Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  On March - 08 ivor Keys, musician/teacher   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1924  On March - 08 coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT   

1924  Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah on this day in history.   

1924  On March - 08 sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur)   

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

1927  On March - 08 pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.   

1928  Frank Michael Beyer, composer on March - 08.   

1929  US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia on March - 08.   

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  On this day in history mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India   

1930  William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 on March - 08.   

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  On this day in history edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1942  First Japanese landings in New Guinea on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 08.   

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  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.   

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  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.