Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08
Sunday, 27 April 2025
1919 On March - 08 ivor Keys, musician/teacher
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 On this day in history eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children)
1920 Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 on March - 08.
1921 On March - 08 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 Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953) on March - 08.
1923 Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77) on this day in history.
1923 On March - 08 johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85
1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT on this day in history.
1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah on March - 08.
1924 Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) on this day in history.
1925 Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer on March - 08.
1927 On this day in history pan American Airlines incorporates
1927 Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.
1928 Frank Michael Beyer, composer on this day in history.
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 On this day in history mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India
1930 On March - 08 william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72
1931 On this day in history clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87
1932 Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars on March - 08.
1936 On March - 08 the first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1937 On this day in history albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71
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 March - 08.
1941 Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1942 First Japanese landings in New Guinea on March - 08.
1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma on this day in history.
1942 On March - 08 kNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies
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