Historical Events In March - 07

1961  Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1962  Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio on this day in history.   

1962  On March - 07 launch of OSO 1, first astronomy satellite (solar flare data)   

1962  On March - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)   

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

1963  On March - 07 bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion   

1963  In Quebec FLQ starts campaign of violence by hurling Molotov cocktails at three Canadian Army armories on this day in history.   

1963  On March - 07 sETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))   

1964  Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73 on March - 07.   

1965  Alabama state troopers &600 black protestors clash in Selma on March - 07.   

1965  On March - 07 american marines land in South Vietnam   

1965  Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton on March - 07.   

1965  On this day in history christian-democrats win parliament in Chile   

1965  Alabama state troopers & 600 black protestors clash in Selma on March - 07.   

1966  On this day in history department of Navy reorganized into present structure under CNO   

1966  On March - 07 in Northeastern China a 6..75 earthquake damaged thirty communes by the first shock indicating that about 300,000 Chinese were affected in the densely populated city of Singtai   

1966  Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1 on this day in history.   

1966  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on March - 07.   

1967  On this day in history clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", premieres in New York NY   

1967  On March - 07 pBRs assists Operation Overload II in Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam   

1967  Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union &jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971) on this day in history.   

1968  Operation Coronado XII begins in Mekong Delta, Vietnam on March - 07.   

1968  Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31 on March - 07.   

1969  Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA on March - 07.   

1969  On March - 07 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1970  "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release on this day in history.   

1970  World Ice Dance Championship in Ljubljana won by Liudmila Pakhomova &Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR) on March - 07.   

1970  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Irina Rodnina &Alexei Ulanov (USSR) on March - 07.   

1970  On March - 07 world Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (German Democratic Republic)   

1970  On March - 07 world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA)   

1971  On this day in history egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire   

1973  Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory on March - 07.   

1973  Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) on this day in history.   

1973  Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh on this day in history.   

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0189  Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211) was born on this day in history.   

1481  On March - 07 birth of baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537)   

1543  Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent) was born on March - 07.   

1556  Guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1574  John Wilbye, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  On March - 07 birth of kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)   

1621  On March - 07 birth of georg Neumark, composer   

1659  On this day in history birth of henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)   

0161  On this day in history antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74   

0203  Death of Perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209) on this day in history.   

0308  On this day in history death of saint Eubulus, Christian martyr   

0851  Death of Nominoe, Duke of Brittany on March - 07.   

1111  On March - 07 bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies   

1226  Death of William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader on March - 07.   

1274  On March - 07 thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48   

1305  On March - 07 gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78