2015 Event Nobel prize winning mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr., 86, and his wife Alicia, 82, die after an accident in New Jersey in which their taxi lost control 2014 Event Taxi service company Uber expands its presence in Latin America by partnering with Carlos Slim's cell phone company America Movil to place the Uber app on mobil phones throughout Mexico 2014 Event American doctor Craig Spencer has been diagnosed with Ebola after recently returning to New York from Sierra Leone; Spencer rode the subway, went bowling, and took a taxi the day before he began displaying symptoms 1994 Event Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed 1982 Event "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall 1981 Event 33rd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Hill St. Blue, Judd Hirsh and Isabel Sanford wins 1981 Death Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38 1980 Event 32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner and Barbara Bel Geddes 1979 Event 31st Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ron Leibman and Ruth Gordon 1978 Event Situation comedy "Taxi" premieres on ABC television 1971 Death Matt McHugh, actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast), dies at 77 1962 Birthday Jodie Foster, Bronx New York City, actress, Taxi Driver, Accused 1962 Event 1st Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested 1957 Death Helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83 1952 Birthday Marilu Henner, born in Chicago, actress, Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade 1946 Birthday John "Blackfoot" Colbert, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Taxi 1944 Birthday Danny DeVito, Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins 1943 Birthday Robert De Niro, born in New York City, actor, Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver 1943 Event Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg 1942 Birthday Harry Chapin, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Taxi, Cat's in the Craddle 1940 Birthday Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer, Taxi, Little Buddah, Dick Tracy 1940 Birthday James L. Brooks, producer/director, Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic 1939 Birthday Harvey Keitel, actor, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs 1938 Birthday Christopher Lloyd, Stamford, Connecticut, actor, Taxi, Back to the Future 1931 Birthday Robert Duvall, born in San Diego, California, actor, Great Santini, Taxi Driver 1923 Event Amsterdam taxi strike ended 1923 Event Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) 1919 Birthday Alberto Sordi, born in Rome, Italy, actor, Miser, Taxi Driver in New York 1910 Birthday Signe Hasso, actress, QB VII, Taxi 13, Black Bird, Crisis 1907 Event 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London 1897 Event 1st electric taxi's drive in London 1894 Birthday Matt McHugh, Pennsylvania, actor, Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast, Innocent Affair 1887 Birthday Blanche Yurka, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actress, Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities
