Historical Events In March - 08
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
1919 On March - 08 ivor Keys, musician/teacher
1919 Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1920 Denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations on March - 08.
1920 The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways on this day in history.
1920 Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations on this day in history.
1920 Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children) on March - 08.
1920 On March - 08 rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
1921 On March - 08 spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
1921 Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side) on March - 08.
1922 Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953) on March - 08.
1923 Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77) on March - 08.
1923 On this day in history johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85
1924 On this day in history coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT
1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah on March - 08.
1924 Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) on March - 08.
1925 On this day in history darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer
1927 Pan American Airlines incorporates on this day in history.
1927 Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.
1928 Frank Michael Beyer, composer on this day in history.
1929 On this day in history uS worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia
1930 On March - 08 babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"
1930 On March - 08 mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India
1930 On this day in history william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72
1931 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on March - 08.
1932 On this day in history jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84
1934 On March - 08 edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars
1936 On March - 08 the first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1937 On March - 08 albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71
1939 On March - 08 lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres
1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) on this day in history.
1941 On March - 08 jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67
1942 First Japanese landings in New Guinea on this day in history.
1942 On March - 08 japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma
1942 On March - 08 kNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies
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