Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On this day in history congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar   

1899  On this day in history george Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy   

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

1900  On March - 03 uS Steel Corporation organizes   

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

1901  On this day in history congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce   

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

1902  On this day in history ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride)   

1902  On this day in history isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1908  Riccardo Nielsen, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1911  The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri on March - 03.   

1911  Francesco Siciliani, opera composer on March - 03.   

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

1913  On March - 03 ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC   

1913  Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger on March - 03.   

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

1915  National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created on March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 03.   

1917  On this day in history nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates   

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

1918  Richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin on March - 03.   

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

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

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

1589  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0561  On March - 03 pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

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

1239  On this day in history death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

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

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  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.