History for 3/22/2016
Birthdays: Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Marcel Marceau, Stephen
Sondheim, Karl Malden, Werner Klemperer- Colonel Klink in Hogan’s Heroes,
George Benson, James Gavin, Allen Neuharth the founder of USA-Today, Milt Kahl,
Fanny Ardant is 67, Lena Olin is 61, Bruno Ganz is 75, Reese Witherspoon is 40,
William Shatner is 85.
1622-POWHATAN INDIANS SUPRISE ATTACK JAMESTOWN- While the
Pilgrims were still thinking of coming to America and Plymouth Rock was just
another rock, Jamestown Virginia was the only English settlement in North
America.
After the deaths of Pocahontas and Powhatan in in 1619,
Opescanacough- pronounced Opee-cantanoo, became Mamanatowick- overall chief of
the Virginia Powhatan Confederation. He had hated the English since the days of
John Smith. So he resolved to rid his land of the white settlers once and for
all with a simultaneous assault on them from all sides on the same day.
The settlers were
taken completely by surprise, many while tending their fields. 300 were killed,
among them John Rolfe, the husband of the late princess Pocahontas.
Despite such heavy
losses the English recovered and in a slow war of attrition eventually killed
Opescanocough and wiped out the Powhatan people.
1958- Hollywood producer Mike Todd was killed in a small
plane crash. He produced hit movies like Around the World in 80 Days and
romanced starlets like Gypsy Rose Lee and Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor and Todd had
been married for one year and she was devastated by the accident. Years and
many marriages later Taylor said Mike Todd was the only man she actually loved.
1991- Ivana Trump divorces Donald Trump. A celebrated court
case ensued to see how the huge Trump fortune would be divided. Newspapers cry
Ivanna More Money!
1995- First day of shooting on that utterly classic film-
Dinosaur Valley Girls!
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