Historical Events
Sibelius' 2nd Symphony
Mar 8 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony, his most popular, by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society
Movie Camera not Invented by Edison
Mar 10 A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera
- Mar 10 Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri
Verklärte Nacht
Mar 18 Arnold Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht" premieres in Vienna
Caruso Makes a Record
Mar 18 Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
- Mar 18 Turkey grants Germany syndicate the first concession to construct a railroad through Turkish territory to Baghdad, to be linked to Berlin
- Mar 20 France and Russia issue a joint declaration that approves the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, but stipulates that they have the right to protect interests in China and Korea
- Mar 21 64th Grand National: David Read aboard 20/1 chance Shannon Lass wins by 3 lengths from Matthew
- Mar 25 In Russia, 567 students are tried for rioting and 'political disaffection' are found guilty; 95 are banished to Siberia
- Mar 25 Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine
- Mar 28 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 2 Edward Condon, American nuclear physicist (pioneer in quantum mechanics, involved in Manhattan Project), born in Alamogordo, New Mexico (d. 1974)
- Mar 7 Heinz Rühmann, German actor and director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick), born in Essen, Germany (d. 1994)
- Mar 8 Jennings Randolph, American politician, Senator from West Virginia (1958-85), born in Salem, West Virginia (d. 1998)
- Mar 8 Louise Beavers, American actress (Beulah-Beulah), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1962)
- Mar 9 Edward Durell Stone, American architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), born in Fayetteville, Arkansas (d. 1978)
- Mar 9 Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (Casa Luis Barragán; Pritzker Prize - 1980), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 1988)
- Mar 9 Will Geer [William Aughe Ghere], American actor (Salt of the Earth, The Waltons), born in Frankfort, Indiana (d. 1978)
- Mar 11 Josef Martin Bauer, German writer (including Nazi propaganda), radio dramatist, and novelist (As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me), born in Taufkirchen, Germany (d. 1970)
- Mar 16 Lucie Rie, Austrian-born British potter, born in Vienna (d. 1995)
Bobby Jones (1902-1971)
Mar 17 American golfer, course designer (13 major titles, Grand Slam 1930), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Mar 20 David Lasser, American science fiction magazine editor (Wonder Stores, 1930-33), writer (The Conquest of Space), and workers' rights activist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1996)
- Mar 20 Kathryn Forbes, American short story writer (mama's bank account), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1966)
- Mar 21 Carl Jaffe, German actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1974)
- Mar 21 Edward "Son" House, American delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Walking Blues"; "Preachin' The Blues"), born in Lyons, Mississippi (d. 1988)
- Mar 21 William Downie Forrest, Scottish foreign correspondent (Spanish Civil War, WWII), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1996) [1]
- Mar 22 Ellin Berlin (née MacKay), American heiress, writer (Lace Curtain), and second wife of songwriter Irving Berlin (muse for his songs "Always" and "Remember"), born in Roslyn, New York (d. 1988)
- Mar 23 Philip Ober, American actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), born in Fort Payne, Alabama (d. 1982)
Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971)
Mar 24 Governor of NY and Republican presidential candidate (1944, 1948), born in Owosso, Michigan
- Mar 25 Sten Broman, Swedish composer and actor, born in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden (d. 1983)
- Mar 26 Leslie Melville, Australian economist and public servant who helped develop the country's central banking system, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2002)
- Mar 27 Charles Bryant Lang Jr., American cinematographer, born in Bluff, Utah (d. 1998)
- Mar 27 Mary Armour, Scottish painter, born in Blantyre (d. 2000)
- Mar 28 Flora Robson, British actress (Dominique is Dead), born in South Shields, England (d. 1984)
- Mar 28 Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (Beer Barrel Polka), born in Zbraslav, Czech Republic (d. 1988)
- Mar 28 Paul Godwin, Polish-Dutch violinist, born in Sosnowitz, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
- Mar 29 Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright, born in Joigny, France (d. 1967)
- Mar 29 Onslow Stevens, American actor (This is the Life), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1977)
- Mar 29 William Walton, British composer (Troilus & Cressida; Belhazzar's Feast), born in Oldham, Lancashire, England (d. 1983)
- Mar 30 Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (d. 2007)
- Mar 30 Ted Heath, British jazz trombonist, composer, and big band bandleader, born in Wandsworth, London, England (d. 1969)
Famous Weddings
Gustav Mahler
Mar 9 Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (41) marries Alma Schindler (22) in Vienna, Austria
Famous Deaths
- Mar 3 Isaac Dignus France van de Putte, Dutch politician (Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1866), dies at 79
- Mar 7 James "Pud" Galvin, American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB's first 300-game winner; no-hitters 1880, 84; Buffalo Bisons), dies at 45
- Mar 9 Hermann Allmers, German poet (Feldeinsamkeit), dies at 81
- Mar 12 John Peter Altgeld, German-American politician (Governor of Illinois, 1893-97), known for pardoning of Haymarket anarchists, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, while delivering a speech, at 54
- Mar 14 Daniel H. Reynolds, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 69
- Mar 17 George William Warren, American hymn composer, dies at 73
Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902)
Mar 26 British businessman, diamond merchant and imperialist politician who was Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (1890-96), dies of heart failure at 48
