Historical Events In March - 08

1919  Ivor Keys, musician/teacher on March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

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

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

1920  Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 on March - 08.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1925  Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer on this day in history.   

1927  Pan American Airlines incorporates on March - 08.   

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.   

1928  On March - 08 frank Michael Beyer, composer   

1929  US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia on this day in history.   

1930  On March - 08 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  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  Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84   

1934  Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars on this day in history.   

1936  The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida on this day in history.   

1937  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1939  On March - 08 lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres   

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

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

1942  On March - 08 first Japanese landings in New Guinea.   

1942  Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma on March - 08.   

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  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.   

1223  On this day in history death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

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

1466  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

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