Page 8: Historical Events In March - 03

1941  On this day in history constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59   

1942  First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane on this day in history.   

1942  On March - 03 amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43   

1943  On March - 03 bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die   

1943  F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1943  US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea on March - 03.   

1943  George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on March - 03.   

1944  On this day in history the first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony   

1945  On this day in history churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter   

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

1945  Roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1948  On this day in history antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51   

1952  On this day in history puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain)   

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

1958  The birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress on March - 03.   

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  On this day in history the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

1959  Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 on March - 03.   

1960  On this day in history ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")   

1960  Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 on March - 03.   

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1455  On this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

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

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on March - 03.   

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

1589  On March - 03 birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

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 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 March - 03.   

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

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

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on this day in history.   

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  On March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

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

1703  On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London