Historical Events In March - 03

1899  Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar on March - 03.  

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  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  Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce on March - 03.  

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  On this day in history north Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses  

1903  North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses on March - 03.  

1903  Gilbert Adrian, [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer on this day in history.  

1904  Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder on this day in history.  

1905  On this day in history uS Forest Service forms  

1906  On this day in history vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France  

1906  On this day in history artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir)  

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 March - 03.  

1911  The birth of Jean Harlow, American film star on March - 03.  

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

1911  Francesco Siciliani, opera composer on March - 03.  

1912  Joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears) on this day in history.  

1913  Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC on this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger  

1914  Martin Ritt, actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game) on March - 03.  

1915  National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created on March - 03.  

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

1915  George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur on this day in history.  

1917  Congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations on March - 03.  

1917  On March - 03 great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar  

1917  Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates on this day in history.  

1917  On March - 03 bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women)  

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 March - 03.  

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

1520  On March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)  

1583  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher  

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist  

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.  

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

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

0561  On this day in history pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies  

1191  Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on March - 03.  

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

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