Historical Events In March - 01

1959  Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years on March - 01.   

1959  Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament on March - 01.   

1961  On March - 01 president Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps   

1961  The Peace Corps is established by US President John F. Kennedy on this day in history.   

1961  Seventh cholera pandemic in Worldwide on this day in history.   

1962  American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95 on March - 01.   

1962  K-Mart opens on March - 01.   

1962  On March - 01 uganda became a self-governing country   

1962  On this day in history uS/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada   

1962  Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at 70 on March - 01.   

1963  On this day in history 200,000 French mine workers strike   

1964  Sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54 on March - 01.   

1965  Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-years for misconduct on March - 01.   

1965  Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec) on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history boleslav Vomacka, composer, dies at 77   

1966  Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria on this day in history.   

1966  First ever (crash) landing on Venus took place by the soviet probe Venus 3 on March - 01.   

1966  On this day in history venera 3 becomes first man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)   

1967  Dominica &St Lucia gain independence from Britain on March - 01.   

1967  On this day in history house of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)   

1967  On this day in history queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London   

1968  Country music artists Johnny Cash and June Carter are married on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history nBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return great news!!   

1968  On this day in history pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting   

1968  Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1968  Singers Johnny Cash (36) &June Carter (38) wed on March - 01.   

1968  Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect on March - 01.   

1968  On this day in history g v d Vring, writer, dies   

1968  On March - 01 hong Kong flu in Worldwide killing 1-4 million people   

1969  After 88 weeks Sergeant Pepper drops off the charts on March - 01.   

1969  On this day in history new York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball   

1970  Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released on this day in history.   

1970  On March - 01 end of US commercial whale hunting   

1970  On March - 01 kreisky's social-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election   

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0040  Martial, Latin poet (d. 102) was born on March - 01.   

1432  Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455) was born on this day in history.   

1456  On this day in history birth of wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)   

1494  Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter was born on March - 01.   

1528  Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, [the Generous], duke of Bavaria was born on March - 01.   

1547  On this day in history birth of rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)   

1597  Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On March - 01 birth of giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer   

0589  Death of Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500) on March - 01.   

0965  On this day in history leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies   

0986  On March - 01 death of king Lothair of France (b. 941)   

1131  Stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies on this day in history.   

1233  Death of Count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178) on this day in history.   

1244  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200) on this day in history.   

1383  On this day in history amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49   

1510  Francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59 on this day in history.