Page 8: Historical Events In March - 03

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  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  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  The first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony on this day in history.   

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  US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor on March - 03.   

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

1945  On March - 03 arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61   

1946  On March - 03 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill   

1946  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on March - 03.   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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 March - 03 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 March - 03.   

1956  Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) on this day in history.   

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain)   

1958  On March - 03 nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq   

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  First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched on March - 03.   

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

1959  Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1960  Ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5") on March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

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 March - 03 birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

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

1191  Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1239  On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  On this day in history 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 this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  On this day in history philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

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