Historical Events In March - 03
1965 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.
1966 James Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY on this day in history.
1966 On this day in history kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée
1966 On this day in history rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)
1966 Twister hits Jackson MS; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die on this day in history.
1967 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 on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history grenada gains partial independence from Britain, later the U.S. will come calling
1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.
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 Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days) on this day in history.
1971 On this day in history south African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles
1971 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa on this day in history.
1972 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA on this day in history.
1974 On this day in history george Foreman KOs Ken Norton
1974 World's worst air disaster to date, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die) on this day in history.
1975 Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana on this day in history.
1975 On this day in history thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline
1976 On this day in history mozambique closes border with Rhodesia
1977 Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms on this day in history.
1977 On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR)
1978 Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland on this day in history.
1980 On this day in history france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1982 On this day in history senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams (D-NJ)
1982 Statistics Canada confirms that Canada entered a recession in 1982. Gee all they had to do was ask me I could have told them on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis, premieres
1985 On this day in history national Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike
1985 Near Coast of Central Chile a 7.8earthquate killed at least 177 people killed, 2,575 injured and extensive damage in central Chile, including the cities of San Antonio, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Santiago and Rancagua on this day in history.
1986 Dedication of the National Naval Memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to mark the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Navy on this day in history.
1987 Actor, singer, dancer, comedian, broadcaster and American entertainment icon, Danny Kaye, died in Los Angeles at the age of 74 on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines
1989 On this day in history robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra
1990 On this day in history carole Gist, 20, (Michigan), first black crowned 39th Miss USA
1991 On this day in history iraqi generals & General Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire
1991 Latvia & Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR on this day in history.
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