Page 8: Historical Events In March - 05
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1977 Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52 

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

1978 Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California 

1979 Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172000 miles) 

1979 Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81 

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

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

1981 US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer. 

1981 World Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain). 

1981 Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64. 

1982 Comedian/actor John Belushi is are discovered 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. 

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

1983 Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative). 

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

1984 US accuse Iraq of using poison gas. 

1984 Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85. 

1986 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's inaugural national color newspaper). 

1986 Teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies 

1989 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37002000 

1990 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. 

1991 Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait. 

1991 August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 

1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks. 

1992 Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 

1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery. 

1993 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die 

1993 Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi 

1993 Diana Ochoa, dies after long illness at 80 

1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop 

1995 21st People's Choice Awards Tim Allen claims 

1995 Canadian Airborne Regiment officially disbanded at laying-up of the colors ceremony at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa; 660 paratroopers dismissed 

1995 In this year, Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party claims parliamentary election. 

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