Monday, May 16, 2011

Popular Birthdays On Mar 30

By Tracy Rocelyn


1432 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1481)

1640 - John Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)

1918 - John Gray, FRS/marine biologist

1918 - Joseph Allen Jr, Boston MA, actor (Death of a Champion)

1919 - McGeorge Bundy, Boston, national security adviser (JFK)

1672 - Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia (1682-1725)

1953 - Cydney Bernard, American film producer

1955 - Randy Wanwarmer, Denver, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most)

1687 - Johann Balthasar Freisslich, composer

1957 - Elena V Kondakova, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (STS 84)

1922 - German Germanovich Galinin, composer

1922 - J F Coates, naval architect

1958 - Joseph Paul Sindelar, Ft Knox KY, PGA golfer (BC Open-1985, 87)

1750 - John Stafford Smith, composer

1772 - Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer

1923 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (d. 1986)

1959 - Sabine Meyer, German clarinetist

1805 - Adrien de La Fage, composer

1811 - Angelo Catelani, Italian composer/conductor

1962 - M C Hammer, [Stanley Kirk Burrell], Oakland Ca, rapper (Hammer Time)

1962 - Bil Dwyer, American actor

1926 - Ray McAnally, Ireland, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian)

1926 - Werner Torkanowsky, Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symph)

1963 - Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor

1964 - Corey Millen, Cloquet, NHL center (Calgary Flames)

1927 - Wally Grout, cricketer (great Aussie wicket-keeper)

1964 - Tracy Chapman, US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car)

1964 - Vlado Bozinovski, Australian former footballer

1928 - Tom Sharpe, English historian/author (Riotous Assembly, Want)

1929 - Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law)

1929 - Shirley Stoler, Brooklyn NY, actress (Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties)

1853 - Vincent van Gogh, Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, artist, painter and pioneer of Expressionism (The Potato Eaters, Irises)

1930 - David Staple, joint pres (Council of Churches for Brit & Ireland)

1864 - Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist/politician

1967 - Julie Richardson, Auckland NZ, tennis star (1992 Futures-Canberra)

1872 - Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer

1876 - Clifford Whittingham Beers, US, mental hygiene pioneer

1879 - Coen de Koning, Dutch ice skater (d. 1954)

1969 - Marco Foddis, pop drummer (Pestilence)

1932 - Ted Morgan, Swiss-born writer

1933 - Jean-Claude Brialy, Aumale Algeria, actor (Circle of Love, Cousins)

1886 - Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician/mathematician

1970 - Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown (1973)

1970 - Shane Bertsch, Denver CO, Nike golfer (1994 Permina Basin Open-14th)

1935 - John Charles Eaton, composer

1971 - Mari Holden, Milwaukee Wisc, cyclist (Olympics-96)

1936 - Mark Burns, British director (Juggernaut)

1936 - Richard Baker, Santa Fe NM, Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha)

1894 - Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin)

1937 - Jay W Macintosh, Gainesville Ga, actress (Sons & Daughters)

1898 - Heinz Risse, writer

1898 - Joyce Carey, English actress (Black Windmill)

1938 - Martin Dunne, Lord-Lt (Warwickshire)

1899 - Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, well known Bengali writer (d. 1970)

1902 - Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (d. 2007)

1973 - Matthew Pritchard, Welsh Stuntman

1903 - Countee Cullen, US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl)

1975 - Bahar Soomekh, American actress

1976 - Chris Canty, cornerback (New England Patriots)

1904 - Akarova, [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Les Biches)

1904 - Ripper Collins, baseball player (d. 1970)

1942 - George Esson, Chief Constable (Dumfries & Galloway)

1905 - Albert Pierrepoint, English executioner (d. 1992)

1978 - Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player

1908 - Camille Schmit, composer

1944 - Gerrit Komrij, Dutch poet/essayist (Happy Schizo)

1945 - Eric Clapton, Ripley England, singer/guitarist (Tears in Heaven)

1980 - Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer

1910 - Jzef Marcinkiewicz, mathematician (d. 1940)

1911 - Dennis Gomm, musician

1948 - Justin Deas, Penn, actor (Dream Lover, Montana, Intimate Strangers)

1912 - Jack Cowie, cricketer (successful NZ fast bowler either side of WWII)

1948 - Nigel Jones, British MP

1983 - Davis Romero, Panamanian baseball player

1983 - Hebe Tian, Taiwanese singer (S.H.E)

1984 - Mario Ancic, Croatian tennis player

1984 - Anna Nalick, American singer and songwriter.

1950 - Dave McCurdy, (Rep-D-OK, 1981- )

1917 - Els Aarne, composer

1950 - Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (Fixx)

1282 - The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.

1296 - Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.

1814 - Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.

1814 - Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.

1822 - The Florida Territory is created in the United States.

1842 - Anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.

1844 - One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.

1855 - Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas - "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.

1856 - The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.

1863 - Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.

1867 - Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.

1870 - Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.

1885 - The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.

1909 - The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.

1910 - The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi.

1912 - Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.

1918 - Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.

1939 - The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph.

1940 - Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Ching-wei.

1944 - World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.

1945 - World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdansk.

1949 - A riot breaks out in Austurvllur square in Reykjavk, when Iceland joins NATO.

1954 - The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.

1961 - The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.

1965 - Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the US Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.

1972 - Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.

1976 - The first Land Day protests are held in Israel/Palestine.

1979 - Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.

1981 - President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.

1982 - Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

2006 - The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law.

2009 - Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.

2011 - India beats Pakistan by 29 runs in the Semi Finals of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup in Mohali.




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