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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history f Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY   

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

1943  On this day in history 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  Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter on March - 03.   

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

1945  On this day in history roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed   

1945  On March - 03 uS & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor   

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

1945  On March - 03 arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61   

1946  On March - 03 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill   

1946  On March - 03 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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  British Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed on March - 03.   

1955  On this day in history a truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride".   

1956  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1956  Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) on March - 03.   

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

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

1958  On March - 03 nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq   

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

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

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

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

1959  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 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  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on March - 03.   

1191  Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.