Page 8: Historical Events In March - 05

1972  Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party on March - 05.   

1972  On this day in history nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78   

1973  On this day in history rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45   

1974  On this day in history billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67   

1976  On March - 05 british £ falls below $2 for first time   

1977  On this day in history lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52   

1978  On March - 05 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances   

1978  On this day in history landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California   

1979  On March - 05 voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)   

1979  Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81 on March - 05.   

1980  On this day in history earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49   

1980  Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1981  US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer on this day in history.   

1981  On March - 05 world Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

1981  On this day in history brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64   

1982  On this day in history comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood.   

1982  On this day in history parliament passes Canada Oil and Gas Act; Petro Canada (the peoples oil and gas company) gets automatic 25% of all new offshore finds; to speed offshore oil and gas development   

1982  On March - 05 russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data   

1982  John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 on March - 05.   

1983  On March - 05 bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative)   

1984  On this day in history supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene   

1984  US accuse Iraq of using poison gas on March - 05.   

1984  Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1986  "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper) on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies   

1989  On this day in history 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000   

1990  The Crown charges 8 Canadian flour mills with rigging prices for food aid; $500 million over 12 years, so much for corporate ethics on March - 05.   

1990  On March - 05 gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75   

1991  Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait on March - 05.   

1991  August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 on March - 05.   

1992  On this day in history ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks   

1992  Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery   

1993  Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die on March - 05.   

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1133  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  On March - 05 birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  On March - 05 birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on this day in history.   

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

1585  On this day in history birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1585  On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.   

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on this day in history.   

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1539  On March - 05 death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)   

1561  On March - 05 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  On this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies   

1576  On this day in history don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.