Historical Events In March - 05

1972  On this day in history greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party   

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

1973  On March - 05 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  Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1978  "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances on this day in history.   

1978  On March - 05 landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California   

1979  Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) on this day in history.   

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

1980  Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 on March - 05.   

1980  Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60 on March - 05.   

1981  US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer on March - 05.   

1981  World Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on this day in history.   

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

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

1982  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 on March - 05.   

1982  Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history john Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33   

1983  On this day in history bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative)   

1984  Supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene on March - 05.   

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

1984  Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 on March - 05.   

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

1986  Teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies on March - 05.   

1989  19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000 on March - 05.   

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

1990  Gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1991  Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait on this day in history.   

1991  On March - 05 august de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92   

1992  On March - 05 ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks   

1992  On this day in history andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82   

1993  Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery on this day in history.   

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

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.   

1324  On this day in history birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  On this day in history 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  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On March - 05 birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

0254  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.   

1534  On this day in history death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)   

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.   

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

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

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69