Historical Events In March - 01

1970  On March - 01 white government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain  

1970  On March - 01 ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59  

1971  Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC on this day in history.  

1972  Wilt Chamberlain is the first NBA player to score 30,000 points on March - 01.  

1972  On this day in history victor Babin, composer, dies at 63  

1972  outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia killing 35 people on March - 01.  

1972  On this day in history london flu in United States killing 1,027 people  

1973  Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race on this day in history.  

1974  On this day in history george Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November  

1974  Ian &Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs New Zealand cricket at Wellington on March - 01.  

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1974  On March - 01 sikorsky's triple-turbine helicopter, the YCH-53E, largest and most powerful helicopter in the western world, made its first flight  

1974  The BC Court of Appeals rules Indian child can be adopted by non-Indian parents without losing status on March - 01.  

1974  Watergate grand jury indicts 7 Presidential aides on March - 01.  

1974  Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1974  On March - 01 smallpox epidemic of India in India killing 15,000 people  

1975  17th Grammy Awards I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win on this day in history.  

1975  Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1 on this day in history.  

1975  17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win on March - 01.  

1976  On March - 01 the Alberta Government founds Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund with windfall oil royalties  

1976  Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1977  Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards on March - 01.  

1977  US extends territorial waters to 200 miles on March - 01.  

1978  On this day in history charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery  

1978  Coffin of Charles Chaplin stolen, only months after being buried on March - 01.  

1979  On this day in history dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73  

1980  On March - 01 hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater  

1980  Patti Smith &MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI on this day in history.  

1980  Snow falls in the sunshine state of Florida on this day in history.  

1980  John Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1981  "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances on this day in history.  

1981  Alberta cuts oil production to protest Ottawa's National Energy Policy the federal government replies by a compensation charge as Energy Minister Marc Lalonde matches Alberta cutbacks by a "Lougheed Levy" to subsidize imports on this day in history.  

1981  Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison (he dies) on March - 01.  

1981  On March - 01 iRA member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. (Sands died 65 days later.)  

1981  Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic on March - 01.  

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

1432  On March - 01 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  On this day in history birth of il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter  

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

1547  Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628) was born on March - 01.  

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 March - 01 death of saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500)  

0965  Leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies on March - 01.  

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

1131  On this day in history stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies  

1233  Death of Count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178) on this day in history.  

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

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

1510  On this day in history francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59