Page 8: Historical Events In March - 05

1972  Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party on March - 05.   

1972  Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1973  Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45 on this day in history.   

1974  On March - 05 billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67   

1976  On March - 05 british £ falls below $2 for first time   

1977  Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1978  "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances on March - 05.   

1978  On March - 05 landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California   

1979  On March - 05 voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)   

1979  Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81 on March - 05.   

1980  Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 on March - 05.   

1980  On March - 05 jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60   

1981  On March - 05 uS government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer   

1981  World Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on this day in history.   

1981  Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 05 comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood.   

1982  Parliament passes Canada Oil and Gas Act; Petro Canada (the peoples oil and gas company) gets automatic 25% of all new offshore finds; to speed offshore oil and gas development on March - 05.   

1982  Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data on this day in history.   

1982  John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 on this day in history.   

1983  Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative) on this day in history.   

1984  Supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene on this day in history.   

1984  US accuse Iraq of using poison gas on March - 05.   

1984  On this day in history harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85   

1986  On March - 05 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper)   

1986  On March - 05 teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies   

1989  On this day in history 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000   

1990  On March - 05 the Crown charges 8 Canadian flour mills with rigging prices for food aid; $500 million over 12 years, so much for corporate ethics   

1990  On this day in history gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75   

1991  On March - 05 iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait   

1991  August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 on March - 05.   

1992  Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks on March - 05.   

1992  Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 on March - 05.   

1993  Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery on this day in history.   

1993  On March - 05 fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die   

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.   

1324  On March - 05 birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on March - 05.   

1512  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on March - 05.   

1585  On March - 05 birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

0254  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

1291  On March - 05 death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on March - 05.   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.