Page 6: Historical Events In March - 08

1942  On March - 08 jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53   

1943  335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg on this day in history.   

1943  Limited gambling legalized in Mexico on March - 08.   

1943  The birth of Lynn Redgrave, British actress2007 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admits that Israel had planned an attack on Lebanon in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months before Hezbollah carried out its kidnapping on this day in history.   

1943  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on March - 08.   

1943  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Arthur Vaughn on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history the birth of Lynn Redgrave, British actress   

1944  US resumes bombing Berlin on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 08 "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain   

1945  53 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history phyllis M Daley is first black nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign   

1945  On this day in history h J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald   

1946  On March - 08 first helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York NY)   

1946  1st helicopter licensed for coml use (NYC) on March - 08.   

1948  Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional on March - 08.   

1949  WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1950  Marshall Voroshilov of USSR announces they developed atomic bomb on March - 08.   

1950  On March - 08 the first woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters)   

1950  1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) on March - 08.   

1950  On this day in history jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67   

1951  International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) on March - 08.   

1951  Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) on March - 08.   

1951  On this day in history honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair   

1952  Antoine Pinay forms French government on this day in history.   

1952  Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis on this day in history.   

1952  World's first artificial heart on this day in history.   

1953  A census bureau report indicated that 239,000 farmers had quit tilling the soil and planting crops (giving up farming) over the previous two years on this day in history.   

1953  Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history "Two's Company" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 90 performances   

1954  On this day in history prime Minister Louis St. Laurent visits Canadian brigade in Korea during world tour   

1954  Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia on this day in history.   

1954  Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies on March - 08.   

1955  Clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

1293  On this day in history birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

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  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.   

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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