And the next date in the calendar is....

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21 March 1413 – Henry V becomes King of England

 

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Flemish Baroque painter Anthony van Dyck was born on March 22, 1599.

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

 

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23 March 2011 – Death of Dame Elizabeth Taylor

 

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Enrique Jordá, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony from 1954 to 1963, was born on March 24, 1911.

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

 

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25 March 1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.

 

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Violinist Kyung-Wha Chung was born on March 26, 1948.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyung-Wha_Chung

 

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27 March 1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.

 

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Peruvian author and Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was born on March 28, 1936.

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

 

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29 March 1461 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton (near here) – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.

 

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Art historian Erwin Panofsky was born on March 30, 1892.

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

 

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31 March 1920 - Birth of Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire

 

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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak established Apple Inc. on April 1, 1976.

 

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2 April 2005 – Death of Pope John Paul II

 

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The 50th Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on April 3, 1978. Annie Hall won the Best Picture category.

 

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4 April 1721 – Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.

 

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5 April 1955 – Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, (KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, Hon. RA) resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.

 

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6 April 1199 - Death of King Richard I of England

 

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Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes was born on April 7, 1970.

 

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8 April 1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.

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

 

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9 April 2005 - Marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles.