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100 years anniversary | ||||
14 Mar 1924 | Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (d. 2012) | |||
14 Mar 1924
John M. Mack |
death John M. Mack Died 14 Mar 1924 at age 59 (born 27 Oct 1864). John M. “Jack” Mack was an American inventor and manufacturer who co-founded the Mack Brothers Company (1902), which became Mack Trucks Inc. (1922), manufacturers of tough heavy-duty trucks. In 1890, he began working for a business making carriages and wagons in New York City, which he subsequently bought (1893) and ran with his brothers. By 1900, the Mack brothers produced their first successful large vehicle, a 40-hp 20-passenger sight-seeing bus, called the Manhattan. They built more buses, and by 1905, they expanded into making trucks, with about 100 workers. In 1910, Mack produced the first motorized hook-and-ladder fire truck. John invented the Mack “Bulldog” type engine. The bulldog remains the present company's icon and part of its logo. He left the company in 1912 to start another manufacturing business. He died in a car accident. |
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75 years anniversary | ||||
14 Mar 1949 | John Callan O'Laughlin, American journalist and politician, 17th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1873) | |||
14 Mar 1949 | Helle Meri, Estonian actress, 2nd First Lady of Estonia | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
14 Mar 1974 | Justine Joyce: Australian rower (1996 Olympics) | |||
14 Mar 1974 | Günther Reindorff, Estonian graphic designer and educator (b. 1899) | |||
14 Mar 1974 | Patrick Traverse, Canadian ice hockey player | |||
14 Mar 1974 | Rohit Shetty, Indian actor, director, and cinematographer | |||
14 Mar 1974 | Grace Park, American-Canadian actress | |||
14 Mar 1974 | Justine Joyce Australian rower (Olympics-96) | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
14 Mar 1999 | John Broome, American author (b. 1913) | |||
14 Mar 1999 | Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910) | |||
14 Mar 1999 | Stereophonics went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Performance And Cocktails', only the third Welsh band to score a No.1 and the first No.1 album for Richard Branson's V2 label. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
14 Mar 2009 | Altovise Davis, American actress and dancer (b. 1943) | |||
14 Mar 2009 | Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1947) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
14 Mar 2014 | Wesley Warren, Jr., American elephantiasis victim (b. 1963) | |||
14 Mar 2014 | Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (b. 1931) | |||
14 Mar 2014 | Sam Peffer, English illustrator (b. 1921) | |||
14 Mar 2014 | Sam Lacey, American basketball player (b. 1948) | |||
14 Mar 2014 | Meir Har-Zion, Israeli commander (b. 1934) | |||
14 Mar 2014 | Hans Fogh, Danish-Canadian sailor (b. 1938) | |||
14 Mar 2014 | Gary Burger, American singer and guitarist (The Monks) (b. 1942) | |||
14 Mar 2014 | Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1925) |