Historical Events In March - 04

1966  On this day in history demonstrators protest Vietnam war on Parliament Hill in Ottawa  

1966  John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus" on this day in history.  

1966  North Sea Gas was first pumped ashore by BP on this day in history.  

1966  Studebaker of Canada stops car production finally on March - 04.  

1966  Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

1968  On this day in history joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title  

1968  Martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign on March - 04.  

1968  On March - 04 orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched  

1968  On March - 04 alexandre Cellier, composer, dies at 84  

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

1970  French submarine "Eurydice" explodes on this day in history.  

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

1971  On March - 04 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  

1972  On March - 04 last train run between Penrith to Keswick UK  

1972  On March - 04 libya & USSR signs cooperation treaty  

1973  15th Grammy Awards The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America on this day in history.  

1973  15th Grammy Awards: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America on this day in history.  

1974  David Hares' "Knuckle", premieres in London on March - 04.  

1974  On March - 04 harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier  

1974  On this day in history adolph Gottlieb, US painter, dies at 71  

1977  On March - 04 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  

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 this day in history.  

1978  Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue on this day in history.  

1979  200th episode of "All in the Family" on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe  

1981  Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies on March - 04.  

1982  On March - 04 nASA launches Intelsat V  

1984  Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79 on March - 04.  

1985  On March - 04 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  Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery was born on March - 04.  

1492  On this day in history birth of francesco de Layolle, composer  

1610  On March - 04 birth of william Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)  

1651  On this day in history birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)  

1665  On March - 04 birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)  

1678  Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) was born on March - 04.  

1702  On March - 04 birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)  

0251  On March - 04 death of pope Lucius I  

0480  Death of Saint Landry, bishop of Sées on this day in history.  

1172  Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies on this day in history.  

1193  On this day in history death of saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)  

1238  Death of Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210) on March - 04.  

1303  Death of Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261) on this day in history.  

1484  On this day in history kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25  

1496  On March - 04 death of sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)