Page 8: Historical Events In March - 03

1941  Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1942  First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane on March - 03.   

1942  On this day in history amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43   

1943  On March - 03 bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die   

1943  F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1943  US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 03 george Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1944  On this day in history the first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony   

1945  Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter on this day in history.   

1945  RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 03 roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed   

1945  On this day in history uS & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor   

1945  On March - 03 uS 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on March - 03.   

1946  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on March - 03.   

1946  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on March - 03.   

1948  Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on March - 03.   

1952  Puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution on March - 03.   

1953  On this day in history a Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash.   

1953  British Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed on this day in history.   

1955  On March - 03 a truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride".   

1956  Indonesian government of Harahap resigns on March - 03.   

1956  Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in New York on this day in history.   

1956  Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) on this day in history.   

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on March - 03.   

1957  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham & Courtney Jones (Great Britain)   

1958  Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq on March - 03.   

1958  The birth of Miranda Richardson, English actress on this day in history.   

1959  British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis on March - 03.   

1959  First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched on March - 03.   

1959  The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  On March - 03 ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")   

1960  On March - 03 sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

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1455  On this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

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  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1239  On this day in history death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

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

1554  Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on March - 03.   

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.