Historical Events In March - 03

1941  On this day in history constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59   

1942  On March - 03 first combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane   

1942  On March - 03 amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43   

1943  Bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die on March - 03.   

1943  On March - 03 f Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY   

1943  On this day in history uS defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea   

1943  On this day in history george Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1944  On March - 03 the first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony   

1945  On this day in history churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter   

1945  RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 03 roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed   

1945  US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor on this day in history.   

1945  US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall on March - 03.   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on March - 03.   

1946  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill   

1946  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on March - 03.   

1948  On March - 03 antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51   

1952  Puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history a Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash.   

1953  British Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed on March - 03.   

1955  On March - 03 a truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride".   

1956  On March - 03 indonesian government of Harahap resigns   

1956  Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in New York on this day in history.   

1956  Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) on this day in history.   

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1957  On March - 03 world Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain)   

1958  On this day in history nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq   

1958  On this day in history the birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress   

1959  On March - 03 british government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis   

1959  On March - 03 first US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched   

1959  The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on March - 03.   

1959  Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 on March - 03.   

1960  Ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5") on March - 03.   

1960  Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 on March - 03.   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  On this day in history birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  On March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  On March - 03 birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  On March - 03 birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

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  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

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

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

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on this day in history.   

1459  On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

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

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

1635  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London