Page 7: Historical Events In March - 15

1957  Britian is recorded as becoming the 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb   

1957  3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain)   

1958  Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled   

1958  USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test   

1958  "Body Beautiful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 60 performances   

1959  Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds   

1960  Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park).   

1960  National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated.   

1961  South Africa withdrews from British Commonwealth   

1962  5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter   

1962  Donald Jackson of Canada, is inaugural to land a triple lutz ice skate jump.   

1962  Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64   

1964  LBJ asks for a War on Poverty   

1964  Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton more to come)   

1964  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1964  Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75.   

1965  LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote.   

1966  8th Grammy Awards Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Streisand   

1966  Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles.   

1966  Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63.   

1966  8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Streisand.   

1967  AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum.   

1967  Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil   

1968  British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown steps down.   

1968  Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept", but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri   

1968  In Ottawa the government suspends gold trading by Canadian banks and dealers; to dampen speculation   

1968  LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world".   

1968  Uprising in South Yemen.   

1968  US Mint formally ends buying and selling gold   

1969  US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas steps down   

1969  Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute (100s dead)   

1969  Miles Malleson, actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80   

1970  Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan   

1970  Josef Martin Bauer, writer, dies at 68.   

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0938  On this day in history birth of romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)   

1275  Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318) was born on this day in history.   

1455  On March - 15 birth of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)   

1493  On this day in history birth of anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France   

1591  Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of shunzhi Emperor of China   

1666  On this day in history birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)   

1666  On this day in history birth of george Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)   

0044  Death of Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC) on this day in history.   

0493  Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies on March - 15.   

0752  Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22] on this day in history.   

0963  Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1034  On this day in history mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies   

1145  Death of Pope Lucius II on March - 15.   

1311  Death of Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history death of annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)