Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On this day in history congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar   

1899  On March - 03 george Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy   

1899  On March - 03 alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)   

1900  On this day in history uS Steel Corporation organizes   

1900  Edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo) on March - 03.   

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

1901  On this day in history congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce   

1902  On March - 03 ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride)   

1902  Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1903  On March - 03 north Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses   

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  US Forest Service forms on this day in history.   

1906  On March - 03 vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France   

1906  Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir) on March - 03.   

1907  Aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer on March - 03.   

1908  Riccardo Nielsen, composer on this day in history.   

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

1911  On March - 03 the birth of Jean Harlow, American film star   

1911  On this day in history the first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri   

1911  Francesco Siciliani, opera composer on this day in history.   

1912  Joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears) on March - 03.   

1913  Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC on March - 03.   

1913  Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger on this day in history.   

1914  Martin Ritt, actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game) on March - 03.   

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

1915  On this day in history the now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City.   

1915  George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations   

1917  On this day in history great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar   

1917  Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates on this day in history.   

1917  On March - 03 bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women)   

1918  On March - 03 richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin   

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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  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On March - 03 birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

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

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on March - 03.   

1191  On this day in history 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  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on March - 03.   

1554  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.