Page 9: Historical Events In March - 03

1961  On this day in history king Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco   

1962  British Antarctic Territory is formed on March - 03.   

1963  Senegal adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music".   

1965  On this day in history temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1   

1965  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1965  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1966  James Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1966  Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée on March - 03.   

1966  Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al) on March - 03.   

1966  Twister hits Jackson MS; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die on March - 03.   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1967  Eric Burdon and the Animals refuse to do a show in Ottawa unless they are paid in advance; audience of 3,000 go on a rampage, doing $5,000 in damages on March - 03.   

1967  On this day in history grenada gains partial independence from Britain, later the U.S. will come calling   

1967  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1967  On this day in history georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

1968  On March - 03 greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague   

1968  Jean Beliveau (Montréal) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 points on this day in history.   

1969  Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days) on March - 03.   

1971  On March - 03 south African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles   

1971  On this day in history winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa   

1972  Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA on this day in history.   

1974  On March - 03 george Foreman KOs Ken Norton   

1974  On this day in history world's worst air disaster to date, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die)   

1974  Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1975  Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline   

1976  Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia on this day in history.   

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on March - 03.   

1977  Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms on this day in history.   

1977  On March - 03 world Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR)   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1978  On March - 03 charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on March - 03.   

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  On March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.   

0561  On March - 03 pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

1191  On March - 03 saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.   

1459  On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

1554  Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on this day in history.   

1635  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.