TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019

On this day in history:

322 BC - Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, died.

1799 - In Palestine, Napoleon captured Jaffa and his men massacred more than 2000 Albanian prisoners.

1804 - The Australian Battle of Vinegar Hill, also known as the Battle of Castle Hill, begins.

1831 - Lieutenant-Governor James Stirling is commissioned first governor of the Swan River colony.

1849 - The Austrian Reichstag was dissolved.

1899 - Cyclone Mahina hits north Queensland, killing over 400.

1904 - The Japanese bombed the Russian town of Vladivostok.

1906 - Finland granted women the right to vote.

1918 - Finland signed an alliance treaty with Germany.

1925 - The Soviet Red Army occupied Outer Mongolia.

1933 - The board game Monopoly was invented.

1936 - Hitler sent German troops into the Rhineland in violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles.

1942 - Japanese troops landed on New Guinea.

1987 - Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titleholder when he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round fight in Las Vegas.

1999 - In El Salvador, Francisco Flores Perez of the ruling Nationalist Republican Alliance (Arena) was elected president.

BIRTHDAYS

Luther Burbank 1849 Pieter Mondrian 1872 Maurice Ravel 1875

Anna Magnani 1908

Lee Young 1917 - Musician (Nat King Cole Trio)

Mahlon Clark 1923 - Musician (Lawrence Welk’s band) James Broderick 1927

Lord Snowdon 1930 Photographer

Frank Morelli 1932 Homero Blancas 1938 Daniel J. Travanti 1940 - Actor Michael York 1942 Tammy Faye Bakker 1942