Page 9: Historical Events In March - 02

1976  Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest, it wasn't me on this day in history.   

1977  Bette Davis is first woman to receive Life Achievement Award on March - 02.   

1977  Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson on this day in history.   

1977  On March - 02 libya amends constitution   

1978  On March - 02 soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6   

1978  On this day in history the first of many broadcasts of the evening soap "Dallas" on CBS TV   

1979  On this day in history edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71   

1981  Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists on March - 02.   

1981  Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1981  On March - 02 janear Hines, actress (Roberta-Julia), dies at 30   

1982  Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru on March - 02.   

1982  On March - 02 philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity), dies at 53   

1983  On March - 02 compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips &Sony introduced   

1983  Final episode of MASH; 125,000,000 viewers on March - 02.   

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on March - 02.   

1984  On March - 02 iran offensive against Iraq fails   

1984  On March - 02 louis Basile, actor (Louie-The Super), dies at 48   

1985  On March - 02 uS approves screening test for AIDS   

1985  On this day in history john B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57   

1986  On March - 02 english Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US   

1986  The British Queen signs a proclamation giving Australia legal independence on March - 02.   

1986  Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian, dies at 56 on March - 02.   

1987  Randolph Scott, actor (Ft Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1988  Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP on this day in history.   

1989  On March - 02 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000   

1989  On this day in history exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil   

1989  Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial on March - 02.   

1989  New York Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez on this day in history.   

1990  On March - 02 a grenade attack at a Panama discotheque kills a US soldier and injures 28 other people.   

1990  Greyhound Bus goes on strike on this day in history.   

1990  More than 6,000 bus drivers go on strike against US transportation company Greyhound on March - 02.   

1991  UN votes in favor of US resolutions for cease fire with Iraq on this day in history.   

1991  On March - 02 clark Mollenhoff, US journalist (Pulitzer Prize), dies   

1993  On March - 02 claudette Colbert, suffers a stroke at 89   

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1316  Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90) was born on March - 02.   

1409  On this day in history birth of john II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc   

1459  On this day in history birth of adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)   

1481  On March - 02 birth of franz von Sickingen, German knight   

1545  On this day in history birth of thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar   

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer   

1578  George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1705  William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793) was born on this day in history.   

0855  Death of Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795) on this day in history.   

0986  On March - 02 lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44   

1122  On this day in history floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies   

1127  On March - 02 death of charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered   

1316  Death of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296) on March - 02.   

1333  On this day in history wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies   

1383  Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil