Today In History

We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:

Anniversary
1946 Ernest Hemingway, Novelist marries Journalist Mary Walsh (until his death 1961)
2006 Jack Black marries Tanya Haden in Big Sur, California.
Birthdays
1879 Albert Einstein
1912 Les Brown
1920 Hank Ketcham
1928 Frank Borman
1933 Michael Caine
1933 Quincy Jones
1947 Billy Crystal
1983 Taylor Hanson
1986 Jamie Bell, actor
Name Days
1000 Matilda, from Old German, 'battle strength'
1000 Mattie, from Old German, 'battle strength'
1000 Maud, from Old German, 'battle strength'
1000 Maude, from Old German, 'battle strength'
2000 Feast Day of Matilda, from Old German, 'battle strength'. Matilda was a German queen, the wife of Henry I and mother of Emperor Otto I, Henry 'the Quarrelsome', St Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne, and others. After the death of her husband, she lived for another 32 years at the mercy of Otto and Henry's unkindness. Her compassion for the poor and her devotion to the Church particularly annoyed them, but it earned her, at the very least, the love of her people.

Tomorrow’s notable events

Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:

DateEvent
15-03-1767Andrew Jackson
15-03-1912Samuel 'Lightnin'' Hopkins
15-03-1913Macdonald Carey
15-03-1916Harry James
15-03-1935Judd Hirsch
15-03-1940Phil Lesh
15-03-1944Sly Stone
15-03-1961Fabio
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