Today In Time
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Today In Time
by observer Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:01 am
1574 - On the orders of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, two Englishmen and an Irishman are burnt for heresy
1964 - Opening of Toronto International Airport terminal building.
1971 - The male electorate in Lichtenstein refuses to give voting rights to women.
1983 - M*A*S*H became the most watched television program in history, as the final original episode of the fictitious, but uncommonly real, 4077th M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit of the Korean conflict aired this night.
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (the title of this last original episode) was a fitting farewell to Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce (Hawkeye, played by Alan Alda), Maj. Margaret Houlihan (Hot Lips: Loretta Swit), Cpl. Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr), Capt. B.J. Hunnicut (Mike Farrell), Col. Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) and the rest of one of television’s most endearing ensembles.
1993 - U.S. Federal agents shot it out with members of an armed religious cult near Waco, Texas and didn’t fare very well. Four agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and two cult members were killed and another 12 agents were wounded. The agents had planned to arrest Branch Davidian cult leader, David Koresh on federal firearms charges, but were surprised when the cult members opened fire with heavy weapons. The assault was a failure, and the 51-day siege by the Feds began.
1996 - Ottawa native Alanis Morissette wins four Grammy awards including best female vocal for You Oughta Know and album of the year for Jagged Little Pill; at the 38th annual Grammy Awards.
1996 - - Princess Diana agrees to divorce her estranged husband, Prince Charles, calling it the saddest day of her life.
BIRTHDAYS
1903 - Vincente Minnelli (Lester Anthony Minnelli) Academy Award-winning director: Gigi [1958]; An American in Paris, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; Judy Garland’s husband; Liza Minnelli’s father; died July 25, 1986
1940 - Mario Andretti auto racer: Indianapolis 500 Hall of Famer
1948 - Bernadette Peters (Lazzara) actress: The Jerk, Annie, All’s Fair, George M, Dames at Sea, Pennies from Heaven; singer: Gee Whiz
1960 - Dorothy Stratten Playboy Magazine playmate Aug 1979, was born Dorothy Hoogstratten on this day in 1960 at Vancouver, British Columbia; murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider Aug 14, 1980. Her life is the subject of a movie, Star 80.
1964 - Opening of Toronto International Airport terminal building.
1971 - The male electorate in Lichtenstein refuses to give voting rights to women.
1983 - M*A*S*H became the most watched television program in history, as the final original episode of the fictitious, but uncommonly real, 4077th M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit of the Korean conflict aired this night.
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (the title of this last original episode) was a fitting farewell to Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce (Hawkeye, played by Alan Alda), Maj. Margaret Houlihan (Hot Lips: Loretta Swit), Cpl. Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr), Capt. B.J. Hunnicut (Mike Farrell), Col. Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) and the rest of one of television’s most endearing ensembles.
1993 - U.S. Federal agents shot it out with members of an armed religious cult near Waco, Texas and didn’t fare very well. Four agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and two cult members were killed and another 12 agents were wounded. The agents had planned to arrest Branch Davidian cult leader, David Koresh on federal firearms charges, but were surprised when the cult members opened fire with heavy weapons. The assault was a failure, and the 51-day siege by the Feds began.
1996 - Ottawa native Alanis Morissette wins four Grammy awards including best female vocal for You Oughta Know and album of the year for Jagged Little Pill; at the 38th annual Grammy Awards.
1996 - - Princess Diana agrees to divorce her estranged husband, Prince Charles, calling it the saddest day of her life.
BIRTHDAYS
1903 - Vincente Minnelli (Lester Anthony Minnelli) Academy Award-winning director: Gigi [1958]; An American in Paris, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; Judy Garland’s husband; Liza Minnelli’s father; died July 25, 1986
1940 - Mario Andretti auto racer: Indianapolis 500 Hall of Famer
1948 - Bernadette Peters (Lazzara) actress: The Jerk, Annie, All’s Fair, George M, Dames at Sea, Pennies from Heaven; singer: Gee Whiz
1960 - Dorothy Stratten Playboy Magazine playmate Aug 1979, was born Dorothy Hoogstratten on this day in 1960 at Vancouver, British Columbia; murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider Aug 14, 1980. Her life is the subject of a movie, Star 80.
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