Page 11: Historical Events In March - 01

1970  On this day in history white government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain   

1970  On this day in history ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59   

1971  Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC on March - 01.   

1972  Wilt Chamberlain is the first NBA player to score 30,000 points on this day in history.   

1972  Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63 on March - 01.   

1972  outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia killing 35 people on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history london flu in United States killing 1,027 people   

1973  On March - 01 robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race   

1974  On this day in history george Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November   

1974  Ian &Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs New Zealand cricket at Wellington on March - 01.   

1974  On this day in history sikorsky's triple-turbine helicopter, the YCH-53E, largest and most powerful helicopter in the western world, made its first flight   

1974  The BC Court of Appeals rules Indian child can be adopted by non-Indian parents without losing status on March - 01.   

1974  Watergate grand jury indicts 7 Presidential aides on March - 01.   

1974  On this day in history jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at 53   

1974  On this day in history smallpox epidemic of India in India killing 15,000 people   

1975  17th Grammy Awards I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win on March - 01.   

1975  Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1 on March - 01.   

1975  On this day in history 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win   

1976  On March - 01 the Alberta Government founds Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund with windfall oil royalties   

1976  On this day in history jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66   

1977  On this day in history bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards   

1977  On this day in history uS extends territorial waters to 200 miles   

1978  Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery on this day in history.   

1978  On March - 01 coffin of Charles Chaplin stolen, only months after being buried   

1979  On this day in history dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73   

1980  On this day in history hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater   

1980  Patti Smith &MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI on this day in history.   

1980  Snow falls in the sunshine state of Florida on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history john Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87   

1981  On March - 01 "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances   

1981  Alberta cuts oil production to protest Ottawa's National Energy Policy the federal government replies by a compensation charge as Energy Minister Marc Lalonde matches Alberta cutbacks by a "Lougheed Levy" to subsidize imports on this day in history.   

1981  Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison (he dies) on March - 01.   

1981  IRA member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. (Sands died 65 days later.) on March - 01.   

1981  On this day in history sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic   

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0040  On March - 01 birth of martial, Latin poet (d. 102)   

1432  On this day in history birth of isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455)   

1456  Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) was born on this day in history.   

1494  Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter was born on March - 01.   

1528  Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, [the Generous], duke of Bavaria was born on March - 01.   

1547  Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628) was born on this day in history.   

1597  On March - 01 birth of jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)   

1607  Giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer was born on this day in history.   

0589  Death of Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500) on this day in history.   

0965  On this day in history leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies   

0986  Death of King Lothair of France (b. 941) on this day in history.   

1131  On this day in history stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies   

1233  Death of Count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178) on March - 01.   

1244  On March - 01 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)   

1383  Amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1510  On March - 01 francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59