Today in History for March 1907

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 13 of 13

2nd - General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
2nd - Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce à l'Oreille," premieres in Paris
5th - 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
5th - The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops.
9th - 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
9th - Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin
15th - Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
16th - 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia
19th - 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record)
21st - US invades Honduras
24th - The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
25th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup
31st - Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Lois Moran, Pitts, actress (Mom-Waterfront)
3rd - Aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer
3rd - Canada Lee, NYC, actor (Lost Boundaries)
3rd - Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter
4th - Edgar Barrier, NY, actor (Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered)
4th - Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (d. 2003)
7th - Juan Francisco Giacobbe, composer
8th - Charles Boost, movie critic
8th - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician, President of Greece (d. 1998)
9th - Henry Leland Clarke, composer
10th - Robert de Roos, composer
11th - Eleni Gatzoyiannis, heroine (saved her kids)
11th - Helmuth J von Moltke, German politician (July 20th plot)
11th - Jessie Matthews, London England, actress (Gangway, First a Girl)
11th - Margaret Herbison, British minister (Lab)
12th - (Margaret Peggy McCrorie) Herbison, politician
12th - Arthur Hewlett, British actor (d. 1997)
12th - Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (d. 2007)
13th - Mircea Eliade, religious historian (Le Yoga) [O.S. 02-28]
13th - Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian
13th - Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to the Portuguese throne
13th - Frank Wilcox, DeSoto Mo, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies)
13th - Oscar Brink, latinist
15th - Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)
15th - Paul Maxey, Wheaton Ill, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice)
15th - Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
17th - Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium (1952-54)
17th - Sonny Werblin, former owner of the New York Jets (d. 1991)
18th - Eleanor L "Betty" Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble)
19th - Cor Treslem, [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
19th - Elizabeh LeFanu Maconochy, composer
19th - Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders)
19th - Marc Vaubourgoin, composer
19th - Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)
22nd - James Gavin, US, 82nd Airborne Div General (Sicily/Normandy)
22nd - Paul J Steenbergen, Neth, actor (Ciske Rat)/founder (Hague's Comedy)
22nd - Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)
23rd - Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)
23rd - Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician
24th - Janet Harmon Bragg, US pilot/columnist (Chicago Defender)
24th - Lauris Norstad, US gen (NATO commander)/CEO (Owens-Corning Fiberglass)
24th - Lucia Chase, US ballerina/co-founder (American Ballet Theater)
24th - Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, writer
24th - Martin Kosleck, Germany, actor (Pursuit to Algiers)
24th - Paul Sauvé, Quebec politician (d. 1960)
26th - Leigh Harline, composer
26th - Louis Saguer, composer
27th - Mary Treen, St Louis Mo, actress (Emily-Willy)
28th - Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist
28th - "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
29th - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
30th - Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe Officer (d. 1994)
31st - Eddie Quillan, Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

5th - Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
7th - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64
11th - Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered
11th - Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (b. 1847)
18th - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)
19th - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at 70
23rd - Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79
28th - Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65