Anniversaries

28th February 1903 (110 Years)

Vincente Minnelli, American stage and film director, famous for directing classic movie musicals as An American in Paris, was born.

28th February 1916 (97 Years)

Henry James, American-born British novelist and key figure of literary realism, died in London.

28th February 1941 (72 Years)

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain from 1886 until 1931, and monarch from birth, as his father Alfonso XII had died the previous year, died.

28th February 1975 (38 Years)

A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.

The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.

28th February 2013

Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.

29th February 1792 (221 Years)

Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Italian composer who wrote The Barber of Seville, was born.

29th February 1908 (105 Years)

Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, best known as Balthus, Polish-French modern artist, was born.

1st March 1692 (321 Years)

Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba are arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.

1st March 1872 (141 Years)

Yellowstone National Park is established.

1st March 1872 (141 Years)

Yellowstone National Park is established.

1st March 1932 (81 Years)

Son of aviator Charles A. Lindbergh is kidnapped.

1st March 1932 (81 Years)

Son of aviator Charles A. Lindbergh is kidnapped.

1st March 1938 (75 Years)

Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian poet, playwright and politician, died.

2nd March 1791 (222 Years)

John Wesley, Anglican cleric and founder of the Methodist Church, dies.

2nd March 1797 (216 Years)

Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, also known as Horace Walpole, English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician, died.

2nd March 1895 (118 Years)

The French Impressionist Painter, Berthe Morisot died.

2nd March 1913 (100 Years)

National Woman's Party forms.

2nd March 1919 (94 Years)

The first Communist International or Third International meets in Moscow.

2nd March 1919 (94 Years)

Jennifer Jones, the actress, was born.

2nd March 1933 (80 Years)

King Kong premiers in New York City, USA, 85 years.

2nd March 1968 (45 Years)

Daniel Craig, English actor, was born.

2nd March 1991 (22 Years)

Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director, died.

3rd March 1816 (197 Years)

William James Blacklock, an English landscape painter, is born.

3rd March 1847 (166 Years)

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who patented the first practical telephone. was born.

3rd March 1914 (99 Years)

Asger Jorn, Danish painter and founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA, was born.

3rd March 1938 (75 Years)

Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

3rd March 1985 (28 Years)

NUM decided to end the Miner's strike.

3rd March 1996 (17 Years)

Marguerite Duras, a French writer of award-winning books such as L'Amant and film director, dies.

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