This day in History - March 1

504 Historic Events for March 1
1896 Death Dabormida, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
1896 Birth Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer
1896 Death Arimondi, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
1896 Event Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians
1899 Death Gy”rgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian MP, dies at 90
1900 Birth Donald Keith Falkner, singer
1901 Death Bernhard Erdmannsd”rffer, German historian (Mirabeau), dies at 68
1903 Birth Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist)
1904 Birth Paul Hartman, SF Calif, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)
1904 Event England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia
1904 Birth Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood)
1905 Birth Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom)
1906 Death Moriz Heyne, German germanist (German W”rterbuch), dies at 68
1906 Death Jos‚ M de Pereda y S nchez the Porr£a, Spanish writer, dies at 73
1907 Birth Lois Moran, Pitts, actress (Mom-Waterfront)
1909 Birth Terence De Marney, England, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo)
1909 Birth Robert Selby Taylor, bishop
1909 Birth David Niven, Kirriemuir Scotland, actor (Casino Royale)
1909 Birth Richard de Guide, composer
1909 Event 1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn
1910 Event 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in US history
1911 Birth Harry Golombek, chess grandmaster
1911 Death Jacobus H van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 58
1912 Event Isabella Goodwin, 1st US woman detective, appointed, NYC
1912 Event Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane