Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

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

1919  On March - 08 auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88   

1920  Denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1922  Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer   

1927  On this day in history pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  On March - 08 jaromir Podesva, composer   

1928  Frank Michael Beyer, composer on March - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1942  On March - 08 japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma   

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

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

1286  On this day in history birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

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

1495  On this day in history 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  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

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

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.   

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

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

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

1403  On March - 08 bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42   

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.