Historical Events In March - 03

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

1942  On this day in history first combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane  

1942  Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1943  Bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die on this day in history.  

1943  F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY on this day in history.  

1943  On March - 03 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  The first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony on March - 03.  

1945  On March - 03 churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter  

1945  RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 on March - 03.  

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1945  On this day in history roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed  

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

1945  US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61  

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  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on March - 03.  

1952  Puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution on March - 03.  

1953  On March - 03 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 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 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 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 this day in history.  

1959  First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched on this day in history.  

1959  The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on March - 03.  

1959  On this day in history lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52  

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

1960  On this day in history sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65  

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)  

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on March - 03.  

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.  

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.  

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist  

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)  

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on this day in history.  

1554  On March - 03 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 this day in history.  

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

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London