Page 8: Historical Events In March - 05

1972  On March - 05 greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party   

1972  Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1973  Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67   

1976  British £ falls below $2 for first time on March - 05.   

1977  On this day in history lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52   

1978  On March - 05 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances   

1978  Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California on March - 05.   

1979  Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) on March - 05.   

1979  Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81 on March - 05.   

1980  Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 on March - 05.   

1980  On this day in history jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60   

1981  On March - 05 uS government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer   

1981  On March - 05 world Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

1981  Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1982  Comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood on this day in history.   

1982  Parliament passes Canada Oil and Gas Act; Petro Canada (the peoples oil and gas company) gets automatic 25% of all new offshore finds; to speed offshore oil and gas development on March - 05.   

1982  On March - 05 russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data   

1982  John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 on March - 05.   

1983  Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative) on March - 05.   

1984  Supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene on this day in history.   

1984  US accuse Iraq of using poison gas on this day in history.   

1984  On March - 05 harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85   

1986  "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper) on March - 05.   

1986  Teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies on March - 05.   

1989  On this day in history 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000   

1990  The Crown charges 8 Canadian flour mills with rigging prices for food aid; $500 million over 12 years, so much for corporate ethics on March - 05.   

1990  On March - 05 gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75   

1991  On this day in history iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait   

1991  On March - 05 august de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92   

1992  On March - 05 ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks   

1992  Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 on March - 05.   

1993  On this day in history boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery   

1993  On this day in history fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die   

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05.   

1324  On this day in history birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.   

1512  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on March - 05.   

1585  On this day in history birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1585  On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

0254  On this day in history lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

1291  On this day in history death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1539  On March - 05 death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)   

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on March - 05.   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.