Page 10: Historical Events In March - 01

1966  inaugural ever (crash) landing on Venus took place by the soviet probe Venus 3.   

1966  Venera 3 is recorded as becoming inaugural man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)   

1967  Dominica and St Lucia gain independence from Britain   

1967  House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)   

1967  Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London   

1968  Country music artists Johnny Cash and June Carter are married   

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

1968  Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting.   

1968  Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands   

1968  Singers Johnny Cash (36) and June Carter (38) wed   

1968  Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 comes into force.   

1968  G v d Vring, writer, dies   

1968  Hong Kong flu in Worldwide killing 1-4 million people   

1969  After 88 weeks Sergeant Pepper drops off the charts.   

1969  New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball   

1970  Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released.   

1970  End of US commercial whale hunting.   

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

1970  White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain.   

1970  Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59.   

1971  Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC   

1972  Wilt Chamberlain is the inaugural NBA player to score 30000 points.   

1972  Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63.   

1972  outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia killing 35 people.   

1972  London flu in United States killing 1027 people   

1973  Robyn Smith is recorded as becoming inaugural female jockey to win a major race   

1974  George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November.   

1974  Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs New Zealand cricket at Wellington   

1974  Sikorsky's triple-turbine helicopter, the YCH-53E, largest and most powerful helicopter in the western world, made its inaugural flight   

1974  The BC Court of Appeals rules Indian child can be adopted by non-Indian parents without losing status   

1974  Watergate grand jury indicts 7 Presidential aides.   

1974  Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at 53   

1974  smallpox epidemic of India in India killing 15000 people.   

1975  17th Grammy Awards I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win   

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0040  Martial: Latin poet   

1432  Isabel of coimbra: Queen of portugal   

1456  Wladyslaw jagiello: King of bohemia/hungary (1471/90-1516)   

1494  Il bacchiacca: [franceso ubertini], italian painter   

1528  Albrecht v von wittelsbach: [the generous], duke of bavaria   

1547  Rudolph goclenius: German philosopher   

1597  Jean-charles de la faille: Belgian mathematician   

1607  Giovanni francesco milanta: Composer   

0589  Death of Saint david: Patron saint of wales (b. 500)   

0965  Leo viii: Italian (anti-)pope (963-65),   

0986  Death of King lothair of france: King lothair of france (b. 941)   

1131  Stephen ii: King of hungary (1116-31),   

1233  Death of Count thomas i of savoy: Count thomas i of savoy (b. 1178)   

1244  Death of Gruffydd ap llywelyn fawr: Son of llywelyn the great (b. 1200)   

1383  Death of Amadeus vi: (green earl), earl of savoy,   

1510  Francisco d'almeida: Viceroy of india,