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When did Traian Vuia die?
Traian Vuia died on 1950-09-03.
When was Traian Vuia born?
Traian Vuia was born on 1872-08-17.
Who flew the first powered plane in Europe?
Traian Vuia - (August 17, 1872 - September 3, 1950) was a Romanian inventor, who designed, built and flew the first self-propelling heavier-than-air aircraft in Europe, in 1906.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traian_Vuia
What has the author Romulus Vuia written?
Romulus Vuia has written: 'Portul popular al Padurenilor din regiunea Hunedoara' -- subject(s): Costume
Who are Romania's famous people?
Some examples are: Vlad Țepeș, Ștefan cel Mare, Mihai Viteazul, Constantin Brîncoveanu, Vasile Lupu, Petru Rareș, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Ion Antonescu, Mihai Eminescu, Mihail Sadoveanu, Nadia Comăneci, Traian Vuia, Henri Coandă, etc.
What has the author Octavian Vuia written?
Octavian Vuia was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer known for building and flying the first airplane to take off under its own power without external assistance. He did not write any known literary works.
Who was the first person to fly an airplane in the world?
The Wright Brothers were the inventors of the first successful airplane. They took off on a short flight in Kitty Hawk, Indiana in 1914.
Are there inventions in Romania?
Petrache Poenaru invented the fountain pen. Grigore Antipa invented the diorama (the natural setting of animals in science museums). Cybernetics was fathered by doctor Stefan Odobleja. The ejection seat was patented in 1928 in France by Romanian inventor Anastase Dragomir. Doctor Ioan Cantacuzino invented the anti-cholera vaccine. Gerovital, a product intended for people suffering from illnesses associated to old age, was patented by Ana Aslan. The jet airplane was invented by Henri Coanda. The insuline shot was actually thought up by Nicolae Paulescu, although two Canadians, Frederick Bunting and Charles Best were credited for it. Emil Racovita is the founder of bio spaeology (the study of animals living in caves). Traian Vuia invented the landing gear for planes. In 1920, Gheorghe Botezatu was the first to calculate the Earth-Moon possible trajectories, which were later on used in the Apollo programs. Herman Oberth, also a Romanian, was the head of the team of mathematicians who worked on the Apollo programs. In 1926, Ion Agarbiceanu invented the first gas laser with infrared. More recently, a team of Romanian scientists got a prize in Brussels for their breakthrough in neurosurgery as they may have revolutionised the way in which nerve and spinal cord interventions are done and have been done for the past 30 years. A team of programers has launched the MIRA Rehab program, the first computer assisted trauma recovery program.
When did people first flew?
AnswerWell, there appears to be some controversy over this first flight claim as you can see below.For the source and more detailed information concerning this issue, click on the related links section indicated below the following list of claims.20th century* Dr Wilhelm Kress, Austria - 1901Tested tandem monoplane seaplane, similar to Samuel Langley, which made brief airborne hops but could not sustain itself.* Gustave Whitehead, United States - August 14, 1901First publicized account of a flight by an aeroplane heavier than air propelled by its own motor. Reports were published in the New York Herald, and the Bridgeport (CT) Herald. The event was reportedly witnessed by several people, one of them a reporter for the Bridgeport Herald. Children and youngsters who were present signed affidavits about 30 years later about what they saw. Reports said he started on the wheels from a flat surface, flew 800 meters at 15 meter height, and landed softly on the wheels.* Lyman Gilmore, United States - May 15, 1902Gilmore reportedly became the first person to fly a powered aircraft (a steam-powered glider). Several people saw him accomplish this.[citation needed]* Orville & Wilbur Wright, United States - October 1902Completed development of the three-axis control system with the incorporation of a movable rudder connected to the wing warping control on their 1902 Glider. They subsequently made several fully controlled heavier than air gliding flights, including one of 622.5 ft (189.7 m) in 26 seconds. The 1902 glider was the basis for their patented control system still used on modern fixed-wing aircraft.* Richard Pearse, New Zealand - March 31, 1903Reportedly first heavier-than-air powered flight in New Zealand. Several people witnessed Pearse make powered flights including one on this date of over 100 feet in a high-wing tricycle undercarriage monoplane powered by a 15hp air-cooled horizontally-opposed engine. Flight ended with a crash into a hedgerow.* Karl Jatho, Germany - August 18, 1903On August 18, 1903 he flew with his self-made motored gliding aircraft. He had four witnesses for his flight. The plane was equipped with a single-cylinder 10 horsepower (7.5 kW) Buchet engine driving a two-bladed pusher propeller and made hops of up to 200 ft (60 m), flying up to 10 ft (3 m) high.First flight, December 17, 1903.* Orville & Wilbur Wright, United States - December 17, 1903First controlled, powered, sustained heavier than air flight, in Wright Flyer. In the day's fourth flight, Wilbur Wright flew 279 meters (852 ft) in 59 seconds. First three flights were approximately 120, 175, and 200 ft, respectively. The Wrights laid particular stress on fully and accurately describing all the requirements for controlled, powered flight and put them into use in an aircraft which took off from a level launching rail, with the aid of a headwind to achieve sufficient airspeed before reaching the end of the rail.* John Joseph Montgomery and Daniel Maloney, United States 1905First high altitude flights with Maloney as pilot of a Montgomery tandem-wing glider design. The glider was launched by balloon to heights up to 4,000 feet with Maloney controlling the aircraft through a series of prescribed maneuvers to a predetermined landing location in front of a large public gathering at Santa Clara, California.* Wilbur Wright, United States - October 5, 1905Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles (39km) in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.Traian Vuia* Traian Vuia, Romania - March 18, 1906First flight by a fully self-propelled, fixed-wing aircraft using a tractor propeller. He flew for 12 meters without the aid of external takeoff mechanisms, such as a catapult, a point emphasized in newspaper reports in France, the U.S., and the UK. This was a proof for the fact that a "heavier than air" machine can take off and sustain a flight with no help from additional external devices. At that time, this fact was heavily contested by the Academy of Science in Paris, who refused to witness the flight, claiming it was trickery.* Jacob Ellehammer, Denmark - September 12, 1906Built monoplane, which he tested with a tether on the Danish Lindholm island.Santos-Dumont 14 Bis* Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazil - October 23, 1906First officially-verified flight of a fixed-wing, manned, powered aircraft-the "14 Bis" at Bagatelle field, Paris. Aero Club of France certified the distance of 60 meters (197 ft); height was about 2-3 meters (6-10 ft). Winner of the Archdeacon Prize for first official flight of more than 25 meters. Described by some scholars as the first "sportsman of the air". As reported in previous years and months for Ader, Whitehead, Pearse, Jatho and Vuia, the 14-Bis flew and landed without a rail, catapult, or the presence of high winds, propelled by its own (internal combustion) engine.--------------------------------------------------------------------------I noticed your question does not specify airplanes.First hot-air balloon flight: 1783 in France-HW
Who are famous people in Romania?
XIX-XX centuries: Ion Antonescu, Lia Manoliu, Titus Ozon, Elvira Popescu, Alexandra Maria Lara, Mircea Albulescu, Radu Beligan, Dinu Lipatti, Marin Constantin, Ciprian Porumbescu, Anton Pann, Emil Cioran, George Emil Palade, Vasile Pîrvan, Mircea Eliade, Ion Iliescu, Tudor Arghezi, Vasile Alecsandri, Ion Irimescu, Nicolae Grigorescu, Adrian Păunescu, Theodor Aman, Ion Mincu, Nicolae Titulescu, Avram Iancu, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Nicolae Iorga, Iolanda Balaş, Gheorghe Hagi, Nadia Comăneci, Nicolae Linca, Emil Racoviţă, Victor Babeş, Gheorghe Lazăr, Simion Bărnuţiu, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Eugen Cristescu, Iosif Constantin Drăgan, Iosif Sîrbu, Mihail Frunze, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, A. C. Cuza, Vasile Conta, Ion Andreescu, Constantina Tomescu, Alina Dumitru, Ion Duca, Aurel Vlaicu, Henri Coandă, Gogu Constantinescu, Nicolae Paulescu, Mihail Sadoveanu, Bogdan Petriceicu Haşdeu, Mihail Eminescu, Ion Creangă, Nicolae Bălcescu, Ion I. C. Brătianu, Take Ionescu, Alexandru Averescu, Constantin Prezan, Gabriela Szabo, Mihai Leu, Nicolae Dobrin, Ion Voinescu, Mircea Lucescu, Andreea Răducan, Ilie Năstase, Ana Aslan, Constantin Parhon, Nicolae Teclu, Elie Carafoli, Florentin Smarandache, Traian Vuia, Anghel Saligny, Spiru Haret, Constantin Istrati, Octav Onicescu, Costin Neniţescu, Dimitrie Pompeiu, Ştefan Odobleja, Dumitru Prunariu, Dimitrie Gusti, Gheorghe Spacu, Liviu Rebreanu, Ion Luca Caragiale, Alexandru Xenopol, Maria Tănase, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Constantin Tănase, Grigore Antipa, Leonard Doroftei, George Pomuţ... and many others. For more details you can see at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Romanians but this page contains many errors: people who are not of Romanian origin, people of no interest and others practically unknown in Romania.
What historical events happened on March 24?
Courtesy of Historyorb.com03/03/0078 - Origin of Saka Era (India)03/03/0468 - St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius03/03/0493 - Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker03/03/1409 - Austrian civil war ends03/03/1431 - Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV03/03/1627 - Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil03/03/1634 - 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole)03/03/1638 - Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden03/03/1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness03/03/1776 - US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas03/03/1791 - 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits and carriages)03/03/1791 - Congress establishes US Mint03/03/1794 - 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D03/03/1794 - Richard Allen founded AME Church03/03/1801 - 1st US Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia03/03/1803 - 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins03/03/1805 - Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms03/03/1812 - US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)03/03/1813 - Office of surgeon general of the US army forms03/03/1815 - US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners and demanding tribute03/03/1817 - Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi03/03/1820 - Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri03/03/1835 - Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana03/03/1837 - US president Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas03/03/1837 - Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 903/03/1838 - Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada03/03/1842 - 1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)03/03/1842 - 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony03/03/1843 - Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US03/03/1845 - Florida becomes 27th state03/03/1845 - Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery03/03/1845 - 1st time, US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto03/03/1847 - Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps03/03/1849 - Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin03/03/1849 - Home Dept (Interior Dept), forms03/03/1849 - Minnesota Territory is organizes03/03/1849 - Territory of Minnesota organizes03/03/1849 - US Department of the Interior established by Congress03/03/1851 - Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3› piece)03/03/1853 - Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by Congress03/03/1853 - US Assay Office in NYC authorized03/03/1855 - Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use03/03/1855 - Congress authorizes registered mail03/03/1861 - Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19]03/03/1862 - General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid03/03/1862 - Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces03/03/1863 - Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences03/03/1863 - Idaho Territory forms03/03/1863 - Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress03/03/1863 - Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired03/03/1863 - Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia03/03/1863 - Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City, Nevada03/03/1863 - Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences03/03/1863 - 1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted03/03/1865 - Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks03/03/1865 - Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established03/03/1869 - University of South Carolina opens to all races03/03/1871 - Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent03/03/1871 - Congress establishes the civil service system03/03/1873 - US Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively03/03/1873 - Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps03/03/1875 - 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)03/03/1875 - Congress authorizes 20› coin, lasts only 3 years03/03/1875 - Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris)03/03/1877 - Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th president03/03/1878 - Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)03/03/1879 - US Geological Survey director authorized in Dept of the Interior03/03/1879 - 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)03/03/1882 - NY Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings03/03/1883 - Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in US navy03/03/1885 - 1st US state (Calif) establishes a permanent forest commission03/03/1885 - American Telephone and Telegraph (ATandT) incorporates03/03/1885 - Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt)03/03/1885 - US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail03/03/1887 - Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller03/03/1887 - American Protective Assn forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa03/03/1891 - Congress creates US Courts of Appeal03/03/1891 - Congress creates Office of Supt of Immigration (Treasury Dept)03/03/1891 - Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created03/03/1892 - 1st cattle tuberculosis test in US made, Villa Nova, Penn03/03/1893 - Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized03/03/1893 - Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Dept of Agriculture03/03/1894 - 4th and last British government of Gladstone resigns03/03/1894 - 1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis"03/03/1899 - Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar03/03/1899 - George Dewey becomes 1st in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy03/03/1900 - US Steel Corporation organizes03/03/1901 - Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce03/03/1903 - North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses03/03/1905 - US Forest Service forms03/03/1906 - Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France03/03/1909 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Wanderers, 8-303/03/1911 - 1st US federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri03/03/1913 - Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC03/03/1915 - Natl Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created03/03/1917 - Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS)03/03/1917 - Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar03/03/1917 - Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations03/03/1918 - Richard G"ring's "Seeschlacht," premieres in Berlin03/03/1918 - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria and Russia sign03/03/1919 - 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC03/03/1919 - Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike03/03/1920 - Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs03/03/1921 - Toronto's Dr Banting and Dr Best announce discovery of insulin03/03/1922 - WWJ-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions03/03/1922 - Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka03/03/1923 - Time magazine publishes 1st issue [or March 23]03/03/1923 - US Senate rejects membership in Intl Court of Justice, The Hague03/03/1924 - German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed03/03/1924 - Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock," premieres in Dublin03/03/1926 - International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Fla)03/03/1931 - Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller)03/03/1931 - "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem03/03/1933 - German presidential candidate Earnest Th"lmann (KPD) arrested03/03/1933 - Mount Rushmore dedicated03/03/1933 - NYC premiere of "King Kong"03/03/1934 - John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol03/03/1935 - Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms03/03/1936 - Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v S Afr03/03/1937 - Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down03/03/1938 - American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)03/03/1940 - Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label03/03/1941 - Neth NSB-leader Mussert visits G"ring in Berlin03/03/1942 - 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane03/03/1943 - US defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea03/03/1943 - F Ryerson and Cohn Claues' "Harriet," premieres in NYC03/03/1943 - Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die03/03/1944 - 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony03/03/1945 - Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter03/03/1945 - RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 51103/03/1945 - Roermond/Venlo Neth, freed03/03/1945 - US and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor03/03/1945 - US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall03/03/1946 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button03/03/1946 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill03/03/1950 - 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name03/03/1951 - Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts03/03/1952 - Puerto Rico approves their 1st self written constitution03/03/1953 - Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed03/03/1953 - Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee03/03/1955 - Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance03/03/1956 - Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY03/03/1956 - Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)03/03/1956 - Indonesian govt of Harahap resigns03/03/1956 - Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.2)03/03/1957 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss (US)03/03/1957 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open03/03/1957 - Men's Figure Skating Champ in Colo Springs won by David Jenkins (USA)03/03/1957 - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul (CAN)03/03/1957 - Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Markham and Jones (GRB)03/03/1957 - Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then"03/03/1958 - KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast03/03/1958 - Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq03/03/1959 - SF Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park03/03/1959 - Brit govt arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis03/03/1959 - 1st US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched03/03/1960 - 9th largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")03/03/1961 - King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco03/03/1962 - British Antarctic Territory forms03/03/1963 - Senegal adopts constitution03/03/1965 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR03/03/1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site03/03/1965 - Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #103/03/1966 - Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)03/03/1966 - James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in NYC03/03/1966 - Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guin'e03/03/1966 - Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms03/03/1966 - Twister hits Jackson Miss; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die03/03/1966 - WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, VA (IND) begins broadcasting03/03/1967 - White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)03/03/1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site03/03/1967 - Grenada gains partial independence from Britain03/03/1968 - "Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC03/03/1968 - Greece, Portugal and Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague03/03/1968 - Jean Beliveau (Mont) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts03/03/1969 - Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days)03/03/1971 - Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa03/03/1971 - South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles03/03/1972 - Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia03/03/1973 - "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 31 performances03/03/1973 - White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,00003/03/1974 - World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die)03/03/1974 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic03/03/1974 - George Foreman KOs Ken Norton03/03/1974 - Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-403/03/1974 - "Sextet" opens at Bijou Theater NYC for 9 performances03/03/1975 - "Goodtime Charley" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 104 performances03/03/1975 - Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana03/03/1976 - Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia03/03/1977 - Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA)03/03/1977 - Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR)03/03/1977 - Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms03/03/1977 - Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal03/03/1977 - Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (URS)03/03/1978 - 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI v Australia)03/03/1978 - Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland03/03/1980 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island03/03/1981 - NY Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie03/03/1981 - Isle's Mike Bossy 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals03/03/1982 - Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ)03/03/1984 - NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)03/03/1984 - Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)03/03/1985 - Willie Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million03/03/1985 - National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike03/03/1985 - Bill Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million03/03/1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic03/03/1985 - "My One and Only" closes at St James Theater NYC after 767 performances03/03/1985 - "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis, premieres03/03/1987 - Ray Dandridge, 3rd baseman in Negro Leagues, eleected to Hall of Fame03/03/1989 - Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines03/03/1989 - Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 yrs probation for Iran-Contra03/03/1990 - Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan 1st black), crowned 39th Miss USA03/03/1991 - United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 2503/03/1991 - Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 1803/03/1991 - Miguel Trovoada installed as president of Sao Tom' e Principal03/03/1991 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (22.24 sec)03/03/1991 - Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR03/03/1991 - LA Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video03/03/1991 - Iraqi generals and Gen Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire03/03/1991 - Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* v WI at Kingston03/03/1991 - 4 LA cops beat Rodney King, it is video taped03/03/1991 - 25 die as United Boeing 737 crashes in Colorado Springs03/03/1991 - "Big Love" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 41 performances03/03/1992 - Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die03/03/1992 - Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by NY Islanders03/03/1992 - Pres Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to03/03/1992 - Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman and Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)03/03/1993 - Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)03/03/1994 - "Damn Yankees" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 510 performances03/03/1994 - "Philoktetes Variations," with Ron Vawter, premieres in Brussels03/03/1994 - IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry03/03/1995 - Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce03/03/1996 - 26th Easter Seal Telethon03/03/1996 - Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final03/03/1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville NC on WRCQ 103.5 FM03/03/1998 - Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee
What is Romania known for?
Sports celebrities such as Nadia Comaneci, Gheorghe Hagi and Cristian Chivu, the former dictator Ceauşescu, its fine wine, allegedly beautiful girls, street children, etc. Also, Dracula, Transylvania, castles and woods.
