^B{^#!16!4 March^N! Feast day of St Peter of Cava, St Casimir of Poland, and St Adrian and his Companions.
^B{1681^B} King Charles II granted a Royal Charter to William Penn, entitling Penn to establish a colony in North America. ^B{1861^B} Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th president of the US. ^B{1877^B} The Russian Imperial Ballet staged the first performance of the ballet ^I{Swan Lake^I} in Moscow. ^B{1882^B} Britain's first electric streetcars came into operation in Leytonstone, East London, UK. ^B{1890^B} The Forth railroad bridge, Scotland was officially opened. ^B{1968^B} Tennis authorities voted to admit professional players to Wimbledon, previously open only to amateur players.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of explorers, ^B{1394^B}; Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer, ^B{1678^B}; Patrick Moore, English astronomer, ^B{1928^B}; Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor, ^B{1929^B}; Miriam Makeba, South African singer, ^B{1931^B}; Kenny Dalgleish, Scottish footballer, ^B{1951^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Saladin, Kurdish-born Muslim leader who defeated the Crusaders, ^B{1193^B}; Thomas Malory, English writer of the ^I{Morte d'Arthur^I}, ^B{1470^B}; Jean-Franτois Champollion, French Egyptologist, ^B{1832^B}; Nikolai Gogol, Russian novelist and playwright, ^B{1852^B}; William Carlos Williams, US poet, ^B{1963^B}.
