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03/08/1847
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Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1853
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Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1854
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US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan
Type: Event
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03/08/1854
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Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1855
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1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls
Type: Event
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03/08/1857
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Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1858
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Opera "I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples)
Type: Event
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03/08/1859
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Otto Taubmann, composer
Type: Birth
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03/08/1859
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Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1861
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St Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies
Type: Event
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03/08/1862
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Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in NYC for stealing 1,000 slaves
Type: Death
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03/08/1862
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Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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03/08/1862
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Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal
Type: Event
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03/08/1862
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Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor
Type: Event
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03/08/1862
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Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds
Type: Birth
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03/08/1862
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Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched
Type: Event
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03/08/1865
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Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer
Type: Birth
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03/08/1865
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Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)
Type: Event
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03/08/1869
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Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65
Type: Death
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03/08/1872
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Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer
Type: Birth
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03/08/1874
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Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74
Type: Death
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03/08/1876
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Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1879
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M Lichnowsky, writer
Type: Birth
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03/08/1879
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Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1883
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Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer
Type: Birth
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03/08/1884
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1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite
Type: Event
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03/08/1886
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Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1886
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Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1887
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Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/08/1887
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Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes
Type: Event
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03/08/1888
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Stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1889
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Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85
Type: Death
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03/08/1889
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Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1890
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Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher
Type: Birth
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03/08/1891
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Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1892
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M ty s R kosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1894
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NY passes 1st state dog license law
Type: Event
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03/08/1894
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W„in” V Aaltonen, Finnish sculptor
Type: Birth
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03/08/1896
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Volunteers of America forms (NYC)
Type: Event
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03/08/1898
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Theophilus E D”nges, South Afr minister of Internal Affairs
Type: Birth
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03/08/1898
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Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen
Type: Event
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03/08/1898
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Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1899
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Eric Linklater, Scotland, novelist/poet (Blue Swallows)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1900
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NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
Type: Event
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03/08/1901
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Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64
Type: Death
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03/08/1901
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Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66
Type: Death
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03/08/1902
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1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony
Type: Event
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03/08/1902
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Jennings Randolph, (Sen)
Type: Birth
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03/08/1904
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Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match
Type: Event
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03/08/1906
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Smiths Falls (Ont) in 2 games
Type: Event
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