389 Historic Events for March 8
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| 1907 |
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Charles Boost, movie critic
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| 1908 |
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Collingwood Elementary (Cleve) burns, kills 173 kids and 2 teachers
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| 1908 |
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Dutch utopist Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, NY
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| 1909 |
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Hugh Murphy, English multi-millionaire
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Claire Trevor, [Wemlinger], NYC, actress (Marjorie Morningstar)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Anthony Donato, composer
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| 1910 |
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Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed female pilot
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| 1911 |
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1st International Woman's Day
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| 1911 |
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Elsie Agnes Giorgi, physician/humanitarian
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| 1911 |
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Alan Hovhaness, Somerville Mass, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo)
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| 1913 |
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Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes
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| 1913 |
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Federal League organizes with 6 teams
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| 1914 |
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Jacob B Bakema, urban developer (St Louis Missouri)
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| 1915 |
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1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned
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| 1915 |
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Vivien John, artist
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| 1916 |
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US invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime
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| 1916 |
Birth |
R W Schnell, writer
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| 1917 |
Death |
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78
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| 1917 |
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Russian revolution breaks out [OS=Feb 24] (in Petrograd)
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| 1917 |
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A Marja, [ATE Mooy], Dutch literary (Shreds on the River)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr, LA Calif, actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Ivor Keys, musician/teacher
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| 1919 |
Death |
Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88
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| 1920 |
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Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations
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| 1920 |
Death |
Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
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