Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On this day in history congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar   

1899  George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)   

1900  On this day in history uS Steel Corporation organizes   

1900  Edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo) on March - 03.   

1901  Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce on this day in history.   

1901  On March - 03 congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce   

1902  Ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride) on this day in history.   

1902  Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 on March - 03.   

1903  North Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses on March - 03.   

1903  North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses on March - 03.   

1903  Gilbert Adrian, [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer on March - 03.   

1904  On March - 03 kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.   

1905  On this day in history uS Forest Service forms   

1906  On March - 03 vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France   

1906  On March - 03 artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir)   

1907  Aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer on March - 03.   

1908  Riccardo Nielsen, composer on March - 03.   

1909  Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history the birth of Jean Harlow, American film star   

1911  On March - 03 the first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri   

1911  On this day in history francesco Siciliani, opera composer   

1912  Joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears) on March - 03.   

1913  Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1913  Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger on this day in history.   

1914  Martin Ritt, actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game) on March - 03.   

1915  On March - 03 national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created   

1915  The now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City on March - 03.   

1915  George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur on March - 03.   

1917  On March - 03 congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations   

1917  Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar on this day in history.   

1917  On March - 03 nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates   

1917  Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women) on March - 03.   

1918  On March - 03 richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on this day in history.   

1191  On March - 03 saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50   

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.