March 1908 calendar

Events

• 04 Mar 1908 The Collinwood School Fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• 07 Mar 1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announced that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles".
• 08 Mar 1908 Collingwood Elementary (Cleveland) burns, kills 173 kids and two teachers.
• 12 Mar 1908 Stanley Cup: MontrTal Wanderers sweep Winnipeg Maple Leafs in two games.
• 14 Mar 1908 Stanley Cup: MontrTal Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4.
• 17 Mar 1908 Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Tommy Burns knocks out Jem Roche in 88 seconds).
• 23 Mar 1908 American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later.

Famous Birthday

• Anna Magnani

  Italian actress whose work represents an intense and extravagant life force.

• Loulou Gasté

  French songwriter.

• René Daumal

  French writer, His unfinished fantasy; "Mount Analogue" was published with a commentary in France, 1952, and in America in 1960 with notes...

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

  French philosopher, the author of "Humanism and Terror," 1947 and "Phenomenology of Perception," 1962.

• Rex Harrison

  British actor, internationally known on stage and film, the winner of an Academy Award, three Tony Awards, New York Theater Critics Award, A...

• Grégoire Aslan
• Helmut Käutner

  German actor, director and screenwriter, he became a leading German director of the postwar period partly due to his noncollaboration with...

• André Larquetoux
• David Lean

  English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics such asThe Bridge on the River Kwai...

• André Dalibert

  French actor and singer, who died on 7 June 1997, aged 89, in Grainville-sur-Odon, France.

• Louis L'Amour

  American author and poet (d. 1988).

• Michael Redgrave

  Bristol, England -- Actor (Browning Version, Lady Vanishes).

• Bernard Jensen

  American advocate of health through diet whose products can be found in health-food stores.

• Dennis O'Keefe

  American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968).

• Brigitte Helm

  German actress (d. 1996).

• Fritz Fischer (historian)
• Walter Annenberg

  American entrepreneur who established a publishing empire.

• Red Norvo

  American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1999).

• Robert Rossen

  American film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966).

• Camille Schmit

  Composer, dies at 68.

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Famous Deaths

• Peter Milne composer

  dies at age 83.

• John Eliot English meteorology

  dies at age 68.

• Durham Stevens

  American lawyer and diplomat (d. 1908).

• Benjamin Waugh

  English activist founded the NSPCC (d. 1908).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Helene Noldi - Vilia Song
2. Billy Murray - Dixie Dan
3. Ada Jones & Billy Murray - I Could Learn to Love You When You Smile, Smile, Smile
4. Billy Murray - I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark
5. Albert Campbell - School Days