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  On this day in history denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations   

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 March - 08.   

1920  Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1922  On March - 08 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah   

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

1925  Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.   

1928  On March - 08 frank Michael Beyer, composer   

1929  US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia on March - 08.   

1930  On March - 08 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"   

1930  Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72   

1931  Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

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

1937  On this day in history albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71   

1939  On this day in history lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres   

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

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on March - 08.   

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

1942  Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history kNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

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

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  On this day in history albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  On March - 08 death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.   

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

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55