Historical Events In March - 03

1961  On March - 03 king Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco  

1962  British Antarctic Territory is formed on this day in history.  

1963  Senegal adopts constitution on this day in history.  

1965  Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music" on March - 03.  

1965  Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1 on this day in history.  

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on March - 03.  

1965  On March - 03 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR  

1965  On this day in history carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88  

1966  On March - 03 james Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY  

1966  On March - 03 kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée  

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1966  Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al) on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history twister hits Jackson MS; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die  

1966  On this day in history alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52  

1967  On this day in history eric Burdon and the Animals refuse to do a show in Ottawa unless they are paid in advance; audience of 3,000 go on a rampage, doing $5,000 in damages.  

1967  On this day in history grenada gains partial independence from Britain, later the U.S. will come calling  

1967  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on March - 03.  

1967  Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1968  On March - 03 greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague  

1968  On March - 03 jean Beliveau (Montréal) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 points  

1969  On March - 03 apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days)  

1971  South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles on March - 03.  

1971  On this day in history winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa  

1972  Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA on this day in history.  

1974  On this day in history george Foreman KOs Ken Norton  

1974  On this day in history world's worst air disaster to date, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die)  

1974  Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1975  On March - 03 linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana  

1975  Thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline on this day in history.  

1976  On March - 03 mozambique closes border with Rhodesia  

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.  

1977  Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms on March - 03.  

1977  On March - 03 world Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR)  

1977  On March - 03 percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93  

1978  On this day in history charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland  

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1455  On this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)  

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on March - 03.  

1520  On March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)  

1583  On March - 03 birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher  

1589  On March - 03 birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist  

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.  

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)  

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)  

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on this day in history.  

1191  On March - 03 saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52  

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.  

1459  On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies  

1554  Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1580  On March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies  

1635  On this day in history philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies  

1703  On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London