Historical Events In March - 08

1919  On March - 08 ivor Keys, musician/teacher   

1919  On this day in history auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88   

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

1920  On this day in history the management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways.   

1920  On this day in history denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations   

1920  On March - 08 eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children)   

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

1921  Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid on March - 08.   

1921  On March - 08 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 March - 08.   

1923  Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

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

1924  Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah on March - 08.   

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  On this day in history jaromir Podesva, composer   

1928  Frank Michael Beyer, composer on this day in history.   

1929  US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia on this day in history.   

1930  On March - 08 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 March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1939  Lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres on this day in history.   

1941  1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) on March - 08.   

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

1942  On this day in history first Japanese landings in New Guinea.   

1942  On this day in history japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma   

1942  KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies on this day in history.   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

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

1495  On this day in history 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 March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.   

1126  On March - 08 death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)   

1144  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.   

1403  On this day in history bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42   

1466  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55