March 1911 calendar

Events

• 03 Mar 1911 First US federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri.
• 07 Mar 1911 US sends 20,000 troops to Mexican border.
• 08 Mar 1911 International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
• 13 Mar 1911 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ontario), 7-4.
• 16 Mar 1911 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ontario) 13-4.
• 18 Mar 1911 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law.
• 19 Mar 1911 International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time. First Women's Day celebration took place in 1911, ''The Times of India'', 7 March 2011.
• 20 Mar 1911 National Squah Tennis Association formed (New York City, New York).
• 25 Mar 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls

Famous Birthday

• Josef Mengele

  German physician and member of the Nazi party who was known as the "Angel of Death" at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.

• Ron Lafayette Hubbard
• Jean Harlow

  Actress (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26.

• Tennessee Williams

  American writer, poet, and outstanding playwright most noted for his powerful, emotional and dramatic works, "The Glass Menagerie," 1945, "A...

• Alfonso Garcia Robles

  Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.

• Alba de Céspedes
• Paul Fraisse

  French psychologist, Master of Conferences in Psychology at the Catholic Faculties of Lyon, 1937-39.

• Simone Renant

  France Actor.

• James Murray

  Scottish member of the diplomatic service who was Ambassador to Romania in 1964 and was noted for posts that included San Francisco,...

• Rina Ketty

  Italian-French singer (d. 1996).

• Brigitte Horney

  German internationally known actress of stage, film and TV.

• Pierre Harmel

  Belgian eminent politician, the Secretary of State and former Foreign Secretary.

• James Norman Davidson
• Joseph Barbera

  American cartoonist (Born 1911).

• Gabriel Celaya
• Argeo Quadri
• M S Sitaramiah
• Bernard Katz

  German-English biophysicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003).

• Lucien Becker
• Freddie Green

  American guitarist (d. 1987).

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Famous Deaths

• Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

  Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (Born 1852).

• Antonio Fogazzarro Italian writer/poet (Il Santo

  Leila), dies at age 68.

• Jacob M van Bemmelen Dutch physicist/chemist

  dies at age 80.

• Jean-Theodore Radoux composer

  dies at age 75.

• Matthew Stanley Robison president (Saint Louis Cardinals)

  dies.

• Felix Alexandre Guilmant composer

  dies at age 74.

• John J Toffey

  American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (Born 1844).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ada Jones & Billy Murray - Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me
2. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - Oh That Moonlight Glide
3. Peerless Quartet (Columbia Male Quartet) - The Old Oaken Bucket
4. American Quartet & Ada Jones - I'm Looking for a Nice Young Fellow Who is Looking for a Nice Young Girl
5. American Quartet - The Grizzly Bear