Historical Events For March - 05

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

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

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  On this day in history british £ falls below $2 for first time  

1977  Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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  Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) on this day in history.  

1979  On March - 05 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  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 March - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1982  On this day in history john Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33  

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

1984  On March - 05 supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene  

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

1986  Teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies on this day in history.  

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

1990  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1991  Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait on this day in history.  

1991  August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 on this day in history.  

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

1992  Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1324  On March - 05 birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)  

1326  On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)  

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 this day in history 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  On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.  

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  On March - 05 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.