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100 years anniversary | ||||
19 Mar 1924 | Mary Wimbush, English actress (d. 2005) | |||
19 Mar 1924 | Joe Gaetjens, Haitian footballer (d. 1964) | |||
19 Mar 1924 | Charles Villiers Stanford Irish composer/author, dies at 71 | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
19 Mar 1949 | Denny Albee: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- Actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live) | |||
19 Mar 1949 | 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee | |||
19 Mar 1949 | James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882) | |||
19 Mar 1949 | Valery Leontiev, Russian singer and actor | |||
19 Mar 1949 | Blase J. Cupich, American archbishop | |||
19 Mar 1949 | Hirofumi Hirano, Japanese politician | |||
19 Mar 1949 | WW2 | James Somerville passed away. | ||
19 Mar 1949 | Denny Albee Oklahoma City OK, actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live) | |||
19 Mar 1949 | 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge TN | |||
19 Mar 1949 |
Atomic Energy Museum In 1949, The American Museum of Atomic Energy, the first U.S. museum devoted exclusively to the history of atomic energy opened to the public in a building that was an old wartime cafeteria in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. During WW II, this city had been the site for processing uranium-235 for the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. Guided tours through the museum showed visitors the peaceful uses of atomic energy. The present facility, opened in 1975, continues to provide the general public with energy information. The name of the museum was changed to the American Museum of Science and Energy in 1978. |
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50 years anniversary | ||||
19 Mar 1974 | Jennifer Lynn Drayton: Saginaw, Michigan -- Miss America - Michigan (1997) | |||
19 Mar 1974 | John Coppinger: El Paso, Texas -- Pitcher (Baltimore Orioles) | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Anne Klien: Fashion designer, dies at 51 | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Edward Platt: Actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58 | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Hertha Kuusinen: Finnish communist / Daughter of Otto K, dies at 70 | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Edward Platt, American actor and producer (b. 1916) | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Anne Klein, American fashion designer (b. 1923) | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Marcel Tiemann, German race car driver | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Vida Guerra, Cuban-American model and actress | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Jefferson Airplane re-named the group and became Jefferson Starship. The new line-up included Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, drummer Johnny Barbata, David Freiberg, Peter Kaukonen, Cragi Chaquico and Papa John Creach. | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Jennifer Lynn Drayton Saginaw MI, Miss Michigan-America (1996) | |||
19 Mar 1974 | John Coppinger El Paso TX, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles) | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Anne Klien fashion designer, dies at 51 | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Edward Platt actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58 | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Hertha Kuusinen Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at 70 | |||
19 Mar 1974 | Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
19 Mar 1999 | Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and author (b. 1926) | |||
19 Mar 1999 | Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924) | |||
19 Mar 1999 | Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band played the second night at the Asbury Park Convention Hall, New Jersey as warm up dates for their forthcoming Reunion Tracks tour. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
19 Mar 2004 | 3-19 shooting incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. | |||
19 Mar 2004 | A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations. | |||
19 Mar 2004 | Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. A total of 24 people are killed and 13 injured. | |||
19 Mar 2004 | Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1911) | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
19 Mar 2009 | Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944) | |||
19 Mar 2009 | Maria Bergson, Austrian-American architect and interior designer (b. 1914) | |||
19 Mar 2009 | Eighties pop fan Justine Thompson was ordered to pay more than £1,040 for repeatedly playing The Cures 'Boys Dont Cry' at full blast. Thompson aged 31, had also belted out 'Geno' by Dexys Midnight Runners and The Smiths 'This Charming Man' so loudly it shook flats around her home in Brighton, a court heard. City magistrates found her guilty of ignoring a noise abatement notice. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
19 Mar 2014 | Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1923) | |||
19 Mar 2014 | Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1912) | |||
19 Mar 2014 | Robert S. Strauss, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1918) | |||
19 Mar 2014 | Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1942) | |||
19 Mar 2014 | Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (b. 1929) | |||
19 Mar 2014 | Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (b. 1937) | |||
19 Mar 2014 | Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (b. 1936) | |||
19 Mar 2014 | Robert Butler, American painter (b. 1943) |