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  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  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  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  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 March - 08.   

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  On March - 08 jaromir Podesva, composer   

1928  Frank Michael Beyer, composer on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1930  Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India on March - 08.   

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 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 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 this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

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

1942  On this day in history japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma   

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

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

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

1495  On March - 08 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 this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

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

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 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