Historical Events In March - 04

1966  Demonstrators protest Vietnam war on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on this day in history.  

1966  On March - 04 john Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"  

1966  On March - 04 north Sea Gas was first pumped ashore by BP  

1966  On March - 04 studebaker of Canada stops car production finally  

1966  On this day in history janis Medins, composer, dies at 75  

1967  On March - 04 world Ice Dance Championship in Vienna won by Diane Towler & Bernard Ford (Great Britain)  

1968  On March - 04 joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title  

1968  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign  

1968  Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched on this day in history.  

1968  Alexandre Cellier, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history rCMP to replace remaining dog teams with snowmobiles, Sargent York and his faithful dog Yukon can now rest easy..  

1970  French submarine "Eurydice" explodes on March - 04.  

1971  "City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey on this day in history.  

1971  Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- marries Margaret Sinclair in St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church; first Prime Minister to marry while in office; couple divorce in 1984 on March - 04.  

1972  Last train run between Penrith to Keswick UK on March - 04.  

1972  On this day in history libya & USSR signs cooperation treaty  

1973  15th Grammy Awards The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America on March - 04.  

1973  On March - 04 15th Grammy Awards: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America  

1974  On this day in history david Hares' "Knuckle", premieres in London  

1974  Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier on this day in history.  

1974  Adolph Gottlieb, US painter, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1977  A 7.2 earthquake occurred in Romania, it was centered about 170 kilometers northeast of Bucharest. It killed 1,500, injured about 10,500, and caused extensive damage in Bucharest and other parts of Romania on this day in history.  

1977  Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain on this day in history.  

1977  Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541 on this day in history.  

1977  The first big CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico on March - 04.  

1978  On this day in history chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue  

1979  200th episode of "All in the Family" on March - 04.  

1979  On March - 04 uS Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings  

1980  Robert Mugabe forms Zimbabwe's first black government on this day in history.  

1980  Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe on this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies  

1982  NASA launches Intelsat V on March - 04.  

1984  On this day in history shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79  

1985  On this day in history virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA  

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1188  On March - 04 birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)  

1394  On this day in history birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery  

1492  On March - 04 birth of francesco de Layolle, composer  

1610  William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On March - 04 birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)  

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on March - 04.  

1678  On March - 04 birth of antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)  

1702  Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.  

0251  Death of Pope Lucius I on March - 04.  

0480  On March - 04 death of saint Landry, bishop of Sées  

1172  On this day in history stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies  

1193  Death of Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on March - 04.  

1238  On this day in history death of joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210)  

1303  Death of Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261) on March - 04.  

1484  Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 on this day in history.  

1496  On this day in history death of sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)