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 this day in history.   

1920  Denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations on March - 08.   

1920  The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways on this day in history.   

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

1920  On this day in history eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children)   

1920  On March - 08 rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69   

1921  Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid on March - 08.   

1921  On March - 08 cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side)   

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

1923  On March - 08 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 March - 08.   

1924  On this day in history 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  Pan American Airlines incorporates on this day in history.   

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history frank Michael Beyer, composer   

1929  On this day in history uS worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia   

1930  On this day in history 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"   

1930  Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India on March - 08.   

1930  William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 on March - 08.   

1931  Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1932  Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 on March - 08.   

1934  On this day in history edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars   

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

1937  On March - 08 albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71   

1939  Lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres on this day in history.   

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

1941  On March - 08 jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67   

1942  First Japanese landings in New Guinea on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma   

1942  On this day in history kNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies   

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

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 this day in history 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  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.   

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

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.   

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.   

1403  On March - 08 bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42   

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

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