukelid, Norway/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82
1999 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinean writer (b.1914)
2005 – Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen leader (b. 1951)