Historical Events In March - 03
Friday, 25 October 2024
1941 Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1942 First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane on this day in history.
1942 On March - 03 amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43
1943 On March - 03 bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die
1943 F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history uS defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea
1943 George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on this day in history.
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 On this day in history rAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511
1945 Roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history uS & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor
1945 On March - 03 uS 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
1945 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on March - 03.
1946 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on March - 03.
1946 On this day in history 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 March - 03.
1953 On this day in history a Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash.
1953 British Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed on March - 03.
1955 A truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride" on this day in history.
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 March - 03.
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 World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain) on March - 03.
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 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 March - 03.
1959 Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 on this day in history.
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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