biography
Saturday, March 14, 2026
March 14
Eli Whitney patents cotton gin (1794); Albert Einstein born (1879); Stephen Curry born (1988); Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles born (1997); Stephen Hawking dies (2018).
Friday, March 13, 2026
March 13
Uranus discovered (1781); President Benjamin Harrison dies (1901); Susan B. Anthony dies (1906); The Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest undersea tunnel, opened in Japan (1988) Tennis star Coco Gauff born (2004); Pope Francis' papacy begins (2013).
Thursday, March 12, 2026
March 12
Writer and author Jack Kerouac born (1922); Mahatma Gandhi begins 200-mile protest march against British salt tax (1930); Actress and singer Liza Minnelli born (1946); Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker dies (1955).
March 10
Courrières mining accident kills 1,099 in France (1906); Harriet Tubman dies (1913); Sharon Stone born (1958); Dot-com bubble peaks as the Nasdaq hits 5,048 (2000); Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes, killing 157 (2019).
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
March 11
Civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy born (1926); Sir Alexander Fleming, scientist who discovered penicillin, dies (1955); Janet Reno confirmed as US' first female attorney general (1993); Coordinated bombings kill 191 people on trains in Madrid (2004); COVID-19 declared a pandemic by World Health Organization (2020).
Monday, March 9, 2026
March 9
Italian soccer club Inter Milan founded (1908); Barbie doll debuts at American International Toy Fair (1959); Comedian George Burns dies (1996); Space Shuttle Discovery makes final of 39 landings (2011); US Olympic gold-winning gymnast Sunisa Lee born (2003)
March 8
First stock car race held in Daytona Beach (1936); International Women's Day becomes official United Nations holiday (1977); Baseball player Joe DiMaggio dies (1999); Sam Simon, director and codeveloper of "The Simpsons," dies (2015).
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