Page 8: Historical Events In March - 06

1966  Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks) on March - 06.   

1966  Richard Hageman, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1967  2nd Academy of Country Music Awards on this day in history.   

1967  Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison on March - 06.   

1967  On March - 06 muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted   

1967  On this day in history stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US   

1967  On March - 06 nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65   

1968  On March - 06 isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63   

1970  Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK on this day in history.   

1970  On March - 06 william Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55   

1971  On this day in history test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain   

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

1972  On March - 06 jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner   

1972  On this day in history keswick to Penrith railway officially closes   

1973  On March - 06 paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72   

1974  An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo on March - 06.   

1976  World Ice Dance Championship in Gothenburg won by Liudmila Pakhomova &Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR) on March - 06.   

1976  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Irina Rodnina &Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR) on March - 06.   

1976  On March - 06 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 this day in history.   

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  Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83 on March - 06.   

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

1980  French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar) on March - 06.   

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

1981  On this day in history france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

1981  Soyuz 39 returns to Earth on March - 06.   

1981  Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News" on this day in history.   

1981  George Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1982  Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) on March - 06.   

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

1983  On March - 06 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  On this day in history birth of john of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)   

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  On this day in history birth of jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant   

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

1483  On this day in history birth of francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna   

1492  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer was born on March - 06.   

1495  On this day in history birth of luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)   

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  Death of Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458) on this day in history.   

1531  On March - 06 death of pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador   

1583  On March - 06 zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48   

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 this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history death of krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)