Historical Events Happened In March - 05

1972  Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1976  On March - 05 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 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  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  US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer on this day in history.  

1981  World Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on March - 05.  

1981  On March - 05 brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64  

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

1982  On this day in history 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  On March - 05 uS accuse Iraq of using poison gas  

1984  On March - 05 harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85  

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

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  On March - 05 iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait  

1991  On March - 05 august de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92  

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

1992  On this day in history andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82  

1993  On March - 05 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  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  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.  

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.  

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

1574  On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)  

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on March - 05.  

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on March - 05.  

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.  

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  On March - 05 death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)  

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41  

1574  On March - 05 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