Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On March - 03 congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar   

1899  On this day in history george Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy   

1899  On this day in history alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)   

1900  On March - 03 uS Steel Corporation organizes   

1900  Edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo) on this day in history.   

1901  On March - 03 congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce   

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

1902  On March - 03 ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride)   

1902  Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 on March - 03.   

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

1903  North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history 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  On March - 03 artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir)   

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

1908  On this day in history riccardo Nielsen, composer   

1909  Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician on March - 03.   

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

1911  On this day in history the first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri   

1911  On this day in history francesco Siciliani, opera composer   

1912  On this day in history joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)   

1913  On this day in history ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC   

1913  On March - 03 margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger   

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

1915  On this day in history national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created   

1915  The now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City on March - 03.   

1915  On this day in history george Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur   

1917  On this day in history congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations   

1917  On this day in history great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar   

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

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

1918  Richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

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

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on March - 03.   

1583  On March - 03 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  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

0561  On March - 03 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  On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

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

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

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.   

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