Page 11: Historical Events In March - 01

1970  White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain on this day in history.   

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

1971  On March - 01 bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC   

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

1972  Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1972  London flu in United States killing 1,027 people on March - 01.   

1973  Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race on March - 01.   

1974  On March - 01 george Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November   

1974  On March - 01 ian &Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs New Zealand cricket at Wellington   

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 this day in history.   

1974  Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at 53 on March - 01.   

1974  On this day in history smallpox epidemic of India in India killing 15,000 people   

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

1975  Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1 on March - 01.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1977  On March - 01 uS extends territorial waters to 200 miles   

1978  Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery on March - 01.   

1978  On March - 01 coffin of Charles Chaplin stolen, only months after being buried   

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

1980  Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater on this day in history.   

1980  Patti Smith &MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI on March - 01.   

1980  On this day in history snow falls in the sunshine state of Florida   

1980  On this day in history john Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87   

1981  "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances on March - 01.   

1981  On this day in history 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   

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

1981  IRA member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. (Sands died 65 days later.) on this day in history.   

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

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0040  On this day in history birth of martial, Latin poet (d. 102)   

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

1456  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1597  Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652) was born on March - 01.   

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

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

1131  On March - 01 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 March - 01.   

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.