Historical Events In March - 03

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

1942  On March - 03 first combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane  

1942  On this day in history amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43  

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

1943  On this day in history f Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY  

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

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

1944  On March - 03 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 March - 03.  

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1945  Roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed on this day in history.  

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

1945  On March - 03 uS 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall  

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  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  Indonesian government of Harahap resigns on March - 03.  

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 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 March - 03.  

1957  On this day in history 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  The birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress on March - 03.  

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

1959  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)  

1500  On March - 03 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  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  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 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 this day in history johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50  

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on March - 03.  

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

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