Page 8: Historical Events In March - 03

1941  On March - 03 constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59   

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  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  George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on this day in history.   

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  On March - 03 rAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511   

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

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

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

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

1953  On this day in history 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  A truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride" on March - 03.   

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

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

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

1960  Ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5") on this day in history.   

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 March - 03.   

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

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

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  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 March - 03.   

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  On this day in history 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