Page 8: Historical Events In March - 03

1941  Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 on March - 03.   

1942  First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane on March - 03.   

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  F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY on March - 03.   

1943  US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea on this day in history.   

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

1944  The first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 03 churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter   

1945  On March - 03 rAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511   

1945  On this day in history roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed   

1945  On this day in history uS & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor   

1945  On March - 03 uS 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on March - 03.   

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

1953  On March - 03 a Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash.   

1953  On March - 03 british Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed   

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

1956  Indonesian government of Harahap resigns on March - 03.   

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

1956  On this day in history morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)   

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on March - 03.   

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

1958  On March - 03 nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq   

1958  On March - 03 the birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress   

1959  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  Ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5") on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

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

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

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

1583  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  On this day in history 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  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 March - 03.   

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