Today In History

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

Birthdays
1857 Sir Edward Elgar was born.
1890 Hedda Hopper was born.
1904 Johnny Weissmuller was born.
1937 Sally Kellerman was born.
1941 Stacy Keach was born.
1944 Marvin Hamlisch was born.
1948 Jerry Mathers was born.

Tomorrow’s notable events

Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:

DateEvent
03-06-1000Kevan, from Old Irish, 'handsome at birth'
03-06-1000Kevin, from Old Irish, 'handsome at birth'
03-06-1808Jefferson Davis was born.
03-06-1906Josephine Baker was born.
03-06-1917Leo Gorcey was born.
03-06-1925Tony Curtis was born.
03-06-1926Allen Ginsberg was born.
03-06-1926Colleen Dewhurst was born.
03-06-1942Curtis Mayfield was born.
03-06-1950Suzi Quatro was born.
03-06-2000Feast Day of Kevin, from Old Irish, 'handsome at birth'. St Kevin (or Coemgen) was a very attractive character legends abound about how he loved and was beloved of birds and animals. Some legends can be found in Helen Waddell's book Beasts and Saints (Constable, 1934), but one tells of how he remained in prayer for so long that a blackbird nested in his hand. Kevin refused to move until she had hatched her brood and the fledglings were safely launched. St Kevin was born in Leinster and founded a monastery at Glendalough, County Wicklow, where he died in 618
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