Page 8: Historical Events In March - 05

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

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

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 March - 05 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 March - 05.   

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 March - 05.   

1981  US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer on March - 05.   

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

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

1982  Comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood on March - 05.   

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 March - 05.   

1982  Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000   

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 March - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 05 fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die   

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1133  On this day in history birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on this day in history.   

1326  On March - 05 birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

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

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

0254  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

1291  On this day in history death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

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

1539  On March - 05 death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)   

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.   

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  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.