Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On March - 03 congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar   

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

1899  On March - 03 alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)   

1900  On this day in history uS Steel Corporation organizes   

1900  On March - 03 edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo)   

1901  Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce on March - 03.   

1901  Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce on March - 03.   

1902  Ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride) on March - 03.   

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   

1903  On this day in history 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 this day in history uS Forest Service forms   

1906  On March - 03 vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France   

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  Riccardo Nielsen, composer on this day in history.   

1909  On March - 03 jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician   

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

1911  On March - 03 the first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri   

1911  Francesco Siciliani, opera composer on this day in history.   

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

1913  On March - 03 ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC   

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

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

1915  National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created on this day in history.   

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  Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar on March - 03.   

1917  On this day in history nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates   

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

1918  Richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin on March - 03.   

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1455  On this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

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  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 March - 03.   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.