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473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
1575 – Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
1799 – The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1849 – The Territory of Minnesota was created.
1857 – Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
1859 – The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
1861 – Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
1865 – Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
1873 – Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
1875 – Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
1875 – The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
1878 – The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; a few months afterwards the Congress of Berlin stripped its status to a vassal principality of the Ottoman Empire.
1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
1891 – Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
1904 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
1910 – Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
1913 – Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.
1918 – Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
1923 – TIME magazine is published for the first time.
1924 – The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
1924 – The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1939 – In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
1940 – Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
1942 – World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
1943 – World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
1944 – The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
1945 – World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila.
1945 – World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
1953 – A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
1958 – Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
1972 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
1980 – The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
1985 – Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
1985 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
1986 – The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
2005 – James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
2005 – Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006 where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
2013 – A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 45 people and injured 180 others in a predominately Shia Muslim area.
2017 – Nintendo releases the hybrid Nintendo Switch video game console worldwide to critical acclaim, later becoming the fastest selling console in the United States.

1455 – John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
1455 – Ascanio Sforza, Catholic cardinal (d. 1505)
1506 – Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (d. 1555)
1520 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (d. 1575)
1583 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (d. 1648)
1589 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1676)
1606 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (d. 1687)
1652 – Thomas Otway, English playwright and author (d. 1685)
1678 – Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian rebel leader (d. 1747)
1756 – William Godwin, English journalist and author (d. 1836)
1778 – Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1841)
1793 – William Macready, English actor and manager (d. 1873)
1800 – Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1862)
1803 – Thomas Field Gibson, English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers (d. 1889)
1805 – Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (d. 1861)
1816 – William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (d. 1858)
1819 – Gustave de Molinari, Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist (d. 1912)
1825 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1879)
1831 – George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (d. 1897)
1839 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (d. 1904)
1841 – John Murray, Canadian-Scottish oceanographer and biologist (d. 1914)
1845 – Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1918)
1847 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (d. 1922)
1860 – John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (d. 1925)
1866 – Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
1868 – Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (d. 1951)
1869 – Henry Wood, English conductor (d. 1944)
1871 – Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (d. 1957)
1873 – William Green, American union leader and politician (d. 1952)
1880 – Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1962)
1880 – Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1946)
1882 – Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (d. 1974)^[1]
1882 – Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman (d. 1949)
1883 – Cyril Burt, English psychologist and geneticist (d. 1971)
1883 – Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (d. 1977)
1887 – Lincoln J. Beachey, American pilot (d. 1915)
1891 – Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop (d. 1949)
1893 – Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter (d. 1998)
1895 – Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1895 – Matthew Ridgway, American general (d. 1993)
1898 – Emil Artin, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1962)
1900 – Edna Best, British stage and film actress, appeared on early television in 1938 (d. 1974) ^[2]
1900 – Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress (d. 1987) ^[3]
1901 – Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (d. 2011)
1903 – Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician (d. 1967)
1906 – Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic (d. 1991)
1911 – Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
1911 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
1913 – Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
1913 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 2005)
1914 – Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1916 – Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2006)
1917 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952)
1918 – Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1920 – Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant (d. 1994)
1920 – James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier (d. 2005)
1920 – Ronald Searle, English-French soldier and illustrator (d. 2011)
1921 – Diana Barrymore, American actress (d. 1960)
1922 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2002)
1923 – Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (d. 2005)
1923 – Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2012)
1924 – Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan
1926 – James Merrill, American poet and playwright (d. 1995)
1927 – Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2016)
1930 – Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania
1934 – Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1934 – Jimmy Garrison, American bassist and educator (d. 1976)
1935 – Mal Anderson, Australian tennis player
1935 – Michael Walzer, American philosopher and academic
1935 – Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (d. 2015)
1939 – Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (d. 2003)
1939 – M. L. Jaisimha, Indian cricketer (d. 1999)
1940 – Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist
1940 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (d. 1986)
1940 – Jean-Paul Proust, French-Monacan police officer and politician, 21st Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010)
1940 – Owen Spencer-Thomas, English minister and journalist
1941 – Mike Pender, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – George Miller, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1945 – Hattie Winston, American actress
1946 – John Virgo, English snooker player and sportscaster
1947 – Clifton Snider, American author, poet, and critic
1947 – Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer
1949 – Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author
1949 – Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut
1949 – Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (d. 2011)
1951 – Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 – Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
1952 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (d. 2008)
1953 – Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
1954 – Keith Fergus, American golfer
1954 – John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer
1955 – Darnell Williams, English-American actor and director
1956 – Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager
1956 – John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer
1957 – Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author
1957 – Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
1958 – Miranda Richardson, English actress
1959 – Ira Glass, American radio host and producer
1959 – Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
1960 – Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach
1961 – Mary Page Keller, American actress and producer
1961 – John Matteson, American biographer
1961 – Perry McCarthy, English race car driver
1961 – Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
1962 – Glen E. Friedman, American photographer
1962 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American heptathlete and long jumper
1962 – Herschel Walker, American football player and mixed martial artist
1963 – Martín Fiz, Spanish runner
1963 – Khaltmaagiin Battulga, 5th President of Mongolia
1964 – Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
1964 – Laura Harring, Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985
1964 – Glenn Kulka, Canadian ice hockey player and wrestler
1965 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager
1966 – Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor
1966 – Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1968 – Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist
1968 – Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
1970 – Julie Bowen, American actress
1970 – Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1971 – Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
1971 – Tyler Florence, American chef and author
1972 – Darren Anderton, English footballer and sportscaster
1973 – Xavier Bettel, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1973 – Matthew Marsden, English actor and martial artist
1974 – David Faustino, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1976 – Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
1976 – Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress (d. 2017)
1976 – Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1977 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1977 – Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host
1978 – Matt Diaz, American baseball player
1979 – Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
1980 – Mason Unck, American football player
1981 – David Bailey, American basketball player
1981 – Tobias Forge, Swedish musician
1981 – Julius Malema, South African politician
1981 – Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1982 – Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
1982 – Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Tolu Ogunlesi, Nigerian journalist, writer
1982 – Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player
1983 – Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
1983 – Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
1984 – Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
1984 – Santonio Holmes, American football player
1984 – Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
1985 – Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
1986 – Jed Collins, American football player
1986 – Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter
1986 – Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer
1987 – Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
1987 – Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer
1988 – Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player
1988 – Michael Morrison, English footballer
1988 – Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
1988 – Max Waller, English cricketer
1989 – Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer
1990 – Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
1991 – Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress
1991 – Cho-rong, South Korean singer
1993 – Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
1993 – Nicole Gibbs, American tennis player
1993 – James Roberts, Australian rugby league player
1994 – Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress
1997 – Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer
1998 – Jayson Tatum, American basketball player

532 – Winwaloe, founder of Landévennec Abbey (b. c. 460)
1009 – Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Umayyad chief minister (b. 983)
1111 – Bohemond I, Italo-Norman nobleman (b. 1058)
1195 – Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (b. c. 1125)
1239 – Vladimir IV Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)
1311 – Antony Bek, bishop of Durham
1323 – Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English military leader
1383 – Hugh III, Italian nobleman
1459 – Ausiàs March, Catalan knight and poet (b. 1397)
1542 – Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of Edward IV
1554 – John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503)
1578 – Sebastiano Venier, doge of Venice (b. 1496)
1578 – Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu, Ottoman Greek magnate
1588 – Henry XI, duke of Legnica (b. 1539)
1592 – Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
1605 – Clement VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1536)
1611 – William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman (b. 1552)
1616 – Matthias de l'Obel, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1538)
1700 – Chhatrapati Rajaram, 3rd Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire (b. 1670)^[4]
1703 – Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (b. 1635)
1706 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1653)
1744 – Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (b. 1674)
1765 – William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1687)
1768 – Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
1792 – Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
1850 – Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
1894 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
1901 – George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
1905 – Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
1927 – Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
1927 – J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
1929 – Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
1932 – Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
1943 – George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
1959 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
1961 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)
1966 – Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
1966 – William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
1966 – Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
1981 – Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1905)
1982 – Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
1982 – Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
1983 – Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)
1987 – Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
1988 – Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (b. 1918)
1988 – Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (b. 1889)
1990 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (b. 1898)
1991 – Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (b. 1895)
1991 – William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)
1993 – Mel Bradford, American author and critic (b. 1934)
1993 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American mob boss (b. 1910)
1993 – Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1903)
1993 – Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist (b. 1906)
1994 – John Edward Williams, American author and academic (b. 1922)
1995 – Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1907)
1996 – Marguerite Duras, French author and director (b. 1914)
1996 – John Krol, American cardinal (b. 1910)
1998 – Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1915)
1999 – Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1999 – Lee Philips, American actor and director (b. 1927)
2000 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
2001 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
2001 – Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2002 – G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1951)
2003 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
2003 – Luis Marden, American linguist, photographer, and explorer (b. 1913)
2003 – Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
2005 – Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
2006 – Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1923)
2006 – Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1918)
2006 – William Herskovic, Hungarian-American humanitarian (b. 1914)
2007 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920)
2008 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)
2008 – Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (b. 1923)
2009 – Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1935)
2010 – Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2010 – Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (b. 1913)
2011 – May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (b. 1923)
2012 – Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (b. 1929)
2012 – Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1947)
2012 – Alex Webster, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
2013 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1940)
2013 – Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2014 – Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (b. 1930)
2014 – Sherwin B. Nuland, American surgeon, author, and educator (b. 1930)
2014 – William R. Pogue, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
2014 – Don Shows, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2015 – Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (b. 1925)
2015 – M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
2016 – Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (b. 1968)
2016 – Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (b. 1973)
2016 – Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1962)
2016 – Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1914)
2017 – René Préval, Haitian politician (b. 1943)
2018 – Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (b. 1929)
2018 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (b. 1942)

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1703: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 68 ετών ο Ρόμπερτ Χουκ, ένας από τους σπουδαιότερους, πρωτοπόρους επιστήμονες του 17ου αιώνα.

1706: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 53 ετών, ο Γερμανός συνθέτης της μπαρόκ μουσικής, Γιόχαν Πάσελμπελ, δημιουργός του εμβατηρίου, που ακούγεται συχνά σε γαμήλιες τελετές.

1784: ο Γάλλος Ζαν Πιέρ Μπλανσάρ, γίνεται ο πρώτος άνθρωπος που καταφέρνει να πλοηγήσει ένα αερόστατο, όπου αυτός ήθελε, ώστε να μην είναι έρμαιο της φοράς των ανέμων. Το 1785 πέρασε πετώντας τη Μάγχη.

1791: το αμερικανικό κογκρέσο ψηφίζει τον πρώτο φορολογικό νόμο, χωρίζοντας τη χώρα σε 14 φορολογικές ζώνες.

1805: γεννιέται ο Τζόνας Φιούρερ, πρώτος Πρόεδρος της Ελβετικής Συνομοσπονδίας.

1820: το αμερικανικό κογκρέσο ψηφίζει τον συμβιβασμό του Μιζούρι, προσπαθώντας να δώσει λύση στην πρώτη σοβαρή σύγκρουση μεταξύ των υπέρμαχων και των κατακριτών της δουλείας.

1831: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός εφευρέτης και βιομήχανος Τζορτζ Πούλμαν. Παρά το γεγονός ότι, παράτησε το σχολείο στην ηλικία των 14, έγινε μία από τις πιο ισχυρές και αμφιλεγόμενες προσωπικότητες του Σικάγο.

1845: γεννιέται ο φημισμένος Γερμανός μαθηματικός Γκέοργκ Κάντορ.

1845: η Φλόριντα γίνεται η 27η Πολιτεία των ΗΠΑ.

1847: γεννιέται στην Σκοτία ο Αμερικανός Αλέξανδρος Γκράχαμ Μπελ, ο εφευρέτης του τηλεφώνου. Ο Μπελ, που υπήρξε δάσκαλος κωφών, παρουσίασε τη μεγάλη του εφεύρεση στις 10 Μαρτίου του 1876. Πέθανε το 1922, ενώ η πατέντα τού αφαιρέθηκε το 2002.

1849: δημιουργείται το υπουργείο Εσωτερικών των ΗΠΑ.

1853: γεννιέται ο διάσημος Ολλανδός ζωγράφος Βίνσεντ Βαν Γκογκ.

1857: η Γαλλία και η Μ. Βρετανία κηρύσσουν πόλεμο στην Κίνα.

1873: γεννιέται ο Γουίλιαμ Γκριν, ο ανθρακωρύχος που ηγήθηκε του αμερικανικού εργατικού κινήματος επί 30 χρόνια.

1875: διεξάγεται ο πρώτος καταγεγραμμένος αγώνας χόκεϊ στο Μόντρεαλ του Καναδά.

1875: "στο Παρίσι, στην Opera-Comique, η όπερα του Ζορζ Μπιζέ ""Κάρμεν""αποκτά τους πρώτους της υποστηρικτές και τους πρώτους της πολέμιους."

1877: ο Ράδερφοντ Μπ. Χέις ανακηρύσσεται μυστικά 19ος Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ. Η επίσημη ανακοίνωση γίνεται δύο ημέρες αργότερα.

1878: υπογράφεται η Συνθήκη του Αγίου Στεφάνου, με την οποία δημιουργήθηκε η Μεγάλη Βουλγαρία, ανακτώντας την ανεξαρτησία της από την Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία.

1886: "υπογράφεται η Συνθήκη του Βουκουρεστίου, που τερματίζει τον πόλεμο μεταξύ Σερβίας και Βουλγαρίας, που είχε ξεσπάσει με αφορμή ""το ζήτημα της Ανατολικής Ρωμυλίας"". Έληξε με ήττα των Σέρβων και κατακύρωση της άλλοτε ελληνικής περιοχής στη Βουλγαρία."

1893: γεννιέται η Μπεατρίς Γουντ, Αμερικανίδα καλλιτέχνης και κεραμίστρια.

1909: οι αεροπόροι Χέρινγκ, Κέρτις και Μπίσοπ ανακοινώνουν την έναρξη κατασκευής αεροπλάνου για εμπορικούς σκοπούς στις ΗΠΑ.

1910: ο Τζ. Ντ. Ρόκφελερ ο νεώτερος ανακοινώνει, πως αποσύρεται από τη διοίκηση των επιχειρήσεων για να αφοσιωθεί ολοκληρωτικά σε φιλανθρωπίες.

1910: οι εννέα μητροπολίτες της Μακεδονίας, με υπόμνημα, που υποβάλλουν στο Πατριαρχείο, περιγράφουν με τα ζοφερότερα χρώματα την κατάσταση στην περιοχή, εξαιτίας της βουλγαρικής προπαγάνδας.

1911: "γεννιέται η ""πλατινένια ξανθιά""του αμερικανικού κινηματογράφου, η ηθοποιός Τζιν Χάρλοου. Το ""σύμβολο του σεξ""πέθανε σε ηλικία μόλις 26 ετών, όταν αρρώστησε κατά τη διάρκεια γυρισμάτων."

1913: στις ΗΠΑ, σουφραζέτες διαδηλώνουν στην Ουάσινγκτον υπέρ της χορήγησης ψήφου στις γυναίκες. Στις συγκρούσεις, που σημειώνονται, τραυματίζονται περίπου 40 άτομα.

1915: ιδρύεται η NACA, πρόγονος της NASA.

1915: "το αμφιλεγόμενο έπος του Ντ. Γ. Γκρίφιθ, ""Η Γέννηση ενός Έθνους""κάνει πρεμιέρα στη Ν. Υόρκη."

1919: στη Μόσχα, ο Λένιν ιδρύει την 3η Κομμουνιστική Διεθνή.

1920: "γεννιέται ο Τζέιμς Ντούχαν, ο ""Σκότι""του ""Σταρ Τρεκ""."

1920: παραιτείται η τουρκική κυβέρνηση, λόγω του συμμαχικού ψηφίσματος, σύμφωνα, με το οποίο η Τουρκία επρόκειτο να χάσει 24 εκ. σε πληθυσμό, δεδομένου ότι, θα διατηρούσε μόνο την ασιατική επαρχία της Ανατολίας.

1921: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός ποιητής του κινήματος των μπίτνικ, ’Αλεν Γκίνσμπεργκ.

1924: ο Μουσταφά Κεμάλ Ατατούρκ καταργεί το Χαλιφάτο και διώχνει τον Χαλίφη και την οικογένεια του από τη χώρα.

1926: γεννιέται ο βραβευμένος με Πούλιτζερ Αμερικανός ποιητής, Τζέιμς Μέριλ.

1928: γεννιέται ο Σλοβένος μαθηματικός Φραντς Κριζάνικ.

1928: ο Ρόνι Ντιξ της Μπρίστολ Ρόβερς, σε ηλικία 15 ετών και 180 ημερών, γίνεται ο νεότερος παίκτης που σημειώνει γκολ στην φούτμπολ λιγκ, στη νίκη της ομάδας του επί της Νόργουιτς, για την 3η κατηγορία της Αγγλίας.

1929: γεννιέται στο Ρέθυμνο ο συνθέτης Νίκος Μαμαγκάκης.

1929: στρατιωτική εξέγερση ξεσπάει σε οκτώ πολιτείες του Μεξικού.

1931: "ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος Χούβερ υπογράφει πρόταση νόμου για την καθιέρωση του άσματος ""Σταρ Σπάνγκλεντ Μπάνερ""του Φράνσις Σκοτ Κέι, ως Εθνικού Ύμνου των ΗΠΑ."

1933: εγκαινιάζεται το εθνικό μνημείο Μάουντ Ράσμορ, στο Κίστοουν της Ν. Ντακότα, με τις προτομές τεσσάρων Αμερικανών προέδρων: των Τζορτζ Ουάσιγκτον, Τόμας Τζέφερσον, Θίοντορ Ρούζβελτ και Αβραάμ Λίνκολν. Το μνημείο συμβολίζει τη γέννηση και την ανάπτυξη των ΗΠΑ, καθώς και τα πρώτα 150 χρόνια της ιστορίας του κράτους.

1933: στην Ιαπωνία, 3.000 νεκροί είναι ο τραγικός απολογισμός του σεισμού και του παλιρροϊκού κύματος, που πλήττουν περιοχή κοντά στη Γιοκοχάμα.

1938: ο Γκλεν Κάνινγκχαμ σπάει το παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ στο μίλι, με χρόνο 4 λεπτά και 4,4 δευτερόλεπτα.

1939: στην Ινδία, ο Γκάντι αρχίζει απεργία πείνας, αντιδρώντας στην απολυταρχική διακυβέρνηση των Βρετανών.

1942: οι Βρετανοί κάνουν επιδρομή στη γαλλική βάση της κυβέρνησης του Ντιέγκο Σουάρες, στη Μαδαγασκάρη.

1943: 173 άτομα χάνουν τη ζωή τους όταν προσπαθούν να εισέλθουν σε αντιαεροπορικό καταφύγιο στο Λονδίνο.

1945: γεννιέται στην Αθήνα η τραγουδίστρια Αρλέτα, καλλιτεχνικό ψευδώνυμο της Νικολέτας Τσούπρα.

1945: η Φινλανδία, κάτω από την πίεση των ΗΠΑ και της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης, κηρύσσει τον πόλεμο εναντίον της Γερμανίας, πρώην συμμάχου της.

1951: αθωώνονται όλα τα μέλη της ΑΔΕΔΥ, που παραπέμπονται σε δίκη για τη συμμετοχή τους στην απεργία.

1952: το ανώτατο δικαστήριο των ΗΠΑ απαγορεύει σε κομμουνιστές καθηγητές να διδάσκουν σε δημόσια σχολεία.

1953: 11 άτομα χάνουν τη ζωή τους, όταν καναδικό τζετ συντρίβεται στο Καράτσι του Πακιστάν.

1955: ο Έλβις Πρίσλεϊ εμφανίζεται για πρώτη φορά στην τηλεόραση, στην εκπομπή Louisiana Hayride.

1957: ο υπαρχηγός της ΕΟΚΑ Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου, πολεμώντας μόνος εναντίον 60 ’Αγγλων, προτιμά να πεθάνει μέσα σε μια σπηλιά της περιοχής Μαχαιρά Πάφου της Κύπρου, παρά να παραδοθεί. Ήταν μόνο 29 ετών.

1958: γεννιέται η Βρετανίδα ηθοποιός Μιράντα Ρίτσαρντσον.

1959: λήγει η διήμερη συνάντηση στη Ρόδο του Έλληνα πρωθυπουργού Κωνσταντίνου Καραμανλή και του Γιουγκοσλάβου Προέδρου Τίτο.

1959: πεθαίνει ο κωμικός Λου Κοστέλο, μέλος του ντουέτου Αμποτ και Κοστέλο, σε ηλικία 53 ετών.

1960: ο Πάπας ονομάζει καρδινάλιους έναν Αφρικανό, έναν Ιάπωνα κι έναν Φιλιππινέζο.

1962: γεννιέται η Τζάκι Τζόινερ Κέρσι, Αμερικανίδα αθλήτρια που κέρδισε το χρυσό στο έπταθλο στους Ολυμπιακούς αγώνες του 1988 και του 1992.

1962: με ψήφους 189 έναντι 88, η Βουλή απορρίπτει την πρόταση της Ένωσης Κέντρου για παραπομπή της υπηρεσιακής κυβέρνησης Δόβα στο δικαστήριο.

1963: στο Περού, 300 άτομα σκοτώνονται από καθίζηση του εδάφους.

1965: πεθαίνει ο βασιλιάς Φαρούκ, ο προτελευταίος βασιλιάς της Αιγύπτου, σε ηλικία 45 ετών.

1965: "προβάλλεται για πρώτη φορά στους αμερικανικούς κινηματογράφους ""Η μελωδία της Ευτυχίας"", με πρωταγωνιστές τους Τζούλι ’Αντριους και Κρίστοφερ Πλάμερ."

1966: γεννιέται ο Τόουν Λοκ, μουσικός της ραπ.

1966: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 96 ετών ο Μάξφιλντ Πάρις, Αμερικανός ζωγράφος και εικονογράφος.

1969: η NASA εκτοξεύει το διαστημόπλοιο Apollo 9 για να εξετάσει δορυφόρους της σελήνης.

1969: σε δικαστήριο του Λος Αντζελες, ο Σιρχάν Σιρχάν παραδέχεται ότι σκότωσε τον υποψήφιο πρόεδρο Ρόμπερτ Φ. Κένεντι.

1974: πέφτει αεροπλάνο των τουρκικών αερογραμμών στην Γαλλία και σκοτώνονται 346 επιβάτες. Ένας από αυτούς είναι ο 33χρονος Βρετανός Τζον Κούπερ, αργυρός ολυμπιονίκης στα 400μ το 1964 στο Τόκιο.

1975: σε μίτινγκ κλειστού στίβου μεταξύ ΗΠΑ και ΕΣΣΔ, η Φράνσις Λάριεν κάνει δύο παγκόσμια ρεκόρ σε μια κούρσα, 4:09.8 τα 1500μ και 4:28.5 το μίλι.

1976: οι Φλίτγουντ Μακ ηχογραφούν το άλμπουμ Rumours, που θα έχει μεγάλη επιτυχία τον επόμενο χρόνο.

1978: άγνωστοι κλέβουν το φέρετρο του Τσάρλι Τσάπλιν από το κοιμητήριο της ελβετικής πόλης Βεβέ. Οι κλέφτες θα ζητήσουν λύτρα 600.000 δολαρίων για την επιστροφή του φέρετρου. Η χήρα του Τσάπλιν αρνείται και τα λείψανα βρίσκονται 11 εβδομάδες αργότερα κοντά στη λίμνη Τζενίβα

1981: με 102 ψήφους διαφορά ο Ευάγγελος Μαχαίρας υπερισχύει του Ευάγγελου Γιαννόπουλου στις εκλογές του Δικηγορικού Συλλόγου Αθηνών.

1982: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος συγγραφέας Ζορζ Περέκ.

1983: "πεθαίνει ο Αρθουρ Κέσλερ, ο Ούγγρος συγγραφέας, που ζούσε στη Βρετανία, ευρύτερα γνωστός για το μυθιστόρημά του ""Το Μηδέν και το Απειρο"". Τα τελευταία χρόνια της ζωής του ο Κέσλερ υπέφερε από λευχαιμία. Οπαδοί της ευθανασίας, αυτός και η γυναίκα του, αυτοκτόνησαν."

1983: "πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 76 ετών ο Βέλγος συγγραφέας κόμικ και καλλιτέχνης Ζορζ Ρεμί, γνωστός ευρύτερα με το όνομα Ερζέ. Το πιο γνωστό του έργο είναι ""Οι περιπέτειες του Τεν - Τεν"", που έγγραψε και εικονογράφησε από το 1929 έως το θάνατό του."

1985: "ο Γουίλι Σούμεικερ γίνεται ο πρώτος τζόκεϊ που ξεπερνά την αμοιβή των 100 εκατ. δολαρίων, όταν ιππεύοντας τον ""Lord of War""κερδίζει το Σάντα Ανίτα Χάντικαπ στην Αρκέιντα της Καλιφόρνια."

1987: πεθαίνει ο διάσημος Αμερικανός ηθοποιός Ντάνι Κέι, σε ηλικία 74 ετών.

1988: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 99 ετών ο Σιούαλ Γκριν Ράιτ, ένας από τους πρωτοπόρους της γενετικής.

1990: πεθαίνει μετά από καρδιακό επεισόδιο ο δημοσιογράφος και πρωτοπόρος της ελεύθερης ραδιοφωνίας, Ρούσος Κούνδουρος.

1991: καταγράφεται σε ερασιτεχνικό βίντεο ο άγριος ξυλοδαρμός του Ρόντνεϊ Κινγκ από αστυνομικούς, στο Λος ’Αντζελες.

1991: ο Πρόεδρος της Τσεχοσλοβακίας Βάτσλαβ Χάβελ χαρακτηρίζει άθλια την οικονομική κατάσταση της χώρας του και αναφέρεται στις αρνητικές επιπτώσεις που είχαν η αποσταθεροποίηση στην ΕΣΣΔ και ο Πόλεμος στον Κόλπο.

1991: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος τραγουδιστής, στιχουργός και συνθέτης Σερζ Γκένσμπουργκ, σε ηλικία 62 ετών.

1991: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 96 ετών ο Αμερικανός Αρθουρ Μάρεϊ, διάσημος καθηγητής χορού και επιχειρηματίας.

1992: στο Αζερμπαϊτζάν, η αστυνομία ανακοινώνει ότι, ανακάλυψε τις σορούς 120 Αζέρων, που είχαν σκοτωθεί κατά την επίθεση Αρμενίων στο Ναγκόρνο Καραμπάχ.

1992: στο Μαυροβούνιο, η συντριπτική πλειοψηφία των κατοίκων τάσσεται υπέρ της παραμονής της Δημοκρατίας στη Γιουγκοσλαβία, σύμφωνα με τα αποτελέσματα δημοψηφίσματος.

1992: τα στρατεύματα της πρώην ΕΣΣΔ αναχωρούν από τη Λιθουανία, μετά από παραμονή 50 ετών.

1993: 20.000 μουσουλμάνοι κάτοικοι της Τσέρκα, στην ανατολική Βοσνία, εγκαταλείπουν τις εστίες τους, για να σωθούν από τις σερβικές επιθέσεις.

1993: στην Κύπρο, απονέμεται χάρη στον πραξικοπηματία Νίκο Σαμψών.

1994: εκτιμάται ότι τα 12 δισεκατομμύρια θα φτάσει ο πληθυσμός της γης το 2100, σύμφωνα με έκθεση του Διεθνούς Ινστιτούτου Ανάλυσης Εφαρμοσμένων Συστημάτων.

1994: ο Έλληνας ΥΠΕΞ και προεδρεύων του Συμβουλίου Υπουργών της Ε.Ε Κάρολος Παπούλιας, ζητά από το Αμάν της Ιορδανίας, όπου βρίσκεται, εγγυήσεις για την ασφάλεια των Παλαιστινίων στα Κατεχόμενα και υποστηρίζει τα αιτήματά τους με στόχο την επανάληψη του διαλόγου.

1995: η Ελλάδα άρει το βέτο για την τελωνειακή σύνδεση της Τουρκίας με την Ε.Ε, διασφαλίζοντας την ενίσχυση της ελληνικής κλωστοϋφαντουργίας και την έναρξη δομημένου προενταξιακού διαλόγου για την Κύπρο.

1995: ιστορικό διατηρητέο μνημείο κηρύσσει το εργοστάσιο του ΦΙΞ το Κεντρικό Συμβούλιο Νεώτερων Μνημείων, αλλά παράλληλα συμφωνεί με την κατεδάφιση μέρους του για τις ανάγκες του Μετρό.

1995: στη Σομαλία, τερματίζεται η ειρηνευτική αποστολή των Ηνωμένων Εθνών.

1996: πεθαίνει στη Γαλλία η συγγραφέας Μαργκερίτ Ντιράς, σε ηλικία 81 ετών.

1996: το Λαϊκό Συντηρητικό κόμμα της Ισπανίας κερδίζει τις γενικές εκλογές, τερματίζοντας τη 13χρονη κυριαρχία του σοσιαλιστή πρωθυπουργού Φελίπε Γκονζάλες.

1997: οι υπουργοί Περιβάλλοντος της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης αποφασίζουν τη μείωση έως το 2010, των εκπομπών τοξικών αερίων, που συμβάλλουν στη δημιουργία του φαινομένου του θερμοκηπίου.

1999: εκτελείται στην Αριζόνα των ΗΠΑ ο Γερμανός Βάλτερ Λα Γκραντ για τη συμμετοχή του σε ληστεία μετά φόνου. Μία εβδομάδα νωρίτερα, εκτελέστηκε και ο αδελφός του, Καρλ. Η Γερμανία ζήτησε την παρέμβαση Διεθνούς Ποινικού Δικαστηρίου για να σώσει τον Βάλτερ.

1999: ο Μπερτράντ Πικάρ και ο Μπράιαν Τζόουνς αρχίζουν την προσπάθειά τους να γυρίσουν τον κόσμο με αερόστατο, χωρίς να σταματήσουν. Το ταξίδι τους ολοκληρώνεται με επιτυχία στις 20 του ίδιου μήνα.

2000: ο Λόθαρ Ματάους δίνει το 464ο και αποχαιρετιστήριο αγώνα με την Μπάγερν Μονάχου εναντίον της Στουτγκάρδης για την Μπουντεσλίγκα.

2000: οι δύο αιώνιοι αντίπαλοι στο πόλο, Ολυμπιακός και Εθνικός, βρίσκονται αντιμέτωποι για τον τελικό Κυπέλλου μετά από 44 χρόνια. Ο Εθνικός κερδίζει στην παράταση με πέναλτι του Καλαντώνα 12-11 και κατακτά το κύπελλο για 11η φορά σε ισάριθμους τελικούς.

2001: ένα στρατιωτικό αεροσκάφος C-23 Sherpa των ΗΠΑ συντρίβεται στην πολιτεία της Τζόρτζια με αποτέλεσμα 21 άτομα να χάσουν τη ζωή τους.

2003: "και ενώ βρίσκεται σε εξέλιξη η κρίση για τον αφοπλισμό του Ιράκ, πραγματοποιείται ως μορφή διαμαρτυρίας μια διεθνής παράσταση με την ονομασία ""Σχέδιο Λυσιστράτη"", βασισμένο στην αρχαιοελληνική αντι-πολεμική σάτιρα ""Λυσιστράτη""."

2003: κάτω από δρακόντεια μέτρα ασφαλείας, ξεκινά στην ειδικά διαμορφωμένη αίθουσα των φυλακών Κορυδαλλού, η Δίκη της 17Ν. Στην πολύκροτη δίκη κάθονται στο εδώλιο 19 άτομα, που φέρονται ως μέλη της τρομοκρατικής οργάνωσης, που παρέμενε φάντασμα για 27 ολόκληρα χρόνια. Τα αδικήματα για τα οποία παραπέμπονται αγγίζουν τα 600 περίπου, ενώ το κατηγορητήριο ξεπερνά τις 50.000 σελίδες και αφορά 88 επιθέσεις της οργάνωσης. Τα διεθνή Μέσα Ενημέρωσης τη χαρακτηρίζουν ως δίκη του αιώνα και μεταδίδουν αναλυτικά ρεπορτάζ και ανταποκρίσεις.

2003: πεθαίνει από καρκίνο, σε ηλικία 46 ετών, ο Νορβηγός μέσος του Ολυμπιακού, από το 1982 έως το 1985, Ρότζερ Αλμπερσεν.

2003: "πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 70 ετών ο Χορστ Γουέρνερ Μπούσχολτζ, Γερμανός ηθοποιός, γνωστός από τη συμμετοχή του στην ταινία ""Και οι εφτά ήταν υπέροχοι""."

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1927 - Junior Parker

Junior Parker, US blues singer/songwriter who wrote ‘Mystery Train’, which was covered by Elvis Presley. He also worked with B.B. King and Howlin’ Wolf. Parker died on November 18th 1971.

1941 - Mike Pender

Mike Pender, The Searchers, (1964 UK No.1 & US No.13 single 'Needles And Pins'). They were the second group from Liverpool, after The Beatles to have a hit in the United States when 'Needles and Pins' charted during the first week of March 1964.

1944 - Jance Garfat

Jance Garfat, bassist, with American rock band Dr Hook who had the 1970s hits 'The Cover of Rolling Stone', 'A Little Bit More', 'When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman' and 'Sylvia's Mother'.

1947 - Dave Mount

Dave Mount from English glam rock band Mud who had the 1974 UK No.1 single 'Tiger Feet' which was the UK's best-selling single of 1974 plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. Mount died on 2nd December 2006.

1947 - Jennifer Warnes

Jennifer Warnes, singer, (1982 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Up Where We Belong' with Joe Cocker).

1948 - Terence 'Snowy' White

Terence 'Snowy' White, guitarist, who worked with Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd and Roger Waters. As a solo artist, he had a 1983 UK Top 10 hit single 'Bird Of Paradise'.

1949 - Blue Weaver

Derek (Blue) Weaver, keyboards, from Welsh rock group Amen Corner who had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'If Paradise Is Half As Nice' plus five other UK Top 40 hits. As a member of the Strawbs, had the 1973 UK No.2 single with 'Part Of The Union'. Also worked with The Bee Gees, 1975 US No.1 'Jive Talking'.

1949 - Richie Cannata

American music producer, multi-instrumentalist Richie Cannata most notable for playing saxophone in Billy Joel's band. Also worked with The Beach Boys, Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez.

1954 - Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes, from English rock band Adam and the Ants who scored the 1981 UK No.1 single 'Stand And Deliver' and 15 other UK Top 40 singles.

1966 - Tone- Loc

Tone- Loc, (Antony Smith), US rapper, (1989 UK No. 13 single,'Funky Cold Medina').

1977 - Ronan Keating

Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, Ronan Keating, who with Boyzone scored the 1996 UK No.1 single 'Words' and 4 UK No.1 albums. As a solo artist Keating had the 1999 UK No.1 single 'When You Say Nothing At All', (which was featured in the film Notting Hill) and his 2000 UK No.1 album 'Ronan' spent over a year on the chart.

1979 - Mike Patto

English musician Mike Patto who was primarily notable as lead singer for Spooky Tooth and Boxer. He first became vocalist and frontman for The Bo Street Runners, who won a TV band competition Ready Steady Win during 1964. Patto died of throat cancer aged 36.

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1966 - Neil Young

Neil Young Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles. Among the first wave of American bands to become popular in the wake of the British invasion, the group combined rock, folk, and country music into a sound all its own. Its million-selling song 'For What It's Worth' became a political anthem for the turbulent late 1960s.

1969 - Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin recorded their first BBC Radio 1 'Top Gear' session during the afternoon at the Playhouse Theatre in London, England. Songs recorded were 'Dazed And Confused', 'Communication Breakdown', 'You Shook Me' and 'I Can't Quit You Baby'. Free, The Moody Blues and Deep Purple were also in session on the show.

1973 - Slade

Slade's 'Com On Feel The Noize', entered the UK at No.1, making Slade the first act to achieve this since The Beatles.

1973 - Roberta Flack

Winners at this year's Grammy Awards included, Roberta Flack who won Song of the year and Record of the year with 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and Harry Nilsson won Best pop vocal performance for 'Without You.'

1977 - John Otway

The first night of an UK tour with Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Cherry Vanilla and The Police kicked off at the Roxy Club, London. John Otway and Wild Willie Barratt played at The Speakeasy, London and Iggy Pop supported by The Vibrators appeared at Huddersfield Poly.

1979 - Bee Gees

The Bee Gees scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Tragedy.' Also today The Bee Gees went to No.1 on the US album chat with 'Spirits Having Flown', the brother's second US No.1 album.

1984 - Nena

Nena started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '99 Red Balloons.' Originally sung in German, '99 Luftballons' was re-recorded in English as '99 Red Balloons'. The song was a No.2 hit in the US and the only UK hit for Nena making her a One Hit Wonder.

1990 - Lindy Layton

Lindy Layton and Beats International were at No.1 in the UK with the single 'Dub Be Good To Me.' Formed by ex-Housemartins Norman Cook, the song was based on the SOS Band's 1984 hit 'Just Be Good To Me' and The Clash song 'Guns of Brixton'.

1990 - Paul McCartney

During a world tour Paul McCartney played the first of 6 sold-out nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The final night was broadcast live to venues in 10 other Japanese cities; Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Niigata, Osaka, Sapporp, Sendai and Takamatsu.

1994 - Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins were banned from appearing on BBC TV's Top Of The Pops due to the content of the song's lyrics. The bands single 'Disarm' was this week's highest new entry.

1995 - Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters made their live debut during a benefit show at The Satyricon in Portland, Oregon.

1999 - Tony McCarrol

Oasis agreed to pay their former drummer Tony McCarroll a one-off sum of £550,000 ($935,000) after he sued the Manchester band for millions in unpaid royalties. McCarroll had been sacked from the band in 1995.

2000 - Derek Longmuir

Former Bay City Roller, Derek Longmuir was released on bail on charges of downloading child pornographic images from the internet and keeping indecent videos in his home.

2000 - Tom Jones

Tom Jones won the Best male artist at this year's Brit Awards. Other winners included Travis for Best band and Best album 'The Man Who.' Best single went to Robbie Williams for 'She's The One', Five won Best pop act, TLC won Best International group, Beck won Best International Male, Macy Gray won Best newcomer and Outstanding Contribution went to The Spice Girls.

2001 - Stereophonics

Stereophonics were forced to change the title of their new album after car manufacturer Daimler Chrysler objected to their use of the copyrighted word 'Jeep'. The UK title became 'Just Enough Education To Perform.'

2002 - Will Young

TV show 'Pop Idol' winner Will Young scored his first UK No.1 single with 'Anything Is Possible / Evergreen.' Young set a new sales record for a debut artist with over 1 million in the first week. It became the biggest selling single of 2002.

2003 - Rod Stewart

Ray Jackson who found fame with Lindisfarne took out legal action against Rod Stewart over his 1970s hit song ‘Maggie May.’ Jackson claimed he came up with the worldwide hit's classic mandolin melody and claimed he may have lost at least £1m because he was not credited for the track's distinctive "hook." Jackson was paid just £15 for the recording session by Stewart in 1971.

2004 - Elton John

Elton John announced he was planning to marry his long-term partner David Furnish if new UK laws allowed it. A Civil Partnership bill was being passed through Parliament which would give gay couple's greater rights.

2005 - 50 Cent

50 Cent released The Massacre, the follow-up to his 6x platinum debut 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. The album sold over 1 million copies in its first week, going 4x platinum in two months. The success of the album gave 50 Cent five top-five singles in 2005.

2008 - The Beatles

Beatles engineer Norman Smith died at the age of 85. Smith who worked on every studio recording the band made between 1962 and 1965 was nicknamed

2009 - U2

To celebrate the release of U2's twelfth studio album and their appearance every night for a week on The Late Show with David Letterman, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg temporarily renamed part of 53rd street in Midtown Manhattan U2 Way.

2010 - Sean 'P Diddy' Combs

A woman claiming to be the wife of Sean 'P Diddy' Combs was freed on $5,000 (£3,326) bail after being arrested near the rappers home on Long Island, New York. Cemelia Green claimed to be married to the rapper and producer who was said to be worth around $350m (£233m). There was no official comment from Combs, who was unmarried.

2012 - Ronnie Montrose

American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound aged 64. The guitarist who led the bands Montrose and Gamma had been ill suffering from prostate cancer. Montrose had also worked with Edgar Winter, Van Morrison, Dan Hartman, Sammy Hagar and many other artists.

2013 - Bobby Rogers

American musician and tenor singer Bobby Rogers died aged 73. He was a member of The Miracles who with Smokey Robinson had the 1970 UK & US No.1 single 'Tears of a Clown'. Rogers was a part-time Motown songwriter; his most notable composition with bandmate Smokey Robinson, was The Temptations' first hit single, 'The Way You Do the Things You Do. Rogers also co-wrote The Temptations' 1965 hit 'My Baby.'

2015 - Keith Richards

Keith Richards objected to a planned £1.5million cafe being built on a beachfront near his country mansion. The guitarist lodged an objection against the new development which is near his Redlands estate where he was famously arrested with band mate Mick Jagger in 1967 in a drugs raid. Richards is opposed to the planned restaurant which was earmarked for West Wittering beach in West Sussex.

2017 - Jim Fuller

American guitarist Jim Fuller from The Surfaris died aged 69. The Surfaris had the 1963 US No.2 & UK No.3 single 'Wipe Out' and Fuller was known as the "Godfather" of surf music, a Californian instrumental music. With his Fender guitar he contributed to the popularity of Leo Fender's instruments.

2017 - Lyle Ritz

American jazz ukulele musician Lyle Ritz died at the age of 87. As a session musician on the bass guitar he joined the Wrecking Crew a popular group of studio musicians in the Los Angeles recording industry. Ritz compiled over 5,000 recording credits including such notable tracks as Herb Alpert's 'A Taste of Honey', The Righteous Brothers''You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'', and the Beach Boys''Good Vibrations.'

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Λαζόπουλος για το επεισόδιο με Κούγια:

Μου άσκησε ξεκάθαρη βία -Να παρέμβει

η Εισαγγελία

-A +A

Ο Λάκης Λαζόπουλος έδωσε τη δική του εκδοχή για το

επεισόδιο που συνέβη με τον Αλέξη Κούγια στο «Αθηνών

Αρένα», καλώντας την Εισαγγελία να παρέμβει άμεσα.

Συγκεκριμένα, η ανάρτηση του Λάκη Λαζόπουλου στο altsantiri.gr έχει ως εξής:

Ο Λάκης Λαζόπουλος ήταν καλεσμένος

μαζί με τη φίλη του Μαρινέλλα, σε γενέθλια

φίλης του στο νυχτερινό κέντρο «Αθηνών

Αρένα», όπου τραγουδούσαν για τελευταία

φορά οι Αντώνης Ρέμος και Δέσποινα

Βανδή.

Δεν είχαν περάσει ούτε πέντε λεπτά από την ώρα που είχαν καθίσει και ενώ επί

σκηνής βρισκόταν η Δέσποινα Βανδή, ήρθε πίσω από τον γνωστό συγγραφέα και

ηθοποιό ο Αλέξης Κούγιας, ο οποίος τον έπιασε από τον λαιμό, άρχισε να τον πιέζει

στο πρόσωπο και να ουρλιάζει χρησιμοποιώντας τις γνωστές χυδαιότητες που τον

χαρακτηρίζουν, ξετυλίγοντας παράλληλα τον επικίνδυνο και απειλητικό χαρακτήρα

του.

Ο Λάκης Λαζόπουλος ούτε καν σηκώθηκε από το κάθισμα του, δεν του απάντησε

το παραμικρό, ενώ όλοι οι παρευρισκόμενοι του τραπεζιού της παρέας του, αλλά

και από τα διπλανά τραπέζια άρχισαν να φωνάζουν έντονα στον Αλέξη Κούγια

ν’ απομακρυνθεί.

Άμεσα επενέβησαν οι άνθρωποι του μαγαζιού, οι οποίοι και τον απομάκρυναν, ενώ

ο δικηγόρος παράλληλα ούρλιαζε «μην με ακουμπάτε εμένα, μην με ακουμπάτε».

Ο Αλέξης Κούγιας άσκησε ξεκάθαρη

πισώπλατη βία, την οποία παρακολούθησαν

σχεδόν άναυδοι όλοι οι θαμώνες του

νυχτερινού κέντρου και φυσικά όλη η παρέα

του Λάκη Λαζόπουλου στην οποία μεταξύ

άλλων ήταν ο γιατρός Ηλίας Πολυτάκης του Υγεία και κάποιοι άλλοι γιατροί.

Να σημειώσουμε ότι αντίστοιχο περιστατικό, μικρότερη κλίμακας, έχει

δημιουργήσει ο Αλέξης Κούγιας στο εστιατόριο Gaspar, στο Ψυχικό, όπου ο

Λαζόπουλος βρισκόταν με την κόρη του και έτρωγε. Και εκεί ο Αλέξης Κούγιας

επιχείρησε να κάνει τα ίδια με χθες και εκεί τον απομάκρυναν.

Είναι σίγουρο ότι η κατάσταση ξεφεύγει των ορίων της σάτιρας και η Δικαιοσύνη

πρέπει να δώσει την απάντηση, αυτή που ο Λάκης Λαζόπουλος δεν έδωσε

κρατώντας τη ψυχραιμία του και για να μην χαλάσει τη βραδιά των ανθρώπων που

τον είχαν καλέσει και σεβόμενος τους καλλιτέχνες, οι οποίοι τραγουδούσαν για

τελευταία φορά στο νυχτερινό κέντρο.

Είναι ανάγκη ο δικηγορικός σύλλογος των Αθηνών να λάβει τα μέτρα του εκτός

κι αν θεωρεί ότι είναι σύνηθες δικηγορικό ύφος και ήθος οι δικηγόροι να νομίζουν

ότι είναι οι ίδιοι ο νόμος και να αυτοδικούν κατά το μυαλό τους ή κατά τα

προβλήματα του μυαλού τους.

Είναι ανάγκη η Εισαγγελία να παρέμβει άμεσα.

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Τα καλύτερα εστιατόρια του κόσμου για το 2019

Ανακοινώθηκαν οι νικητές των βραβείων του World Restaurants Awards και τα τρόπαια παρέλαβαν κάποιοι από τους πιο γνωστούς σεφ στον κόσμο, όμως ο Άλεξ Ατάλα, ο Αλέν Ντουκάς, ο Νταν Μπάρμπερ, η Ελέν Νταρόζ και η Άνα Ρος, οι οποίοι παρευρέθηκαν στο Palais Brongniart στο Παρίσι για την τελετή.

Τα βραβεία δόθηκαν σε 18 κατηγορίες για εστιατόριο, σεφ, ακόμα και εκδηλώσεις, ενώ οι αποφάσεις ελήφθησαν από ένα πάνελ 100 δικαστών – ισορροπημένο μεταξύ ανδρών και γυναικών – καθώς και από τους καλύτερους κριτικούς εστιατορίων σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο.

Στην κορυφή των εστιατορίων βρέθηκε το εστιατόριο Wolfgat, που βρίσκεται στο Πατερνόστερ της Νότιας Αφρικής. Το «Εστιατόριο της Χρονιάς» βρίσκεται σε παραθαλάσσιο σημείο, έχει μία αίθουσα 20 θέσεων και στεγάζεται σε μία εξοχική κατοικία ηλικίας 130 ετών δίπλα στον ωκεανό, αλλά και το ιστορικό σπήλαιο, Wolfgat, με τεράστια αρχαιολογική και γεωλογική αξία.

Το κλασικό γαλλικό εστιατόριο, Le Clarence, που βρίσκεται στο Παρίσι κέρδισε το βραβείο του πιο πρωτότυπου μενού.

Το Mocotó στο Σάο Πάολο της Βραζιλίας είναι μία οικογενειακή επιχείρηση με κουζίνα που αποτελείται κυρίως από παραδοσιακά πιάτα, αλλά και από καινοτόμες δημιουργίες.

Επίσης βραβεύτηκε το Lido 84 στη Γκαρντόνε Ριβιέρα της Ιταλίας, καθώς και το Mugaritz στην Ισπανία για τα καλύτερα κοκτέιλ.

Το βραβείο της εκδήλωσης της χρονιάς έλαβε το Φεστιβάλ Φαγητού Προσφύγων, Refugee Food Festival, το οποίο γίνεται σε διάφορες περιοχές του κόσμου.

Η Λάνα Γκίλμπορ πήρε το βραβείο «Ethical Thinking» (ηθικής σκέψης) για το «Food for Soul» (το φαγητό της ψυχής), τη φιλανθρωπία που διοργανώνει με το σύζυγό της, Μάσσιμο Μποτούρα. Το «Food for Soul» έχει ανοίξει μαγαζιά σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο με στόχο να ευαισθητοποιήσει τον κόσμο για τη σπατάλη φαγητού και την πείνα.

Βραβείο πήρε και το Paradiso x Gort Na Nain farm στο Κορκ της Ιρλανδία, το οποίο είναι για χορτοφάγους. Βραβεύτηκε ως η συνεργασία της χρονιάς.

Το Vespertine στο Λος Άντζελες των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών βραβεύτηκε για την ατμόσφαιρά του. Το εστιατόριο στεγάζεται σε ένα πύργο τεσσάρων ορόφων με ατσάλινο εξω-σκελετό, έχει μόνο 22 καθίσματα και το δικό του soundtrack, που έχει επιμεληθεί η μπάντα, This Will Destroy You, από το Τέξας.

Στην κατηγορία του «κλασικού εστιατορίου» κέρδισε το ήδη βραβευμένο με δύο αστέρια Michelin, εστιατόριο, La Mère Brazier, που βρίσκεται στη Λυόν της Γαλλίας.

Το Inua στο Τόκιο πήρε το βραβείο καλύτερης άφιξης της χρονιάς, ενώ βραβείο πήρε και το τρόλεϊ του Ballymaloe House, στο Κορκ της Ιρλανδίας. Πρόκειται για το τρόλεϊ με τα γλυκά του γνωστού ομώνυμου ξενοδοχείου.

Και το πιο αξιοσημείωτο βραβείο πήγε στο διάσημο Γάλλο σεφ, Αλέν Ντουκάς, ο οποίος βραβεύτηκε ως ο καλύτερος σεφ χωρίς τατουάζ, κάτι σπάνιο στις κουζίνες…

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Η μικρή ελληνική φάρμα που έγινε… διεθνής φίρμα

#Business Stories

#Τρόφιμα και ποτά

Γιώργος Σακκάς

Οι έννοιες ποιότητα και ελληνικότητα αποτελούν για την εταιρεία Φάρμα Κουκάκη, τη βασική «πρώτη ύλη» για την ανάπτυξη της εν λόγω γαλακτοβιομηχανίας, μέσα σε ένα ανταγωνιστικό περιβάλλον τόσο στην ελληνική αγορά όσο και στο διεθνή στίβο. Είναι έννοιες τις οποίες επαναλαμβάνουν συχνά τα στελέχη της εταιρείας κατά την περιγραφή της πορείας της τα τελευταία 20 χρόνια. Δύο δεκαετίες, κατά τις οποίες η μικρή οικογενειακή κτηνοτροφική μονάδα εξελίχθηκε στη δυναμική γαλακτοβιομηχανία του σήμερα με έδρα τους Κάτω Αποστόλους του Κιλκίς.

Με επενδύσεις πάνω από 16 εκατ. ευρώ μέσα στην οικονομική κρίση και ένα νέο πλάνο επιπλέον επενδύσεων περίπου 9 εκατ. ευρώ που θα ολοκληρωθεί το 2022, η εταιρεία Φάρμα Κουκάκη, παραμένει προσηλωμένη στο όραμά της που είναι «εμμονή στην υψηλή ποιότητα των προϊόντων διατηρώντας την παράδοση, την ευαισθησία για την επόμενη γενιά και την προσοχή στο ελληνικό περιβάλλον που τη φιλοξενεί»

Η ενασχόληση με το γάλα αποτελεί παράδοση για την οικογένεια Κουκάκη, καθώς ήδη από 1977 σε μια περιοχή μεταξύ Πάικου και Κρουσίων στο Κιλκίς, λειτουργούσε η αγελαδοτροφική μονάδα της οικογένειας. Ξεκινώντας από το φρέσκο γάλα η εταιρεία επιδιώκει το 1999 την επέκτασή της στην παστερίωση, βήμα που την οδήγησε στο να είναι σήμερα μία βιομηχανία παραγωγής μεγάλης γκάμας γαλακτοκομικών προϊόντων και χυμών, κατέχοντας κυρίαρχα μερίδια σε πολλές κατηγορίες. Μάλιστα στην αγορά της Θεσσαλονίκης τα βασικά της προϊόντα κατέχει μερίδια που ξεπερνούν το 30%.

Η αρχή της χιλιετηρίδας βρίσκει την εταιρεία με ένα εντελώς διαφορετικό προφίλ, νέες εγκαταστάσεις στους Κάτω Αποστόλους και μια νέα στρατηγική. Η κτηνοτροφία διατηρείται ως σημαντική δραστηριότητα παράλληλα με την καλλιέργεια της γης και την ανάπτυξη φυτικής παραγωγής, ώστε η εταιρεία να έχει τον πλήρη έλεγχο της πρώτης ύλης που χρησιμοποιεί. Στην ίδια περιοχή, όπου έχει δημιουργηθεί και το εργοστάσιο το οποίο λαμβάνει πρώτη ύλη, όχι μόνο από την ιδιόκτητη φάρμα αλλά και από άλλους αγελαδοτρόφους, και έτσι η μονάδα έχει φτάσει πλέον να επεξεργάζεται περί τους 25.000 τόνους αγελαδινού γάλακτος σε ημερήσια βάση.

Το 2001, η Φάρμα Κουκάκη, είναι η πρώτη που τοποθετεί στην αγορά φρέσκο γάλα εμφιαλωμένο σε διαφανή φιάλη PET, ενώ το 2002 καινοτομεί ακόμη μία φορά, τοποθετώντας στην αγορά γιαούρτι σε γυάλινο μπολ, προϊόν μάλιστα που σήμερα ταξιδεύει και σε αγορές του εξωτερικού. Το 2006 εισέρχεται και στην κατηγορία του σοκολατούχου γάλακτος με το προϊόν «Choco Full».

Το 2009 η εταιρεία έχοντας ολοκληρώσει επενδύσεις 9 εκατ. ευρώ, εισέρχεται στο στραγγιστό γιαούρτι και το 2011 στην κατηγορία του κεφίρ, με τα οποία ουσιαστικά και ξεκινά η εξαγωγική της δραστηριότητα. Το 2012, η Φάρμα Κουκάκη εισέρχεται στην κατηγορία των φυσικών χυμών ψυγείου, ενώ επεκτείνεται παράλληλα και στα επιδόρπια (ρυζόγαλο, κρέμα σοκολάτα και κρέμα βανίλια) υπό την ονομασία «Γλυκισματοποιείον».

Υπερδιπλάσιος τζίρος

Η επεκτατική της επιχειρηματική στρατηγική με επενδύσεις σε νέα προϊόντα, οδήγησε και στην σημαντική άνοδο των πωλήσεων την τελευταία δεκαετία. Έτσι, από τα 11,5 εκατ. ευρώ του 2008, η εταιρεία έκλεισε το 2017 με υπερδιπλάσιο τζίρο, ύψους 25,87 εκατ. ευρώ, τα κέρδη προ φόρων, τόκων και αποσβέσεων (EBITDA) από 1,19 εκατ. ευρώ το 2008 έφτασαν το 2017 σε 3,98 εκατ. ευρώ, ενώ η αξία των εξαγωγών από μόλις 150.000 ευρώ το 2008 έφτασε τα 2 εκατ. ευρώ. Για το 2018 εκτιμάται ότι οι πωλήσεις κινήθηκαν με ρυθμό αύξησης της τάξης του 10%.

Για την πενταετία 2018-2022 προγραμματίζει νέες επενδύσεις ύψους 8,5 εκατ. ευρώ για τον περαιτέρω εκσυγχρονισμό του μηχανολογικού εξοπλισμού και την επέκταση της παραγωγικής δομής του εργοστασίου. Τα σχέδια της εταιρείας περιλαμβάνουν επέκταση των υφιστάμενων κατηγοριών στις οποίες δραστηριοποιείται σε νέα προϊόντα, προσανατολισμένα στις σύγχρονες απαιτήσεις του καταναλωτή.

Επίσης σχετικά με τις εξαγωγές, σημειώνεται ότι 1 στα 5 γιαούρτια που παράγει σήμερα η Φάρμα Κουκάκη καταναλώνεται εκτός Ελλάδος, καθώς μαζί με το κεφίρ αποτελούν τα προϊόντα που στηρίζουν την εξαγωγική δραστηριότητα της εταιρείας. Συνολικά τα προϊόντα εξάγονται σε περίπου 20 χώρες, καθώς μέσα στο 2018 η εταιρεία επεκτάθηκε σε νέες αγορές, καλύπτοντας Ευρώπη, Ασία και Μέση Ανατολή. Αιχμή του δόρατος αποτελούν οι αγορές της Ιταλίας, της Γαλλίας, της Ισπανίας, της Σουηδίας.

Οι εξαγωγές της εταιρείας στο γιαούρτι «έτρεξαν» το 2018 με ρυθμούς ανάπτυξης περί το 70%, κάτι που δείχνει την ισχυρή δυναμική που υπάρχει στη διεθνή ζήτηση για το εν λόγω ελληνικό προϊόν. Γι'αυτό τον λόγο, από το συνολικό επενδυτικό πρόγραμμα που ολοκλήρωσε, τα 3,85 εκατ. ευρώ αφορούσαν στη δημιουργία νέας, υπερσύγχρονης γραμμής παραγωγής γιαουρτιού, ενώ από το εν εξελίξει πρόγραμμα, για το 2019 έχουν δρομολογηθεί νέες επενδύσεις περί τα 4 εκατ. ευρώ για τον περαιτέρω εκσυγχρονισμό των εγκαταστάσεων.

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On This Day in History

March 3, 2019

Historical Events

1575 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi

1857 Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China

1861 Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs and granting them the full rights of free citizens [O.S. Feb 19]

1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller

1917 1st major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [OS=Feb 18]

1921 Toronto's Dr Banting & Dr Best announce discovery of insulin

1939 Mahatma Gandhi begins a fast in Mumbai (Bombay) to protest against autocratic rule in India

More Historical Events

Famous Birthdays

Alexander Graham Bell
(1847 - 1922)

Jessica Biel
37th Birthday

Ronan Keating
41st Birthday

More Famous Birthdays

Famous Deaths

James J. Jeffries
(1875 - 1953)

Lou Costello
(1906 - 1959)

More Famous Deaths

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2010Gorillaz' third album, Plastic Beach, is released. Featuring guest appearances from stars ranging from Snoop Dogg to Lou Reed, it is a huge worldwide hit, reaching #2 in both the US and UK.

2008Chumbawambabreak the record for longest album title with their 160-word release The Boy Bands Have Won...More

2008Duffy releases her debut album, Rockferry, featuring the hit "Mercy." It sells about 9 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling album of 2008 in the UK. For her next album, Endlessly, she uses a different writing, production and marketing team, with disastrous results, as the album is a startling commercial failure with no hit singles.More

1986Metallica release their second album, Master Of Puppets, featuring an anthemic title track that becomes their most-played live song.More

1973Elton John's album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player hits #1 in America, where it stays for two weeks.

1965Eric Clapton plays his last show with The Yardbirds, leaving to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. He is replaced by Jeff Beck.

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2017Pop singer Tommy Page, known for the 1990 hit "I'll Be Your Everything," dies in an apparent suicide at age 46.

2017Nickelback's album All The Right Reasons is certified Diamond for sales of over 10 million copies in the United States, making them just the fourth Canadian act to reach that level. The other three are female artists: Celine Dion, Shania Twain and Alanis Morissette.

2013Bobby Rogers (of The Miracles) dies of complications of diabetes at age 73.

2012Rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose (Montrose) dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 64.

2008Arcade Fire rock for young Obama supporters at the Barack Obama benefit rally at Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland.

2008Norman "Hurricane" Smith, frequent engineer and producer for the Beatles, dies at age 85 in East Sussex, England.

2007Robin Thicke tops four different Billboard charts, thanks to his second album, The Evolution of Robin Thicke. The album is at #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally, while "Lost Without U" tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and Hot Adult R&B Airplay charts.

2006In Vietnam, Gary Glitter is sentenced to three years in prison for sex crimes against minors. Years later, a UK court sentences him to 16 years for similar offenses.

1998Country singer Faith Hill branches out into pop music with "This Kiss," and notches a Top 10 spot on the Hot 100.

1995A stalker is arrested trying to break into Roberta Flack's New York apartment.

1995R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry undergoes successful brain surgery. Berry collapsed due to a brain aneurysm during a concert in Switzerland.

1992Soundgarden release the third and final single off Badmotorfinger, "Rusty Cage." B-sides differ depending on the territory - among them are covers of Devo's "Girl U Want" and the Rolling Stones'"Stray Cat Blues."

1986Christian singer Stacie Orrico is born in Seattle, Washington.

1981U2 begin their first major tour of the US with two shows at a Washington, DC, club called The Bayou.

1980The esteemed auction house Sotheby's holds their first auction of rock memorabilia. Four dollar bills signed by The Beatles are sold for $528.

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Madonna And The Burning Crosses

1989

A day after the song debuts in a 2-minute Pepsi commercial, the video for Madonna's "Like A Prayer" hits MTV and causes an uproar.

Instead of the innocent scenes from the ad, Madonna is seen witnessing a crime, kissing a black man, and dancing in front of burning crosses. Pepsi, who touted Madonna's edgy, contemporary appeal when they signed her to a $5 million endorsement deal, is threatened with a boycott and cuts bait, dropping their association with Madonna but letting her keep the money.

Madonna does just fine, since those offended are not interested in her music anyway, and by defying her corporate sponsor and standing up for her work, she proves her mettle as an artist. MTV is also thrilled, since viewers flock to the network to see what all the fuss is about.

Radio stations put the song in rotation, and the single (released the same day as the video) races up the charts. It hits #1 in America about six weeks later and becomes one of the top songs of 1989.

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Amazon is reportedly launching a new line of grocery stores in major US cities

Dennis Green

Mar. 1, 2019, 1:03 PM

The new store is reportedly not supposed to compete with Amazon's first grocer, Whole Foods.

Amazon is launching a new brand of grocery stores, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The company has already signed leases for the stores, which could open as soon as this year, The Journal said Friday.
The new stores reportedly would be distinct from Whole Foods, carrying a larger variety of food, and may or may not carry the Amazon name.

It seems Amazon can't get enough food in its retail diet.

The company is launching a new brand of grocery stores, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter.

Amazon has already signed leases for three of the stores, one of which would be located in Los Angeles and could open as soon as this year, The Journal said. Others could pop up in cities like San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC.

The new stores reportedly would be distinct from Whole Foods, carrying a larger variety of food, and may or may not carry the Amazon name. Whole Foods is limited to the types of items it can carry because of its quality standards and commitment to natural ingredients.

A different store aimed more at mainstream customers could carry items from the biggest brands and could compete directly with big-box stores like Walmart, Target, and regional grocers.

The new stores are planned to be about 35,000 square feet, which is typically smaller than a traditional grocery store, according to the report.

An Amazon representative told Business Insider that the company did not comment on rumors or speculation.

The online retailer has increasingly moved into the physical worldas it looks for new avenues of growth, expanding store formats like Amazon Go, its cashierless convenience store; Amazon 5star, a curated boutique for highly rated goods; and pop-ups around the US.

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Ένα νέο κάθισμα για

την οικονομική θέση

Τεχνολογικά προωθημένο και καινοτόμο, προορίζεται για τα… φτηνότερα εισιτήρια

Την ώρα που οι σχεδιαστικές προτάσεις των αεροπλάνων αφορούν σχεδόν αποκλειστικά στην πολυτέλεια της διακεκριμένης θέσης, υπάρχουν και κάποιοι που έχουν τον απλό ταξιδιώτη στο μυαλό.

Ο σχεδιαστής Benjamin Hubert και η εταιρία του Layer συγκεκριμένα, που συνεργάστηκαν με την Airbus θέλοντας να ξεριζώσουν τα άβολα καθίσματα του economy class με ένα πρωτοποριακό σύστημα θέσεων για τα μικρότερα βαλάντια.

Αυτές οι καρέκλες έχουν νήματα ευαίσθητα στην πίεση του σώματος που επιτρέπουν στο κάθισμα να προσαρμόζεται αυτόματα και ιδανικά στο βάρος και το μέγεθος του εκάστοτε επιβάτη, διευκολύνοντας επιπλέον την κίνησή του. Την ίδια ώρα, το κάθισμα κάθεται πάνω σε ένα πανάλαφρο και στιβαρό πλαίσιο από ανθρακόνημα και αλουμίνιο.

Ιδιαίτερο μέλημα έχει δοθεί και στο τραπεζάκι, που αποκτά χρηστικές λειτουργίες και ρυθμίζεται ξανά με βάση τον εκάστοτε επιβάτη και την ιδιαίτερη σωματοδομή του. Και όλα ελέγχονται φυσικά μέσω εφαρμογής για ακόμα μεγαλύτερη λειτουργικότητα και ευκολία χρήσης. Ή και πλήρως αυτόματα!

Move λένε το πρωτότυπο σύστημα αεροπορικών θέσεων με τις έξυπνες ίνες, την καινοτόμα ύφανση και τα τεχνολογικά καλούδια που συναντάς για την ώρα αποκλειστικά στην business κατηγορία.

Δεν είναι γνωστό για την ώρα αν και πότε θα φορεθεί στα αεροσκάφη της Airbus, αν γίνει πάντως, τότε θα μιλάμε για μια νέα εποχή στην άνεση των επιβατών.

Το Move αναλύει όλα τα δεδομένα της πτήσης ώστε να ρυθμίζει αυτόματα τη βέλτιστη θέση για τον εκάστοτε επιβάτη σύμφωνα με τις συνθήκες που επικρατούν εκείνη τη στιγμή στην καμπίνα. Εργονομία, άνεση και τεχνολογία δηλαδή σε πραγματικό χρόνο…

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Το ξενοδοχείο χλιδής με παρατσούκλι 'Η κατοικίατωνΠροέδρων'

Η ανακαίνιση των δωματίων του The Willard InterContinental κόστισε 18 εκατομμύρια δολάρια

Μετρώντας 200 χρόνια λειτουργίας και με αποδεδειγμένη παρουσία σε διάφορα ιστορικά γεγονότα, το θρυλικό ξενοδοχείο The Willard InterContinental στην Ουάσινγκτον έδωσε νέα όψη στα 335 δωμάτιά του, με μια ανακαίνιση που άγγιξε το ποσό των 18 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων!

Για την ιστορία, το ξενοδοχείο ιδρύθηκε το 1818 και στο πέρασμα των χρόνων του αποδόθηκε το παρατσούκλι «Κατοικία των Προέδρων», καθώς έχει φιλοξενήσει σχεδόν όλους τους Αμερικανούς προέδρους από το 1853 και έπειτα, ενώ αποτέλεσε και τον τόπο διαμομης του Μάρτιν Λούθερ Κινγκ τον Αύγουστο του 1963, όποτε και προσφώνησε τον χαρακτηριστικό λόγο του «Έχω ένα όνειρο».

Σήμερα, το θρυλικό ξενοδοχείο συνεχίζει την πορεία του με σεβασμό στην μακρόχρονη ιστορία του, ανακαινίζοντας τα προσωπικά «καταφύγια» των επισκεπτών του διατηρώντας την ιστορική γοητεία της 200χρονης ιδιοκτησίας.

Σχεδιασμένα από το γραφείο Parker- Torres Design, η νέα αισθητική των δωματίων του παραπέμπει σε παραδοσιακό στυλ, ενώ συνδυάζει το παλιό με το σύγχρονο στοιχείο, διατηρώντας, ταυτόχρονα την ιστορική αίγλη του ξενοδοχείου και προσφέροντας την απόλυτη εμπειρία πολυτέλειας στους επισκέπτες του.

Κεφαλάρια κεντημένα με φύλλα χρυσού, ταπετσαρίες από πολυτελή υφάσματα, κρυστάλλινα φωτιστικά, μαρμάρινα τραπέζια και διακοσμητικά κομμάτια που παραπέμπουν στην εμβληματική ιστορία του ξενοδοχείου, χαρακτηρίζουν τη σημερινή τους όψη, η οποία κόστισε συνολικά 18 εκατομμύρια δολάρια!

Το ξενοδοχείο φιλοξενεί κάποια από τα μεγαλύτερα δωμάτια στην πόλη, μεταξύ 115-915 τ.μ. –ξεχωρίζουν τόσο για την βασιλική όσο και για την ζεστή όψη τους– στα οποία έχουν ενσωματωθεί αρμονικά ιστορικά αντικείμενα από την εκτεταμένη vintage συλλογή του.

Τα κλασικά δωμάτια χαρακτηρίζονται για τον εκλεπτυσμένο σχεδιασμό τους με κυρίαρχα χρώματα το μπλε, το ιβουάρ και το γκρι, την ώρα που οι σουίτες διακρίνονται για την ουδέτερη χρωματική παλέτα του μπεζ και του κρεμ, η οποία σπάει με πινελιές από χρυσό, ασημί και βασιλικό κόκκινο.

Μαζί με τα δωμάτια φρεσκαρίστηκαν και το Round Robin Bar, το παλαιότερο μπαρ στην Ουάσινγκτον που λειτουργεί στο ίδιο σημείο από την ίδρυσή του, καθώς και το Cafe du Parc με την προσθήκη του Pershing Room, ενός χώρου για ιδιωτικό δείπνο με θέα στο θρυλικό λόμπι του ξενοδοχείου.

Σήμερα, το ξενοδοχείο παραμένει αναπόσπαστο κομμάτι της πόλης, ενώ θεωρείται παγκόσμιας κλάσης προορισμός, φημισμένος για την πλούσια ιστορία και την πολυτελή εμπειρία διαμονής που προσφέρει στους επισκέπτες του.

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Δεν πρέπει να παραγγέλνετε καφέ στο αεροπλάνο!

Αυτός είναι ο λόγος που δεν πρέπει να παραγγέλνετε ποτέ καφέ στο αεροπλάνο!

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Αρθρο του κ. Αντώνη Φώσκολου, ομότιμου καθηγητή του Πολυτεχνείου Κρήτης, με τίτλο «Η Θεσσαλονίκη φιλοξενεί κοίτασμα του μεγέθους του ισραηλινού Λεβιάθαν», ξυπναει μνήμες για μια υπόθεση ξεχασμένη, κατά περίεργο τρόπο.

Η ΔΕΠ με την ίδρυσή της το 1985, παραχώρησε 24 ερευνητικές άδειες σε περιοχές στην ξηρά και τη θάλασσα χωρίς διαγωνισμό. Αποτέλεσμα της ως άνω ερευνητικής δραστηριότητας ήταν η ανακάλυψη του κοιτάσματος πετρελαίου στη θαλάσσια περιοχή του Κατάκολου (Δ. Πελοπόννησος), του κοιτάσματος φυσικού αερίου στην Επανομή Θεσσαλονίκης, καθώς και συγκεντρώσεων βιογενούς αερίου.

ΟΙ ΕΡΕΥΝΕΣ στην Επανομή ξεκίνησαν το 1985, επί κυβέρνησης Ανδρέα Παπανδρέου και οι γεωτρήσεις πραγματοποιήθηκαν το 1989 όταν και βρέθηκαν δύο κοιτάσματα 19 και 9 εκατ. κυβικών μέτρων.

ΤΟ ΠΟΣΟ όμως ανεκμετάλλευτα παραμένουν αυτά τα κοιτάσματα επί τόσα χρόνια και το πόσο εγκληματική παραμένει η ολιγωρία των αρμόδιων Αρχών φαίνεται από το παράδειγμα της Επανομής. Ακόμα και τώρα, οι δύο γεωτρήσεις μπορούν να αξιοποιηθούν, παρά το αυξημένο οικονομικό κόστος για εκ νέου τοποθέτηση νέων βαλβίδων και σωληνώσεων, προσφέροντας ηλεκτρικό ρεύμα σε περιοχή ίση σε έκταση με την Κεντρική Μακεδονία για τα επόμενα 20-30 χρόνια, σύμφωνα με τον κ. Π. Παπάζη, που είναι ειδικός Ερευνητής Εντοπισμού και Εξόρυξης Πετρελαίου.

Ο ΘΕΡΜΑΪΚΟΣ επίσης, φιλοξενεί κοίτασμα βιογενούς φυσικού αερίου το οποίο προέρχεται από ηφαιστειακές εκρήξεις και αποτελεί ένα μείγμα μεθανίου και διοξειδίου του άνθρακα. Και δεν είναι μόνο ο Θερμαϊκός που φιλοξενεί τη μικρή «λεκάνη», υπάρχει μια μεγάλη κι άλλη μια μικρή, με το κοίτασμα να εκτείνεται πιο μακριά και από τα πόδια της Χαλκιδικής.

ΠΡΟΚΕΙΤΑΙ για μια λίμνη, η οποία, όπως και ο Θερμαϊκός, περιέχει μεθάνιο και διοξείδιο του άνθρακα. Το μεθάνιο (φυσικό αέριο) που εκλύεται μπορεί να αξιοποιηθεί μετά από τον διαχωρισμό του από το διοξείδιο του άνθρακα, με βάση μια μέθοδο που αναπτύχθηκε στο διάσημο αμερικανικό τεχνολογικό πανεπιστήμιο MIT, στη Μασαχουσέτη των ΗΠΑ.ΝΙΚΟΣ ΠΕΤΡΟΥΛΑΚΗΣ

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BABA BEACH CLUB

Στον αναγεννημένο

παράδεισο

του Πουκέτ

13 χρόνια μετά το καταστροφικό

τσουνάμιτης 26/12/ 2004

και τους 5.300 νεκρούς...

Έχουν περάσει σχεδόν 13 χρόνια από το καταστροφικό τσουνάμι της 26ης του Δεκέμβρη του 2004 όταν φονικά κύματα που προκλήθηκαν από ένα τεράστιο σεισμό 9,3 Ρίχτερ στον Ινδικό Ωκεανό εξαφάνισαν, στην κυριολεξία, μεγάλες παραθαλάσσιες εκτάσεις και ολόκληρα νησιά στη ΝΑ Ασία, σπείροντας τον θάνατο σε 5.300 ανθρώπους, κυρίως ντόπιους αλλά και πολλούς τουρίστες που παραθέριζαν εκείνη την εποχή στην περιοχή.
Κυρίως στην Ταϊλάνδη και αφού πέρασε σχεδόν μία πενταετία, η οποία κύλησε μετρώντας βαθιά χαραγμένες πληγές (τόσο σε κοινωνικό όσο και σε οικονομικό επίπεδο), ο τουρισμός της χώρας δέχθηκε τεράστιο πλήγμα, κυρίως όσον αφορά τις άκρως τουριστικές δυτικές και νοτιοδυτικές ακτές, το νησί Πουκέτ αλλά και τα υπόλοιπα 28 της επαρχίας που βρέχονται από τα τιρκουάζ νερά της Andaman Sea.
Εκτός από το Πουκέτ, στο οποίο υπολογίζεται ότι έχασαν τη ζωή τους 250 άνθρωποι, το μεγαλύτερο πλήγμα σε ανθρώπινες ζωές υπέστη μία από τις πιο φημισμένες ακτογραμμές της χώρας, η Khao Lak, στην οποία στην κυριολεξία ισοπεδώθηκαν χωριά και δεκάδες τουριστικά θέρετρα.

Από το 2010 και μετά, ολόκληρη αυτή η περιοχή έχει αρχίσει πλέον να συνέρχεται για τα καλά, οι τουρίστες έχουν επιστρέψει (αν και γενικά στήριξαν με την παρουσία τους την Ταϊλάνδη, ίσως και από περιέργεια) και νέα θέρετρα ξεφυτρώνουν το ένα μετά το άλλο, ίσως και πιο καλαίσθητα και προσεγμένα σε υπηρεσίες και αισθητική απ’ ότι ήταν πριν. Εδώ, ελάχιστα χιλιόμετρα βόρεια του Πουκέτ, στην παραλία Natai, λειτουργεί από τον περσινό Οκτώβρη ένα εξαιρετικό σε αισθητική ξενοδοχείο που ανήκει σε ένα από τα πιο γνωστά resort του Πουκέτ, στο Sri Panwa του ομίλου Charn Issara Group.

Σε αντίθεση με το εντυπωσιακό σε πολυτέλεια Sri Panwa, έναν πραγματικό «μαγνήτη» διασήμων από όλο τον κόσμο, το Baba Beach Club της Natai είναι κάτι ενδιαμέσα σε boutique hotel και συγκρότημα καλαίσθητων διαμερισμάτων, στο παραδοσιακό Chino Portuguese Tang στυλ της περιοχής. Στην πραγματικότητα, το Baba απευθύνεται σε πιο νεαρές ηλικίες παραθεριστών, σε ηλικιακές ομάδες που αναζητούν στις διακοπές τους πιο έντονη ψυχαγωγία με μοδάτη μουσική από DJs και καλλιτέχνες, γκουρμέ fusion πιάτα σε παραθαλάσσια εστιατόρια και το κατάλληλο περιβάλλον για νέες ερωτικές περιπέτειες. Αυτό που προσπαθεί με το σχεδιασμό του το Baba και οι 16 σουίτες του είναι να δημιουργήσει ένα πραγματικό Beach Club, σαν εκείνα της Μυκόνου και της Ibiza, σε μια αμμουδερή παραλία που συγκαταλέγεται στις καλύτερες του πλανήτη.

Το Baba Beach Club της Natai εκτός από τα πολύ όμορφα σε αισθητική και λειτουργικότητα δωμάτια του (κάποια και με πισίνες και τζακούζι), που σημειωτέων είναι διακοσμημένα από τον ασιατικό οίκο Shanghai Tang, διαθέτει δύο πανέμορφες παραθαλάσσιες βίλες για τα πιο υψηλά εισοδήματα, σε απόσταση αναπνοής από το νερό και με την επειρία της θέασης ενός από τα πιο εντυπωσιακά ηλιοβασιλέματα στην Ασία, ενώ παρέχονται επιπλέον οι υπηρεσίες spa, υπερσύγχρονου γυμναστηρίου και φυσικά beach bar restaurants και beach club με δυνατή ή και πιο chill out μουσική τα απογεύματα. Όσο για τις τιμές; Το ξενοδοχείο κάνει ήδη εκπληκτικές προσφορές-πακέτα γνωριμίας, με τιμές που ξεκινούν από τα €320 τη βραδιά.

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AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
932 – Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
1152 – Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.
1238 – The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus'.
1351 – Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
1386 – Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
1461 – Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
1519 – Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
1628 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
1665 – English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1675 – John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
1681 – Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
1790 – France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
1791 – The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
1791 – Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
1794 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1797 – John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.
1804 – Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
1813 – Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1814 – Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated.
1848 – Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia.
1861 – The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
1865 – The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
1882 – Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
1890 – The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
1899 – Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300.
1908 – The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
1909 – U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State
1913 – First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
1913 – The United States Department of Labor is formed.
1917 – Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
1933 – Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
1933 – The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
1944 – World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
1957 – The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
1960 – The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
1962 – A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 – the worst crash of a DC-7.
1966 – A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
1966 – In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
1970 – French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
1974 – People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
1976 – The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
1977 – The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
1980 – Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
1986 – The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
1996 – A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
1998 – Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
2001 – BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
2002 – Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
2009 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
2012 – A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
2015 – At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
2018 – Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.

895 – Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han Dynasty (d. 948)
977 – Al-Musabbihi, Fatimid historian and official (d. 1030)
1188 – Blanche of Castile, French queen consort (d. 1252)
1394 – Henry the Navigator, Portuguese explorer (d. 1460)
1484 – George, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1543)
1492 – Francesco de Layolle, Italian organist and composer (d. 1540)
1502 – Elisabeth of Hesse, princess of Saxony (d. 1557)
1519 – Hindal Mirza, Mughal emperor (d. 1551)
1526 – Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (d. 1596)
1602 – Kanō Tan'yū, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
1634 – Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Polish philosopher (d. 1689)
1651 – John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English lawyer, jurist, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1716)
1655 – Fra Galgario, Italian painter (d. 1743)
1665 – Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
1678 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1702 – Jack Sheppard, English criminal (d. 1724)
1706 – Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect, designed the Hermitage Hunting Lodge and Gammel Holtegård (d. 1759)
1715 – James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, English historian and politician (d. 1763)
1719 – George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English politician (d. 1777)
1729 – Anne d'Arpajon, French wife of Philippe de Noailles (d. 1794)
1745 – Charles Dibdin, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1814)
1745 – Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (d. 1779)
1756 – Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter and educator (d. 1823)
1760 – Hugh Ronalds, British nurseryman who cultivated and documented 300 varieties of apples (d. 1833)
1769 – Muhammad Ali, Ottoman military leader and pasha (d. 1849)
1770 – Joseph Jacotot, French philosopher and academic (d. 1840)
1778 – Robert Emmet, Irish commander (d. 1803)
1781 – Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
1782 – Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1830)
1792 – Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (d. 1886)
1793 – Karl Lachmann, German philologist and critic (d. 1851)
1817 – Edwards Pierrepont, American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
1820 – Francesco Bentivegna, Italian rebel leader (d. 1856)
1822 – Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
1823 – George Caron, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1902)
1826 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist, ethnographer, and theologian (d. 1907)
1826 – John Buford, American general (d. 1863)
1826 – Elme Marie Caro, French philosopher and academic (d. 1887)
1826 – Theodore Judah, American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad (d. 1863)
1828 – Owen Wynne Jones, Welsh clergyman and poet (d. 1870)
1838 – Paul Lacôme, French pianist, cellist, and composer (d. 1920)
1847 – Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (d. 1904)
1851 – Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (d. 1911)
1854 – Napier Shaw, English meteorologist and academic (d. 1945)
1856 – Alfred William Rich, English painter, author, and educator (d. 1921)
1861 – Arthur Cushman McGiffert, American theologian and author (d. 1933)
1862 – Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. 1940)
1863 – R. I. Pocock, English zoologist and archaeologist (d. 1947)
1863 – John Henry Wigmore, American academic and jurist (d. 1943)
1864 – David W. Taylor, American admiral, architect, and engineer (d. 1940)
1866 – Eugène Cosserat, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1931)
1867 – Jacob L. Beilhart, American activist, founded the Spirit Fruit Society (d. 1908)
1870 – Thomas Sturge Moore, English author and poet (d. 1944)
1871 – Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
1873 – Guy Wetmore Carryl, American journalist and poet (d. 1904)
1873 – John H. Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 70th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1961)
1875 – Mihály Károlyi, Hungarian politician, President of the Hungary (d. 1955)
1875 – Enrique Larreta, Argentinian historian and author (d. 1961)
1876 – Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet and author (d. 1947)
1876 – Theodore Hardeen, Hungarian-American magician (d. 1945)
1877 – Alexander Goedicke, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1877 – Fritz Graebner, German geographer and ethnologist (d. 1934)
1877 – Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor (d. 1963)
1878 – Takeo Arishima, Japanese author and critic (d. 1923)
1878 – Egbert Van Alstyne, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1951)
1879 – Bernhard Kellermann, German author and poet (d. 1951)
1880 – Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
1881 – Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian educator and activist (d. 1924)
1881 – Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (d. 1965)
1881 – Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (d. 1948)
1882 – Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian academic and politician, 61st Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1941)
1883 – Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1971)
1883 – Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (d. 1956)
1884 – Red Murray, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1886 – Paul Bazelaire, French cellist and composer (d. 1958)
1888 – Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-American actress (d. 1942)
1888 – Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball player (d. 1972)
1888 – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)
1889 – Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1967)
1889 – Oren E. Long, American soldier and politician, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii (d. 1965)
1889 – Pearl White, American actress (d. 1938)
1889 – Robert William Wood, English-American painter (d. 1979)
1890 – Norman Bethune, Canadian soldier and physician (d. 1939)
1891 – Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (d. 1961)
1893 – Charles Herbert Colvin, American engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company (d. 1985)
1893 – Adolph Lowe, German sociologist and economist (d. 1995)
1894 – Charles Corm, Lebanese businessman and philanthropist (d. 1963)
1895 – Milt Gross, American animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
1896 – Kai Holm, Danish actor and director (d. 1985)
1897 – Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (d. 1969)
1898 – Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic (d. 1986)
1898 – Hans Krebs, German general (d. 1945)
1899 – Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author (d. 1962)
1900 – Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (d. 1971)
1901 – Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit (d. 1986)
1901 – Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (d. 1991)
1901 – Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
1902 – Rachel Messerer, Lithuanian-Russian actress (d. 1993)
1902 – Russell Reeder, American soldier and author (d. 1998)
1903 – William C. Boyd, American immunologist and chemist (d. 1983)
1903 – Malcolm Dole, American chemist and academic (d. 1990)
1903 – Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress and singer (d. 1990)
1903 – John Scarne, American magician and author (d. 1985)
1904 – Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (d. 1973)
1904 – George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (d. 1968)
1904 – Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942)
1906 – Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author (d. 1991)
1906 – Avery Fisher, American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics (d. 1994)
1906 – Georges Ronsse, Belgian cyclist and manager (d. 1969)
1908 – T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (d. 1976)
1908 – Thomas Shaw, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
1909 – Harry Helmsley, American businessman (d. 1997)
1909 – George Edward Holbrook, American chemist and engineer (d. 1987)
1910 – Tancredo Neves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (d. 1985)
1911 – Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, English actor (d. 1984)
1912 – Afro Basaldella, Italian painter and academic (d. 1976)
1912 – Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1912 – Carl Marzani, Italian-American activist and publisher (d. 1994)
1913 – Taos Amrouche, Algerian singer and author (d. 1976)
1913 – John Garfield, American actor and singer (d. 1952)
1914 – Barbara Newhall Follett, American author (d. 1939)
1914 – Ward Kimball, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1914 – Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor, and architect (d. 2000)
1915 – László Csatáry, Hungarian art dealer (d. 2013)
1915 – Frank Sleeman, Australian lieutenant and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2000)
1915 – Carlos Surinach, Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor (d. 1997)
1916 – William Alland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)
1916 – Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 – Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997)
1917 – Clyde McCullough, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1982)
1918 – Kurt Dahlmann, German pilot, lawyer, and journalist (d. 2017)
1918 – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (d. 2012)
1919 – Buck Baker, American race car driver (d. 2002)
1919 – Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian physician and politician (d. 1996)
1920 – Jean Lecanuet, French politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1993)
1920 – Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish-English actor (d. 2002)
1921 – Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-American composer and educator (d. 2017)
1921 – Joan Greenwood, English actress (d. 1987)
1921 – Dinny Pails, English-Australian tennis player (d. 1986)
1922 – Richard E. Cunha, American director and cinematographer (d. 2005)
1923 – Russell Freeburg, American journalist and author
1923 – Francis King, English author and poet (d. 2011)
1923 – Patrick Moore, English astronomer and television host (d. 2012)
1924 – Kenneth O'Donnell, American soldier and politician (d. 1977)
1925 – Alan R. Battersby, English chemist and academic (d. 2018)
1925 – Paul Mauriat, French conductor and composer (d. 2006)
1926 – Henri de Contenson, French archaeologist and academic
1926 – Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, French businessman, soldier and racing car driver (d. 2018)
1926 – Richard DeVos, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (d. 2018)
1926 – Pascual Pérez, Argentinian boxer (d. 1977)
1926 – Don Rendell, English saxophonist and flute player (d. 2015)
1927 – Phil Batt, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Idaho
1927 – Thayer David, American actor (d. 1978)
1927 – Jacques Dupin, French poet and critic (d. 2012)
1927 – Robert Orben, American magician and author
1927 – Dick Savitt, American tennis player and businessman
1928 – Samuel Adler, German-American composer and conductor
1928 – Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (d. 2010)
1929 – Bernard Haitink, Dutch violinist and conductor
1929 – Peter Swerling, American theoretician and engineer (d. 2000)
1931 – Wally Bruner, American journalist and television host (d. 1997)
1931 – Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
1931 – William Henry Keeler, American cardinal (d. 2017)
1931 – Alice Rivlin, American economist and politician
1932 – Sigurd Jansen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor
1932 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist, photographer, and poet (d. 2007)
1932 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2008)
1932 – Ed Roth, American illustrator (d. 2001)
1932 – Frank Wells, American businessman (d. 1994)
1933 – Nino Vaccarella, Italian race car driver
1934 – Mario Davidovsky, Argentinian-American composer and academic
1934 – John Duffey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
1934 – Anne Haney, American actress (d. 2001)
1934 – Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (d. 2007)
1934 – Sandra Reynolds, South African tennis player
1934 – Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1935 – Edward Dębicki, Ukrainian-Polish poet and composer
1935 – Bent Larsen, Danish chess player and author (d. 2010)
1936 – Eric Allandale, Dominican trombonist and songwriter (d. 2001)
1936 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (d. 1968)
1936 – Aribert Reimann, German pianist and composer
1937 – José Araquistáin, Spanish footballer
1937 – William Deverell, Canadian lawyer, author, and activist
1937 – Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer
1937 – Leslie H. Gelb, American journalist and author
1937 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and explorer (d. 2003)
1937 – Barney Wilen, French saxophonist and composer (d. 1996)
1937 – Richard B. Wright, Canadian journalist and author
1938 – Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English negotiator (d. 2006)
1938 – Alpha Condé, Guinean politician, President of Guinea
1938 – Allan Kornblum, American police officer and judge (d. 2010)
1938 – Angus MacLise, American drummer and composer (d. 1979)
1938 – Don Perkins, American football player and sportscaster
1938 – Paula Prentiss, American actress
1938 – Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939 – Jack Fisher, American baseball player
1940 – Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German scholar and judge
1940 – David Plante, American novelist
1941 – Adrian Lyne, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – James Zagel, American lawyer and judge
1942 – Gloria Gaither, American singer-songwriter
1942 – Charles C. Krulak, American general
1942 – David Matthews, American keyboard player and composer
1942 – Lynn Sherr, American journalist and author
1942 – James Gustave Speth, American lawyer and politician
1942 – Zorán Sztevanovity, Serbian-Hungarian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Lucio Dalla, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2012)
1943 – Aldo Rico, Argentinian commander and politician
1944 – Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (d. 1999)
1944 – Anthony Ichiro Sanda, Japanese-American physicist and academic
1944 – Len Walker, English footballer and manager
1944 – Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1945 – Tommy Svensson, Swedish footballer and manager
1945 – Gary Williams, American basketball player and coach
1946 – Michael Ashcroft, English businessman and politician
1946 – Danny Frisella, American baseball player (d. 1977)
1946 – Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, American journalist and author
1947 – Jan Garbarek, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1947 – Bob Lewis, American guitarist
1947 – Pēteris Plakidis, Latvian pianist and composer
1948 – Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, New Zealand-Australian author
1948 – James Ellroy, American writer
1948 – Tom Grieve, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1948 – Jean O'Leary, American nun and activist (d. 2005)
1948 – Chris Squire, English singer-songwriter and bass guitarist (d. 2015)
1948 – Shakin' Stevens, British singer-songwriter
1949 – Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (d. 2011)
1949 – Carroll Baker, Canadian singer-songwriter
1949 – Cookie Mueller, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1950 – Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter
1950 – Rick Perry, American captain and politician, 47th Governor of Texas
1950 – Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (d. 2015)
1951 – Edelgard Bulmahn, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
1951 – Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, South Korean-American author, director, and producer (d. 1982)
1951 – Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager
1951 – Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1951 – Sam Perlozzo, American baseball player and manager
1951 – Chris Rea, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Glenis Willmott, English scientist and politician
1951 – Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)
1952 – Peter Kuhfeld, English painter
1952 – Ronn Moss, American singer-songwriter and actor
1952 – Svend Robinson, American-Canadian lawyer and politician
1952 – Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1953 – John Edwards, Australian director and producer
1953 – Emilio Estefan, Cuban-American drummer and producer
1953 – Paweł Janas, Polish footballer and manager
1953 – Ray Price, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1953 – Reinhold Roth, German motorcycle racer
1953 – Chris Smith, American lawyer and politician
1953 – Agustí Villaronga, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter
1953 – Daniel Woodrell American novelist and short story writer
1954 – Timur Apakidze, Russian general and pilot (d. 2001)
1954 – François Fillon, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France
1954 – Peter Jacobsen, American golfer and sportscaster
1954 – Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian
1954 – Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian poet and author
1955 – Tim Costello, Australian minister and politician
1955 – Joey Jones, Welsh footballer and manager
1957 – Nicholas Coleridge, English journalist and businessman
1957 – Mykelti Williamson, American actor and director
1958 – Patricia Heaton, American actress
1958 – Massimo Mascioletti, Italian rugby player and coach
1958 – Tina Smith, American politician, junior senator of Minnesota
1959 – Rick Ardon, Australian journalist
1959 – Plamen Getov, Bulgarian footballer
1961 – Ray Mancini, American boxer
1961 – Steven Weber, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Roger Wessels, South African golfer and educator
1962 – Simon Bisley, English author and illustrator
1962 – Paul Canoville, English footballer
1962 – Stephan Reimertz, German historian and author
1962 – David Sparrow, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Jason Newsted, American heavy metal singer-songwriter and bass player
1964 – Dave Colclough, Welsh computer programmer and poker player
1964 – Brian Crowley, Irish lawyer and politician
1964 – Tom Lampkin, American baseball player and sportscaster
1964 – Paolo Virzì, Italian director and screenwriter
1965 – Greg Alexander, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1965 – Paul W. S. Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Andrew Collins, English journalist and screenwriter
1965 – Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-born American novelist
1965 – Yury Lonchakov, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1966 – Emese Hunyady, Hungarian speed skater
1966 – Kevin Johnson, American basketball player and politician, 55th Mayor of Sacramento
1966 – Fiona Ma, American accountant and politician
1966 – Helmut Mayer, Austrian skier
1966 – Glen Nissen, Australian rugby league player
1966 – Dav Pilkey, American author and illustrator
1966 – Grand Puba, American rapper
1966 – Mike Small, American golfer and coach
1967 – Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer and coach
1967 – Evan Dando, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Ivan Lewis, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1967 – Terry Matterson, Australian rugby league player and coach
1967 – Dave Rayner, English cyclist (d. 1994)
1967 – Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Swiss footballer
1967 – Tim Vine, English comedian, actor, and author
1968 – Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan baseball player
1968 – Jorge Celedón, Colombian singer
1968 – Patsy Kensit, English model and actress
1968 – Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek banker and politician
1968 – Graham Westley, English footballer and manager
1969 – Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italian footballer and manager
1970 – Àlex Crivillé, Spanish motorcycle racer
1970 – Caroline Vis, Dutch tennis player
1971 – Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player and manager
1971 – Claire Baker, Scottish politician
1971 – Anders Kjølholm, Danish bass player
1971 – Satoshi Motoyama, Japanese race car driver
1972 – Katherine Center, American journalist and author
1972 – Nocturno Culto, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Robert Smith, American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Ivy Queen, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and record producer
1972 – Jos Verstappen, Dutch race car driver
1972 – Alison Wheeler, English singer-songwriter
1973 – Massimo Brambilla, Italian footballer and coach
1973 – Phillip Daniels, American football player and coach
1973 – Valery Kobelev, Russian ski jumper
1973 – Penny Mordaunt, English lieutenant and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1973 – Linus of Hollywood, American singer-songwriter and producer
1973 – Len Wiseman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, Indian director and screenwriter
1974 – Crowbar, American wrestler
1974 – Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer and manager
1974 – Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player
1974 – Ariel Ortega, Argentinian footballer
1974 – Tommy Phelps, South Korean-American baseball player and coach
1974 – ICS Vortex, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – David Wagner, American tennis player and educator
1974 – Bill Young, Australian rugby player
1975 – Mats Eilertsen, Norwegian bassist and composer
1975 – Patrick Femerling, German basketball player
1975 – Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player
1975 – Kristi Harrower, Australian basketball player
1975 – Brian McGuire, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Hawksley Workman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Robbie Blake, English footballer
1976 – Tommy Jönsson, Swedish footballer
1977 – Nacho Figueras, Argentinian polo player and model
1977 – Traver Rains, American fashion designer and photographer
1978 – Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Denis Dallan, Italian rugby player and singer
1978 – Jean-Marc Pelletier, American ice hockey player
1979 – Sarah Stock, Canadian wrestler and trainer
1980 – Rohan Bopanna, Indian tennis player
1980 – Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
1980 – Giedrius Gustas, Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Scott Hamilton, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1980 – Jack Hannahan, American baseball player
1980 – Michael Henrich, American ice hockey player
1980 – Phil McGuire, Scottish footballer and manager
1981 – Ariza Makukula, Portuguese footballer
1981 – Helen Wyman, English cyclist
1982 – Landon Donovan, American soccer player and coach
1982 – Cate Edwards, American lawyer and author
1982 – Ludmila Ezhova, Russian gymnast
1982 – Yasemin Mori, Turkish singer
1983 – Samuel Contesti, French-Italian figure skater
1983 – Jaque Fourie, South African rugby player
1984 – Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer
1984 – Anders Grøndal, Norwegian race car driver
1984 – Spencer Larsen, American football player
1984 – Raven Quinn, American singer-songwriter
1984 – Zak Whitbread, American-English footballer
1985 – Jake Buxton, English footballer
1985 – Chinedum Ndukwe, American football player
1985 – Whitney Port, American fashion designer and author
1986 – Steven Burke, English road and track cyclist
1986 – Tom De Mul, Belgian footballer
1986 – Mike Krieger, Brazilian-American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram
1986 – Siim Roops, Estonian footballer
1986 – Bohdan Shust, Ukrainian footballer
1986 – Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand rugby league player
1986 – Margo Harshman, American actress
1987 – Ben McKinley, Australian footballer
1987 – Cameron Wood, Australian footballer
1987 – Tamzin Merchant, English actress
1988 – Gal Mekel, Israeli basketball player
1988 – Laura Siegemund, German tennis player
1988 – Adam Watts, English footballer
1990 – Paddy Madden, Irish footballer
1990 – Fran Mérida, Spanish footballer
1990 – Andrea Bowen, American actress
1992 – Nick Castellanos, American baseball player
1992 – Erik Lamela, Argentinian footballer
1992 – Bernd Leno, German footballer
1992 – Karl Mööl, Estonian footballer
1993 – Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
1993 – Richard Peniket, English footballer
1994 – Callum Harriott, English footballer
1996 – Lukas Webb, Australian rules footballer

306 – Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, Christian martyrs
480 – Landry of Sées, French bishop and saint
561 – Pelagius I, pope of the Catholic Church
934 – Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Fatimid caliph (b. 873)
1172 – Stephen III, king of Hungary (b. 1147)
1193 – Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Sultanate (b. 1137)
1238 – Joan of England, queen of Scotland (b. 1210)
1238 – Yuri II, Russian Grand Prince (b. 1189)
1303 – Daniel of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1261)
1314 – Jakub Świnka, Polish priest and archbishop
1371 – Jeanne d'Évreux, queen consort of France (b. 1310)
1388 – Thomas Usk, English author
1484 – Saint Casimir, Polish prince (b. 1458)
1496 – Sigismund, archduke of Austria (b. 1427)
1583 – Bernard Gilpin, English priest and theologian (b. 1517)
1604 – Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and educator (b. 1539)
1615 – Hans von Aachen, German painter and educator (b. 1552)
1710 – Louis III, duke of Bourbon (b. 1668)
1733 – Claude de Forbin, French admiral and politician (b. 1656)
1744 – John Anstis, English historian and politician (b. 1669)
1762 – Johannes Zick, German painter (b. 1702)
1793 – Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (b. 1725)
1795 – John Collins, American politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1717)
1805 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)
1807 – Abraham Baldwin, American minister, lawyer, and politician (b. 1754)
1811 – Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1778)
1832 – Jean-François Champollion, French philologist and scholar (b. 1790)
1851 – James Richardson, English explorer (b. 1809)
1852 – Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (b. 1809)
1853 – Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (b. 1776)
1853 – Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1774)
1858 – Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander (b. 1794)
1864 – Thomas Starr King, American minister and politician (b. 1824)
1866 – Alexander Campbell, Irish-American minister and theologian (b. 1788)
1872 – Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)
1883 – Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
1888 – Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)
1903 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)
1906 – John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)
1915 – William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (b. 1856)
1916 – Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)
1925 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)
1925 – James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
1925 – John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
1927 – Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (b. 1846)
1938 – George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
1938 – Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1940 – Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1860)
1941 – Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1944 – Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
1944 – Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)
1944 – Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
1944 – René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)
1945 – Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
1945 – Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1948 – Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
1949 – Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)
1952 – Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1954 – Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)
1960 – Herbert O'Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)
1963 – William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)
1969 – Nicholas Schenck, Russian-American businessman (b. 1881)
1972 – Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th Chief Justice of New Zealand (b. 1894)
1972 – Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
1974 – Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (b. 1903)
1976 – John Marvin Jones, American judge and politician (b. 1882)
1976 – Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (b. 1886)
1977 – Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
1977 – Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)
1977 – Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)
1977 – William Paul, American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
1977 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1887)
1978 – Wesley Bolin, American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (b. 1909)
1978 – Joe Marsala, American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)
1979 – Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (b. 1926)
1980 – Alan Hardaker, English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)
1981 – Torin Thatcher, American actor (b. 1905)
1981 – Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, German admiral (b. 1900)
1986 – Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist and academic (b. 1917)
1986 – Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1943)
1986 – Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and author (b. 1913)
1987 – Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (b. 1884)
1988 – Beatriz Guido, Argentine author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1989 – Tiny Grimes, American guitarist (b. 1916)
1990 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
1991 – Godfrey Bryan, English cricketer (b. 1902)
1992 – Art Babbitt, American animator and director (b. 1907)
1992 – Pare Lorentz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
1993 – Art Hodes, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1904)
1993 – Tomislav Ivčić, Croatian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1953)
1993 – Izaak Kolthoff, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1894)
1993 – Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (b. 1929)
1994 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1950)
1994 – George Edward Hughes, Irish-Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1918)
1995 – Matt Urban, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
1996 – Minnie Pearl, American entertainer (b. 1912)
1996 – John Sauer, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
1997 – Joe Baker-Cresswell, English captain (b. 1901)
1997 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1916)
1998 – Ivan Dougherty, Australian general (b. 1907)
1999 – Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)
1999 – Del Close, American actor and educator (b. 1934)
1999 – Miłosz Magin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1929)
2000 – Hermann Brück, German-Scottish physicist and astronomer (b. 1905)
2000 – Michael Noonan, New Zealand-Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2000 – Ta-You Wu, Chinese physicist and academic (b. 1907)
2001 – Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player (b. 1961)
2001 – Jean René Bazaine, French painter and author (b. 1904)
2001 – Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
2001 – Jim Rhodes, American businessman and politician, 61st Governor of Ohio (b. 1909)
2001 – Harold Stassen, American educator and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1907)
2002 – Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian author and translator (b. 1935)
2002 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian skier and author (b. 1913)
2002 – Velibor Vasović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
2003 – Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian playwright, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
2003 – Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1931)
2004 – Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
2005 – Nicola Calipari, Italian general (b. 1953)
2005 – Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian police officer and politician (b. 1951)
2005 – Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-Belarusian author and activist (b. 1934)
2006 – John Reynolds Gardiner, American author and engineer (b. 1944)
2006 – Edgar Valter, Estonian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
2007 – Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (b. 1929)
2007 – Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
2007 – Ian Wooldridge, English journalist (b. 1932)
2008 – Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1938)
2008 – Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2009 – Yvon Cormier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1938)
2009 – Horton Foote, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1916)
2009 – George McAfee, American football player (b. 1918)
2010 – Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect and educator, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum New York (b. 1933)
2010 – Johnny Alf, Brazilian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
2010 – Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazian historian and politician, 1st President of Abkhazia (b. 1945)
2010 – Fred Wedlock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
2011 – Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Nepalese journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1924)
2011 – Vivienne Harris, English journalist and publisher, co-founded the Jewish Telegraph (b. 1921)
2011 – Ed Manning, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
2011 – Arjun Singh, Indian politician (b. 1930)
2011 – Alenush Terian, Iranian astronomer and physicist (b. 1920)
2011 – Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2012 – Paul McBride, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1965)
2012 – Don Mincher, American baseball player (b. 1938)
2013 – Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (b. 1923)
2013 – Mickey Moore, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)
2013 – Toren Smith, Canadian businessman, founded Studio Proteus (b. 1960)
2014 – Mark Freidkin, Russian author and poet (b. 1953)
2014 – Elaine Kellett-Bowman, English lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
2014 – Jack Kinzler, American engineer (b. 1920)
2014 – Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer (b. 1939)
2015 – Dušan Bilandžić, Croatian historian and politician (b. 1924)
2015 – Ray Hatton, English-American runner, author, and academic (b. 1932)
2016 – Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)
2016 – Pat Conroy, American author (b. 1945)
2016 – P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1947)
2016 – Zhou Xiaoyan, Chinese soprano and educator (b. 1917)
2017 – Clayton Yeutter, American politician (b. 1930)
2018 – Davide Astori, Italian soccer player (b. 1987)

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On This Day

March 4th

1966 - John Lennon

John Lennon's statement that The Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus Christ' was published in The London Evening Standard. His opinions drew no controversy when published in the UK, but when republished in the US a few months later, angry reactions flared up in Christian communities. Extensive protests broke out with some radio stations banning Beatles songs and their records were publicly burned.

1967 - The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ruby Tuesday', the group's fourth US No.1 single. 'Lets Spend The Night Together' was the original A side but after radio stations banned the song 'Tuesday' became the A side.

1978 - Jerry Lee Lewis

The US internal Revenue Service carried out a dawn raid at the home of Jerry Lee Lewis and removed cars worth over £100,000 ($170,000) to pay off his tax debts.

1979 - Randy Jackson

Randy Jackson of The Jackson Five was seriously injured in a car crash breaking both legs and almost died in the emergency room when a nurse inadvertently injects him with methadone.

1982 - Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and his daughter Moon Unit formed a band called Fred Zeppelin. Their first single was 'My Mother is a Space Cadet'.

1986 - Howard Greenfield

American songwriter Howard Greenfield died of a brain tumour aged 50. Working out of the famous Brill Building with Neil Sedaka he co-wrote many hits including 'Calendar Girl', 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do', and 'Crying In The Rain' with Carole King. Also wrote TV theme songs including the theme to 'Bewitched.'

1986 - Richard Manuel

After just completing a two set show with The Band in Winter Park, Florida, 41 year old Richard Manuel of The Band hanged himself from a shower curtain rod in a hotel room in Florida. His band mate, Robbie Robertson honoured his friend with the song, 'Fallen Angel' in 1987.

1993 - Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown became parents when Whitney gave birth to a baby girl, Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown. Bobbi went on to become an reality television and media personality, singer, and actress. Brown died in hospice care on July 26, 2015, at the age of 22 after being found face down in a bathtub in her Georgia home. She was later placed into a medically induced coma.

1994 - Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain was rushed to hospital after overdosing on alcohol and drugs in a Rome hotel during a Nirvana European tour. Cobain had taken 50-60 pills of Rohypnol mixed with champagne; rumours on the internet claimed that Kurt was dead.

1997 - Raymond Edwards

Raymond Edwards American bassist with The Silhouettes died. The doo wop/R&B groups single 'Get A Job' was a No.1 hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart and pop singles chart in 1958. The doo-wop revival group Sha Na Na derived their name from the song's lyrics. 'Get A Job' is included in the soundtracks of the film American Graffiti, Trading Places and Stand By Me. The Silhouettes performed in the 1986 movie Joey.

2001 - Village People

Village People singer Glenn Hughes died of lung cancer aged 50 in his Manhattan apartment in New York. He was the original "Biker" character in the disco group who scored the 1978 UK No.1 & US No.2 single Y.M.C.A.

2002 - Doreen Waddell

Doreen Waddell, singer with Soul II Soul was killed after attempting to run across the A27 in Brighton, England after being caught shoplifting.

2003 - Cliff Richard

A noisy neighbour was banned from playing her music and had her stereo system impounded, after she had played Cliff Richard music too loudly. 23 year-old Sian Davies was fined £1,000 ($1,700) plus court costs after environmental protection officers raided her flat in Porth, Rhondda, Wales and seized 15 amplifiers and speakers, plus 135 CDs and cassette tapes. The disc found in her CD player was the Cliff Richard single, 'Peace in Our Time'. A spokesman for the Cliff Richard Organization said he was delighted to hear of somebody in their early 20s owning one of his many recordings. He added, Cliff would not want anyone to play his music so that it caused a nuisance.

2007 - Take That

Take That went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Shine', their 10th UK No.1 single. The song was featured in several commercials for the re-launched Morrisons supermarkets in the UK, and went on to win the British single of the year award at the 2008 Brit Awards.

2009 - Britney Spears

Britney Spears kicked off a world tour in New Orleans, her first concert tour for five years. The 27-year-old who dressed as a ringmaster in the show, featured jugglers, acrobats and martial arts dancers.

2012 - Vinyl Sales

According to Nielsen SoundScan in the US, vinyl sales increased 36 percent in 2011 compared to the previous year, concluding that vinyl records where making a big comeback for music fans.

2015 - Daryl Hall and John Oates

Daryl Hall and John Oates were suing cereal maker Early Bird Foods & Co. over the company's use of the name Haulin' Oates for their maple syrup granola bars. The two musicians accused the Brooklyn-based firm of infringing on their trademark with the packet of cereal deliberately creating a phonetic play on the band's well-known name.

Born On This Day

March 4th

1925 - Paul Mauriat

Paul Mauriat, French, conductor, arranger, (1968 US No.1 single chart 'Love Is Blue', a No.12 hit in the UK).

1936 - Eric Allandale

Eric Allandale, from British soul band The Foundations who scored the 1967 UK No.1 single 'Baby Now That I've Found You' and the 1969 US No.3 single 'Build Me Up A Buttercup'. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a No.1 hit in the UK in the 1960s.

1944 - Bobby Womack

Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter and musician who started his career as the lead singer of the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist. Womack was a prolific songwriter who wrote and originally recorded the Rolling Stones' first UK No. 1 hit, 'It's All Over Now'. Womack died at his home in Tarzana, California at age 70 on June 27, 2014.

1944 - Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson, from British pop/rock group, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, who scored the 1968 UK No.1 single 'Legend Of Xanadu'.

1946 - Red Stripe

Red Stripe, singer, The Flying Pickets, (1983 UK No.1 single 'Only You').

1948 - Chris Squire

Chris Squire, bassist and founding member of Yes and solo, (1983 UK No.28 & 1984 US No.1 single 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart'). He was the only member to appear on each of their 21 studio albums, released from 1969 to 2014. Squire died on 27th June 2015 from acute erythroid leukemia.

1948 - Shakin' Stevens

Shakin' Stevens, (Michael Barratt), Welsh singer. In the UK Stevens has charted 33 Top 40 hit singles including four chart-topping hits; 'This Ole House', 'Green Door', 'Oh Julie', and 'Merry Christmas Everyone'. The former milkman became the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s.

1950 - Emilio Estefan

Emilio Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, (1984 UK No.6 single 'Dr Beat', 1989 US No.1 single 'Don't Wanna Loose You').

1951 - Chris Rea

British rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Rea, who had the 1989 UK No.10 single 'The Road To Hell'. His 1989 UK No.1 album Road To Hell spent 76 weeks on the chart. In America he is best known for the 1978 hit song 'Fool (If You Think It's Over)'. His band The Beautiful Losers received the Melody Maker Best Newcomers award in 1975.

1954 - St Clair I. Palmer

St Clair I. Palmer, from British soul group Sweet Sensation who scored the 1974 UK No.1 and US No.14 single 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'.

1955 - Boon Gould

English musician Boon Gould guitarist with Level 42, who had the 1986 UK No.3 & US No.12 single 'Lessons In Love'& 19 other UK Top 40 hits.

1963 - Jason Newsted

Jason Newsted, American bassist with Metallica. He joined Metallica in 1986 after Cliff Burton's death, Newsted remained a member until 2001. Before Metallica, he was a member of Flotsam and Jetsam. After Metallica, he has been involved with Echobrain, Ozzy Osbourne, Voivod, and led the band Newsted from 2012 to 2014.

1965 - Richard March

Richard March, bassist from English alternative rock band, Pop Will Eat Itself who scored the 1991 UK No.15 single 'X Y & Zee' and the 1993 top ten hit, 'Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!' He formed Bentley Rhythm Ace in mid 90s.

1966 - Patrick Hannan

Patrick Hannan drummer with English alternative rock band The Sundays. Their first album, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, was released in 1990 and was a UK Top 5 hit along with the single 'Here's Where the Story Ends'.

1967 - Evan Dando

American musician Evan Dando from alternative rock band The Lemonheads. A cover of Simon and Garfunkel's 'Mrs. Robinson', became one of the band's most successful single in the early 90s. It's a Shame About Ray the groups fifth album released in 1992 was a critics favourite.

1968 - Patsy Kensit

Patsy Kensit, actress, who appeared in the 1986 film Absolute Beginners and was the singer in Eighth Wonder who had the 1988 UK No.7 single 'I'm Not Scared'. Once married to Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr and married Oasis singer Liam Gallagher in 1997. The couple split in 2000.

1971 - Feargal Lawlor

Feargal Lawlor, drummer, with Irish rock band The Cranberries who had the 1994 UK No.14 single 'Linger'. The bands 1993 album Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We spent 86 weeks on the UK chart.

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Born On This Day

March 4th

1925 - Paul Mauriat

Paul Mauriat, French, conductor, arranger, (1968 US No.1 single chart 'Love Is Blue', a No.12 hit in the UK).

1936 - Eric Allandale

1944 - Bobby Womack

1944 - Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson, from British pop/rock group, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, who scored the 1968 UK No.1 single 'Legend Of Xanadu'.

1946 - Red Stripe

Red Stripe, singer, The Flying Pickets, (1983 UK No.1 single 'Only You').

1948 - Chris Squire

1948 - Shakin' Stevens

1950 - Emilio Estefan

Emilio Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, (1984 UK No.6 single 'Dr Beat', 1989 US No.1 single 'Don't Wanna Loose You').

1951 - Chris Rea

1954 - St Clair I. Palmer

St Clair I. Palmer, from British soul group Sweet Sensation who scored the 1974 UK No.1 and US No.14 single 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'.

1955 - Boon Gould

English musician Boon Gould guitarist with Level 42, who had the 1986 UK No.3 & US No.12 single 'Lessons In Love'& 19 other UK Top 40 hits.

1963 - Jason Newsted

1965 - Richard March

1966 - Patrick Hannan

1967 - Evan Dando

1968 - Patsy Kensit

1971 - Feargal Lawlor

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2017The Katy Perry song "Chained to the Rhythm" hits #4 on the Hot 100, making guest vocalist Skip Marley the first of the Marleys to land a Top 10 on that tally.More

2003Evanescence release their first album, Fallen, featuring the hits "Bring Me To Life" and "Going Under."

1984The Police play the final concert of their Synchronicity tour in Melbourne, Australia. It is their last show, except for a few special events together, until 2007.

1978The #3 "Sometimes When We Touch" by Dan Hill is the only song in the Top 5 not written by a member of The Bee Gees. Andy Gibb's "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" is #1, with "Stayin' Alive" at #2, "Night Fever" at #5 and Samantha Sang's "Emotion," written by Robin and Barry Gibb, at #4.More

1966John Lennon is quoted in the London Evening Standard saying, "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now." The remark goes mostly unnoticed, but causes a big stink when it is reprinted in a US publication four months later.

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2011Johnny Preston ("Running Bear") dies of heart failure at age 71.

2010Redbone co-founder Lolly Vegas, who wrote and sang their hit "Come and Get Your Love," dies of lung cancer at age 70.

2009John Cephas of Cephas & Wiggins dies at age 78.

2004John McGeoch, a Scottish guitarist who played with Magazine, PiL and Siouxsie and the Banshees, dies at age 48.

2003Bruce Springsteen plays Hank Ballard's 1960 hit "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" at his show in Jacksonville, Florida, to honor Ballard, who died two days earlier.

2001Glenn Hughes, the biker in The Village People, dies of lung cancer at age 50.

2001Michael Jackson and friend Macaulay Culkin spend the night shopping at a London record store, which stays open after hours to accommodate the pair.

1999Cowboy singer Eddie Dean dies of emphysema at age 91.

1998Bad Religion's breakthrough album, Stranger Than Fiction, released almost four years earlier, is certified gold by the RIAA, becoming the band's only album to achieve this certification in the United States.

1996Grand Ole Opry icon Minnie Pearl dies at 83.

1996The Beatles song "Real Love," compiled from a John Lennon demo recording, is released in the UK.

1994Kurt Cobain of Nirvana spends 20 hours in a coma after overdosing on Rohypnol (a prescription sedative) and champagne.

1993Whitney Houston and Bobby Brownwelcome a baby girl, Bobbi Kristina.

1992Jazz guitarist Mary Osborne dies at age 70.

1990Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stonesannounces his judicial separation from his bride of nine months, the former Mandy Smith. When they wed, he was 52 and she was 18.

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Spice Girls Form In Open Audition

1993

Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown and Victoria Adams are among 400 hopefuls at a London dance studio auditioning for producers who are forming a new group. They are selected, and along with Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton, become the Spice Girls.

With boy bands dominating the market, the father and son management team of Bob and Chris Herbert look for a girl group to work with. They place an ad in a trade magazine called The Stage that reads:
R. U. 18-23 with the ability to sing/dance?
R. U. streetwise, outgoing, ambitious, and dedicated?

Chisholm, Brown and Adams are chosen, and at auditions two weeks later, Geri Halliwell wins them over. The Herberts rent a house for the girls and put them to work learning songs and dance routines. Emma Bunton joins, and in December they start showcasing their act for various industry types.

The Herberts have them wearing matching outfits and doing cover songs, which doesn't sit well with the girls, so in March 1994 they break off on their own. The next year, they get a new deal with 19 Management, run by Simon Fuller, who later creates the Pop Idol/American Idoljuggernaut. Fuller secures them a deal with Virgin Records and launches a marketing campaign based on the distinct personalities of the girls:

Victoria is "Posh Spice," the sophisticated, elegant girl often seen in a little black dress.

Mel B is "Scary Spice," a wild child who favors animal prints.

Emma is "Baby Spice," innocent and often in pink.

Mel C is "Sporty Spice," the athletic one who wears tracksuits.

Geri is "Ginger Spice," the sexy girl with the most revealing outfits.

The Spice Girls come off as a likable group of friends and champions of "Girl Power." When their debut single "Wannabe" is released in July 1996, it shoots to #1 in the UK and US, as the group becomes an international sensation.

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Το πρώτο «πιάτο» της 84^ηςΔΕΘ είναι ινδικό

και σερβιρίστηκε στη Detrop

Γαστρονομική εκδήλωση με ινδικό «άρωμα»

στο πλαίσιο των πρόδρομων δράσεων για τη

συμμετοχή της Ινδίας ως Τιμώμενης Χώρας στην 84^ηΔΕΘ

Μια πρώτη «γεύση» από τη συμμετοχή της Ινδίας ως Τιμώμενης Χώρας στην 84^ηΔΕΘ έδωσε το δείπνο που διοργανώθηκε στο πλαίσιο της Detrop, το βράδυ της Κυριακής, παρουσία της Ινδής πρέσβειρας, κας Shamma Jain.

Το δείπνο, όπου συμμετείχαν φορείς της Θεσσαλονίκης, εκθέτες -μεταξύ αυτών και η επίλεκτη ομάδα της Λέσχης Ελλήνων Κρεοτεχνών- αλλά και συνεργάτες της Έκθεσης, είχε ινδικό χρώμα και παρουσίασε σε πάνω από δέκα πιάτα ένα γευστικό πανόραμα της ινδικής κουζίνας. Η γαστρονομική αυτή επίδειξη εντάσσεται στο πλαίσιο των πρόδρομων εκδηλώσεων για τη συμμετοχή της Ινδίας ως Τιμώμενης Χώρας στην 84^ηΔΕΘ, η οποία αναμένεται ιδιαίτερα δυναμική.

Η Ινδή πρέσβειρα υπογράμμισε την αγαστή συνεργασία με τη ΔΕΘ-Helexpo, ενώ ο πρόεδρος του εθνικού εκθεσιακού φορέα, κ. Τάσος Τζήκας, σημείωσε πως η ινδική συμμετοχή θα είναι αντιπροσωπευτική της νέας Ινδίας.

Οι δίαυλοι επικοινωνίας ανάμεσα στις δύο πλευρές, που «χτίζονται» εδώ και καιρό, άνοιξαν για τα καλά μετά την πρόσφατη επίσκεψη της διοίκησης της ΔΕΘ-Helexpo στην Ινδία, η οποία ακολουθήθηκε από την έλευση στη Θεσσαλονίκη και στο Διεθνές Εκθεσιακό Κέντρο στελεχών της India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), που είναι υπεύθυνη για την οργάνωση της ινδικής παρουσίας στην 84^ηΔΕΘ.

Οι πρόδρομες εκδηλώσεις που προετοιμάζονται ενόψει της Γενικής Έκθεσης του Σεπτεμβρίου και οι οποίες θα εξελίσσονται κατά τη διάρκεια όλου του χρόνου, με κορύφωση την 84^ηΔΕΘ, θα είναι αντιπροσωπευτικές του πολιτισμού, της ιστορίας, του κινηματογράφου και του επιχειρείν της Ινδίας

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