Historical Events In March - 05

1972  On March - 05 greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party   

1972  On this day in history nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78   

1973  Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45 on this day in history.   

1974  Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67 on March - 05.   

1976  British £ falls below $2 for first time on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52   

1978  On this day in history "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances   

1978  Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)   

1979  On this day in history vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81   

1980  Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 on this day in history.   

1980  On March - 05 jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60   

1981  US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer on March - 05.   

1981  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

1981  Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 on March - 05.   

1982  Comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood on March - 05.   

1982  Parliament passes Canada Oil and Gas Act; Petro Canada (the peoples oil and gas company) gets automatic 25% of all new offshore finds; to speed offshore oil and gas development on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data   

1982  John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 on March - 05.   

1983  Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative) on March - 05.   

1984  On March - 05 supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene   

1984  US accuse Iraq of using poison gas on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85   

1986  "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper) on March - 05.   

1986  Teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000   

1990  On this day in history the Crown charges 8 Canadian flour mills with rigging prices for food aid; $500 million over 12 years, so much for corporate ethics   

1990  Gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75 on March - 05.   

1991  Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait on March - 05.   

1991  On this day in history august de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92   

1992  On this day in history ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks   

1992  Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 on March - 05.   

1993  Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die   

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1133  On this day in history birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.   

1326  On March - 05 birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on this day in history.   

1563  On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on March - 05.   

0254  On this day in history lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.   

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1539  On this day in history death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)   

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  On this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies   

1576  On March - 05 don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.