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 March - 03.   

1963  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1   

1965  On March - 03 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée   

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

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

1969  Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days) on this day in history.   

1971  South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 03 winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa   

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

1974  George Foreman KOs Ken Norton on this day in history.   

1974  World's worst air disaster to date, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die) on March - 03.   

1974  On March - 03 barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43   

1975  On this day in history 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 this day in history mozambique closes border with Rhodesia   

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

1977  On this day in history libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms   

1977  World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR) on this day in history.   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on March - 03.   

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

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

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

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 March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.