CoM Moderators Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Historical Events 1903 - Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa HC beats Rat Portage Thisles, 4-2 for a 2-0 challenge series sweep1922 - WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions1941 - Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies1960 - 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield, California1986 - European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)2016 - President Putin orders Russian troops out of SyriaMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1815 - Josephine Lang, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1880)1853 - Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter, born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 1918)1869 - Algernon Blackwood, English novelist (The Willows), born in Shooter's Hill, Kent, England (d. 1951)1961 - Greg Anderson, American NHRA stock car driver, born in Duluth, Minnesota1963 - Pedro Duque, Spanish engineer and astronaut (STS 78 alt, sk:95, first Spanish person in space), born in Madrid, Spain1984 - Antoni Porowski, Canadian chef and TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Montreal, QuebecMore Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 840 - Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 691902 - Daniel H. Reynolds, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 691976 - Martha Saalfeldt German writer and poet, dies at 781994 - Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 821995 - William Fowler, American nuclear scientist and astrophysicist (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1983), dies at 832015 - Valentin Rasputin, Russian writer (To Live and Remember), dies at 77More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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