by Steve

March 29

1886

- Austrian Wilhelm Steinitz wins first Chess World Championship [microbadge=16]

1955

- English actress Marina Sirtis [microbadge=29920]

1956

- American gymnast Kurt Thomas (Gymkata) [microbadge=6845]

1957

- American actor Christopher Lambert [microbadge=3670]

1968

- New Zealand actress and Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless [microbadge=8963]

1974

- Chinese farmers discover the 8,000 strong Terracotta Army guarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb (China's 1st emperor) [microbadge=20401]

March 30

1853

- Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh [microbadge=5793]

1867

- 'Seward's Folly' US buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2M ($0.02/acre) [microbadge=1106]

1950

- Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane [microbadge=6212]

1984

- World's largest tip: NYPD detective Robert Cunningham offers waitress Phyllis Penzo half of $1 lottery ticket, next day they win $6M [microbadge=47]

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- TomTi89

March 31

1596

- French philosopher René Descartes [microbadge=1926]

1889

- Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris, at 300m high it was the tallest man made structure for 41 years [microbadge=4213]

1928

- Canadian NHL Hall of Famer Gordie Howe [microbadge=15169]

1943

- American actor Christopher Walken [microbadge=11695]

1971

- Scottish actor Ewan McGregor [microbadge=32319]

1999

- The Matrix opens in theaters [microbadge=44964][microbadge=4066][microbadge=23652][microbadge=7694][microbadge=23635][microbadge=23636]

April 1 - No Foolin!

1748

- Ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre [microbadge=302]

1926

- American sci-fi/fantasy author Anne McCaffrey [microbadge=30123]

1976

- Apple Computers founded in Cupertino, CA [microbadge=12864]

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- JasperMeer (of course, while this day is appropriate it might also be a prank)

April 2

1805

- Danish fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen [microbadge=18104]

1840

- French novelist Emile Zola [microbadge=23181]

1914

- English actor Sir Alec Guinness [microbadge=26608]

1925

- English author George MacDonald Fraser [microbadge=4049]

1968

- Kubrick & Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey premieres [microbadge=32124]

April 3

1783

- American author Washington Irving [microbadge=26150]

1860

- Pony Express takes up operation [microbadge=11914]

1868

- A Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever - a 50-foot tidal wave [microbadge=34965]

1924

- American actor Marlon Brando [microbadge=11141]

1934

- English anthropologist Jane Goodall [microbadge=7350]

1973

- 1st portable cell phone call made in New York City [microbadge=42563]

2007

- A TGV V150 sets a new railway speed record at 574,79 km/h [microbadge=24414][microbadge=24415][microbadge=24416][microbadge=24417][microbadge=24418][microbadge=24417][microbadge=24418][microbadge=24417][microbadge=24418]

April 4

1581

- English explorer Francis Drake knighted for circumnavigation of the globe [microbadge=28279]

1932

- American actor Anthony Perkins [microbadge=3835]

1965

- American actor Robert Downey Jr [microbadge=13057][microbadge=17106]

1975

- Microsoft founded [microbadge=139]

1979

- Australian-American actor Heath Ledger [microbadge=6560]

2013

- Poecilotheria rajaei, a giant tarantula with a 20cm (8") leg span, discovered in Sri Lanka [microbadge=14511]

I'm sure this list can be improved. Feel free to offer suggestions for this and upcoming weeks. If you want your birthday included just add it to this geeklist: RPG Geek Birthday List

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