Historical Events Happened In March - 05

1972  Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party on March - 05.  

1972  On this day in history nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78  

1973  On March - 05 rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45  

1974  Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1976  On March - 05 british £ falls below $2 for first time  

1977  Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52 on March - 05.  

1978  On this day in history "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances  

1978  Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California on this day in history.  

1979  On this day in history voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)  

1979  On this day in history vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81  

1980  On this day in history earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49  

1980  Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1981  US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1982  On March - 05 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  

1982  Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data on March - 05.  

1982  John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 on this day in history.  

1983  Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative) on this day in history.  

1984  Supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene on March - 05.  

1984  On this day in history uS accuse Iraq of using poison gas  

1984  On this day in history harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85  

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

1986  On March - 05 teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies  

1989  On March - 05 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000  

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

1990  Gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75 on March - 05.  

1991  On March - 05 iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait  

1991  On this day in history august de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92  

1992  On this day in history 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 March - 05 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  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.  

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on March - 05.  

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  On March - 05 birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)  

1585  On March - 05 birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)  

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on March - 05.  

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.  

1291  On March - 05 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  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.  

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on March - 05.  

1576  On this day in history don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70  

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.