Page 8: Historical Events In March - 05

1972  On March - 05 greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party   

1972  Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1974  Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67 on March - 05.   

1976  British £ falls below $2 for first time on this day in history.   

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 March - 05.   

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

1979  Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) on March - 05.   

1979  On March - 05 vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81   

1980  Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 on this day in history.   

1980  On March - 05 jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60   

1981  On this day in history uS government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer   

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

1981  On March - 05 brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64   

1982  Comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood on March - 05.   

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

1982  John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 on this day in history.   

1983  Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative) on March - 05.   

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

1984  US accuse Iraq of using poison gas on this day in history.   

1984  On March - 05 harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85   

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  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 March - 05.   

1991  On this day in history iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait   

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

1992  Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks on March - 05.   

1992  Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 on March - 05.   

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

1993  Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die on this day in history.   

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1133  On this day in history birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on this day in history.   

1326  On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

1512  On March - 05 birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.   

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

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on March - 05.   

1585  On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.   

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

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1574  On March - 05 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