501 Historic Events for March 3
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| 1937 |
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Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down
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| 1938 |
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American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Lew De Witt, singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Willie Chambers, guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
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| 1938 |
Death |
Arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Douglas Leedy, composer
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| 1939 |
Birth |
M L Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Hans Pieter Verhagen, poet (Hoepla/Holland's Hole)
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| 1940 |
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Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
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| 1941 |
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Neth NSB-leader Mussert visits G”ring in Berlin
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| 1941 |
Death |
Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed
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| 1941 |
Death |
Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59
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| 1942 |
Death |
Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43
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| 1942 |
Event |
1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Mike Pender, Liverpool, vocalist/guitarist (Searchers-Needles and Pins)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovolyonok, USR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 29/31, T-4)
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| 1943 |
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US defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea
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| 1943 |
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F Ryerson and Cohn Claues' "Harriet," premieres in NYC
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| 1943 |
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Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Roger Swaybill, actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point)
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| 1943 |
Death |
George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Janice Garfat, rocker (Dr Hook)
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| 1944 |
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1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964)
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| 1945 |
Death |
Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75
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