Historical Events In March - 01

1959  On this day in history archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years   

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  The Peace Corps is established by US President John F. Kennedy on this day in history.   

1961  Seventh cholera pandemic in Worldwide on March - 01.   

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  Uganda became a self-governing country on March - 01.   

1962  On this day in history uS/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada   

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

1963  On March - 01 200,000 French mine workers strike   

1964  On this day in history sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54   

1965  Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-years for misconduct on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)   

1965  Boleslav Vomacka, composer, dies at 77 on March - 01.   

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  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 March - 01.   

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

1967  On this day in history queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London   

1968  Country music artists Johnny Cash and June Carter are married on this day in history.   

1968  NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return great news!! on March - 01.   

1968  Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting on this day in history.   

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

1968  Singers Johnny Cash (36) &June Carter (38) wed on March - 01.   

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

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 March - 01.   

1969  On this day in history new York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball   

1970  On this day in history charles Manson's album "Lie" is released   

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

1970  On this day in history kreisky's social-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election   

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

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

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

1494  On this day in history birth of il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter   

1528  On this day in history birth of albrecht V von Wittelsbach, [the Generous], duke of Bavaria   

1547  Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628) was born on this day in history.   

1597  On March - 01 birth of jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)   

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

0986  On this day in history death of king Lothair of France (b. 941)   

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

1233  On March - 01 death of count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178)   

1244  On this day in history 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  On this day in history francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59