Page 8: Historical Events In March - 01

1934  On this day in history henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria   

1936  On this day in history the Hoover Dam is completed.   

1937  On this day in history governor Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles   

1937  On March - 01 the first permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)   

1937  On this day in history uS Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day   

1937  On March - 01 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)   

1937  Croydon epidemic of typhoid fever in Croydon, United Kingdom killing 43 people on March - 01.   

1938  On March - 01 g D'Annunzio, writer, dies at 74   

1939  Clarence Decatur C. D. Howe 1886-1960 opens first Trans Canada Air Lines transcontinental passenger service from Montreal to Vancouver on this day in history.   

1939  Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump exploded at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94 on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history 12th Academy Awards "Gone with the Wind", Robert Donat &Vivien Leigh win   

1940  Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published on March - 01.   

1940  12th Academy Awards on March - 01.   

1940  Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73 on March - 01.   

1940  On this day in history 12th Academy Awards: "Gone with the Wind", Robert Donat &Vivien Leigh win   

1941  On March - 01 "Captain America" appears in a comic book   

1941  German troops invade Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1941  On March - 01 himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp   

1941  The first US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville TN on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history extermination begins at Sobibor.   

1942  On March - 01 hMS EXETER sunk, East Indies, north west of Surabaya in Java Sea by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force.   

1942  Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java on this day in history.   

1942  Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews on March - 01.   

1942  Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia on this day in history.   

1942  On March - 01 malaria in Egypt   

1943  Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 01 the Canadian Women's Army Corps is founded as part of the Canadian forces; CWACs have full military titles and hold commissions.   

1944  On March - 01 massive strikes in Northern Italian towns   

1944  The Canadian government ends meat rationing on March - 01.   

1944  U-358 sinks in Atlantic on this day in history.   

1944  ... Formans, director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1945  British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi   

1945  FDR announces success of Yalta Conference on this day in history.   

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0040  On this day in history birth of martial, Latin poet (d. 102)   

1432  On this day in history birth of isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455)   

1456  Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On March - 01 birth of il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter   

1528  On March - 01 birth of albrecht V von Wittelsbach, [the Generous], duke of Bavaria   

1547  Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628) was born on March - 01.   

1597  Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652) was born on March - 01.   

1607  Giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer was born on this day in history.   

0589  Death of Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (b. 500) on March - 01.   

0965  On March - 01 leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies   

0986  Death of King Lothair of France (b. 941) on this day in history.   

1131  On this day in history stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies   

1233  On this day in history death of count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178)   

1244  On this day in history death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)   

1383  Amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49 on March - 01.   

1510  On this day in history francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59