Historical Events Happened In March - 05

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

1972  Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78 on March - 05.  

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 March - 05.  

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

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

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

1978  On this day in history landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California  

1979  On March - 05 voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)  

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

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1980  Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 on this day in history.  

1980  On March - 05 jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60  

1981  On this day in history uS government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer  

1981  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)  

1981  On March - 05 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 March - 05.  

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

1982  On March - 05 john Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33  

1983  On this day in history bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative)  

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

1984  On March - 05 uS accuse Iraq of using poison gas  

1984  Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 on March - 05.  

1992  Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks on March - 05.  

1992  On March - 05 andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82  

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

1993  Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die on this day in history.  

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.  

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on this day in history.  

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

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on this day in history.  

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  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.  

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.  

0254  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies  

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.  

1534  On March - 05 death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)  

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on March - 05.  

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.  

1574  On March - 05 philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies  

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 March - 05.