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 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  On this day in history uS defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea   

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  On March - 03 churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter   

1945  On this day in history rAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511   

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

1945  On March - 03 uS & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor   

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

1945  On March - 03 arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61   

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

1946  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on March - 03.   

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

1952  Puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution on March - 03.   

1953  On this day in history 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  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  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  Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) on March - 03.   

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

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

1958  Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq on this day in history.   

1958  The birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress on this day in history.   

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 March - 03.   

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

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

1960  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on March - 03.   

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

1583  On March - 03 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  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on this day in history.   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on March - 03.   

1554  On March - 03 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 March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.   

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