Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  Ivor Keys, musician/teacher on this day in history.   

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

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  On March - 08 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 this day in history.   

1921  Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side) on March - 08.   

1922  On this day in history 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  Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

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  On March - 08 sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur)   

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

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 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 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 March - 08.   

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  On this day in history the first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.   

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

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  First Japanese landings in New Guinea on March - 08.   

1942  Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma on this day in history.   

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

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1293  On this day in history birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.   

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

1607  On March - 08 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  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.   

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  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.