Page 8: Historical Events In March - 06

1966  On March - 06 barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)   

1966  Richard Hageman, composer, dies at 83 on March - 06.   

1967  2nd Academy of Country Music Awards on March - 06.   

1967  On this day in history jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison   

1967  On this day in history muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted   

1967  On March - 06 stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US   

1967  Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 06 isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63   

1970  On this day in history beatles release "Let it Be" in UK   

1970  William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55 on March - 06.   

1971  Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 06 raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74   

1972  On this day in history jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner   

1972  On March - 06 keswick to Penrith railway officially closes   

1973  Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72 on March - 06.   

1974  An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo on March - 06.   

1976  World Ice Dance Championship in Gothenburg won by Liudmila Pakhomova &Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR) on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Irina Rodnina &Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR)   

1976  On this day in history world Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill (USA)   

1976  On March - 06 world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (Great Britain)   

1976  On this day in history "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, leight heavy weight boxing champ (1930-34), dies at 71   

1978  Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot &crippled by a sniper in Georgia on this day in history.   

1979  Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1980  7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation - Susan Lucci loses for first time on March - 06.   

1980  On this day in history french Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)   

1981  CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite gives his last newscast on March - 06.   

1981  On this day in history france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

1981  On March - 06 soyuz 39 returns to Earth   

1981  Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News" on March - 06.   

1981  On this day in history george Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies   

1982  Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) on March - 06.   

1982  On March - 06 ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77   

1983  On March - 06 helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections   

1983  On March - 06 new Bedford MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table   

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1340  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399) was born on March - 06.   

1405  On March - 06 birth of johan II, King of Castille   

1405  King John II of Castile (d. 1454) was born on March - 06.   

1459  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant was born on March - 06.   

1475  On this day in history birth of michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564)   

1483  On March - 06 birth of francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna   

1492  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer was born on March - 06.   

1495  On March - 06 birth of luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)   

0766  Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1252  On this day in history death of saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)   

1490  Death of Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458) on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador on this day in history.   

1583  On March - 06 zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48   

1615  On March - 06 pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns   

1616  On March - 06 francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)   

1627  Death of Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580) on March - 06.