Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar on March - 03.   

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

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

1902  On March - 03 isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79   

1903  North Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses on this day in history.   

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  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  US Forest Service forms on March - 03.   

1906  Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France on March - 03.   

1906  On this day in history artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir)   

1907  On this day in history aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer   

1908  Riccardo Nielsen, composer on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history 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 March - 03.   

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

1913  On this day in history ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC   

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

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

1915  On March - 03 national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created   

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

1915  George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur on March - 03.   

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

1917  On March - 03 great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar   

1917  On March - 03 nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates   

1917  On March - 03 bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women)   

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

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on March - 03.   

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

1520  On March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

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

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  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

0561  On this day in history 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  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  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.