Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar on March - 03.   

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

1899  On March - 03 alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)   

1900  On this day in history uS Steel Corporation organizes   

1900  On March - 03 edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo)   

1901  Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce on March - 03.   

1901  Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce on March - 03.   

1902  Ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride) on March - 03.   

1902  Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history north Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses   

1903  On March - 03 north Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses   

1903  On this day in history gilbert Adrian, [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer   

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  US Forest Service forms on March - 03.   

1906  Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France on March - 03.   

1906  Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir) on this day in history.   

1907  On March - 03 aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer   

1908  Riccardo Nielsen, composer on March - 03.   

1909  Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician on March - 03.   

1911  The birth of Jean Harlow, American film star on this day in history.   

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

1911  Francesco Siciliani, opera composer on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)   

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

1913  On this day in history margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger   

1914  On this day in history martin Ritt, actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game)   

1915  National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created on this day in history.   

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

1915  On March - 03 george Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur   

1917  Congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations on this day in history.   

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

1917  Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women)   

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 March - 03.   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on March - 03.   

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

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 March - 03.   

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

1239  On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

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  On this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on this day in history.   

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