Historical Events In March - 08

1919  On March - 08 ivor Keys, musician/teacher   

1919  On this day in history auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88   

1920  Denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations on this day in history.   

1920  The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways on March - 08.   

1920  On March - 08 denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations   

1920  Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children) on this day in history.   

1920  On March - 08 rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69   

1921  On March - 08 spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.   

1921  On March - 08 cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side)   

1922  On this day in history carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953)   

1923  Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77) on this day in history.   

1923  Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT   

1924  Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah on this day in history.   

1924  Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) on this day in history.   

1925  Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer on this day in history.   

1927  Pan American Airlines incorporates on this day in history.   

1927  On March - 08 jaromir Podesva, composer   

1928  On March - 08 frank Michael Beyer, composer   

1929  On this day in history uS worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia   

1930  On this day in history babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"   

1930  On March - 08 mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India   

1930  On March - 08 william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72   

1931  Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1932  On March - 08 jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84   

1934  On this day in history edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars   

1936  On March - 08 the first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.   

1937  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1939  On March - 08 lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres   

1941  On March - 08 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)   

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

1942  On this day in history first Japanese landings in New Guinea.   

1942  On March - 08 japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma   

1942  On March - 08 kNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies   

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.   

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

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  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on this day in history.