Page 8: Historical Events In March - 03

1941  On March - 03 constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59   

1942  First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane on March - 03.   

1942  Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die   

1943  F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY on March - 03.   

1943  On March - 03 uS defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea   

1943  George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history the first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony   

1945  Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter on this day in history.   

1945  RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 03 roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed   

1945  US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor on March - 03.   

1945  On this day in history uS 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on March - 03.   

1946  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on March - 03.   

1946  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on March - 03.   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on March - 03.   

1952  Puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution on this day in history.   

1953  A Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history british Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed   

1955  A truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride" on March - 03.   

1956  On March - 03 indonesian government of Harahap resigns   

1956  Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in New York on March - 03.   

1956  On this day in history morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)   

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1957  World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain) on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq   

1958  On March - 03 the birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress   

1959  On March - 03 british government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis   

1959  First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched on this day in history.   

1959  The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on March - 03.   

1959  On this day in history lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  Ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5") on this day in history.   

1960  On March - 03 sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

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

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  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 March - 03.   

1606  On March - 03 birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

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 March - 03.   

1239  On this day in history death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on March - 03.   

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  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on this day in history.   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.   

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London