Page 6: Historical Events In March - 27

1938  Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66.   

1939  1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: U of Oregon beats OH State 46-33.   

1939  Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57   

1940  Himmler orders building of Auschwitz concentration camp, at Katowice   

1941  Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years   

1941  Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia)   

1941  Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul   

1942  Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire   

1942  Japanese still residing in California are told they must evacuate within 24 hours of receiving orders   

1942  Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York NY)   

1942  The Canadian Parliament passes War Appropriation (United Kingdom) Finance Act; $700 million British debt written off. The cost to each Canadian is $87   

1942  -28] Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire   

1943  Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau.   

1943  Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) inaugural heard on CBS Radio.   

1943  HMS DASHER lost 5 miles south of Cumbraes Island in Firth of Clyde, SW Scotland - by aviation gasoline explosion. Working up after repairs to storm-damage sustained during Russian convoy JW.53 the previous month   

1943  US begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia.   

1943  Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash   

1944  1000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp.   

1944  2000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania   

1944  40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo   

1944  Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno.   

1945  British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine   

1945  Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon"   

1945  General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken.   

1945  Iwo Jima occupied, after 22000 Japanese and 6000 US killed.   

1945  US 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden.   

1945  7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Okla State beats NYU 49-44.   

1945  Jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42.   

1947  Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies   

1948  Nikita Krushchev is recorded as becoming the new leader of the Soviet Union.   

1948  The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened.   

1948  Karel Candael, Flemish composer, dies at 64.   

1950  Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China   

1950  Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleve OH).   

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0972  King robert ii of france: King robert ii of france (d. 1031)   

1416  Antonio squarcialupi: Composer   

1554  Everhardus van bronchorst: Dutch lawyer   

1627  Stephen fox: English politician   

1665  Benjamin neukirch: German poet (herrn von hofmannswaldau)   

1676  Francis ii rákóczi: Leader of the hungarian uprising against the habsburg   

1696  Antoine court: French huguenot minister   

1702  Johann ernst eberlin: Composer   

0710  Death of Rupert of salzburg: Rupert of salzburg   

0922  Al-hallaj al-mughith-al-hsayn mansur: Persian mystic, beheaded at 64   

0965  Death of Arnulf i: The elder/the great, count of flanders (918-65),   

0973  Death of Herman: Duke of saxony   

1378  Death of Gregory xi: [pierre r the beaufort], last french pope (1370-78),   

1462  Death of Vasili ii of russia: Grand prince of moscow (b. 1415)   

1472  Janus pannonius: Hungarian poet/translator,   

1482  Maria: Duchess of burgundy/countess of holland,