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Famous Birthdays is an American website based in Santa Monica, California, [1] which is dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Background
March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which Easter Sunday can fall (last in 1818, will not happen again until 2285), while April 25 is the latest. (Christianity)
1673 – English lord John Berkeley sold his half of New Jersey to the Quakers [3] 1741 – New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741. 1766 – American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
Randy Hobbs (March 22, 1948 –August 5, 1993), American bassist with The McCoys, would have turned 76 this year. Keith Relf (March 22, 1943 –May 14, 1976), (born Keith William Relf) Brit harmonica player and vocalist with The Yardbirds and founder, guitarist and vocalist with Renaissance, would have turned 81 this year.
[18] 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty. [19] [20] 1918 – Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere begins. [21] 1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. [22]
Jimmy Skidmore (February 8, 1942 –August 22, 1998), Brit tenor saxophonist with Sprits of Rhythm, would have turned 83 this year. Joe Maini (February 8, 1930 –May 08, 1964), American hard bop -styled alto saxophonist who lost at Russian roulette ; played with Max Roach , Lenny Bruce , among others, would have turned 95 this year.
Vinnie Burke (March 15, 1921 –February 01, 2002), American bass player, would have turned 103 this year. George Avakian (March 15, 1919 –November 22, 2017), Armenian record producer, would have turned 105 this year. Harry James (March 15, 1916 –July 05, 1983), American bandleader and trumpeter, would have turned 108 this year.
1910 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter (d. 1998) [17] 1912 – Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American children's author and critic (d. 1996) [18] 1912 – Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013) 1912 – Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977)