Historical Events In March - 08

1919  Ivor Keys, musician/teacher on March - 08.  

1919  Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1920  On March - 08 denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations  

1920  On March - 08 the management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways.  

1920  Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations on March - 08.  

1920  Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children) on this day in history.  

1920  On March - 08 rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69  

1921  On this day in history spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.  

1921  On this day in history cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side)  

1922  On March - 08 carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953)  

1923  On March - 08 juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77)  

1923  On March - 08 johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85  

1924  On this day in history coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT  

1924  On March - 08 coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah  

1924  On this day in history sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur)  

1925  Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer on March - 08.  

1927  Pan American Airlines incorporates on March - 08.  

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.  

1928  On March - 08 frank Michael Beyer, composer  

1929  On this day in history uS worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia  

1930  On this day in history babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"  

1930  Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India on this day in history.  

1930  On March - 08 william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72  

1931  Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1932  Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 on March - 08.  

1934  On this day in history edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars  

1936  The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida on this day in history.  

1937  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1939  On March - 08 lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres  

1941  1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) on this day in history.  

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1942  First Japanese landings in New Guinea on this day in history.  

1942  Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma on March - 08.  

1942  On March - 08 kNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies  

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist  

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.  

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on March - 08.  

1495  On March - 08 birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)  

1495  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)  

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)  

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)  

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer  

0883  On this day in history albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies  

1126  On this day in history death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)  

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.  

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway  

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.  

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on March - 08.  

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.  

1550  On this day in history juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55