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03/01/1869
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Postage stamps showing scenes are issued for 1st time
Type: Event
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03/01/1869
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Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, Fr poet (History of Girondins), dies at 78
Type: Death
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03/01/1870
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Francisco S L¢pez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43
Type: Death
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03/01/1871
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J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia
Type: Event
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03/01/1872
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Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
Type: Event
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03/01/1874
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Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Neth
Type: Birth
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03/01/1875
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Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883
Type: Event
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03/01/1876
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Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington Conn)
Type: Event
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03/01/1878
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Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer
Type: Birth
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03/01/1879
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Library of Hawaii founded
Type: Event
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03/01/1880
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Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery
Type: Event
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03/01/1880
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Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis
Type: Birth
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03/01/1880
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Lytton Strachey, biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1882
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Ida Moore, Altoona Ks, actress (Mr Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1883
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Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great (Yale)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1885
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Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1886
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Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1890
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1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published
Type: Event
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03/01/1890
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Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Zonnestral)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1892
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1892
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Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist, dies at 60
Type: Death
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03/01/1893
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Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador
Type: Event
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03/01/1893
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Theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1895
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G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer (elected 1958)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1896
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Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians
Type: Event
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03/01/1896
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Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer
Type: Birth
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03/01/1896
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Albertone, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
Type: Death
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03/01/1896
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Arimondi, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
Type: Death
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03/01/1896
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Dabormida, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
Type: Death
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03/01/1899
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Gy”rgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian MP, dies at 90
Type: Death
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03/01/1900
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Donald Keith Falkner, singer
Type: Birth
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03/01/1901
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Bernhard Erdmannsd”rffer, German historian (Mirabeau), dies at 68
Type: Death
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03/01/1903
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Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1904
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England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia
Type: Event
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03/01/1904
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Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1904
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Paul Hartman, SF Calif, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1905
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Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1906
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Jos‚ M de Pereda y S nchez the Porr£a, Spanish writer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/01/1906
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Moriz Heyne, German germanist (German W”rterbuch), dies at 68
Type: Death
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03/01/1907
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Lois Moran, Pitts, actress (Mom-Waterfront)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1909
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1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn
Type: Event
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03/01/1909
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David Niven, Kirriemuir Scotland, actor (Casino Royale)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1909
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Richard de Guide, composer
Type: Birth
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03/01/1909
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Robert Selby Taylor, bishop
Type: Birth
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03/01/1909
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Terence De Marney, England, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo)
Type: Birth
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03/01/1910
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3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in US history
Type: Event
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03/01/1911
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Harry Golombek, chess grandmaster
Type: Birth
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03/01/1911
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Jacobus H van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 58
Type: Death
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03/01/1912
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Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane
Type: Event
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03/01/1912
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Isabella Goodwin, 1st US woman detective, appointed, NYC
Type: Event
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