Historical Events In March - 07

1961  On this day in history englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42   

1962  Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history launch of OSO 1, first astronomy satellite (solar flare data)   

1962  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)   

1962  On March - 07 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1963  On this day in history bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion   

1963  On March - 07 in Quebec FLQ starts campaign of violence by hurling Molotov cocktails at three Canadian Army armories.   

1963  On March - 07 sETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))   

1964  Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73 on March - 07.   

1965  On this day in history alabama state troopers &600 black protestors clash in Selma   

1965  On this day in history american marines land in South Vietnam   

1965  On this day in history bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton   

1965  Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile on March - 07.   

1965  On this day in history alabama state troopers & 600 black protestors clash in Selma   

1966  On this day in history department of Navy reorganized into present structure under CNO   

1966  On March - 07 in Northeastern China a 6..75 earthquake damaged thirty communes by the first shock indicating that about 300,000 Chinese were affected in the densely populated city of Singtai   

1966  On March - 07 mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1   

1966  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1967  On March - 07 clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", premieres in New York NY   

1967  On March - 07 pBRs assists Operation Overload II in Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam   

1967  On this day in history teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union &jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)   

1968  Operation Coronado XII begins in Mekong Delta, Vietnam on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 07 yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31   

1969  Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA on this day in history.   

1969  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release   

1970  World Ice Dance Championship in Ljubljana won by Liudmila Pakhomova &Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR) on March - 07.   

1970  On March - 07 world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Irina Rodnina &Alexei Ulanov (USSR)   

1970  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (German Democratic Republic) on this day in history.   

1970  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA) on this day in history.   

1971  Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory   

1973  Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) on this day in history.   

1973  On March - 07 sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh   

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0189  On this day in history birth of publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211)   

1481  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537) was born on this day in history.   

1543  Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1574  John Wilbye, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits) was born on March - 07.   

1621  On this day in history birth of georg Neumark, composer   

1659  Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) was born on March - 07.   

0161  On this day in history antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74   

0203  Death of Perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209) on March - 07.   

0308  Death of Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr on this day in history.   

0851  Death of Nominoe, Duke of Brittany on this day in history.   

1111  Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies on March - 07.   

1226  On this day in history death of william de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader   

1274  On this day in history thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48   

1305  On March - 07 gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78