Page 5: 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  Denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 08 cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side)   

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

1923  On this day in history 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  Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT on March - 08.   

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

1924  Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) on March - 08.   

1925  On March - 08 darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer   

1927  On this day in history pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on March - 08.   

1928  Frank Michael Beyer, composer on March - 08.   

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

1930  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" on March - 08.   

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

1930  On this day in history 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 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 March - 08.   

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

1941  On this day in history jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67   

1942  First Japanese landings in New Guinea on March - 08.   

1942  On March - 08 japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma   

1942  KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies on March - 08.   

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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 this day in history.   

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

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

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

1514  On this day in history 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  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.   

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

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

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

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