Page 10: Historical Events In March - 01

1959  Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years on March - 01.   

1959  Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament on this day in history.   

1961  President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history the Peace Corps is established by US President John F. Kennedy.   

1961  Seventh cholera pandemic in Worldwide on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history american Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95   

1962  K-Mart opens on March - 01.   

1962  On March - 01 uganda became a self-governing country   

1962  US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at 70   

1963  200,000 French mine workers strike on March - 01.   

1964  On March - 01 sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54   

1965  On this day in history australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-years for misconduct   

1965  Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec) on March - 01.   

1965  On this day in history boleslav Vomacka, composer, dies at 77   

1966  On this day in history ba'ath-party takes power in Syria   

1966  First ever (crash) landing on Venus took place by the soviet probe Venus 3 on this day in history.   

1966  On March - 01 venera 3 becomes first man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)   

1967  On this day in history dominica &St Lucia gain independence from Britain   

1967  On this day in history house of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)   

1967  Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London on March - 01.   

1968  Country music artists Johnny Cash and June Carter are married on March - 01.   

1968  On this day in history nBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return great news!!   

1968  On this day in history pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting   

1968  On this day in history political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands   

1968  On March - 01 singers Johnny Cash (36) &June Carter (38) wed   

1968  On this day in history vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect   

1968  On March - 01 g v d Vring, writer, dies   

1968  On March - 01 hong Kong flu in Worldwide killing 1-4 million people   

1969  After 88 weeks Sergeant Pepper drops off the charts on this day in history.   

1969  On March - 01 new York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball   

1970  Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released on this day in history.   

1970  End of US commercial whale hunting on March - 01.   

1970  Kreisky's social-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election on March - 01.   

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0040  On March - 01 birth of martial, Latin poet (d. 102)   

1432  Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455) was born on March - 01.   

1456  On March - 01 birth of wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)   

1494  On March - 01 birth of il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter   

1528  On March - 01 birth of albrecht V von Wittelsbach, [the Generous], duke of Bavaria   

1547  On March - 01 birth of rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)   

1597  Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652) was born on March - 01.   

1607  Giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer was born on this day in history.   

0589  Death of Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500) on this day in history.   

0965  On this day in history leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies   

0986  Death of King Lothair of France (b. 941) on this day in history.   

1131  On March - 01 stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies   

1233  On this day in history death of count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178)   

1244  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200) on this day in history.   

1383  On March - 01 amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49   

1510  On March - 01 francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59