Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On March - 03 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 March - 03.   

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

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 March - 03.   

1902  On March - 03 ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride)   

1902  Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 on March - 03.   

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  On this day in history gilbert Adrian, [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer   

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 March - 03.   

1905  US Forest Service forms on March - 03.   

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

1906  Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir) on March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1911  The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri on March - 03.   

1911  Francesco Siciliani, opera composer on March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1914  Martin Ritt, actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game) on March - 03.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women)   

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 this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history 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  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

1652  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

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

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 March - 03.   

1580  On March - 03 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.