Historical Events In March - 08

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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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist  

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

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

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.  

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.  

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)  

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

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer  

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  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.  

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway  

1223  Death of Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.  

1403  On March - 08 bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42  

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64  

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.