Page 8: Historical Events In March - 02

1967  9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night and Michele win   

1968  USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world.   

1968  USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit   

1968  World Ice Dance Championship in Geneva won by Diane Towler and Bernard Ford (Great Britain)   

1968  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR)   

1968  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (USA)   

1968  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (Austria).   

1969  Chinese-Russian borders fight (approximately 70 die)   

1969  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 14th Symphony.   

1969  Phil Esposito is recorded as becoming inaugural NHL Player to score 100 points in a season   

1969  The inaugural test flight of the supersonic Concorde.   

1970  American Airlines' inaugural flight of a Boeing 747.   

1970  Ottawa formally ends foreign takeover of Denison Mines, Canada's largest uranium mining company, by US interests.   

1970  Rhodesia declares an independent republic Britian replys with an economic blockade   

1970  Rhodesia gains independence   

1970  Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years   

1971  Charles W Engelhard, US silver multi-millionaire, dies at 54.   

1972  Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby   

1972  Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56.   

1973  "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum   

1973  Cleo Noel, US ambassador to Sudan, assassinated   

1974  16th Grammy Awards Killing Me Softly and Bette Midler win   

1974  Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up.   

1974  Greg Chappell makes 247 vs New Zealand, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six.   

1974  US inaugural-class postage stamps jump to 10 cents (from 8 cents).   

1974  Barbara Ruick, actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 41.   

1974  16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly and Bette Midler win.   

1975  Jean Kurt Forest, composer, dies at 65   

1976  Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest, it wasn't me   

1977  Bette Davis is inaugural woman to receive Life Achievement Award   

1977  Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson.   

1977  Libya amends constitution   

1978  Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6   

1978  The inaugural of many broadcasts of the evening soap "Dallas" on CBS TV.   

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1316  Robert ii: The steward, king of scotland (1371-90)   

1409  John ii: French duke of alencon/co-fighter of jeanne d'arc   

1459  Adrian vi: [adriaan f boeyens], netherlands, pope (1522-23)   

1481  Franz von sickingen: German knight   

1545  Thomas bodley: England, diplomat/scholar   

1555  Ludovico spontoni: Composer   

1578  George sandys: English colonist and poet   

1705  William murray: 1st earl of mansfield, scottish judge and politician   

0855  Death of Lothair: King of the franks and holy roman emperor (b. 795)   

0986  Lotharius: King of france (954-86),   

1122  Floris ii: The fat one, count of holland,   

1127  Charles: The good, count of vlanderen, murdered   

1316  Marjorie bruce: Daughter of robert i of scotland (b. 1296)   

1333  Death of Wladyslaw iv: The short one/great, duke/king of poland,   

1383  Amadeus vi: Count of savoy,   

1572  Death of Mem de sá: Portuguese governor-general of brazil