Today in History for 5th March 2022

Historical Events

1651 - South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
1924 - King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief
1977 - 3rd People's Choice Awards: John Wayne and Barbra Streisand win (Motion Picture) and Telly Savalas and Mary Tyler Moore win (TV)
1993 - Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die
1995 - Graves of Tsar Nicholas II and family found in St Petersburg
2016 - US air strike kills 150 Al-Shabaab militants north of Mogadishu, Somalia

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Famous Birthdays

1921 - Berkley Bedell, (Rep-D-IA, 1975- )
1942 - Michael "Mike" Resnick, American sci-fi author (Sideshow; Eros Ascending), born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 - (Samuel) "Eddie" Hodges, American stage and screen actor and singer ("High Hopes", The Music Man - "Gary, Indiana"; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
1951 - Rodney Hogg, cricketer (prolific Australian wicket-taker 1978-84)
1974 - Matt Lucas, English comedian
1978 - Kimberly McCullough, California, actress (Robin-General Hospital)

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Famous Deaths

1967 - Georges Vanier, French Canadian soldier and 19th Governor General of Canada, dies at 78
1981 - Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64
1990 - Gloria Carter Spann, US President Jimmy Carter's sister, dies of cancer at 63
1991 - Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109
1993 - Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash
2016 - Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (invented email and the @ sign), dies at 74

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