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Today in History for 3rd March 2024
Historical Events
1905 - US Forest Service forms
1917 - First major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [OS=Feb 18]
1942 - 1st combat flight for Canadian British-built Avro Lancaster bomber
1981 - NY Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie
1992 - Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston‚ Vince Coleman and Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)
2021 - Great apes at San Diego Zoo reported given experimental COVID-19 vaccine designed for animals after earlier outbreak among the gorillas (San Diego‚ California)
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Famous Birthdays
1814 - Charles Kensington Salaman‚ British pianist and synagogue music composer‚ born in London‚ England (d. 1901)
1880 - Florence Auer‚ American actress (Eradicating Aunty)‚ born in Albany‚ New York (d. 1962)
1893 - Beatrice Wood‚ American artist‚ ceramist and editor (The Blind Man‚ inspiration for Titanic film character Rose)‚ born in San Francisco‚ California (d. 1998)
1913 - Roger Caillois‚ French writer and scholar (Les Jeux et les Hommes)‚ born in Reims‚ France (d. 1978)
1920 - Julius Boros‚ American golfer (PGA C'ship 1968‚ US Open 1952‚ 63)‚ born in Fairfield‚ Connecticut (d. 1994)
1945 - Farooq Hamid‚ cricketer (1-107 in Test‚ Pakistan v Australia 1964)
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Famous Deaths
1459 - Ausià s March‚ Catalan poet of Valencian literature‚ dies at 59
1927 - J.G. Parry-Thomas‚ Welsh motor-racing driver (b. 1884)
1973 - Vera Panova‚ Russian author and journalist (Sputniki)‚ dies at 67
1996 - Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord‚ German journalist‚ dies at 76
2000 - Toni Ortelli‚ Italian composer ("La Montanara" (The Song of the Mountains)‚ conductor‚ and alpinist‚ dies at 95
2004 - Cecily Adams‚ American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
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