Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  On March - 08 ivor Keys, musician/teacher   

1919  Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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  Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations on March - 08.   

1920  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1924  Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) on this day in history.   

1925  Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer on March - 08.   

1927  On this day in history pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.   

1928  Frank Michael Beyer, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  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 March - 08.   

1936  On March - 08 the first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.   

1937  On this day in history albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71   

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 March - 08.   

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on March - 08.   

1495  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.   

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

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

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

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

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

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

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 this day in history.   

1550  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55