Page 11: Historical Events In March - 01

1970  On March - 01 white government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain   

1970  Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1971  Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1972  On March - 01 wilt Chamberlain is the first NBA player to score 30,000 points   

1972  Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1972  outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia killing 35 people on this day in history.   

1972  London flu in United States killing 1,027 people on this day in history.   

1973  Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history george Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November   

1974  Ian &Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs New Zealand cricket at Wellington on March - 01.   

1974  On March - 01 sikorsky's triple-turbine helicopter, the YCH-53E, largest and most powerful helicopter in the western world, made its first flight   

1974  On this day in history the BC Court of Appeals rules Indian child can be adopted by non-Indian parents without losing status   

1974  Watergate grand jury indicts 7 Presidential aides on March - 01.   

1974  On this day in history jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at 53   

1974  smallpox epidemic of India in India killing 15,000 people on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history 17th Grammy Awards I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win   

1975  Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1 on this day in history.   

1975  17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win on this day in history.   

1976  The Alberta Government founds Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund with windfall oil royalties on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66   

1977  Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards on March - 01.   

1977  On March - 01 uS extends territorial waters to 200 miles   

1978  On this day in history charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery   

1978  On this day in history coffin of Charles Chaplin stolen, only months after being buried   

1979  Dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73 on March - 01.   

1980  Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history patti Smith &MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI   

1980  Snow falls in the sunshine state of Florida on this day in history.   

1980  John Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87 on March - 01.   

1981  "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances on this day in history.   

1981  Alberta cuts oil production to protest Ottawa's National Energy Policy the federal government replies by a compensation charge as Energy Minister Marc Lalonde matches Alberta cutbacks by a "Lougheed Levy" to subsidize imports on March - 01.   

1981  Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison (he dies) on March - 01.   

1981  IRA member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. (Sands died 65 days later.) on March - 01.   

1981  Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic on this day in history.   

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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 March - 01.   

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

1494  On this day in history birth of il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter   

1528  On March - 01 birth of albrecht V von Wittelsbach, [the Generous], duke of Bavaria   

1547  On March - 01 birth of rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)   

1597  On March - 01 birth of jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)   

1607  On this day in history birth of giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer   

0589  Death of Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500) on this day in history.   

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  On March - 01 stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies   

1233  On March - 01 death of count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178)   

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

1383  Amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49 on March - 01.   

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