Page 8: 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  On March - 03 amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43   

1943  Bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die on March - 03.   

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

1943  US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea on March - 03.   

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 March - 03 churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter   

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

1945  Roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed on March - 03.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill   

1946  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.   

1948  On March - 03 antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51   

1952  On this day in history puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution   

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  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  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  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  World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain) on March - 03.   

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

1958  The birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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 March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

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 March - 03.   

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.   

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

1191  On March - 03 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 March - 03.   

1459  On March - 03 ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

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  On March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London