Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  On this day in history ivor Keys, musician/teacher   

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

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

1920  The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways on March - 08.   

1920  On March - 08 denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations   

1920  On March - 08 eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children)   

1920  Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1921  Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid on this day in history.   

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

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  On March - 08 coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT   

1924  On March - 08 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  On this day in history pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  Jaromir Podesva, composer on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history frank Michael Beyer, composer   

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

1930  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On March - 08 clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87   

1932  Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1941  Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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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 this day in history.   

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

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

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

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

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

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