Thursday, March 26, 1998
Today's events
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U.S. President Clinton will address a joint session of South Africa's houses of Parliament.
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On the horizon
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On Friday, March 27, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is scheduled to visit Russia.
On Saturday, March 28, the 1998 World Conference of the
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens in Independence, Missouri.
On Sunday, March 29, a concert kicks off weeklong events marking the 30th
anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee.
On Monday, March 30, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether discrimination against HIV-positive people violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
On Tuesday, March 31, the major-league baseball season opens.
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On this day
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In 1026, Conrad II was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John
XIX.
In 1780, the British Gazette and Sunday Monitor, the first
Sunday newspaper in Britain, was published.
In 1793, the Holy Roman Emperor formally declared war on
France.
In 1827, Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer, died in
Vienna. One of the great composers in the history of Western
music, he composed many of his finest works after he had become
totally deaf.
In 1828, Austrian composer Franz Schubert gave his only public
concert, in Vienna.
In 1854, Charles III, duke of Parma, was attacked by an assassin
and died the next day.
In 1871, the Paris Commune, an insurrection of Paris against
the French government, was formally set up.
In 1892, Walt Whitman, U.S. poet and essayist, died. He became
a revolutionary figure in American literature after the
publication of his "Leaves of Grass."
In 1898, the world's first game reserve, the Sabi Game
reserve, was designated in South Africa.
In 1902, Cecil Rhodes, British-born statesman and financier,
died. He became enormously wealthy from his commercial
exploitation of the British African empire.
In 1913, the Bulgarians took Adrianople in the Balkan War.
In 1917, at the start of the battle of Gaza, the British
cavalry under Murray withdrew when 17,000 Turks blocked their
advance.
In 1923, Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, died. The greatest
"tragedienne" of her day, she had her leg amputated in 1915
but continued her acting career.
In 1940, Michael Savage, New Zealand statesman and prime
minister, died. He led the country into World War II but died
in office and was succeeded by Peter Fraser.
In 1945, the battle of Iwo Jima ended; about 22,000 Japanese
troops were killed or captured in the fighting and more than
4,500 U.S. troops were killed.
In 1945, David Lloyd George, British statesman and Liberal
prime minister, died; he also negotiated Irish independence in
1921.
In 1945, the Japanese attempted to reinforce a garrison at
Kiska in the Aleutians but were intercepted by a U.S. naval
force at the battle of Komandorski Islands.
In 1957, Edouard Herriot, French statesman and twice prime
minister, died. He was imprisoned by the Germans in 1942 for
protesting against the French collaborationist regime in Vichy.
In 1959, Raymond Chandler, U.S. crime writer, died. Creator of
the private detective character Philip Marlowe in his novels
including, "The Big Sleep" and "Farewell My Lovely."
In 1971, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared East Pakistan the
independent republic of Bangladesh.
In 1973, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt took over the
premiership, saying "the stage of total confrontation (with
Israel) has become inevitable."
In 1973, women were allowed on to the floor of the London
Stock Exchange for the first time.
In 1973, English playwright Noel Coward died; he produced
several films based on his own scripts, including "In Which We
Serve" and "Brief Encounter."
In 1979, in a ceremony at the White House, President Sadat of
Egypt and Prime Minister Begin of Israel signed a peace treaty
ending 30 years of war between the two countries.
In 1992, former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson
was sentenced to six years in prison for rape.
In 1996, former U.S. Secretary of State Edmund Muskie died
after a heart attack.
In 1996, the International Monetary Fund approved a $10.2
billion loan for Russia to help the country further transform
its economy.
In 1997, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult
were found after killing themselves in a mass suicide; they said
they hoped they would join aliens following the Hale Bopp comet.
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Newslink
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Holidays and more
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Football player Marcus Allen is 38.
Actor Alan Arkin ("Chicago Hope") is 64.
Actor James Caan ("The Godfather") is 58.
TV host Leeza Gibbons is 41.
Actress Jennifer Grey ("Dirty Dancing") is 38.
Author Erica Jong ("Fear of Flying") is 56.
Actress Vicki Lawrence ("Mama's Family") is 49.
Actor Leonard Nimoy ("Star Trek") is 67.
Singer Teddy Pendergrass is 48.
Singer Diana Ross ("Keep Me Hangin' On") is 54.
Actor Martin Short ("The Three Amigos") is 48.
Journalist Bob Woodward is 55.
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Sources: Associated Press,
Chase's Calendar of Events 1998, J.P. Morgan
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