March 1909 calendar

Events

• 03 Mar 1909 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat MontrTal Wanderers, 8-3.
• 04 Mar 1909 President Taft inaugrated as 27th US President during 10-inch snowstorm.
• 10 Mar 1909 Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in six for box title.
• 14 Mar 1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms.
• 21 Mar 1909 The remains of the Báb were placed in his Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel.
• 23 Mar 1909 Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• 30 Mar 1909 The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
• 31 Mar 1909 Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time.

Famous Birthday

• Clyde Barrow

  American professional criminal, famed for bank robberies with his partner Bonnie.

• Léo Malet

  French writer, one of the most influential detective writers in France and the creator of the character, Nestor Burma, featured in 29 books...

• Robert Brasillach

  French right-wing intellectual writer and journalist who was the literary critic of the journal "Action Françoise" and editor-in-chief of...

• Gerard Croiset

  Dutch clairvoyant, a sensitive healer, extensively tested by the Parapsychology Institute of Utrecht and by Drs.

• Ann Wigmore

  Lithuanian-American nutritionist who is an internationally known figure in the fields of nutrition and health, the founder of the...

• André Pieyre de Mandiargues
• Jean Mercure

  French actor, stage director and founder of the ‘’Théatre de la ville.

• Jacques Reverchon

  French astrologer and writer, collaborator with Gouchon for the two last volumes of the "Dictionnaire astrologique.

• Emilien Amaury

  French journalist and founder of the daily newspaper "Parisian Libere," 1944 as well as the right-wing weekly, "Carrefour.

• Raymond Oliver

  French chef and owner of the 3 Michelin Star 'Le Grand Véfour' restaurant in Paris, one of France's great historical restaurants.

• Tommy Trinder

  British ebullient stand-up comedian in films, TV and radio.

• Gabrielle Roy

  Canadian author and educator (d. 1983).

• Otto John

  German politician who was apprehended in 1955 in West Berlin for being a spy and spent four years in prison.

• Georges Passelecq
• Ernst Gombrich

  OM / FBA / director (Warburg Institute).

• Roger Revelle

  American oceanographer, national academy of science member, head of scripps institute of oceanography 1951-64; pioneered research in global...

• Ben Webster

  American jazz tenor saxophonist, a.k.

• Brenda Crenshaw

  British-American psychic and medium who gave private readings to a Hollywood clientele.

• Harry Helmsley

  American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1997).

• Ernest Gallo

  American vintner, entrepreneur and multimillionaire, credited with bringing wine to American tables and putting California on the world’s...

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Famous Deaths

• John Millington Synge

  Irish dramatist / playwright / poet, dies at 37.

• Johanna "Lena" Bakker Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach

  dies at age 34.

• George Thorndike Angell lawyer (ASPCA)

  dies at age 85.

• Gyula Erkel composer

  dies at age 66.

• Ruperto Chapi y Lorente composer

  dies at age 57.

• Nikolai Arkas composer

  dies at age 56.

• Joe Petrosino

  American police lieutenant (Born 1860).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet - Sullivan
2. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - Down Among the Sugar Cane
3. Frank Stanley & Byron G. Harlan - Meet Me in Rose-Time, Rosie
4. Vess Ossman - A Gay Gossoon
5. Prince's Orchestra - Washington Post March