Historical Events For March - 05

1972  On this day in history greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party  

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

1973  On this day in history 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  British £ falls below $2 for first time on this day in history.  

1977  On March - 05 lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52  

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

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

1979  Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) on this day in history.  

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 March - 05.  

1980  On this day in history 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 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 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 March - 05.  

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 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  Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 on March - 05.  

1986  On this day in history "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper)  

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

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  On this day in history gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75  

1991  Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait on this day in history.  

1991  August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 on March - 05.  

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  Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery on March - 05.  

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 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 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  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on this day in history.  

1585  On this day in history 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  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.  

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

1534  On this day in history death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)  

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  On this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies  

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

1605  On March - 05 clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69