Page 7: Historical Events In March - 20

1956  Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp   

1956  USSR performs nuclear test.   

1956  156-day strike against Westinghouse ends.   

1957  Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it   

1958  50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line.   

1958  Greek Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist), Voice of Truth inaugural transmission   

1962  Sjoukje Dijkstra is recorded as becoming world champion figure skater.   

1962  Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies   

1963  Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke   

1963  1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC).   

1963  Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73.   

1964  ESRO established, European Space Research Organization.   

1964  Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41.   

1965  Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi   

1966  In Uganda a 6.75 earthquake was the most destructive earthquake in recent African history, about 140 fatalities and hundreds of injuries were reported   

1967  Supremes release "The Happening".   

1967  A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam   

1968  Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)   

1968  President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money   

1968  Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies   

1969  Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.   

1969  US President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970.   

1972  19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche.   

1972  Sicco L. Mansholt succeeds Franco M. Malfatti as chairman of European Committee   

1972  Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51.   

1973  On the Kerguelen-Gausberg Rise a 5.4 earthquake, the inaugural instrumental epicenter associated with this structure and is located in the Antarctic plate 1800 kilometers from the nearest seismic belt   

1974  Hydro Quebec workers on James Bay project riot; destroy millions of dollars of equipment; project closes down   

1974  Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62   

1976  In California, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is convicted of taking part in a 1974 armed robbery of a San Francisco bank.   

1976  Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery.   

1976  Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61.   

1977  Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as inaugural mayor in a century   

1977  Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India.   

1979  Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center.   

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1469  Princess cecily of york: Princess cecily of york (d. 1507)   

1477  Jerome emser: German theologian   

1502  Pierino belli: Italian soldier and jurist   

1634  Balthasar bekker: Frisian theologist (examiner of comets)   

1644  Ivan mazepa: Cossack hetman of the hetmanate   

1680  Baron emanuele d' astorga: Italian composer (stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul hamid i: Ottoman sultan   

1728  Franciscus l kersteman: Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

0687  Death of St. cuthbert: Patron saint of northumbria (b. c. 634)   

0842  Alfonso ii the chaste: King of asturia (791-842),   

1191  Death of Clement iii: [paolo scolari], pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades),   

1239  Hermann von salza: Grand master of the teutonic knights (c. 1179)   

1351  Death of Mohammed ibn-tughluq: Sultan of delhi india,   

1393  Death of Johannes nepomucenus: [jan nepomucky], czech saint, killed   

1413  King henry iv of england: King henry iv of england (b. 1367)   

1415  Death of Henry iv bolingbroke: King of england (1399-1413),