Page 6: Historical Events In March - 03

1899  Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar on this day in history.   

1899  George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy on this day in history.   

1899  Alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history uS Steel Corporation organizes   

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

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

1901  On this day in history 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 this day in history isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79   

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

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

1903  Gilbert Adrian, [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history 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 March - 03.   

1906  On this day in history artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir)   

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

1908  On March - 03 riccardo Nielsen, composer   

1909  On March - 03 jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician   

1911  The birth of Jean Harlow, American film star on March - 03.   

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

1911  Francesco Siciliani, opera composer on March - 03.   

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

1913  On March - 03 ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC   

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 this day in history.   

1915  National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created on this day in history.   

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

1917  Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates on March - 03.   

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

1918  On this day in history richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

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 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 this day in history.   

1459  On March - 03 ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

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 March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  On this day in history philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.