Page 8: Historical Events In March - 03

1943  George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1944  The inaugural performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony.   

1945  Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter.   

1945  RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511   

1945  Roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed   

1945  US and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor.   

1945  US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61.   

1946  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill.   

1946  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51.   

1952  Puerto Rico approves their inaugural self written constitution   

1953  A Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's inaugural commercial jet crash   

1953  British Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed.   

1955  A truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his inaugural TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride"   

1956  Indonesian government of Harahap steps down.   

1956  Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in New York.   

1956  Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne).   

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79   

1957  World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham and Courtney Jones (Great Britain)   

1958  Nuri ash Said is recorded as becoming premier of Iraq   

1958  Miranda Richardson, English actress is born   

1959  British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis   

1959  inaugural 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.   

1959  Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 52   

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

1960  Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

1961  King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco   

1962  British Antarctic Territory is formed.   

1963  In this year, Senegal formally adopts constitution.   

1965  Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music"   

1965  Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

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1455  King john ii of portugal: King john ii of portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  Reginald pole: English cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  Matthias flacius: Croatian protestant reformer   

1583  Edward herbert of cherbury: English military/philosopher   

1589  Gisbertus voetius: [gijsbert voet], dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund waller: England, poet (penshust)   

1652  Thomas otway: England, playwright/poet (venice preserved)   

1678  Madeleine de verchères: French canadian heroine   

0561  Pelagius i: Italian pope (547-51, 556-61),   

1191  Death of Saladin [salah ad-din]) yusuf: Sultan of egypt/syria,   

1239  Vladimir iii rurikovich: Grand prince of kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  Death of Ausias march: Catalan poet,   

1554  Johann friedrich: The generous, elector of saxony (1532-47) and head of the protestant confederation of germany (the schmalkaldic league),   

1580  Death of Jacob hillebrand: Dutch mayor of groningen,   

1635  Death of Philips de l'espinoy: Historian/mayor of ghent,   

1703  Robert hooke: Scientific genius,