Historical Events In March - 08

1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km

1986 Martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn $10 million

1987 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425

1987 David Hookes (306) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia

1987 FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in California

1989 "Heidi Chronicles" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 621 performances

1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots first victim, Mario Orosco

1991 17th People's Choice Awards Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman

1991 Harry Hamlin &Nicollette Sheridan wed

1991 In Eastern Siberia a 6.6 is believed to be the largest earthquake ever located in this area.

1991 Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists &2 American soldiers it captured

1991 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1992 22nd Easter Seal Telethon

1993 Canadian Navy supply ship HMCS Preserver heads home after three-month tour of Somalia

1993 Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion

1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder

1994 B-737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed

1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces

1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47

1995 -26ºF (-32.2ºC) in Bismarck ND

1995 -44ºF (-42.2ºC) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67ºN

1995 Costis Stephanopoulos becomes President of Greece

1995 Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections

1790 The French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies

1952 World's first artificial heart

1859 The birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows'

1943 The birth of Lynn Redgrave, British actress2007 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admits that Israel had planned an attack on Lebanon in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months before Hezbollah carried out its kidnapping.

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