Historical Events In March - 03

1961  King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco on March - 03.   

1962  On this day in history british Antarctic Territory is formed   

1963  On March - 03 senegal adopts constitution   

1965  Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music" on March - 03.   

1965  On March - 03 temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1965  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on March - 03.   

1965  Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1966  On March - 03 james Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY   

1966  Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée on this day in history.   

1966  Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al) on March - 03.   

1966  Twister hits Jackson MS; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die on March - 03.   

1966  On March - 03 alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52   

1967  Eric Burdon and the Animals refuse to do a show in Ottawa unless they are paid in advance; audience of 3,000 go on a rampage, doing $5,000 in damages on this day in history.   

1967  On March - 03 grenada gains partial independence from Britain, later the U.S. will come calling   

1967  On March - 03 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1967  Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague   

1968  On this day in history jean Beliveau (Montréal) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 points   

1969  Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days) on March - 03.   

1971  On this day in history south African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles   

1971  On this day in history winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa   

1972  Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA on March - 03.   

1974  George Foreman KOs Ken Norton on this day in history.   

1974  World's worst air disaster to date, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die) on this day in history.   

1974  On March - 03 barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43   

1975  Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline   

1976  Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia on March - 03.   

1976  On this day in history alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92   

1977  Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms on March - 03.   

1977  World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR) on March - 03.   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on March - 03.   

1978  Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland on this day in history.   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On March - 03 birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

1652  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on March - 03.   

1191  On this day in history saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

1239  On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

1554  On this day in history johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50   

1580  On this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.