Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On this day in history congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar  

1899  George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy on March - 03.  

1899  Alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56) on March - 03.  

1900  US Steel Corporation organizes on March - 03.  

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

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

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  On this day in history isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79  

1903  On this day in history north Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses  

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

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

1904  On this day in history 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 March - 03 uS Forest Service forms  

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

1906  On March - 03 artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir)  

1907  On this day in history aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer  

1908  On March - 03 riccardo Nielsen, composer  

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  On this day in history francesco Siciliani, opera composer  

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

1913  Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC on March - 03.  

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 March - 03 national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created  

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

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

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

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

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

1917  Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women) on this day in history.  

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

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

1583  On March - 03 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 this day in history.  

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

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  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 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  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on this day in history.  

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