Historical Events In March - 03

1941  Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 on March - 03.  

1942  On this day in history first combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane  

1942  Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 on March - 03.  

1943  On March - 03 bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die  

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

1943  US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea on this day in history.  

1943  George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on March - 03.  

1944  The first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony on this day in history.  

1945  Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter on March - 03.  

1945  RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 on March - 03.  

1945  On March - 03 roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed  

1945  On this day in history uS & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor  

1945  US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall on March - 03.  

1945  On this day in history arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61  

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  On March - 03 a Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash.  

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

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

1956  Indonesian government of Harahap resigns on this day in history.  

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

1956  On March - 03 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  On March - 03 world Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain)  

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  On this day in history first US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched  

1959  On this day in history the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.  

1959  On March - 03 lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52  

1960  Ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5") on March - 03.  

1960  Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 on March - 03.  

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.  

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"  

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on March - 03.  

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  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52  

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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