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

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

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  Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 on March - 08.   

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1924  On this day in history sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur)   

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 this day in history.   

1930  On March - 08 mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India   

1930  On March - 08 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 March - 08.   

1934  On March - 08 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 March - 08.   

1939  On this day in history lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres   

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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)   

1144  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

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.