Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  On March - 08 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  On this day in history the management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways.   

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

1920  Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children) on this day in history.   

1920  Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

1922  On March - 08 carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953)   

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

1923  On this day in history johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85   

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

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

1924  On March - 08 sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur)   

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

1927  Pan American Airlines incorporates on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history jaromir Podesva, composer   

1928  Frank Michael Beyer, composer on March - 08.   

1929  On this day in history 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  William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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  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 March - 08.   

1941  1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) on March - 08.   

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

1942  On this day in history first Japanese landings in New Guinea.   

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

1942  KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies on March - 08.   

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

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.   

1293  On this day in history birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  On March - 08 birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.   

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

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

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  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55