Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  Ivor Keys, musician/teacher on this day in history.   

1919  Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 on March - 08.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1921  On March - 08 cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side)   

1922  Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953) on this day in history.   

1923  Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77) on this day in history.   

1923  Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1924  Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1927  Pan American Airlines incorporates on March - 08.   

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.   

1928  Frank Michael Beyer, composer on March - 08.   

1929  On March - 08 uS worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia   

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  On March - 08 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  On this day in history jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84   

1934  On this day in history edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars   

1936  On this day in history the first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.   

1937  On March - 08 albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71   

1939  On March - 08 lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres   

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

1941  On this day in history jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67   

1942  First Japanese landings in New Guinea on this day in history.   

1942  Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma on March - 08.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.   

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

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

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

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

1550  On this day in history juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55