Page 6: Historical Events In March - 14

1939  England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day.   

1939  Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia.   

1939  Robert Menzies steps down as Australia's attorney-general and deputy leader of the United Australia Party over party's refusal to adopt a national insurance scheme   

1940  27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen TX   

1940  27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas.   

1941  Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies.   

1941  Xavier Cugat and his Orchestraestra record "Babalu"   

1942  Australians are required to carry identity cards in World War II   

1943  World War II   

1944  Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66   

1945  During World War II, the 617 Dambuster Squadron of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) drops the heaviest bomb of the war on the Bielefeld railway viaduct in Germany. Known as the "Grand Slam," the 22000-pound bomb, which was designed by Sir Barnes Wallis, is dropped from an Avro Lancaster flown by RAF Squadron Leader C.C. Calder.   

1945  RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm   

1945  The heaviest bomb of World War II, the 9988kg "Grand Slam", is dropped by the RAF's Dambuster Squadron on the Bielefeld railway viaduct in Germany   

1946  Belgian government of Spaak, forms.   

1946  Labor-Progressive MP Fred Rose arrested for conspiracy to transmit wartime secrets to the Soviet Union; sentenced to 6 years in prison for spying.   

1946  Belgian govt of Spaak, forms.   

1948  Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco   

1948  Freedom Train arrives in SF.   

1950  FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins.   

1951  During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul   

1951  Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany   

1953  Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as Secretary of Communist Party   

1953  KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting.   

1953  Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56   

1954  Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game   

1954  Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72   

1955  Off the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

1955  Prince Mahemdra is recorded as becoming king of Nepal   

1956  Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)   

1957  Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo steps down.   

1957  Off the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.1 earthquake offucred.   

1957  Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo steps down.   

1958  RIAA (Recording Industry Association of American)is created and certifies inaugural gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star).   

1958  South Africa government disallows ANC.   

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1623  Adam-nicolas gascon: Composer   

1638  Johann georg gichtel: German mystic   

1681  Georg philipp telemann: Magdeburg germany, late baroque composer   

1692  Peter musschenbroek: Dutch physician/physicist (leyden jar)   

1726  Josef antonin stepan: Composer   

1727  Johann gottlieb goldberg: Composer   

1755  Pierre-louis couperin: Composer   

1782  Thomas hart benton: (rep), "old bullion"   

0840  Eginhard: French nobleman/biographer (vita karoli magni),   

0968  Matilda of ringelheim: German queen (c. 895)   

1272  Death of Re enzo: Italian poet/son of emp frederik ii von hohenstaufen,   

1298  Petrus johannis olivi: South france theologist,   

1457  Death of Jingtai emperor of china: Jingtai emperor of china (b. 1428)   

1490  Death of Charles i: Duke of savoy,   

1559  Death of Jacques d'auchy: Walloon baptist merchant, executed   

1573  Claude ii: Of lotharingen, duke of aumale/murdered adm coligny,