Historical Events In March - 08

1919  Ivor Keys, musician/teacher on March - 08.   

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

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

1922  Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1927  On March - 08 pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  On March - 08 jaromir Podesva, composer   

1928  Frank Michael Beyer, composer on March - 08.   

1929  US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia on this day in history.   

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  Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1932  On this day in history jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84   

1934  Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars on March - 08.   

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

1941  On this day in history 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)   

1941  On this day in history jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67   

1942  On March - 08 first Japanese landings in New Guinea.   

1942  On this day in history japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma   

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 March - 08.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

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