Historical Events In March - 01

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

1959  On March - 01 beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament   

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 March - 01.   

1961  Seventh cholera pandemic in Worldwide on March - 01.   

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

1962  K-Mart opens on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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  Sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54 on March - 01.   

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  Boleslav Vomacka, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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

1966  On this day in history venera 3 becomes first man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1968  On March - 01 country music artists Johnny Cash and June Carter are married.   

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 March - 01.   

1968  Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

1968  On March - 01 vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect   

1968  G v d Vring, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1968  Hong Kong flu in Worldwide killing 1-4 million people on March - 01.   

1969  On March - 01 after 88 weeks Sergeant Pepper drops off the charts   

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  On this day in history end of US commercial whale hunting   

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

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0040  Martial, Latin poet (d. 102) was born on this day in history.   

1432  Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 01.   

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

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

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

0589  Death of Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500) on March - 01.   

0965  On March - 01 leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies   

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

1131  Stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies on this day in history.   

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 March - 01.   

1383  Amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49 on March - 01.   

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