Historical Events In March - 08
Friday, 24 March 2023
1919 Ivor Keys, musician/teacher on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history 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 Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations on March - 08.
1920 Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children) on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
1921 On this day in history 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 On this day in history carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953)
1923 Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77) on March - 08.
1923 On this day in history 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 On this day in history coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah
1924 On March - 08 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 On March - 08 frank Michael Beyer, composer
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 this day in history.
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 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 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history 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 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 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 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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