Page 9: Historical Events In March - 03

1961  King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco on this day in history.   

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

1963  On this day in history senegal adopts constitution   

1965  On March - 03 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  On March - 03 carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88   

1966  On this day in history james Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY   

1966  Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 03.   

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

1967  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

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

1968  On this day in history 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  Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa on this day in history.   

1972  On March - 03 sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA   

1974  On this day in history george Foreman KOs Ken Norton   

1974  On March - 03 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  Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana on March - 03.   

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

1976  On March - 03 mozambique closes border with Rhodesia   

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on March - 03.   

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

1977  World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR) on March - 03.   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

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

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

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

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

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On March - 03 johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50   

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on March - 03.   

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

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.