Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  Ivor Keys, musician/teacher on March - 08.   

1919  On March - 08 auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88   

1920  On this day in history denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations   

1920  On March - 08 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 this day in history.   

1920  Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children) on March - 08.   

1920  On this day in history rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69   

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

1921  Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side) on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

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  On this day in history sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur)   

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

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 this day in history uS worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia   

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  On March - 08 mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India   

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

1937  Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 on March - 08.   

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  On March - 08 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 March - 08 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 March - 08.   

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

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on March - 08.   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

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

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1144  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

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 March - 08 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.