Historical Events In March - 08

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

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

1920  Denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations on this day in history.   

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

1922  On March - 08 carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953)   

1923  Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77) on March - 08.   

1923  Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

1924  Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT on this day in history.   

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  On March - 08 pan American Airlines incorporates   

1927  On March - 08 jaromir Podesva, composer   

1928  On March - 08 frank Michael Beyer, composer   

1929  US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia on this day in history.   

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  Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1932  On March - 08 jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84   

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  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  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 March - 08.   

1942  Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma on March - 08.   

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 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 March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

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

1607  On March - 08 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 this day in history.   

1144  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

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 March - 08.   

1466  On this day in history 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.