Page 8: Historical Events In March - 06

1966  On March - 06 barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)   

1966  On March - 06 richard Hageman, composer, dies at 83   

1967  2nd Academy of Country Music Awards on March - 06.   

1967  On this day in history jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison   

1967  Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted on March - 06.   

1967  Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US on March - 06.   

1967  Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65 on March - 06.   

1968  Isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1970  On March - 06 beatles release "Let it Be" in UK   

1970  William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 06 test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain   

1971  On this day in history raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74   

1972  Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner on this day in history.   

1972  On March - 06 keswick to Penrith railway officially closes   

1973  On this day in history paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72   

1974  On March - 06 an Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo   

1976  On March - 06 world Ice Dance Championship in Gothenburg won by Liudmila Pakhomova &Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR)   

1976  On this day in history world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Irina Rodnina &Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR)   

1976  On this day in history world Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill (USA)   

1976  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (Great Britain) on March - 06.   

1976  On March - 06 "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, leight heavy weight boxing champ (1930-34), dies at 71   

1978  On this day in history hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot &crippled by a sniper in Georgia   

1979  On this day in history charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83   

1980  7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation - Susan Lucci loses for first time on March - 06.   

1980  On this day in history french Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)   

1981  On this day in history cBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite gives his last newscast.   

1981  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on this day in history.   

1981  On March - 06 soyuz 39 returns to Earth   

1981  On this day in history walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News"   

1981  George Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies on March - 06.   

1982  Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) on this day in history.   

1982  Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77 on March - 06.   

1983  On this day in history helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections   

1983  New Bedford MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table on this day in history.   

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1340  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399) was born on March - 06.   

1405  Johan II, King of Castille was born on March - 06.   

1405  On March - 06 birth of king John II of Castile (d. 1454)   

1459  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant was born on this day in history.   

1475  Michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On March - 06 birth of francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna   

1492  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer was born on this day in history.   

1495  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione) was born on March - 06.   

0766  On March - 06 chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50   

1252  On March - 06 death of saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)   

1490  On March - 06 death of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)   

1531  Death of Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador on March - 06.   

1583  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48 on March - 06.   

1615  Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns on March - 06.   

1616  Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) on March - 06.   

1627  Death of Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580) on this day in history.