Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On this day in history congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar   

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  On this day in history edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo)   

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

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 March - 03 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 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 this day in history uS Forest Service forms   

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

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  Riccardo Nielsen, composer on this day in history.   

1909  Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician on this day in history.   

1911  The birth of Jean Harlow, American film star on this day in history.   

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 March - 03.   

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

1913  Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger on March - 03.   

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

1915  On March - 03 george Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur   

1917  Congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  On March - 03 pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

1191  Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 on March - 03.   

1239  On March - 03 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  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.