Historical Events
La figlia di Iorio
Mar 2 Gabriele d'Annunzio's tragic play "La figlia di Iorio" premieres in Milan
- Mar 2 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa HC tie, 5-5; Montreal disqualified for refusing to play second game in Ottawa
1st Political Recording
Mar 3 Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder
- Mar 3 England cricket all-rounder Bernard Bosanquet takes 6 for 51 as tourists dismiss Australia for 171 in the 4th Test in Sydney to regain the Ashes; take an unassailable, 3-1 series lead
Tesla Explains Ball Lighting
Mar 5 Nikola Tesla describes the process of the ball lightning formation in Electrical World and Engineer
- Mar 6 The Japanese fleet bombards Vladivostok, the major Russian port on the Pacific
- Mar 8 Australian cricket spin bowler Hugh Trumble dismisses England batsmen Bernard Bosanquet, Plum Warner and Dick Lilley for his second Test hat-trick in 5th Test victory in Melbourne; Trumble's final Test
- Mar 9 Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
- Mar 11 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
- Mar 12 1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)
Carnegie Hero Fund
Mar 12 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
In the South (Alassio)
Mar 18 First performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"
Famous Birthdays
Glenn Miller (1904-1944)
Mar 1 American bandleader and jazz composer (Glenn Miller Orchestra - "In The Mood"; "Moonlight Serenade"; "String Of Pearls"), born in Clarinda, Iowa
- Mar 1 Paul Hartman, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Inherit the Wind), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1973)
Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)
Mar 2 American children's author (The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
- Mar 4 Chief Tahachee [Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert], Cherokee stage and film actor, born in James Mill, Arkansas (d. 1978)
- Mar 4 George Gamow, Ukrainian-born American nuclear physicist and writer (Big Bang Theory, DNA), born in Odessa, Russian Empire (d. 1968)
- Mar 4 Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (Der Liebesexpreß; A Star Fell from Heaven), born in Storozhynets, Austria-Hungary (d. 1942)
- Mar 5 Karl Rahner, German theologian (d. 1984)
- Mar 6 Chris Baay, Dutch actor (Tomorrow It Will Be Better, Klatergoud, Surprise Raid), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1991)
- Mar 6 Hugh Williams, British dramatist, actor and writer (Wuthering Heights, Bank Holiday), born in East Sussex, England (d. 1969)
- Mar 6 José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (d. 1960)
- Mar 7 Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 5,000m 1928; 500m, 5,000m 10,000m 1936), born in Lunner, Norway (d. 1969)
Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942)
Mar 7 German Nazi leader (head of Bohemia and Moravia and the Reich Main Security Office), born in Halle an der Saale, Prussia, German Empire
- Mar 7 Virginia Downing, American actress (The Gig, Butterfield 8), born in Washington, District of Columbia (d. 1996)
- Mar 9 Paul Klipsch, American engineer, noted for his loudspeaker designs, born in Elkhart, Indiana (d. 2002)
- Mar 11 Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch nuclear physicist (Director of CERN), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1960)
- Mar 12 Ken James, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 16 dismissals; Wellington, Northamptonshire CCC), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1976)
- Mar 13 Henry Iliffe Cozens, English Royal Air Force pilot, born in London (d. 1995)
- Mar 14 Doris Eaton, American actress (Man on the Moon, Tell Your Children), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 2010)
- Mar 14 Voltaire "Volly" De Faut; American jazz reed player (New Orleans Rhythm Kings; Jean Goldkette), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1973)
- Mar 15 George Brent, American actor (42nd St, Jezebel), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1979)
- Mar 15 J Pat O'Malley, Irish-British actor (101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book), born in Burnley, England (d. 1985)
- Mar 16 Clive Morton, British actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), born in London, England (d. 1975)
- Mar 17 Patrick Hamilton, English author and playwright (Gaslight, Rope), born in Hassocks, England (d. 1962)
- Mar 18 Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (d. 1926)
John Sirica (1904-1992)
Mar 19 American federal judge (Watergate hearings), born in Waterbury, Connecticut
- Mar 19 Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, Polish composer and cultural attache, born in Lviv, Poland (d. 1957)
- Mar 20 B F Skinner, American psychologist (Skinner Box), born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
- Mar 21 Forrest Mars Sr., American candymaker (d. 1999)
- Mar 21 Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer, born in Chalcis, Greece (d. 1949)
- Mar 24 Martin Kosleck, German actor (Pursuit to Algiers; Agent for H.A.R.M.), born in Barkotzen, Pomerania, Germany (d. 1994)
- Mar 26 Emilio Fernandez, Mexican director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), born in El Seco Mexico (d. 1986)
- Mar 26 Hermann Schroeder, German composer, born in Bernkastel, Germany (d. 1984)
- Mar 26 Joseph Campbell, American professor of comparative mythology (Mythic Image), born in White Plains, New York (d. 1987)
- Mar 26 Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
- Mar 27 Hal Kemp American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and sweet jazz bandleader, born in Marion, Alabama (d. 1940)
- Mar 30 Akarova [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer and choreographer (Les Biches), born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium (d. 1999)
- Mar 30 Ripper Collins, American baseball first baseman (MLB All-Star 1935, 36, 37; World Series 1931, 34; NL HR leader 1934; St Louis Cardinals), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania (d. 1970)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 5 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal and Chief of the German General Staff, dies at 71
- Mar 7 Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (b. 1828)
- Mar 24 Edwin Arnold, English writer (The Light of Asia), dies at 71
- Mar 29 William Henry Fitzhugh Payne, American lawyer and soldier (Brigadier General in Confederate Army), dies at 74
