Chainbow’s 20th Anniversary
Chainbow was born on the 6th March 1989 and has evolved and adapted to the company it is today. We will continue our journey and constantly evaluate to ensure we stay true to our philosophies.
Other births on 6th March
1340 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
1405 - King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
1459 - Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant
1475 - Michelangelo, Italian artist (d. 1564)
1619 - Cyrano de Bergerac, famous nose, playwright (Voyage to the Moon)
1663 - Francis Atterbury, British man of letters (d. 1732)
1698 - John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist
1706 - George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
1710 - Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli, composer
1716 - Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
1740 - Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)
1761 - Earl d'Andreossi, French general/member of parliament
1761 - Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828)
1763 - Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer
1765 - Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist/vicar
1779 - Philipp Roth, composer
1785 - Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer
1787 - Joseph von Fraunhofer, Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum)
1791 - Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures
1793 - Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer
1806 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)
1812 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking
1817 - Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
1818 - William Claflin, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
1820 - Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General (Union volunteers)
1831 - Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission)
1831 - Philip Henry Sheridan, Albany NY, Major General (Union Army)
1834 - George du Maurier British illustrator and writer (d. 1896)
1835 - Charles Ewing, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1835 - Ludwik Grossman, composer
1843 - Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer
1844 - Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18)
1852 - Joseph Bayer, composer
1870 - Oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum)
1882 - F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (d. 1980)
1887 - Henri Gagnon, composer
1890 - Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo)
1891 - Victor Kilian, Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement)
1893 - [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of the blues
1898 - Hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's)
1900 - John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian (University of London)
1900 - Ludwig Donath, Vienna Austria, actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco)
1903 - Empress K?jun of Japan (d. 2000)
1904 - Hugh Williams, actor/writer (Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday)
1904 - Johannes C "Chris" Baay, Dutch actor (Klatergoud, Surprise Raid)
1904 - Joseph Schmidt, Austrian tenor (d. 1942)
1904 - José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (d. 1960)
1905 - Bob Wills, American singer (d. 1975)
1906 - Lou Costello, Paterson NJ, comedian/actor (Abbott & Costello)
1909 - Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter
1909 - Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83)
1911 - Charles Frank, physicist
1911 - Roland Jacobi Leich, composer
1912 - Madge Adam, astronomer
1913 - David Bowman, trade unionist
1913 - Ella Logan, Glasgow Scotland, actress (52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies)
1913 - Stewart Granger, actor (Saraband for Dead Lovers)
1914 - Kirill P Kondrashin, Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981)
1915 - Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, 52nd Da'i al Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras
1916 - Rochelle Hudson, Okla City OK, actress (That's My Boy)
1917 - J A Mommersteeg, Dutch asst sect of Defense (KVP)
1917 - Roy Scott, cricketer (one Test NZ v England 1947, 18, 1-74)
1917 - Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
1917 - Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
1919 - Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (d. 2006)
1920 - Lewis Gilbert, London England, director/actor (You Only Live Twice)
1921 - Julius Rudel, Vienna Austria, conductor (NYC Opera 1957)
1921 - Oliver Wright, British Ambassador (To US)
1921 - Ross Hunter, Cleve OH, producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk)
1923 - Ed McMahon, Detroit Mich, TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search)
1923 - Erhard Karkoschka, composer
1923 - Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg, college president (Wolfson at Oxford)
1923 - Ed McMahon, American television personality
1924 - William H Webster, US, judge/head FBI/CIA
1926 - Alan Greenspan, economist/presidential advisor (FRB)
1926 - Andrzej Wajda, Suwalki Poland, director (Ashes & Diamonds, Lotna)
1926 - Ann Curtis, 400m/800m US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1948)
1926 - Jon Nordal, composer
1926 - Miroslav Klega, composer
1928 - Ronald Stevenson, composer
1929 - David Sheppard, bishop (Liverpool)/cricketer (England batsman)
1929 - Hal Miller, British MP
1929 - Ho Dam, North Korean secretary of State (1970-83)
1931 - David Haddon Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker's Almanack)
1931 - John Smith, LA Calif, actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men)
1933 - Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician/composer
1933 - Heiko Wierenga, Dutch soc-dem mayor of Enschede (1977-94)
1933 - Kim Elgie, cricketer (S African bat v NZ 1961-62, Scotland RU intl)
1933 - William Davis, author/broadcaster (Battle at Bull Run)
1934 - John Noakes, British TV presenter
1935 - Ronnie Delaney, Ireland, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1956)
1936 - Marion S Barry, (Mayor-D-Wash DC, 1979-90, 95- ), drug indictment
1937 - Ivan Boesky, Detroit, stockbroker inside trading
1937 - Paul Mefano, composer
1937 - Valentina V Tereshkova-Nikolayev, 1st woman in space (Vostok 6)
1938 - Lovelace Watkins, singer
1939 - Christopher Bond, (Sen-R Missouri)
1940 - Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman (Pirates, 1971 NL HR leader)
1941 - Ann Winterton, British MP
1941 - Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show)
1942 - Ben Murphy, American actor (Alias Smith & Jones)
1944 - Kiri Te Kanawa, Gisborne NZ, operatic soprano (Don Giovanni)
1944 - Mary Wilson, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go)
1945 - Hugh Grundy, Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There)
1945 - Rob Reiner, Bronx NY, actor/director (All in the Family, Stand By Me)
1946 - David Jon Gilmour, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
1946 - Martin Kove, Bkln NY, actor (Victor-Cagney & Lacey)
1946 - Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, Cameroon, astronaut (STS 18)
1946 - Tony Klatka, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1947 - Dick Fosbury, Portland Oregon, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1968)
1947 - Judy Loe, Urmston Manchester UK, actress (Singles, Meaning of Life)
1947 - Kiki Dee, Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart)
1947 - Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
1949 - Martin Buchan, Scottish soccer player
1951 - Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
1956 - Peter Roebuck, cricketer (Somerset opening batsman & SMH writer)
1958 - Mike Gatting, English cricketer
1959 - Tom Arnold, Iowa, [Mr Roseanne Barr Arnold], actor (Tom, True Lies)
1963 - Suzanne Crough, rocker (Partridge Family)
1964 - Cher Butler, Garland Tx, playmate (August, 1985)
1964 - Madonna Wayne Gacy, American musician
1966 - Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
1967 - Julio Bocca, Argentinean Ballet Dancer
1974 - Sebastian Siegel, British-American actor
1975 - Aracely Arambula, Mexican actress and singer
1978 - Lara Cox, Australian Actress
1979 - Erik Bedard, Canadian baseball player
1979 - Ryan Nyquist, American BMX rider
1981 - Ellen Muth, American actress
1984 - Becky, Japanese-British entertainer
1985 - Albert Reed, American model
1986 - Eli Marienthal, American actor
1987 - Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
1992 - Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
1996 - Savanah Stehlin, American actress
Other events from history on 6th March:
1079 - Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar
1205 - Aken, [Philips van Zwaben], crowned Roman-Catholic German King
1323 - Treaty of Paris
1447 - Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V
1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish king agrees to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
1460 - Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa
1479 - Treaty of Alcaçovas - Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa.
1521 - Magellan discovers Guam
1579 - Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht
1628 - Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict
1646 - Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent
1664 - King Louis XIV & Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant
1665 - Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
1714 - Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg
1728 - Spain & England sign (1st) Convention of Pardo
1775 - 1st Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston
1788 - The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
1799 - Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine
1808 - 1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard
1816 - Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany
1831 - Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan
1831 - Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point milt academy
1831 - Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan
1834 - Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor
1836 - 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
1836 - HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia
1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice
1857 - Dred Scott Decision: US Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens
1861 - Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army
1865 - President Lincolns 2nd Inaugural Ball
1882 - Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king
1895 - England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2
1895 - J T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 mins) Eng v Aust
1896 - 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"
1899 - "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann; Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
1901 - In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.
1918 - US naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle
1921 - Police in Sunbury Penn issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
1922 - Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year NY Yankee contract
1924 - British Labour govt cuts military budget
1926 - China asks for a seat in the Security council
1929 - Turkey & Bulgaria sign friendship treaty
1930 - Bkln's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food
1933 - Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk)
1935 - Frank Bartell (Czech), cycles record 80.584 mph in LA
1943 - Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack
1943 - Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
1945 - Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio
1950 - Silly Putty invented
1953 - Malenkov becomes chairman of the USSR
1955 - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1957 - Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from UK
1959 - Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)
1961 - 1st London minicabs introduced
1961 - Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12½ year govt jubilee
1962 - St Louis vote to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - Constantine succeeds Paul I as king of Greece
1964 - Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
1964 - Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher)
1964 - Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:56.4)
1965 - Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ v India in 1st Test Cricket innings
1967 - Muhammad Ali is order by selective service to be inducted
1967 - Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US
1970 - Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
1971 - Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, v West Indies at Port-of-Spain
1972 - Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner
1972 - Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes
1974 - An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo
1975 - Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
1976 - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (GRB)
1980 - French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it’s 1st woman novelist, Marguerita Youcenar
1981 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1981 - Soyuz 39 returns to Earth
1981 - Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "CBS Evening News"
1982 - Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
1983 - Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections
1983 - US Football League begins its 1st season
1984 - Twelve-month-long strike in British coal industry begins.
1985 - Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight
1985 - Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King & I"
1986 - USSR's Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km
1987 - 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100
1987 - Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die
1988 - 3 IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers
1988 - Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament
1990 - SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17
1991 - Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, Pres Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"
1992 - The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
1992 - Founding of the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
1994 - Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
1994 - Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.
1995 - American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets
1997 - Picasso's painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later.
1998 - 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace
