Page 11: Historical Events In March - 01

1970  White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain on this day in history.   

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

1971  Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC on this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history victor Babin, composer, dies at 63   

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

1972  London flu in United States killing 1,027 people on March - 01.   

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

1974  George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November on March - 01.   

1974  On March - 01 ian &Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs New Zealand cricket at Wellington   

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

1974  The BC Court of Appeals rules Indian child can be adopted by non-Indian parents without losing status on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history watergate grand jury indicts 7 Presidential aides   

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

1974  smallpox epidemic of India in India killing 15,000 people on March - 01.   

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

1975  Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1 on this day in history.   

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

1976  On this day in history the Alberta Government founds Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund with windfall oil royalties   

1976  Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1977  On March - 01 bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards   

1977  US extends territorial waters to 200 miles on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery   

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 March - 01 hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater   

1980  On this day in history patti Smith &MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI   

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

1980  On March - 01 john Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87   

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

1981  On March - 01 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   

1981  On this day in history bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison (he dies)   

1981  On this day in history iRA member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. (Sands died 65 days later.)   

1981  Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic on March - 01.   

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

1432  Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455) was born on March - 01.   

1456  Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) was born on March - 01.   

1494  On this day in history birth of il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter   

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

1547  On this day in history birth of rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)   

1597  Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history birth of giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer   

0589  On March - 01 death of saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500)   

0965  Leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies on this day in history.   

0986  On March - 01 death of king Lothair of France (b. 941)   

1131  Stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies on March - 01.   

1233  On this day in history death of count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178)   

1244  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200) on this day in history.   

1383  On this day in history amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49   

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