Page 9: Historical Events In March - 03

1961  On this day in history king Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco   

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

1963  On this day in history senegal adopts constitution   

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

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

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

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   

1966  Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al) on March - 03.   

1966  Twister hits Jackson MS; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die on this day in history.   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on March - 03.   

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 March - 03 grenada gains partial independence from Britain, later the U.S. will come calling   

1967  On March - 03 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1967  Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66 on March - 03.   

1968  Greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history jean Beliveau (Montréal) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 points   

1969  On this day in history apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days)   

1971  On this day in history south African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles   

1971  On March - 03 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 March - 03 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  On March - 03 thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline   

1976  On this day in history 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 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  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

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

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

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

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

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

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on March - 03.   

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

1239  On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on March - 03.   

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

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