Page 8: Historical Events In March - 05

1972  Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party on this day in history.   

1972  Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78 on March - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1976  British £ falls below $2 for first time on March - 05.   

1977  Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52 on March - 05.   

1978  On March - 05 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances   

1978  On March - 05 landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California   

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

1979  Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81 on March - 05.   

1980  Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 on March - 05.   

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  On this day in history brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64   

1982  Comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history 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   

1982  On March - 05 russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data   

1982  John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 on this day in history.   

1983  On March - 05 bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative)   

1984  Supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene on March - 05.   

1984  On this day in history uS accuse Iraq of using poison gas   

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

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

1986  On this day in history teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies   

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

1990  The Crown charges 8 Canadian flour mills with rigging prices for food aid; $500 million over 12 years, so much for corporate ethics on March - 05.   

1990  On this day in history gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75   

1991  Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait on this day in history.   

1991  August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1993  On March - 05 boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery   

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

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1133  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  On this day in history birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.   

1512  On March - 05 birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on March - 05.   

1585  On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

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 March - 05 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  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69