Page 8: Historical Events In March - 05

1972  Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party on March - 05.   

1972  On March - 05 nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78   

1973  Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45 on March - 05.   

1974  On March - 05 billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67   

1976  On this day in history british £ falls below $2 for first time   

1977  On March - 05 lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52   

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

1978  On this day in history landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California   

1979  On March - 05 voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)   

1979  On March - 05 vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81   

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

1980  Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60 on March - 05.   

1981  US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer on March - 05.   

1981  On March - 05 world Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

1981  Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 on March - 05.   

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

1982  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 on March - 05.   

1982  Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data on March - 05.   

1982  John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 on March - 05.   

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

1984  On March - 05 supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene   

1984  On March - 05 uS accuse Iraq of using poison gas   

1984  On March - 05 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  On March - 05 the Crown charges 8 Canadian flour mills with rigging prices for food aid; $500 million over 12 years, so much for corporate ethics   

1990  On March - 05 gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75   

1991  On this day in history iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait   

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  On this day in history andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82   

1993  Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery on March - 05.   

1993  Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die on March - 05.   

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.   

1324  On March - 05 birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  On March - 05 birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.   

1563  On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on March - 05.   

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on March - 05.   

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.   

1291  On this day in history death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

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  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on March - 05.   

1605  On March - 05 clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69