Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  On this day in history ivor Keys, musician/teacher   

1919  Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on March - 08.   

1920  On this day in history denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations   

1920  The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways on March - 08.   

1920  Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations on this day in history.   

1920  Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children) on March - 08.   

1920  On this day in history rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69   

1921  On this day in history spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.   

1921  On this day in history cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side)   

1922  Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953) on March - 08.   

1923  On this day in history juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77)   

1923  Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

1924  Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT on this day in history.   

1924  On March - 08 coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah   

1924  Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) on March - 08.   

1925  Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer on March - 08.   

1927  On March - 08 pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  On March - 08 jaromir Podesva, composer   

1928  On this day in history frank Michael Beyer, composer   

1929  On March - 08 uS worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia   

1930  Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" on March - 08.   

1930  On this day in history mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India   

1930  On this day in history william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72   

1931  On March - 08 clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87   

1932  On March - 08 jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84   

1934  On March - 08 edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars   

1936  The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida on March - 08.   

1937  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on March - 08.   

1939  Lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres on March - 08.   

1941  1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67   

1942  First Japanese landings in New Guinea on March - 08.   

1942  Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma on this day in history.   

1942  KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies on this day in history.   

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.   

1495  On March - 08 birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  On this day in history albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  On this day in history death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.   

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.   

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on this day in history.