Page 9: Historical Events In March - 03

1961  King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco on this day in history.   

1962  British Antarctic Territory is formed on March - 03.   

1963  On this day in history senegal adopts constitution   

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

1965  Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1 on March - 03.   

1965  On March - 03 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1965  On March - 03 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on March - 03.   

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

1966  On March - 03 kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée   

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 this day in history.   

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

1967  On this day in history 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.   

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

1967  On March - 03 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1968  On this day in history 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  On this day in history apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days)   

1971  South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles on this day in history.   

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

1972  On March - 03 sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA   

1974  George Foreman KOs Ken Norton on March - 03.   

1974  World's worst air disaster to date, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die) on March - 03.   

1974  Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43 on March - 03.   

1975  On March - 03 linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana   

1975  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms   

1977  World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR) on this day in history.   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on March - 03.   

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

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  On this day in history birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on March - 03.   

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 March - 03 birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

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

1191  Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on this day in history.   

1459  On March - 03 ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

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

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on March - 03.   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on this day in history.   

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London