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March 31st
1084 - Clement III, elected antipope in 1080 by a synod convoked by Henry IV, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1284 - Peterhouse College, Cambridge, was founded. 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling Jews from Spanish soil, except those who were willing to convert to Christianity. 1596 - Born this day, Rene Descartes, French philosopher. Died in 1650. 1621 - Born this day, Andrew Marvell, poet. Died in 1678. 1732 - Born this day, Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer. Died in 1809. 1809 - Born this day, Edward Fitzgerald, author. Died in 1883. 1809 - Born this day, Nikolai Gogol, playwright, novelist. Died in 1852. 1811 - Born this day, Robert Bunsen, German chemist, inventor of the Bunsen gas burner. 1823 - Born this day, Mary Chestnut, author. Died in 1886. 1854 - The Treaty of Kanagawa was signed between the United States and Japan, opening up the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to US traders. 1855 - Born this day, Charlotte Bronte, writer. 1870 - In the United States, Thomas Peterson-Mundy became the first black to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (passed by Congress in February 1870) which required all Southern states to allow blacks to vote. 1878 - Born this day, Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion. Died in 1946. 1880 - The first electric street lights ever installed by a US municipality were turned on in beautiful Wabash, Indiana. 1889 - The Eiffel Tower was dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by its designer, French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, he unfurled the French tricolor atop the Eiffel Tower, officially marking its completion, during the Universal Exhibition of Arts and Manufacturers. (another source says - The 985ft high Eiffel Tower, costing £260,000, was officially opened by French premier Tirard.) 1895 - Antonio and Jose Maceo landed in eastern Cuba from Santo Domingo. 1896 - The zip fastener was patented by Whitcomb L. Judson in Chicago. (another source says invented 1893 and it was the hookless shoe fastener). 1900 - The W.E. Roach Company was the first automobile company to advertise in a national magazine. One couldn't miss their advertising slogan, "Automobiles that give satisfaction!" The car company advertised in the "Saturday Evening Post". 1901 - The seventh full British Census was conducted. It will be available for inspection in January 2002. 1915 - Born this day, Henry Morgan [Von Ost, Jr.], comedian. Died in 1994. 1917 - The US purchase of the Danish West Indies for $25 million, agreed to the previous August, took effect. They called them the Virgin Islands. 1918 - Born this day, Tommy Bolt, golf. 1918 - Daylight Saving Time went into effect throughout the United States for the first time. 1921 - Jockey Sir Gordon Richards, rode the first of his 4,870 winners. 1922 - Born this day, Richard Kiley, Emmy Award-winning actor, singer. Died in 1999. 1923 - The first dance marathon was held in New York City. Dancer Alma Cummings established a world's record by remaining on her feet for 27 hours. 1924 - Britain's first national airline, Imperial Airways, was founded, when four companies merged. With a total of 13 aircraft, it was based at Croydon Airport. (Anyone know the four companies?) 1925 - Born this day, Leo Buscaglia, author, motivational speaker. 1927 - Born this day, Cesar Chavez, labor leader, United Farm Workers President. Died in 1993. 1927 - Born this day, Tommy Jackson [Thomas Lee Jackson], country singer, musician, fiddler. Born in Birmingham, Alabama. Was a member of The Tennessee Mountaineers and The Cumberland Valley Boys. Worked with Hank Williams on I Saw the Light, Bill Monroe, Red Foley on Satisfied Mind and George Jones. Died 9 December 1979. 1927 - Born this day, William Daniels, Emmy Award-winning actor. 1928 - Born this day, [Gordon] Gordie Howe, Canadian hockey player, Hockey Hall of Famer. 1928 - Born this day, [William Orville] Lefty Frizzell, Country Music Hall of Famer. Died in 1975. 1929 - Born this day, Liz Claiborne, fashion designer, born in Brussels, Belgium. 1931 - The great Knute Rockne died in a plane crash. 1931 - Born this day, Miller Barber, golf. 1932 - Born this day, John Jakes, author. 1933 - US Congress authorized the Civilian Conservation Corps. 1934 - John Dillinger, wanted in several states for bank robbery and murder, blasted his way out of a police trap in St. Paul, Minnesota. Firing a machine gun into a ring of police officers, America's number 1 public enemy leapt into a green sedan and sped off with two accomplices. It was the third time Dilliger had escaped police capture. 1934 - Born this day, John Loudermilk, country singer, songwriter. 1934 - Born this day, Shirley Jones, in Smithton, Pennsylvania, singer, actress, The Partridge Family, 1970 US No.1 single I Think I Love You, 1972 UK No.3 single Breaking Up Is Hard To Do. 1935 - Born this day, Richard Hughes, The Johnny Winter group. 1935 - Born this day, Herb Alpert, bandleader, singer, musician, trumpeter, record company boss (A&M), 1968 US No.1 and UK No.3 single This Guy's In Love With You. Formed A&M Records with Jerry Moss, at first operating from his garage at home. 1935 - Born this day, Richard Chamberlain, actor, (Dr Kildare), singer - sang Dr. Kildare theme. (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight). 1937 - Phil Harris recorded one of his best-known songs in Los Angeles, California. That's What I Like About the South was recorded on a 78rpm disk. Harris would move to TV stardom and continue as a popular vocalist during the 1950s with such hit songs as The Thing. 1938 - Born this day, Billy Hicke, hockey. 1938 - Born this day, Jimmy [James Earl] Johnson, Pro Football Hall of Famer, coach. 1938 - Born this day, David Steel, now Lord Steel of Aikwood, former Liberal leader and Member of Parliament. 1939 - Britain and France vowed support for Poland against Hitler's Germany. 1939 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain undertook to defend Poland in an Anglo-French alliance if attacked. 1940 - Born this day, Patrick J. Leahy, US Senator. 1940 - On this day in 1940, the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis set off on a mission to catch and sink Allied merchant ships. By the time the Atlantis set sail from Germany, the Allies had already lost more than 750,000 tons worth of shipping, the direct result of German submarine attacks. They had also lost another 281,000 tons because of mines, and 36,000 tons as the result of German air raids. The Germans had lost just eighteen submarines. The Atlantis had been a merchant ship itself, but was converted to a commerce raider with six 5.9-inch guns, 93 mines ready to plant, and two aircraft fit for spying out Allied ships to sink. The Atlantis donned various disguises in order to integrate itself into any shipping milieu inconspicuously. Commanded by Captain Bernhard Rogge, the Atlantis roamed the Atlantic and Indian oceans. She sank a total of 22 merchant ships (146,000 tons in all) and proved a terror to the British Royal Navy. The Atlantis's career finally came to an end on 22 November 1941, when it was sunk by the British cruiser Devonshire as the German marauder was refueling a U-boat. 1943 - Born this day, [Ronald] Christopher Walken, actor. 1943 - The show, Away We Go, was renamed. You've probably never heard it called that. The show opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City and, thanks to the talents of stars like Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts and Howard DeSilva, it became an instant hit. The show ran for 2,248 performances, until 1948. The musical, which has grossed millions of dollars on stage and as a blockbuster movie was initially produced for the sum of $75,000. It is still legendary among musical productions, especially after it was retitled Oklahoma!. 1944 - Born this day, Rod Allen, musician, bassist, singer. 1944 - Born this day, Mick Ralphs, musician, guitarist. 1944 - Born this day, Rodney Bainbridge, bass, The Fortunes, 1965 UK No.2 and US No.7 single You've Got Your Troubles. 1944 - Born this day, Angus King, Jr., Governor of Maine. 1945 - The play, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, opened on Broadway on this date. 1946 - Born this day, [Gabriel] Gabe Kaplan, actor, comedian. 1946 - Born this day, Al Nichol, musician, guitarist, keyboardist, The Turtles, 1967 US No.1 single Happy Together, 1967 UK No.4 single She'd Rather Be With Me. 1947 - Born this day, Al Goodman, The Moments, 1970 US No.3 single Love On A Two-Way Street, 1975 UK No.3 single Girls. 1947 - Born this day, Jon-Jon Poulos, drums, The Buckinghams, 1967 US No.1 single Kind Of A Drag. 1948 - Born this day, Thiis Van Leer, Focus, 1973 US No 9 single Hocus Pocus, 1973 UK No.4 single Sylvia. 1948 - US Congress passed the Marshall Aid Act, a plan to rehabilitate war-ravaged Europe. 1948 - Born this day, [Albert Arnold] Al Gore [Jr.], US Vice President. 1948 - Born this day, Rhea Perlman, Emmy Award-winning actress. 1948 - Born this day, Mick Ralphs, guitarist, Mott The Hoople, 1972 UK No.3 and US No.37 single All The Young Dudes, and with Bad Company, 1974 UK No.15 and US No.5 single Can't Get Enough. 1949 - Newfoundland joined the Canadian Federation as the 10th province. 1950 - Editor of Scientific American, Gerard Piel, charged that 30,000 copies of the magazine were burned on demand by the Atomic Energy Commission because an article by Cornell physicist Hans Bethe contained technical data on the H-bomb. 1950 - Born this day, Ed Marinaro, American football, actor. 1950 - The film, Cheaper by the Dozen, based on the novel by Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Carey, premiered in New York. 1953 - Cavalcade of America was heard for the final time on network radio. It had been the longest-running show of its kind. Cavalcade of America presented dramatised events in American history for 18 years. 1953 - Born this day, Sean Hopper, musician, keyboardist, Huey Lewis & The News, 1985 US No.1 and UK No.11 single The Power Of Love. 1954 - The Soviet Union offered to join NATO. 1954 - Born this day, Tony Brock, The Babys, 1977 US No.13 and UK No.45 single Isn't It Time. 1954 - The US Air Force Academy was established at Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1956 - Brenda Lee made her first network television appearance, on ABC's Ozark Jamboree. 1957 - Born this day, Marc McClure, actor. 1958 - Chuck Berry's rock ‘n’ roll classic Johnny B. Goode single was released. 1958 - Born this day, Pat McGlynn, Bay City Rollers, 1975 UK No.1 single Bye Bye Baby, plus 11 other UK top 20 singles, 1976 US No.1 single Saturday Night. 1958 - Born this day, Paul Ferguson, Killing Joke, 1985 UK No.16 single Love Like Blood. 1959 - Born this day, Angus Young, rock musician, guitar, AC/DC, the one with the short pants, 1980 UK No.36 single Whole Lotta Rosie and 1980 UK No.1 and US No.14 album Back in Black which sold over 10 million copies. 1959 - The Dalai Lama, fleeing Chinese repression of an uprising in Tibet, arrived at the Indian border and was granted political asylum. 1960 - Lonnie Donegan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with My Old Man’s A Dustman. 1960 - Born this day, Thomas Church, actor. 1962 - Soldier Boy, recorded by the female group The Shirelles, entered Billboard's pop record charts on this date, and later was Number 1 for 3 weeks. It remained on the charts for a total of 13 weeks. 1962 - Connie Francis went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Don't Break The Heart That Loves You. It only made No.33 in the UK. 1962 - The Beatles played their first gig in the South of England when they appeared at The Subscription Rooms, Stroud, on the same bill as The Rebel Rousers, tickets cost 5 shillings. (25p). 1964 - In Brazil, a period of economic crisis, exacerbated by allegations of official corruption, led to a military revolt against the government of President Joao Goulart. 1965 - Born this day, William McNamara, actor. 1965 - Laura Petrie's toe got stuck in a faucet (tap) on The Dick Van Dyke Show. 1965 - President Johnson sent 3,500 US Marines into Vietnam's Da Nang. 1966 - Luna 10 was launched by the USSR as a Lunar Orbiter. 1966 - Following a low-key Genreal Election campaign, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson increased his Commons majority from 6 to 96 against new Tory leader Edward Heath. 1966 - Elvis Presley's 20th film, Frankie and Johnny with Donna Douglas, was shown to the US public for the first time. The premiere was held at the Gordon Theatre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1966 - Born this day, Roger Black, athlete. 1967 - Rock star Jimi Hendrix burnt his guitar on stage at the Finsbury Park Astoria, London, starting his regular practice of setting his guitar on fire at the end of concerts. It was the first night of a 24 date tour with The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdink. 1968 - Tony Jacklin became the first Englishman to win a modern-day US golf tournament when he won the Greater Jacksonville Open. 1968 - President Johnson stunned the US by announcing he would not run for re-election and simultaneously ordered suspension of American bombing of North Vietnam. 1969 - Delacorte Press published Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Slaughterhouse Five. 1969 - George and Patti Harrison were fined $1,500 for posession of marijuana. Harrison maintained that it was a frame-up by police. 1969 - Born this day, Steve Smith, basketball. 1969 - Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter-house Five was published. 1969 - A short film by John Lennon appeared on Australian TV. 1970 - A bankruptcy referee granted the owner of the Seattle Pilots permission to sell the major-league baseball franchise to investors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers because the Milwaukee Braves had decided to move to Atlanta. Seattle then landed another American League franchise, the Mariners, sometime later - producing a league champion in 1995. 1970 - Lesotho's prime minister, Leabua Jonathan, announced that King Moshoeshoe II was leaving the country indefinitely and Queen Mamohato would act as regent. 1971 - Born this day, Pavel Bure, hockey. 1971 - US Lieutenant William Calley was sentenced to life imprisonment (later reduced to 20 years) for his part in the deaths of 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in March 1968. 1971 - Born this day, Ewan McGregor, actor, (Moulin Rouge). 1971 - Born this day, Julian Deane, Toploader, 2000 UK No.7 single Dancin' In The Moonlight. 1972 - Swimmer, Mark Spitz, was presented the Amateur Athletic Union's coveted Sullivan Award as the outstanding amateur athlete of 1971. Spitz went on to Olympic heroics a few months later, winning seven gold medals. 1972 - The Beatles Official Fan Club closed. The Beatles Monthly Magazine had ceased three years previously. 1973 - Donny Osmond was at No.1 in the UK with his version of The Twelfth Of Never, it was a hit single for Johnny Mathis in 1957. 1973 - Stevie Wonder's recording of You Are the Sunshine of My Life entered the pop charts. It was on the charts for 13 weeks and was Number 1 for one week. 
1973 - Ken Norton defeated Muhammad Ali in a 12-round split decision. Ali had his jaw broken during the fight. 1973 - Red Rum won the Grand National in record time - 9 minutes 1.9 seconds. 1973 - The Mississippi River reached its peak level in St. Louis during a record 77-day flood. During the extended flood, 33 people died and more than $1 billion in damages were incurred. The roots of the 1973 flood go back to October 1972, when above-average rain began falling in the river basins that feed the Mississippi River. With more precipitation than normal coming down through the winter, the stage was set for flooding when hard rain came down in March. With most of the Midwest already saturated, the Mississippi began rising slowly to flood levels. By the middle of March, flood waters began inundating some communities along the Mississippi. The worst of it came in early April when 6 million acres south of St. Louis, Missouri, were claimed by the river and many levees crumbled and failed. As they moved downstream, the rising waters threatened the city of New Orleans. Officials decided to divert some of the water to Lake Ponchartrain and the Gulf of Mexico. This ended the threat to New Orleans, but came at the expense of hundreds of farms in the area. In some areas, the floods continued until June. 1974 - Appearing at CBGB's in New York, were Television. 1976 - The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that coma patient Karen Anne Quinlan could be disconnected from her respirator. (Quinlan, who remained comatose, died in 1985.) 1976 - The Brotherhood Of Man were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Save Your Kisses For Me. The group's first of three UK No.1’s. 1977 - Elvis Presley's concert in Baton Rouge was postponed during the intermission when the King was too ill to go onstage. 1979 - The military relationship between Britain and Malta ended after 181 years with the departure of the destroyer HMS London from Valetta Harbour. 1979 - Greatest Hits Vol 2 by Barbra Streisand started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart. It was the singer's first UK No.1 LP. 1982 - The Doobie Brothers announced their (temporary) breakup. 1982 - An avalanche struck the Alpine Meadows ski area in Tahoe City, California. Of the seven people who died, three were in a building that housed the ski patrol and avalanche control headquarters, and four were in the parking lot. 1983 - The Colombian city of Popayan was devastated by an earthquake which killed at least 500 people and left more than 3,000 homeless. 1984 - Kenny Loggins started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Footloose, the theme from the film with the same name, it was a No.6 hit in the UK. 1985 - A reunion of stars lit up Beverly Hills, California, as ABC-TV celebrated the 200th episode of The Love Boat. The network also honoured the 1,000th guest star: Lana Turner. She was joined by Mary Martin, who was the 700th guest star to set sail on the show. Ginger Rogers was the 300th, and Robert Guillaume No.500. The Love Boat had as a crew: Captain Merrill Stubing (Gavin MacLeod), Dr. Adam Bricker (Bernie Kopell), Yeoman-Purser Burl 'Gopher' Smith (Fred Grandy, who went on to become a US Congressman), Bartender Isaac Washington (Ted Lange) and Photographer Ashley Covington Evans (Ted McGinley). Singer Jack Jones provided the vocal to the opening theme song and Ernie Anderson was the distinctive voice for the millions of network promos before each show. 1985 - Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, long a favourite of country music stars, closed its doors in Nashville, Tennessee. 1985 - Died this day, Jeanine Deckers, The Singing Nun, after taking an overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with a friend. 1963 US No.1 and UK No.7 single Dominique. 1986 - A Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashed into a remote mountainside in central Mexico en route from Mexico City to Los Angeles. All 166 people on board were killed. 1986 - Died this day, O'Kelly Isley, of The Isley Brothers, of a heart attack, aged 48. 1986 - The Greater London Council (GLC) and 6 metropolitan councils abolished. (Which ones?). 1987 - HBO (Home Box Office) earned its first Oscar as Down and Out in America tied for Best Documentary feature. The cable-TV film played in a Los Angeles movie theatre for one week to qualify for the Academy Award. 1987 - The US State Department ordered home all 28 remaining US Marine guards at the Moscow embassy after two Marines were charged with espionage. 1990 - An anti-Poll Tax demonstration ended in a riot in Trafalgar Square with looting and arson in the West End. 1990 - David Bowie scored his seventh UK No.1 album with Changes Bowie. 1990 - Snap! had their first UK No.1 single with The Power. 1990 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev warned the defiant Baltic republic of Lithuania to annul its declaration of independence. 1991 - The Warsaw Pact, which held Eastern Europe under tight Kremlin control for 36 years, formally ceased its existence as a military force when Soviet commanders surrendered their powers. 1991 - Former child actor and radio personality Danny Bonaduce, who co-starred in television's The Partridge Family, was arrested for the beating and robbery of Darius Lee Barney, a transvestite prostitute, in Phoenix, Arizona. Police said that Bonaduce had paid Barney $20 for a sex act, and later, was enraged to violence when he discovered that Barney was a man. Police found Bonaduce hiding in his bedroom closet after the assault, covered with dirt and blood. He maintained his innocence in the beating of Barney, claiming he was in the closet when police arrived because, having wakened in the middle of the night, did not find his wife in bed with him. Out of fear, he claimed, he hid in the closet. No one bought into his flimsy alibi, and Bonaduce later plea-bargained out of charges of endangerment and assault. 1992 - Israel and Spain celebrated the 500th anniversary of Roman Catholic monarchs banishing Jews from Spain with a visit to King Juan Carlos by President Chaim Herzog. 1992 - The United Nations (UN) Security Council voted to impose air traffic and weapons sanctions against Libya for not surrendering six men wanted by the United States, Britain, France in the bombings of an American jetliner and a French plane. 1993 - The United Nations (UN) Security Council authorised military intervention for the first time in Yugoslavia, approving the use of force to shoot down planes violating a no-fly ban over Bosnia-Herzegovina. 1993 - Brandon Lee, the son of the late martial-arts star Bruce Lee, was killed during filming of The Crow in Wilmington, North Carolina. A gun that was supposed to hold a blank instead fired part of a dummy bullet. Lee was 28 years old. His famous father died while filming The Game of Death in Hong Kong when he was 32. 1994 - President F. W. de Klerk announced a state of emergency to halt spiraling violence in South Africa's Zulu heartland (KwaZulu), following deadly fighting in the weeks before the country's first universal-suffrage elections. 1994 - Israel and the Palestine Liberation Oranisation (PLO) signed an agreement to put international observers in the West Bank town of Hebron, the first time Israel had agreed to an international presence in the occupied territories since it captured them in 1967. (PLO resumed talks with Israel on the implementation of Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories.) 1995 - A US federal judge ordered major league baseball owners to reinstate the contract that was in effect before the players' strike began. 1995 - All 60 people aboard a Romanian Tarom airlines Airbus were killed when it crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff for Brussels. 1995 - The Paris Appeals Court ruled that maverick French soccer boss-turned-politician Bernard Tapie was bankrupt, clearing a way for him to be stripped of his French and European parliament seats. 1995 - Concerned about embezzlement from her fan club and boutique accounts, Tejana (Latin) singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez confronted Yolanda Saldivar, her recently-fired manager and first fan club founder, while they stayed in a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas. During the heated argument that ensued, Selena was shot fatally in the back by Saldivar. The bullet struck her in her right shoulder. With sapping strength, Selena ran in a panic to the motel lobby to get help. She collapsed in a pool of blood on the floor as the clerk called 911. An ambulance took her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead about an hour later. She was 23 years old. 1996 - Died this day, founder member of The Gun Club, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, from a blood clot on his brain. 1998 - The United Nations (UN) Security Council voted to impose an arms embargo on Yugoslavia after unrest in the Serbian province of Kosovo turned violent. 1999 - As the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia continued, three US soldiers - members of the peacekeeping forces in Macedonia in the process of withdrawing - were captured by Serb troops near the Yugoslav-Macedonia border. 1999 - The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne, opened in US theatres. It was a runaway hit, but few critics fully understood the plot. 1999 - Four New York City police officers were charged with murder for killing Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant, in a hail of bullets. (The officers were later acquitted.) 2000 - The leader of the conservatives in the House of Lords defended a peerage given to party treasurer Michael Ashcroft. 2001 - Died this day, Barry Took, comedian, scriptwriter, at the age of 73. He had been been suffering from cancer and died in his sleep at a nursing home in London. He helped create the classic radio comedy Round the Horne. A successful TV and radio presenter he hosted Points of View and panel games including BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz and was responsible for bringing the Monty Python team to the BBC. 
He started his career as a stand-up comedian, but formed a writing partnership with Marty Feldman, whom he met while performing at a variety show at the old York Empire. They were the main writers on Round the Horne, the 1960s radio show that starred Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams. He also wrote a number of other radio shows, and later moved to television with comedies including Bootsie and Snudge, which starred Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser. 2001 - Serbian police and security forces attempted to arrest former President Slobodan Milosevic at his home in Belgrade on charges of corruption while in office. Supporters massed at the compound prevented entry by government forces, sparking a stand-off that lasted until the next day, when Milosevic was taken into custody peacefully. 2001 - Whitney Houston and husband Bobby Brown were banned for life from Hollywood’s Bel Air hotel after wrecking their room. Hotel workers said a TV was smashed, two doors were ripped of their hinges and the walls and carpets were stained by alcohol. It was reported that Whitney called in her lawyers to plead with the hotel management not to call the police. The suite was so badly damaged it had to be shut for five days for repairs. 2001 - Mr. Acker Bilk received an MBE (Member of the British Empire) medal from Queen Elizabeth for services to the music industry. 2002 - The University of Connecticut women's basketball team completed a 39-0 season by beating Oklahoma 81-70 for its third national title. 2002 - Bee Gee Barry Gibb bought his childhood home in Keppel Road, Chorlton, Manchester. Gibb said he was going to clean the house up, rent it out and put a plaque on the wall. 2002 - Celine Dion started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with A New Day Has Come. 2002 - The Prince of Wales visited Windsor with William and Harry to pay their respects to the Queen Mother. 2003 - US troops were engaged in fierce fighting with Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guards protecting the approaches to Baghdad. |
Trivia
Trivia - petty details or considerations, matters or things that are very unimportant, inconsequential, or nonessential; trifles; trivialities.
Trivial - of very little importance or value; insignificant: "Don't bother me with trivial matters." Trivially - unimportant, nugatory, slight, immaterial, inconsequential, frivolous, trifling.