March 1907 calendar

Events

• 02 Mar 1907 General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal.
• 15 Mar 1907 Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote.
• 19 Mar 1907 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch Nevada (state record).
• 21 Mar 1907 US invades Honduras.
• 22 Mar 1907 The first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London.
• 24 Mar 1907 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
• 25 Mar 1907 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup

Famous Birthday

• Mircea Eliade

  Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. 1986).

• Lucia dos Santos
• Zarah Leander

  Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.

• Renée Massip
• Aimée van de Wiele
• Cicéro Dias
• Jean Galia

  French rugby player, selected 20 times in international events to play as 2nd row or wing forward.

• Charles Ailleret

  French military.

• Ruby Muhammad

  American matriarch of Black Islam (d. 2011).

• Jean Van Houtte

  Belgian academic and politician 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1991).

• Roger Blin

  French actor and stage director.

• Eddie Quillan

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Actor (Julia, Hell Town).

• Hugh Lynn Cayce
• Hugh MacLennan

  Canadian author who is best known for his title "Voices In Time.

• Dorothy Burgess
• Edgar Barrier

  New York, United States -- Actor (Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered).

• Paul Lambert (musician)
• Daniel Bovet

  Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992).

• Lúcia dos Santos
• James Gavin

  American general and diplomat United States Ambassador to France (d. 1990).

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Famous Deaths

• Friedrich Blass

  German classical scholar (Born 1843).

• Marcellin Berthelot

  French chemist and politician (Born 1827).

• Victor Alphonse Duvernoy composer

  dies at age 64.

• Nikola Petkow premier (Bulgaria)

  murdered.

• Thomas Bailey Aldrich US writer (Stillwater Tragedy)

  dies at age 70.

• Constantine P Pobedonostsev Russian reactionary senator

  dies at age 79.

• Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg composer

  dies at age 65.

• Marinos Antypas

  Greek lawyer and journalist, one of the country's first socialists (Born 1872).

• Jean Casimir-Perier

  French politician, serving as Prime Minister and fifth President of the Third Republic.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Helen Trix - The Bird on Nellie's Hat
2. Prince's Orchestra - Selections from The Red Mill
3. Cal Stewart - Uncle Josh's Second Visit to the Metropolis
4. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - Good-a-Bye, John!
5. U.S. Marine Band - Maple Leaf Rag