Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  On March - 03 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 March - 03 uS Steel Corporation organizes   

1900  On this day in history edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo)   

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

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

1902  On this day in history ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride)   

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

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

1903  North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses on March - 03.   

1903  On this day in history 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  Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France on this day in history.   

1906  Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer   

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  The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history francesco Siciliani, opera composer   

1912  Joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears) on this day in history.   

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

1915  On this day in history national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created   

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

1915  On March - 03 george Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur   

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

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

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 March - 03.   

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  On March - 03 birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

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

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  On March - 03 pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

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

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on this day in history.   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on March - 03.   

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  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on March - 03.   

1635  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London