Historical Events In March - 03

1899  Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar on this day in history.   

1899  On March - 03 george Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy   

1899  Alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history uS Steel Corporation organizes   

1900  On this day in history edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo)   

1901  Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce   

1902  On this day in history ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride)   

1902  Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1903  North Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses on this day in history.   

1903  On March - 03 north Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses   

1903  On March - 03 gilbert Adrian, [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer   

1904  On March - 03 kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.   

1905  On this day in history uS Forest Service forms   

1906  Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France on March - 03.   

1906  Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir) on March - 03.   

1907  Aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer on March - 03.   

1908  Riccardo Nielsen, composer on this day in history.   

1909  Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician on this day in history.   

1911  The birth of Jean Harlow, American film star on this day in history.   

1911  The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri on this day in history.   

1911  On March - 03 francesco Siciliani, opera composer   

1912  On March - 03 joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)   

1913  On March - 03 ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC   

1913  Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger on March - 03.   

1914  On this day in history martin Ritt, actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game)   

1915  National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history the now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City.   

1915  On March - 03 george Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur   

1917  Congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations on this day in history.   

1917  Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar on March - 03.   

1917  On March - 03 nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates   

1917  Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women) on March - 03.   

1918  On this day in history richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history 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 March - 03 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  On this day in history saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

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

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London