Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  On March - 08 ivor Keys, musician/teacher   

1919  Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1920  Denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations on March - 08.   

1920  On this day in history the management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways.   

1920  Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations on March - 08.   

1920  Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children) on this day in history.   

1920  On March - 08 rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69   

1921  Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid on March - 08.   

1921  Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side) on March - 08.   

1922  On this day in history carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953)   

1923  On March - 08 juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77)   

1923  On March - 08 johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85   

1924  Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT on this day in history.   

1924  Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah on this day in history.   

1924  Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) on March - 08.   

1925  On March - 08 darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer   

1927  On this day in history pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on March - 08.   

1928  On this day in history frank Michael Beyer, composer   

1929  US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia on this day in history.   

1930  Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" on this day in history.   

1930  On March - 08 mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India   

1930  William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 on March - 08.   

1931  Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on March - 08.   

1932  Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 on March - 08.   

1934  Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars on this day in history.   

1936  On March - 08 the first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.   

1937  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1939  Lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres on March - 08.   

1941  On March - 08 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)   

1941  On March - 08 jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67   

1942  First Japanese landings in New Guinea on March - 08.   

1942  Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma on March - 08.   

1942  KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies on March - 08.   

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

1514  On March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.   

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.   

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on March - 08.   

1466  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.