Historical Events In March - 01

1959  Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years on this day in history.  

1959  Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament on March - 01.  

1961  On March - 01 president Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps  

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  American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95 on March - 01.  

1962  On this day in history k-Mart opens  

1962  On this day in history uganda became a self-governing country  

1962  US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada on March - 01.  

1962  Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at 70 on March - 01.  

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

1964  Sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1965  On March - 01 australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-years for misconduct  

1965  On March - 01 gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)  

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

1966  Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria on this day in history.  

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

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

1967  Dominica &St Lucia gain independence from Britain on this day in history.  

1967  House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116) on March - 01.  

1967  On March - 01 queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London  

1968  On this day in history country music artists Johnny Cash and June Carter are married.  

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

1968  On March - 01 pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting  

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

1968  Singers Johnny Cash (36) &June Carter (38) wed on this day in history.  

1968  Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect on this day in history.  

1968  G v d Vring, writer, dies on March - 01.  

1968  Hong Kong flu in Worldwide killing 1-4 million people on this day in history.  

1969  After 88 weeks Sergeant Pepper drops off the charts on March - 01.  

1969  New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball on March - 01.  

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

1970  On this day in history end of US commercial whale hunting  

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

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0040  Martial, Latin poet (d. 102) was born on March - 01.  

1432  On this day in history birth of isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455)  

1456  Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) was born on this day in history.  

1494  Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter was born on March - 01.  

1528  Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, [the Generous], duke of Bavaria was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1607  Giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer was born on March - 01.  

0589  On this day in history death of saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500)  

0965  Leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies on this day in history.  

0986  Death of King Lothair of France (b. 941) on March - 01.  

1131  Stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies on March - 01.  

1233  Death of Count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178) on March - 01.  

1244  On March - 01 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)  

1383  On this day in history amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49  

1510  Francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59 on March - 01.