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Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scottp~ aborted after 6.5 orbits
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3/1 - Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria
3/1 - Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
3/2 - 215p~000 US soldiers in Vietnam
3/3 - WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanokep~ VA (IND) begins broadcasting
3/3 - Twister hits Jackson Miss: 3 minutes after 1st sightingp~ 57 die
3/3 - Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms
3/3 - Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinee
3/3 - "James Goldman's ""Lion in Winterp~"" premieres in NYC"
3/3 - Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stillsp~ Neil Youngp~ et al)
3/4 - Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyop~ 64 die
3/4 - North Sea Gas was 1st pumped ashore by BP
3/5 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3/5 - Player reps elect Marvin Millerp~ as exec dir of Players' Association
3/5 - Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
3/5 - 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fujip~ 124 die
3/6 - "Barry Sadlers' ""Ballad of the Green Berets"" becomes #1 (13 weeks)"
3/7 - Wait A Minim! opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 457 performances
3/7 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3/8 - Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame
3/8 - An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin
3/8 - Golden Boy closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 569 performances
3/9 - Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board
3/10 - 5 time Horse of the Yearp~ Kelsop~ retires
3/10 - North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
3/11 - Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
3/11 - A fire at two ski resorts in Numatap~ Japan kills 31 people.
3/12 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3/12 - Pioneer Plaza dedicated
3/12 - "Love's 1st album released ""Love"""
3/12 - Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6p~032 wins)
3/12 - Bobby Hull's 51st goal of seasonp~ sets record
3/13 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational
3/15 - Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
3/16 - Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scottp~ aborted after 6.5 orbits
3/16 - Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London
3/17 - US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
3/17 - South Africa government bans Defense & Aid Fund
3/18 - Pousse Cafe opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances
3/18 - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
3/18 - Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1
3/19 - Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins
3/19 - 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Ky 72-65
3/19 - Pousse Cafe closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 3 performances
3/20 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
3/21 - "Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that ""Fanny Hill"" is obscene"
3/23 - 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic & Anglican Church
3/24 - Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance
3/25 - "US Supreme court rules ""poll tax"" unconstitutional"
3/25 - "Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the ""Yesterday & Today"" albump~ It is later pulled"
3/27 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Louise Suggs Delray Beach Golf Invitational
3/27 - Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in USp~ Europe & Australia
3/29 - It's a Bird... It's Superman opens at Alvin NYC for 129 perfs
3/30 - "Barbra Streisand stars on ""Color Me Barbra"" special on CBS"
3/31 - 25p~000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
3/31 - Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
3/31 - USSR launches Luna 10p~ 1st lunar orbiter