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Birthday: 26/3/1859: A.E Housman, English poet
Birthday: 26/3/1886: Chico Marx, US Comedian of the famous 'Marx Brothers'
Birthday: 26/3/1911: Tennessee Williams, American novelist and playwright
Birthday: 26/3/1925: Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor
Birthday: 26/3/1931: Leonard Nimoy, US actor known as Mr Spock of 'Star Trek'
Birthday: 26/3/1940: James Caan, American film actor; 'Rollerball' & 'Misery'
Birthday: 26/3/1944: Diana Ross, American singer
Birthday: 26/3/1963: Susanne Sulley, Of the Pop group 'Human League'
Birthday: 27/3/1845: Wilhelm von Rontgen, German discoverer of X-Rays
Birthday: 27/3/1863: Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame
Birthday: 27/3/1897: Gloria Swanson, American stage and film actress
Birthday: 27/3/1912: Lord James Callaghan, Labour politician & former Prime minister
Birthday: 27/3/1919: Lord Amery, Conservative politician
Birthday: 27/3/1927: Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor
Birthday: 27/3/1942: Michael York, British born film actor
Birthday: 27/3/1950: Tony Banks, Of the Pop group 'Genisis'
Birthday: 28/3/1483: Raphael,Italian painter, and architect. Rebuilt St Peters
Birthday: 28/3/1660: King George I, Became King of Great Britain in 1714
Birthday: 28/3/1902: Flora Robson, English actress
Birthday: 28/3/1921: Sir Dirk Bogarde, Stage and screen actor
Birthday: 28/3/1935: Michael Parkinson, Broadcaster and TV presenter
Birthday: 28/3/1942: Neil Kinnock, Former Labour Party leader
Birthday: 28/3/1948: Matthew Corbett, TV Entertainer; the 'Sooty show'
Birthday: 29/3/1790: John Tyler, Former American President
Birthday: 29/3/1902: Sir William Walton, English composer
Birthday: 29/3/1931: Lord (Norman) Tebbit, Tory politician and TV presenter
Birthday: 29/3/1943: John Major, Conservative Prime Minister
Birthday: 29/3/1943: Julie Goodyear, Cornation Streets 'Bet Lynch'
Birthday: 29/3/1944: John Suchet, Television journalist
Birthday: 29/3/1944: Vangelis, Greek musician
Birthday: 29/3/1949: Michael Brecker, Of the group 'The Brecker Brothers'
Birthday: 30/3/1746: Francisco de Goya, Spanish artist
Birthday: 30/3/1820: Anna Sewell, English author of 'Black Beauty'
Birthday: 30/3/1853: Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter
Birthday: 30/3/1880: Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright
Birthday: 30/3/1928: Tom Sharpe, Novelist
Birthday: 30/3/1930: Rolf Harris, Australian entertainer and artist
Birthday: 30/3/1949: Sue Cook, Television broadcaster
Birthday: 30/3/1962: Hammer, American singer and 'Rap' artist
Birthday: 31/3/1732: Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer of symphonies & quartets
Birthday: 31/3/1811: Robert Bunsen, German who invented the 'Bunsen' burner
Birthday: 31/3/1926: John Fowles, Author of 'The French Lieutenants Woman"
Birthday: 31/3/1927: William Daniels, American actor; TV series 'St Elsewhere'
Birthday: 31/3/1935: Richard Chamberlain, Actor and Television star
Birthday: 31/3/1938: Sir David Steel, Former Liberal leader
Birthday: 31/3/1959: Angus Young, Of the Pop group 'AC/DC'
Event: 26/3/1885: The first cremation in Britain took place in Surrey, at the Woking Crematorium
Event: 26/3/1923: A daily weather forecast was broadcast by the BBC for the first time
Event: 26/3/1934: Driving tests were first introduced in Britain
Event: 26/3/1958: Parking Tickets were first issued to motorists in London
Event: 26/3/1973: The actor and playwright Sir Noel Coward died in Jamaica
Event: 26/3/1981: The Social Democratic Party was launched by the 'Gang of Four'
Event: 26/3/1985: Ben Kingsley won the best actor Academy Award, for his portrayal of Ghandi
Event: 26/3/1992: Terry Waite announced his resignation as the Archbishop of Canterbury's special envoy
Event: 27/3/1625: King James I of Great Britain died
Event: 27/3/1794: The United States Navy was founded
Event: 27/3/1807: The asteroid Vesta was discovered
Event: 27/3/1871: In the first ever international rugby match, Scotland beat England at Edinburgh
Event: 27/3/1914: The first successful blood transfusion was performed
Event: 27/3/1923: The inventor of the vacuum flask, Sir James Dewar, died in London
Event: 27/3/1931: Arnold Bennett, the English novelist, died of Typhoid
Event: 27/3/1948: Nikita Krushchev became the new leader of the Soviet Union
Event: 27/3/1968: The first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, was killed in a plane crash
Event: 28/3/1910: Near Marseilles, France, the first ever seaplane took off
Event: 28/3/1912: During the annual 'Boat Race', both Oxford and Cambridge boats sank
Event: 28/3/1917: The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was formed
Event: 28/3/1945: The last V2 German rocket of World War II fell on London
Event: 28/3/1964: Radio Caroline, Britains first 'pirate' radio station, began broadcasting from a ship at sea
Event: 28/3/1969: Dwight D Eisenhower, former President Of the US and wartime General, died
Event: 28/3/1977: The film 'Rocky', starring Sylvestor Stallone, won an Oscar for best film
Event: 28/3/1979: A serious radiation leak occured at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US
Event: 29/3/1871: Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall in London
Event: 29/3/1940: Bank of England Pound notes were issued containing metal strips as an anti forgery device
Event: 29/3/1974: The American spacecraft Mariner 10 took close-up photographs of Mercury
Event: 29/3/1981: The first ever London marathon was held; won by an American, Dick Beardsley
Event: 29/3/1982: The film 'Chariots of Fire' won an 'Oscar' for best film
Event: 29/3/1988: Plans were announced, for the construction of Europe's tallest 'skyscraper', on Canary Wharf, London
Event: 29/3/1992: Earl Spencer, the father of the Princess of Wales, died
Event: 30/3/1775: The British Parliament passed an act that meant that American colonies could only trade with Britain
Event: 30/3/1842: Ether was used as an anaesthetic for the first time during an operation
Event: 30/3/1867: Alaska was purchased from Russia for 7.2 million dollars, by America
Event: 30/3/1955: 'On The Waterfront' won an Oscar for best film. Its stars Marlon Brando & Grace Kelly won best actor awards
Event: 30/3/1964: Gangs of 'Mods' and 'Rockers' clashed in the seaside resort of Clacton
Event: 30/3/1981: President Ronald Reagan was wounded in an assassination attempt
Event: 30/3/1986: James Cagney, the American actor famous for gangster roles, died aged 86
Event: 30/3/1987: The painting 'Sunflowers' by Vincent van Gogh was sold for 24 million pounds
Event: 31/3/1837: John Constable, the English landscape artist, died
Event: 31/3/1855: Charlotte Bronte, the author of the novel 'Jane Eyre', died
Event: 31/3/1889: The Eiffel Tower in Paris, 985ft tall, was officially opened
Event: 31/3/1939: Britain and France agreed to support Poland if Germany took any action against it
Event: 31/3/1953: Dag Hammarskjold was elected as Secretary General of the UN
Event: 31/3/1966: The Soviet probe Luna 10 was launched to the Moon
Event: 31/3/1973: Red Rum won the Grand National in a record time of 9 minutes 2 seconds
Event: 31/3/1978: Red Rum, the three times Grand National Winner, retired from racing
Event: 31/3/1986: The largest local government in the world, 'The Greater London Council', was abolished
Event: 31/3/1986: The south wing of Hampton Court Palace was damaged by fire
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