Historical Events In March - 03

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

1962  On March - 03 british Antarctic Territory is formed  

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 March - 03.  

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

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

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

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on March - 03.  

1966  On March - 03 james Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY  

1966  Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée on March - 03.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

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 March - 03 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  Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa on March - 03.  

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 March - 03.  

1974  On March - 03 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  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on March - 03.  

1977  Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms on March - 03.  

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

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

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

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)  

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

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

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.  

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

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)  

0561  On March - 03 pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies  

1191  Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 on March - 03.  

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.  

1459  On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies  

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  On March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies  

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.  

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.