Page 8: Historical Events In March - 06

1966  On March - 06 barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)   

1966  On March - 06 richard Hageman, composer, dies at 83   

1967  On this day in history 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards   

1967  On March - 06 jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison   

1967  Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted on March - 06.   

1967  On March - 06 stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US   

1967  Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65 on March - 06.   

1968  Isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1970  Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK on March - 06.   

1970  William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain   

1971  On this day in history raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74   

1972  On March - 06 jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner   

1972  On this day in history keswick to Penrith railway officially closes   

1973  Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72 on March - 06.   

1974  On March - 06 an Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo   

1976  World Ice Dance Championship in Gothenburg won by Liudmila Pakhomova &Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR) on March - 06.   

1976  On this day in history world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Irina Rodnina &Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR)   

1976  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill (USA) on this day in history.   

1976  On March - 06 world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (Great Britain)   

1976  "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, leight heavy weight boxing champ (1930-34), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1978  On March - 06 hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot &crippled by a sniper in Georgia   

1979  On March - 06 charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83   

1980  7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation - Susan Lucci loses for first time on March - 06.   

1980  On March - 06 french Academy, founded in 1635, elects it first woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)   

1981  On March - 06 cBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite gives his last newscast.   

1981  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on March - 06.   

1981  Soyuz 39 returns to Earth on March - 06.   

1981  Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News" on this day in history.   

1981  George Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies on March - 06.   

1982  On March - 06 susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)   

1982  Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77 on this day in history.   

1983  Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections on March - 06.   

1983  On this day in history new Bedford MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table   

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1340  On March - 06 birth of john of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)   

1405  On this day in history birth of johan II, King of Castille   

1405  King John II of Castile (d. 1454) was born on March - 06.   

1459  On this day in history birth of jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant   

1475  Michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna was born on March - 06.   

1492  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer was born on this day in history.   

1495  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione) was born on this day in history.   

0766  Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50 on March - 06.   

1252  On March - 06 death of saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)   

1490  On March - 06 death of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)   

1531  Death of Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador on March - 06.   

1583  On March - 06 zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48   

1615  Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns on this day in history.   

1616  Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history death of krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)