Page 10: Historical Events In March - 07

1953  "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances on this day in history.   

1953  Jackie McGlew scores 255 vs New Zealand at Wellington on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L E Marron, in Chile   

1953  Jackie McGlew scores 255* v NZ at Wellington on March - 07.   

1954  French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu on March - 07.   

1954  Russia defeated Canada 7-2 to capture the world ice-hockey title in Stockholm, Sweden on March - 07.   

1954  On this day in history russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition   

1954  US, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO on March - 07.   

1954  On March - 07 babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open   

1955  7th Emmy Awards Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas &Loretta Young on March - 07.   

1955  Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised on March - 07.   

1955  USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain on March - 07.   

1955  On this day in history west Europe Union established   

1955  On this day in history 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young   

1955  On this day in history tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66   

1955  7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas &Loretta Young on this day in history.   

1956  Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 on March - 07.   

1956  Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett on this day in history.   

1958  Commissioning of USS Grayback, first submarine built from keel up with guided missile capability, to fire Regulus II missile on March - 07.   

1958  Major Howard Johnson, USAF, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27,810 meters on this day in history.   

1958  On March - 07 chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo   

1959  On March - 07 melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes.   

1959  On this day in history the first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow)   

1959  West Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34 on March - 07.   

1959  "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs on March - 07.   

1959  Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies on March - 07.   

1960  On March - 07 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances   

1960  On March - 07 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances   

1960  On March - 07 dutch Builders strike for CLA   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship   

1960  The birth of Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player on March - 07.   

1960  On March - 07 uSS Kearsarge (CVS-33) rescues 4 Russian soldiers from their landing craft 1,000 miles from Midway Island, which was drifting several weeks after their engine failed off Kamchatka Peninsula.   

1960  On this day in history uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy   

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0189  Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211) was born on this day in history.   

1481  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537) was born on this day in history.   

1543  On March - 07 birth of johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent)   

1556  Guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621) was born on March - 07.   

1574  On March - 07 birth of john Wilbye, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)   

1621  On March - 07 birth of georg Neumark, composer   

1659  On this day in history birth of henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)   

0161  On March - 07 antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74   

0203  On March - 07 death of perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209)   

0308  Death of Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr on this day in history.   

0851  On this day in history death of nominoe, Duke of Brittany   

1111  On this day in history bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies   

1226  Death of William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1274  On March - 07 thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48   

1305  Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78 on March - 07.