Page 8: Historical Events In March - 03

1941  Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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 March - 03.   

1943  Bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die on this day in history.   

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

1943  On this day in history uS defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea   

1943  On March - 03 george Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

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

1945  On this day in history churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter   

1945  On this day in history rAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511   

1945  On March - 03 roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed   

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

1945  US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall on this day in history.   

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

1946  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on this day in history.   

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

1948  On this day in history antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51   

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 March - 03.   

1953  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history indonesian government of Harahap resigns   

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  Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 03 willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79   

1957  On March - 03 world Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain)   

1958  Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history the birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress   

1959  British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis on March - 03.   

1959  On March - 03 first US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched   

1959  On March - 03 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  On March - 03 ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")   

1960  Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 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.