Historical Events In March - 03

1941  Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history first combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane   

1942  On this day in history amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43   

1943  On this day in history bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die   

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  On March - 03 the first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony   

1945  Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter on March - 03.   

1945  RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 03 roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed   

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

1945  US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61   

1946  On March - 03 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill   

1946  On March - 03 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

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  A Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash on this day in history.   

1953  British Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed on this day in history.   

1955  A truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride" on this day in history.   

1956  Indonesian government of Harahap resigns on this day in history.   

1956  Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in New York on March - 03.   

1956  On March - 03 morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)   

1956  On this day in history willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79   

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

1958  On this day in history nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq   

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

1959  On March - 03 british government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis   

1959  First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched on this day in history.   

1959  On March - 03 the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

1959  On March - 03 lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  On March - 03 ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")   

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 March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  On March - 03 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  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on this day in history.   

1191  On this day in history saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

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 this day in history.   

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.