Thursday, May 19, 2011

Celebrity Born On March 24

By Tracy Rocelyn


1188 - Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I

1909 - Clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame)

1954 - Donna Pescow, Brooklyn, actress (Angie, Out of this World, Rainbow)

1607 - Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)

1910 - Richard Conte, Jersey City NJ, actor (4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel)

1630 - Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal

1657 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)

1911 - Joseph Barbera, animator (Hanna-Barbera)

1703 - Jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer

1714 - Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer

1960 - Barry Horowitz, American professional wrestler

1725 - Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)

1917 - Constantine Andreou, Greek-Brazilian artist (d. 2007)

1918 - Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter

1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind)

1755 - Rufus King, framer of US constitution

1962 - Angle Dubeau, Canadian violinist

1919 - Robert Heilbroner, American economist (d. 2005

1796 - John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (d. 1878)

1964 - Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star

1965 - Angela Zuckerman, St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994)

1922 - Dorothy Irene Height, president (national council of negro women)

1809 - Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers

1965 - Marian Vajda, Czech, tennis star

1817 - Aime Maillart, composer

1820 - A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)

1965 - The Undertaker, American professional wrestler

1924 - Norman Fell, Phila, actor (Mr Roper-3's Company, The End, Graduate)

1925 - Duncan Wood, TV director/producer

1925 - Mai Zetterling, Vaeras Sweden, actress (Hidden Agenda, Ringer)

1925 - Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer (d. 1994)

1969 - Yoko Zetterlund, SF Calif, volleyball setter (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)

1969 - Houston, American pornographic actress

1927 - Martin Walser, writer

1835 - Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law)

1928 - Vanessa Brown, Vienna Austria, actress (My Favorite Husband)

1929 - Cuan McCarthy, cricketer (36 Test wkts for S Africa, 1 career no-ball)

1850 - Silas Hocking, British novelist and preacher (d. 1935)

1930 - Steve McQueen, Slater Mo, actor (Wanted, Dead or Alive, Blob, Bullitt)

1931 - Thelma Kalama, US, 4 X 100m relay swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948)

1866 - Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer

1973 - Chip McCaw, Chicago Ill, volleyball setter (Olympics-96)

1874 - Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president of Italy (1948-55)

1934 - William Smith, American actor

1973 - Philippe Boucher, St Apollinaire Ca, NHL defense (LA Kings, Oly-G-98)

1936 - Fredrick Kaufmamn, composer

1974 - Terry Killens, linebacker (Tennessee Oilers)

1937 - Benjamin Luxon, Redruth England, baritone (Owen Wingrave)

1975 - Debbie Keller, Winfield Ill, soccer forward (Olympics-96)

1937 - Billy Stewart, US R&B singer (I Do Love You)

1975 - Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player

1975 - Krisdayanti, Indonesian singer, actress and diva

1888 - Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (d. 1922)

1938 - David Irving, British historian

1891 - Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations)

1976 - Aaron Brooks, American football player

1943 - H Martin Lancaster, (Rep-D-NC)

1943 - Jesus Alou, baseball outfielder (SF Giants)

1943 - Marika Kilius, German FR, ice skating pair (Olympic-silver-1960, 64)

1895 - Sid Saylor, Chicago Ill, actor (Wally-Waterfront)

1896 - Gianna Manzini, writer

1979 - Periklis Iakovakis, Greek athlete

1979 - Lake Bell, American actress

1945 - Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist

1898 - George Alpert, railroad executive

1979 - Graeme Swann, English cricketer

1946 - Paul Williams, climber

1902 - Thomas E Dewey, Oh, 1st Catholic Pres candidate 1944, 1948 (R)

1947 - Alan Sugar, English multi-millionaire/computer manufacturer (Amstrad)

1982 - Corey Hart, American baseball player

1982 - Dustin McGowan, American baseball player

1947 - Pieter W Coetzer, South African journalist/MP (NP)

1947 - Christine Gregoire, American politician, current governor of Washington

1984 - Chris Bosh, American basketball player

1906 - Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet singer (d. 1984)

1907 - Janet Harmon Bragg, US pilot/columnist (Chicago Defender)

1907 - Lauris Norstad, US gen (NATO commander)/CEO (Owens-Corning Fiberglass)

1951 - Kenneth S Reightler Jr, Patuxent R Md, Cmdr USN/astro (STS 48, 60)

1907 - Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, writer

1992 - Thomas Law, English actor

1401 - Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.

1603 - James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England.

1603 - Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan.

1707 - The Acts of Union 1707 is signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1731 - Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.

1765 - American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.

1832 - In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..

1837 - Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.

1860 - Sakuradamon incident (1860): Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairo) Ii Naosuke

1869 - The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.

1878 - The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.

1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.

1896 - A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.

1900 - Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

1907 - The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.

1923 - Greece becomes a republic.

1927 - Nanjing Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.

1933 - The Enabling Act of 1933 is passed by the German Reichstag, allowing Adolf Hitler to gain plenary power.

1934 - U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.

1944 - Ardeatine Massacre: German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome.

1944 - World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.

1946 - The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.

1958 - Rock'N'Roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.

1959 - The Party of the African Federation is launched by Lopold Sdar Senghor and Modibo Keita.

1965 - NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash landing.

1972 - The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.

1973 - Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, California.

1976 - In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Pern and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process. Since 2006, a public holiday known as Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is held on this day.

1980 - Archbishop scar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.

1986 - The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.

1989 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m) of petroleum after running aground.

1993 - Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.

1998 - Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.

1998 - A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.

1999 - Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

2000 - S&P 500 index reaches an intraday high of 1,552.87, a peak that, due to the collapse of the dot-com bubble, it will not reach again for another seven-and-a-half years.

2003 - The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.

2008 - Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.




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