Anniversaries

9th March 1994 (19 Years)

Charles Bukowski died.

10th March 1913 (100 Years)

Harriet Tubman - abolitionist, humanitarian, and conductor on Underground Railroad, died.

10th March 1948 (65 Years)

Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, dancer, and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, died.

10th March 1986 (27 Years)

Ray Milland, a Welsh actor and director, died.

11th March 1818 (195 Years)

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley, was published.

11th March 1916 (97 Years)

Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, is born.

11th March 1955 (58 Years)

Sir Alexander Fleming - the man who first discovered the life-saving drug penicillin - died of a heart attack.

11th March 1989 (24 Years)

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.

12th March 1863 (150 Years)

Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian poet, playwright and politician, was born.

12th March 1918 (95 Years)

Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.

12th March 1936 (77 Years)

Patrick Procktor, English painter, printmaker and stage designer, is born.

12th March 1938 (75 Years)

Anschluss (annexation of Austria): German troops marched into Austria unopposed. Hitler now had control of Austria.

12th March 1967 (46 Years)

Achmed Sukarno the Indonesian leader of independence was stripped of his title.

12th March 1967 (46 Years)

Achmed Sukarno the Indonesian leader of independence was stripped of his title.

13th March 1593 (420 Years)

Georges de La Tour, French painter, was born.

13th March 1864 (149 Years)

Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter and printmaker, active in Germany, was born.

13th March 2013

Pope Francis is elected, in the papal conclave, as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.

14th March 1879 (134 Years)

Albert Einstein was born.

14th March 1883 (130 Years)

Karl Marx, philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist, died.

14th March 1885 (128 Years)

The Mikado a light opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, had its first public performance in London.

14th March 1958 (55 Years)

Albert II, Prince of Monaco, son of Prince Ranieri III and Grace Kelly, was born.

14th March 1964 (49 Years)

Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, is found guilty and sentenced to the electric chair.

14th March 1991 (22 Years)

Margery Sharp, English writer most famous for The Rescuers series, dies.

15th March 1767 (246 Years)

Andrew Jackson, American soldier and statesman who served as the 7th President of the United States, was born.

15th March 1917 (96 Years)

Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, was forced to abdicate the throne. End of Russian Empire.

15th March 1917 (96 Years)

Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, was forced to abdicate the throne. End of Russian Empire.

15th March 1943 (70 Years)

David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter, was born.

15th March 1990 (23 Years)

Mikhail Gorbachev became president of Soviet Union.

16th March 1957 (56 Years)

Romanian Abstract Sculptor Constantin Brancusi died.

16th March 1976 (37 Years)

British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigned, citing personal reasons.

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