Page 9: Historical Events In March - 03

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

1962  On this day in history 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  Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1 on this day in history.   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

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

1966  On this day in history 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  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  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  Grenada gains partial independence from Britain, later the U.S. will come calling on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 March - 03.   

1971  South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles on March - 03.   

1971  On this day in history winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa   

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

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

1975  Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana on March - 03.   

1975  On this day in history thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline   

1976  On March - 03 mozambique closes border with Rhodesia   

1976  On this day in history alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92   

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 this day in history.   

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

1978  On this day in history 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  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on March - 03.   

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  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 this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On this day in history 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  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 March - 03.   

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on this day in history.   

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

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