Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On March - 03 congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar   

1899  George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy on March - 03.   

1899  Alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56) on March - 03.   

1900  On March - 03 uS Steel Corporation organizes   

1900  On March - 03 edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo)   

1901  Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce on this day in history.   

1901  On March - 03 congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce   

1902  Ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride) on this day in history.   

1902  On March - 03 isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79   

1903  On this day in history north Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses   

1903  North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses on this day in history.   

1903  On March - 03 gilbert Adrian, [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer   

1904  On March - 03 kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.   

1905  On this day in history uS Forest Service forms   

1906  Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France on March - 03.   

1906  On March - 03 artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir)   

1907  On March - 03 aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer   

1908  Riccardo Nielsen, composer on March - 03.   

1909  Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician on March - 03.   

1911  The birth of Jean Harlow, American film star on this day in history.   

1911  The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri on March - 03.   

1911  Francesco Siciliani, opera composer on March - 03.   

1912  On March - 03 joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)   

1913  Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1913  Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger on March - 03.   

1914  On this day in history martin Ritt, actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game)   

1915  On March - 03 national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created   

1915  On March - 03 the now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City.   

1915  George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur on March - 03.   

1917  Congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations on this day in history.   

1917  Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar on March - 03.   

1917  On March - 03 nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates   

1917  Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women) on March - 03.   

1918  Richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

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 March - 03.   

0561  On this day in history pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

1191  On March - 03 saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.   

1459  On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

1554  On this day in history 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 this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

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

1703  On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London