Today in History

March 13th:

• 1980 American John Wayne Gacy

... receives the death sentence in Illinois for the murder of 12 people



John Wayne Gacy - Wikipedia

 

March 13th:

• 1982 ABC TV crime drama "T.J. Hooker" premieres,

Starring William Shatner, Adrian Zmed , James Darren, and Heather Locklear
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T. J. Hooker - Wikipedia

 

1814 Battle of Reims: Napoleon defeats the Russians

Hmmm

 

West European Victory over an arrogant Russian - Hmm indeed!

 

They got pushed out of Russia eventually due to the winter which defeated the Germans of course as well in 1942 .

 

March 15th:

• 44 BC Julius Caesar - 'The Ides of March'

Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March during a meeting of the Senate at the Curia of Pompey of the Theatre of Pompey in Rome.
The senators stabbed Caesar 23 times.is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March in Rome

Assassination of Julius Caesar - Wikipedia

 

March 15th:

• 1917 Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar

Tsar of RussiaNicholas II


---- abdicates and nominates his brother Grand Duke Michael to succeed him

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia - Wikipedia

 

March 16th:

• 1872 1st English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London:

The 1871–72 Football Association Challenge Cup was the first staging of the Football Association Challenge Cup, usually known in the modern era as the FA Cup, the oldest association football competition in the world.
Fifteen of the association's fifty member clubs entered the first competition, although three withdrew without playing a game.
In the final, held at Kennington Oval in London on 16 March 1872, Wanderers beat the Royal Engineers by a single goal, scored by Morton Betts, who was playing under the pseudonym A. H. Chequer.

 

March 16th:

1917 Russian Grand Duke Michael,



Brother of Tsar Nicholas II declines the Russian throne

 

March 16th:

• 1968 My Lai massacre

A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children and old menin the village of My Lai
More than 500 people were slaughtered in the My Lai massacre, including young girls and women who were raped and mutilated before being killed.

Mỹ Lai massacre - Wikipedia

 

March 16th:

• 1994 American figure skater Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack

Following an attack on former Olympic teammate Nancy Kerrigan, Harding pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution as a Class C felony offense at a Multnomah County court hearing.

• She and her lawyer, Robert Weaver, negotiated a plea bargain ensuring no further prosecution.

 

March 18th:

• 1965 Spacewalk

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Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, leaves his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space
leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space
During the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds.
He was also selected to be the first Soviet person to land on the Moon although the project was cancelled.
Total EVA time: 12 minutes, 9 seconds
Born: Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov; 30 May 1934; ...
Missions: Voskhod 2, Soyuz 19 (ASTP)
Awards: Hero of the Soviet Union (twice)

 

March 19th:

• 1911 1st International Women's Day:

The day sees over 1 million men and women attend rallies in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
Issues discussed included women's right to vote and to hold public office, the right to work, to vocational training and an end to discrimination on the job.
History of International Women's Day

 

March 19th:

• 1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened in Sydney, Australia

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Sydney Harbour Bridge - Wikipedia

 

March 19th:

• 2003 Airstrikes

by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion



2003 invasion of Iraq - Wikipedia

 

On This Day - 21st March
1413Henry V became King of England. He died, aged 35, at the Château de Vincennes near Paris, apparently from dysentery.


1556England's first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake as a heretic, under the Catholic Queen Mary I, also know as "Bloody Mary". Imprisoned for over two years and under pressure from Church authorities, he apparently reconciled himself with the Roman Catholic Church. However, on the day of his execution, he dramatically recanted these beliefs, to die a heretic to Roman Catholics and a martyr to others. His legacy lives on within the Church of England through the Book of Common Prayer and the Thirty-Nine Articles, an Anglican statement of faith derived from his work.


1646 The Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold (English Civil War), was the last major battle of the First Civil War. There is this monument to Sir Hastings Keyte In St. Edward's Church at Stow, Keyte was a Royalist captain killed in the battle, aged 23.


1829The Duke of Wellington, aged 60, fought a bloodless duel with the Earl of Winchelsea. The reason for the duel was the Duke’s support of Catholic emancipation. Wellington was both Prime Minister and leader of the Tory Party at the time.



1835The birth of Thomas Hayward, Cambridgeshire, and All-England Eleven cricketer who was generally reckoned to be one of the outstanding batsmen of the 1850s and 1860s. In 1859 he took part in the first-ever overseas cricket tour when he was a member of the England team visiting North America.


1918Germany's last major offensive of World War One began on The Somme.


1935The birth of Brian Clough, English footballer and manager of Nottingham Forest from 1975–1993. Clough was widely considered to be one of the greatest managers of the game and the greatest English manager never to have managed the England team.


1945British warplanes destroyed Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, killing over 70 Nazis. The raid also killed civilians, including 86 schoolchildren, in Denmark's worst civilian disaster of the war.


1945World War II: British troops liberated Mandalay in Burma.

 

1946Labour politician Aneurin Bevan announced the Government's proposals for a free National Health Service, paid for by the taxpayer. His statue in Cardiff. Doctors immediately announced the setting-up of a fighting fund to oppose the legislation, fearing a loss of earnings.


1983The government announced that the first automatic trains on London's underground could be in operation by early April.


1984Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher came under attack for the breakdown of negotiations at the common market summit in Brussels. It is understood that Mrs. Thatcher asked for an annual rebate for Britain of £730m but was offered £580m, which she refused.


1990A demonstration in London against the poll tax became a riot. More than 400 people were arrested.


1991The government announced plans for a new property tax in place of the controversial poll tax.


1997 The death of Wilbert Vere Awdry, Anglican cleric, railway enthusiast, and children's author. Better known as the Reverend W. Awdry, he was the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, the central figure in his Railway Series. Awdry was born at Ampfield vicarage in Hampshire and his father was vicar of Ampfield Church.


1999Ernie Wise, the comedian, died aged 73. 'Morecambe and Wise' were a comedy legend for generations of people in Britain. They were honoured with posthumous fellowships at the British Academy Television Awards.

 

March 22nd:

• 1872 Illinois - Driven by Myra Bradwell -
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- who attempted in 1869 to become the first woman to be admitted to the Illinois bar to practice law, but was denied admission by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1870

Influenced by her case, in 1872 the Illinois legislature passed a state law prohibiting gender discrimination in admission to any occupation or profession (with the exception of the military). and was the 1st state to require sexual equality in employment
Myra Bradwell - Wikipedia
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March 22, 1872: Illinois, First State with Gender Equality in Hiring - History and Headlines

 

March 22nd

• 1873 Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico,

= celebrated as Emancipation Day.

The Spanish National Assembly finally abolished slavery in Puerto Rico. when the owners were compensated with 35 million pesetas per slave, and slaves were required to continue working for three more years.
Indemnity bond paid as compensation to former owners of freed slaves as compensation.

March 22: Puerto Rico Abolished Slavery Today in 1873

 

March 22nd

• 1903 Niagara Falls runs out of water because of a drought

Niagara Falls, New York, USA - 1903 - Niagara Runs Dry | GREENERPASTURE