100- and 50-year historical anniversaries for this day and this week in history.
Historical Anniversaries this Week
March 19
Events (200 years ago today): 1824 – American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.[5]Births (200 years ago today): 1824 – William Allingham, Irish poet, author, and scholar (d. 1889)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Joe Gaetjens, Haitian footballer (d. 1964)
March 20
Births (200 years ago today): 1824 – Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (d. 1876)Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist (d. 1945)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
Deaths (150 years ago today): 1874 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (b. 1911)
Commemorations:
International Day of the Francophonie
International Day of Happiness
March 21
Births (550 years ago today): 1474 – Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint (d. 1540)Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Alfred Tysoe, English runner (d. 1901)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician (d. 2010)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Rhys Darby, New Zealand comedian and actor
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Dejima Takeharu, Japanese sumo wrestler
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Edsel Dope, American singer-songwriter and producer
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Ted Kravitz, British presenter and Formula One pit-lane reporter
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Kevin Leahy, American drummer
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Conor Woodman, Irish journalist and author
Commemorations:
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Poetry Day
International Day of Nowruz
World Down Syndrome Day
March 22
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013)Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (d. 1960)[51]
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Grigoria Golia, Greek handball player[66]
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1924 – William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
Commemorations:
World Water Day
March 23
Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Grantley Goulding, English hurdler (d. 1947)Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – J. C. Leyendecker, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (d. 2013)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor of Liquid Paper (d. 1980)[19]
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Olga Kennard, English crystallographer and academic[20] (d. 2023)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – John Madin, English architect (d. 2012)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Mark Hunt, New Zealand mixed martial artist[33]
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Randall Park, American actor, director and screenwriter
Commemorations:
World Meteorological Day
March 24
Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1961)[132]Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician and actor (d. 1926)[133]
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Sergey Klyugin, Russian high jumper
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Tado, Filipino comedian and activist (d. 2014)
Deaths (200 years ago today): 1824 – Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, French lawyer (b. 1753)[270]
Commemorations:
World Tuberculosis Day
March 25
Events (100 years ago today): 1924 – On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.Births (200 years ago today): 1824 – Clinton L. Merriam, American banker and politician (d. 1900)
Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Selim S?rr? Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (d. 1957)[20]
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Roberts Blossom, American actor (d. 2011)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Machiko Ky?, Japanese actress (d. 2019)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer
Commemorations:
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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