Historical Events In March - 03

1961  On March - 03 king Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco   

1962  On this day in history british Antarctic Territory is formed   

1963  Senegal adopts constitution on March - 03.   

1965  Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music" on March - 03.   

1965  Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1 on March - 03.   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1965  On March - 03 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1965  On March - 03 carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88   

1966  James Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY on March - 03.   

1966  On March - 03 kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée   

1966  On this day in history rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)   

1966  On this day in history twister hits Jackson MS; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on March - 03.   

1967  On this day in history 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.   

1967  On March - 03 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.   

1967  On March - 03 georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

1968  Greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague on March - 03.   

1968  Jean Beliveau (Montréal) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 points on March - 03.   

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  On this day in history winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa   

1972  On March - 03 sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA   

1974  George Foreman KOs Ken Norton on March - 03.   

1974  On this day in history world's worst air disaster to date, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die)   

1974  Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana   

1975  Thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline on this day in history.   

1976  Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia on this day in history.   

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on March - 03.   

1977  On this day in history libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms   

1977  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR)   

1977  On March - 03 percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93   

1978  On March - 03 charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on March - 03.   

1191  On March - 03 saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.   

1459  On March - 03 ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

1554  On March - 03 johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50   

1580  On March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London