Historical Events In March - 02

1976  Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest, it wasn't me on March - 02.  

1977  On this day in history bette Davis is first woman to receive Life Achievement Award  

1977  Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson on March - 02.  

1977  Libya amends constitution on March - 02.  

1978  Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6 on this day in history.  

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  On March - 02 aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists  

1981  On this day in history howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington DC  

1981  Janear Hines, actress (Roberta-Julia), dies at 30 on March - 02.  

1982  On March - 02 terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru  

1982  On this day in history philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity), dies at 53  

1983  Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips &Sony introduced on March - 02.  

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

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on March - 02.  

1984  Iran offensive against Iraq fails on this day in history.  

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

1985  On March - 02 uS approves screening test for AIDS  

1985  John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57 on March - 02.  

1986  English Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US on March - 02.  

1986  On March - 02 the British Queen signs a proclamation giving Australia legal independence  

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

1987  On March - 02 randolph Scott, actor (Ft Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), dies at 89  

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  Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil on March - 02.  

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

1989  On this day in history new York Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez  

1990  A grenade attack at a Panama discotheque kills a US soldier and injures 28 other people on this day in history.  

1990  Greyhound Bus goes on strike on March - 02.  

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 March - 02.  

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

1993  Claudette Colbert, suffers a stroke at 89 on March - 02.  

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1316  On this day in history birth of robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)  

1409  John II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc was born on March - 02.  

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  Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar was born on this day in history.  

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

1578  George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644) was born on March - 02.  

1705  On March - 02 birth of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)  

0855  On March - 02 death of lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)  

0986  Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 on March - 02.  

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  Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies on March - 02.  

1383  On March - 02 amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies  

1572  Death of Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil on this day in history.