Page 9: Historical Events In March - 03

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

1962  British Antarctic Territory is formed on March - 03.   

1963  On this day in history 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  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1965  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1965  On March - 03 carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88   

1966  James Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1966  On March - 03 kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée   

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 this day in history.   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on March - 03.   

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 March - 03.   

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

1967  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1967  On this day in history georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

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

1968  Jean Beliveau (Montréal) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 points on this day in history.   

1969  Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days) on this day in history.   

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

1971  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

1974  George Foreman KOs Ken Norton on March - 03.   

1974  On March - 03 world's worst air disaster to date, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die)   

1974  Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43 on March - 03.   

1975  Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana on March - 03.   

1975  On March - 03 thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline   

1976  On March - 03 mozambique closes border with Rhodesia   

1976  On March - 03 alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92   

1977  On March - 03 libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms   

1977  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov (USSR)   

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

1978  Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland on March - 03.   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on March - 03.   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on March - 03.   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

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

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1606  On March - 03 birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  On this day in history pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

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

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on this day in history.   

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

1554  On March - 03 johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50   

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on March - 03.   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.