Historical Events In March - 03

1941  Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 on March - 03.   

1942  On this day in history first combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane   

1942  On March - 03 amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43   

1943  Bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die on March - 03.   

1943  On March - 03 f Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY   

1943  US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea on March - 03.   

1943  On this day in history george Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1944  The first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony on March - 03.   

1945  Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter on March - 03.   

1945  RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed   

1945  On March - 03 uS & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor   

1945  US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall on this day in history.   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill   

1946  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1948  On March - 03 antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51   

1952  Puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution on this day in history.   

1953  A Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash on March - 03.   

1953  British Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed on this day in history.   

1955  A truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride" on this day in history.   

1956  Indonesian government of Harahap resigns on this day in history.   

1956  Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in New York on this day in history.   

1956  Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 03 willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79   

1957  On March - 03 world Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain)   

1958  On this day in history nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq   

1958  On this day in history the birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress   

1959  On March - 03 british government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis   

1959  On March - 03 first US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched   

1959  On this day in history the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

1959  Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 on March - 03.   

1960  Ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5") on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

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

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on this day in history.   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on this day in history.   

1191  On March - 03 saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

1239  On this day in history death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on March - 03.   

1554  On this day in history johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50   

1580  On this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  On this day in history philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London