Page 9: Historical Events In March - 03

1965  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88   

1966  James Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY   

1966  Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)   

1966  Twister hits Jackson MS; 3 minutes after inaugural sighting, 57 die   

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

1967  Eric Burdon and the Animals refuse to do a show in Ottawa unless they are paid in advance; audience of 3000 go on a rampage, doing $5000 in damages.   

1967  Grenada gains partial independence from Britain, later the U.S. will come calling.   

1967  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

1967  Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66.   

1968  Greece, Portugal and Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague.   

1969  Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days).   

1971  South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles   

1971  Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa   

1972  Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA.   

1974  George Foreman KOs Ken Norton.   

1974  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   

1975  Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana   

1975  In this year, Thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline.   

1976  Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia   

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92.   

1977  Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms.   

1977  World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov (USSR).   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93   

1978  Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland   

1980  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.   

1982  Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams (D-NJ).   

1982  Statistics Canada confirms that Canada entered a recession in 1982. Gee all they had to do was ask me I could have told them.   

1982  Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45   

1983  Arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77.   

1985  "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis, premieres   

1985  National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike.   

1985  Near Coast of Central Chile a 7.8earthquate killed at least 177 people killed, 2575 injured and extensive damage in central Chile, including the cities of San Antonio, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Santiago and Rancagua   

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1455  King john ii of portugal: King john ii of portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  Reginald pole: English cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  Matthias flacius: Croatian protestant reformer   

1583  Edward herbert of cherbury: English military/philosopher   

1589  Gisbertus voetius: [gijsbert voet], dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund waller: England, poet (penshust)   

1652  Thomas otway: England, playwright/poet (venice preserved)   

1678  Madeleine de verchères: French canadian heroine   

0561  Death of Pelagius i: Italian pope (547-51, 556-61),   

1191  Death of Saladin [salah ad-din]) yusuf: Sultan of egypt/syria,   

1239  Death of Vladimir iii rurikovich: Grand prince of kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  Death of Ausias march: Catalan poet,   

1554  Johann friedrich: The generous, elector of saxony (1532-47) and head of the protestant confederation of germany (the schmalkaldic league),   

1580  Death of Jacob hillebrand: Dutch mayor of groningen,   

1635  Death of Philips de l'espinoy: Historian/mayor of ghent,   

1703  Robert hooke: Scientific genius,