Page 9: Historical Events In March - 03

1961  King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco on March - 03.   

1962  On March - 03 british Antarctic Territory is formed   

1963  On March - 03 senegal adopts constitution   

1965  On this day in history julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music".   

1965  On March - 03 temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1   

1965  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1965  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on March - 03.   

1966  James Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY on March - 03.   

1966  Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée on March - 03.   

1966  On this day in history rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)   

1966  On March - 03 twister hits Jackson MS; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1967  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 on this day in history.   

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

1967  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1967  On March - 03 georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

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

1968  Jean Beliveau (Montréal) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 points on March - 03.   

1969  Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days) on March - 03.   

1971  On March - 03 south African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles   

1971  Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa on this day in history.   

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

1974  George Foreman KOs Ken Norton on March - 03.   

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

1974  On this day in history barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43   

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

1975  On March - 03 thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline   

1976  Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia on March - 03.   

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

1977  Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR)   

1977  On this day in history percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93   

1978  On March - 03 charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on March - 03.   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on March - 03.   

1583  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on this day in history.   

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

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  On this day in history pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

1191  Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1239  On this day in history death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

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

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

1580  On this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.