Today in History for March 2009
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Historical Events
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3rd - The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by terrorists while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for a Test match against Pakistan.
3rd - The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.
4th - The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
11th - Winnenden school shooting - 17 people are killed at a school in Germany.
22nd - Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska began erupting after a prolonged period of unrest.
27th - Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails killing at least 99 people.
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 41 of 41
2nd - João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
2nd - Chris Finnegan, British Olympic Boxing Gold Medallist (b. 1944)
4th - Joseph Bloch, American concert pianist and professor of piano literature (b. 1917)
4th - John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (b. 1930)
4th - Yvon Cormier, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1938)
4th - Patricia De Martelaere, Flemish writer (b. 1957)
4th - Horton Foote, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (b. 1916)
4th - George McAfee, former American football player (b. 1918)
4th - Harry Parkes, English footballer (b. 1920)
4th - Salvatore Samperi, Italian film director (b 1944)
4th - Triztán Vindtorn, Norwegian poet and performance artist (b. 1942)
6th - Francis Magalona, Filipino media artist and photographer. (b. 1964)
6th - Susan Tsvangirai, wife of Morgan Tsvangirai (b. 1959)
7th - Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1982)
8th - Ali Bongo, President of the Magic Circle (b.1929)
8th - Zbigniew Religa, Minister of Health of the Republic of Poland (b. 1938)
11th - Charles Lewis, Jr., American businessman, promoter and entertainer
13th - Andrew Martin, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1975)
13th - Betsy Blair, American actress of film and stage, (b. 1923)
14th - Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. (b. 1947)
14th - Altovise Davis, American entertainer, best known as Sammy Davis, Jr.'s third wife. (b. 1943)
15th - Ron Silver, American actor (b. 1946)
17th - Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)
18th - Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
19th - Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)
20th - Mel Brown, American/Canadian Blues Guitarist (b. 1939)
21st - Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
22nd - Leon Walker, Wakefield Wildcats Rugby Player (b. 1988)
22nd - Jade Goody, Reality TV Star and Entrepreneur
23rd - Raúl Macías, A famous Mexican boxer (b. 1934)
24th - George Kell, American baseball player (b. 1922)
25th - Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (b. 1933)
25th - Gábor Ocskay, Hungarian hockey player (b. 1975)
25th - Giovanni Parisi, Italian boxer (b. 1967)
25th - Kosuke Koyama, Japanese theologian (b. 1929)
27th - Jack Dreyfus, American businessman (b. 1913)
29th - Maurice Jarre, French composer (b.1924)
29th - Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet football striker and manager (b.1943)
29th - Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975)
31st - Jarl Alfredius, Swedish news anchor (b. 1943)
31st - Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinean ex president (b. 1927)
