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