Historical Events In March - 05

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

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

1973  Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45 on March - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1979  On March - 05 vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81  

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

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

1981  Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 on March - 05.  

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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  On March - 05 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 this day in history.  

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 March - 05.  

1992  Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks on this day in history.  

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

1993  Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery on this day in history.  

1993  Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die on March - 05.  

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

1324  On March - 05 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 March - 05 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  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  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 March - 05.  

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

1561  On March - 05 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41  

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

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 this day in history.