Page 8: Historical Events In March - 06

1966  Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks) on this day in history.   

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 March - 06 muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted   

1967  Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US on this day in history.   

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

1968  Isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63 on March - 06.   

1970  Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK on this day in history.   

1970  On March - 06 william Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55   

1971  On March - 06 test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain   

1971  Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1972  Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner on March - 06.   

1972  On March - 06 keswick to Penrith railway officially closes   

1973  On March - 06 paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72   

1974  On this day in history an Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo   

1976  World Ice Dance Championship in Gothenburg won by Liudmila Pakhomova &Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR) on March - 06.   

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

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

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 March - 06.   

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

1980  On March - 06 french Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)   

1981  On March - 06 cBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite gives his last newscast.   

1981  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on March - 06.   

1981  On March - 06 soyuz 39 returns to Earth   

1981  On March - 06 walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News"   

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

1982  On March - 06 susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)   

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

1983  Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections on March - 06.   

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  Johan II, King of Castille was born on this day in history.   

1405  On this day in history birth of king John II of Castile (d. 1454)   

1459  On this day in history birth of jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant   

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

1483  Francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna was born on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history birth of jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer   

1495  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione) was born on this day in history.   

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

1252  Death of Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235) on March - 06.   

1490  On March - 06 death of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)   

1531  On March - 06 death of pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador   

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

1615  On this day in history pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns   

1616  On this day in history francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)   

1627  On this day in history death of krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)