Page 8: Historical Events In March - 04

1966  On March - 04 demonstrators protest Vietnam war on Parliament Hill in Ottawa   

1966  On this day in history john Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"   

1966  North Sea Gas was first pumped ashore by BP on March - 04.   

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

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

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

1968  Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 04 martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 March - 04.   

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

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

1974  Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier on March - 04.   

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

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 March - 04.   

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

1977  On March - 04 the first big CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico   

1978  Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue on March - 04.   

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

1979  US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history robert Mugabe forms Zimbabwe's first black government   

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 this day in history.   

1982  NASA launches Intelsat V on March - 04.   

1984  Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1985  Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA on this day in history.   

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

1394  On March - 04 birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery   

1492  Francesco de Layolle, composer was born on March - 04.   

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

1651  John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1172  Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies on March - 04.   

1193  On March - 04 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  On March - 04 death of daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)   

1484  Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 on March - 04.   

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