Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On March - 03 congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar   

1899  On March - 03 george Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy   

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

1900  US Steel Corporation organizes on March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1902  Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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  Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France on March - 03.   

1906  Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir) on this day in history.   

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

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  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  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 March - 03.   

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

1915  On this day in history the now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City.   

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

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  Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates on March - 03.   

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

1918  On March - 03 richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on March - 03.   

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  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on this day in history.   

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

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.   

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

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

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