On this day in history.

[J. A.]

March 12, 1955: Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist and composer, dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker

 

[J. A.]

March 13, 1781; William Herschel discovers Uranus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus

 

[Iriana]

3./3/ 607 - 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

3/13/ 1759 - 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

 

[J. A.]

3./3/ 607 - 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

3/13/ 1759 - 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

Interesting: exactly on March 13?

 

[Iriana]

Interesting: exactly on March 13?

Yes. I thought so too. You can see on the source link below Today in History on This Day in History | HistoryOrb.com

 

[J. A.]

Yes. I thought so too. You can see on the source link below Today in History on This Day in History | HistoryOrb.com

That's a very detailed website.

 

[Iriana]

That's a very detailed website.

Yes it is. Glad you like it.

I really enjoy looking at the info there.

 

[J. A.]

March 14, 1933: Sir Michael Caine, CBE, English actor, is born in London.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine
(Wikipedia)

 

[scifan57]

March 14, 1879; Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Germany, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg

 

[Richard Brown]

March 14, 1933: Sir Michael Caine, CBE, English actor, is born in London.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine
(Wikipedia)

His younger brother Stanley Micklewhite died in January. Not a lot of us know that.

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[Iriana]

March 15th 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.

 

[Iriana]

March 15th 1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage


March 15th 1580 - Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of prince Willem of Orange

 

[J. A.]

March 15, 1956; My Fair Lady receives its premiere performance on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre

March 15, 1985; The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com)

 

[scifan57]

March 16, 1926; Robert Goddard successfully launches the first liquid fueled rocket at Auburn Massachusetts.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goddard_and_Rocket.jpg

 

[J. A.]

March 16, 1966; Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_8