Page 8: Historical Events In March - 03

1941  On March - 03 constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59   

1942  On this day in history first combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane   

1942  Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 on March - 03.   

1943  Bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die on March - 03.   

1943  On this day in history f Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY   

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

1943  George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on March - 03.   

1944  On March - 03 the first performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony   

1945  On this day in history churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter   

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 this day in history uS 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall   

1945  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill   

1946  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.   

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

1952  On March - 03 puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution   

1953  On March - 03 a Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash.   

1953  On this day in history british Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed   

1955  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1956  Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) on March - 03.   

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

1957  On March - 03 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  On March - 03 the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

1959  On March - 03 lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  On this day in history ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")   

1960  Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 on March - 03.   

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

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on March - 03.   

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

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

1606  On March - 03 birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

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

0561  On March - 03 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 March - 03 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 March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on this day in history.   

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