Page 8: Historical Events In March - 05

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

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 this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history british £ falls below $2 for first time   

1977  On this day in history lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52   

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

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  Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81 on March - 05.   

1980  Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 on March - 05.   

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

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 March - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 05 bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative)   

1984  On this day in history supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene   

1984  US accuse Iraq of using poison gas on March - 05.   

1984  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75   

1991  On this day in history 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  On March - 05 andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82   

1993  On March - 05 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  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.   

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

1512  On March - 05 birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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