Page 6: 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  Alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56) on March - 03.   

1900  US Steel Corporation organizes on this day in history.   

1900  Edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo) on March - 03.   

1901  Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce on this day in history.   

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

1902  Ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride) on this day in history.   

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

1903  Gilbert Adrian, [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer on March - 03.   

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

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  The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri on March - 03.   

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  Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger on March - 03.   

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  On March - 03 george Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur   

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

1917  Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1500  On this day in history birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on March - 03.   

1589  On March - 03 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 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  On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

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  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 this day in history.