Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08

1919  On March - 08 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  Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations on March - 08.   

1920  On this day in history eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children)   

1920  On March - 08 rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69   

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

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

1922  Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953) on March - 08.   

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

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  Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) on this day in history.   

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

1927  Pan American Airlines incorporates on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history jaromir Podesva, composer   

1928  On this day in history frank Michael Beyer, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1930  William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 on March - 08.   

1931  On this day in history clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87   

1932  Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 on March - 08.   

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

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  Lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres on March - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1942  On March - 08 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  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

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

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

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 this day in history 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