504 Historic Events for March 1
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Richard Wilbur, 2nd US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Jack Clayton, film director
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke, (NY)
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| 1921 |
Death |
Nicholas Petrovic Njegos, King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies at 79
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Yitzak Rabin, premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
William M Gaines, publisher (MAD Magazine)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Bonita Granville, actress/producer (Perry Mason)
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| 1923 |
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Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Duncan White, Ceylon, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1948)
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| 1924 |
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Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted
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| 1924 |
Death |
Louise MA, princess of Belgium, dies at 66
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Al Rosen, Spartanburg SC, 3rd baseman (AL MVP 1953)/NY Yankee pres
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Cesare Danova, Rome Italy, actor (Garrison's Gorillas)
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| 1926 |
Death |
Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China), dies at 58
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner (1960-89)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Robert Clary, Paris France, actor (LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes)
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| 1927 |
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Bank of Italy becomes a Natl Bank
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Harry Belafonte, Harlem NYC, calypso singer (Buck and the Preacher)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Lusine Amara, opera/concert singer
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Robert Heron Bork, judge, nominated for supreme court
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| 1928 |
Death |
Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62
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| 1928 |
Death |
Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer, dies at 77
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| 1928 |
Event |
Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Sonny James, singer (Young Love, Running Bear)
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