Historical Anniversaries this Week

March 13

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (died 2003)^[107]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Troy Hudson, American basketball player and rapper^[170]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Danny Masterson, American actor and producer^[133]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ole Haugsrud, American sports executive (born 1900)^[246]

March 14

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 – The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.^[18]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – François Morel, Canadian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator (died 2018)^[111]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Brian Quinn, American improvisational comedian and actor^[176][177]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Phil Vickery, English rugby player and sportscaster^[178]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (born 1895)^[254]

March 15

 Events (400 years ago today): 1626 – A dam failure causes the sudden flooding of the mining city of Potosí in present-day Bolivia leading to the death of thousands and the massive release of toxic mercury into the environment.^[14][15]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ben Johnston, American composer and academic (died 2019)^[108]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (died 1983)^[109]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Cara Pifko, Canadian actress^[174]

March 16

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.^[11]

 Births (250 years ago today): 1776 – Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1845)^[66]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (died 1987)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (died 2017)^[140]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer^[164]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Zhu Chen, Qatari chess Grandmaster

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kim Johnsson, Swedish ice hockey player^[174]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Leila Lejeune, French handballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Susanne Ljungskog, Swedish cyclist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player

March 17

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.

 Births (350 years ago today): 1676 – Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and theologian (died 1732)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (died 2014)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Scott Downs, American baseball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (born 1853)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906)

March 18

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Peter Graves, American actor and director (died 2010)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress and producer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Tomo Ohka, Japanese baseball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Scott Podsednik, American baseball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler, trainer, and author, founded Chikara wrestling promotion

 Deaths (950 years ago today): 1076 – Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy (born 1018)

March 19

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Felix Jacoby, German philologist (died 1959)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress^[24]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Derek Chauvin, American criminal and former police officer^[39][40]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Andre Miller, American basketball player^[41]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer and manager

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor and author (born 1889)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1950)