Historical Events
Botha Transvaal Premier
Mar 2 General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
- Mar 2 Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce à l'Oreille" premieres in Paris
- Mar 5 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
- Mar 5 The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops
- Mar 9 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
- Mar 9 Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon" premieres in Dublin
- Mar 14 By Presidential order, Japanese laborers are excluded from entering the USA
- Mar 15 Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
- Mar 16 First 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia
- Mar 19 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record)
- Mar 21 US sends troops to Honduras to halt the Nicaraguan army takeover
- Mar 22 69th Grand National: Alf Newey wins aboard 8/1 chance Eremon
- Mar 22 The new Boer government in the Transvaal passes an Asiatic Registration Bill, that restricts immigration from India
- Mar 24 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published
- Mar 25 Stanley Cup, Winnipeg Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles, 6-5 but win on 2 game aggregate, 12-8
- Mar 31 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Albert Ammons, American jazz, blues, and boogie-woogie pianist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1949)
- Mar 2 Jheri [Robert] Redding, American hairdresser and businessman (created the Jheri curl and hair conditioner), born in Rantoul, Illinois (d. 1998)
- Mar 3 Aar van de Werfhorst [pseudonym for Pieter Gerhardus Jansen], Dutch writer, born in Gronau, Netherlands (d. 1994)
- Mar 3 Canada Lee [Leonard Canegata], African-American actor (Lost Boundaries), born in New York City (d. 1952)
- Mar 3 Joy Finzi, British painter (Finzi Trust), born in London, England (d. 1991)
- Mar 4 Edgar Barrier, American actor (Phantom of the Opera, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered), born in New York City (d. 1964)
- Mar 4 Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
- Mar 5 Carroll Rosenbloom, American businessman and NFL team owner Baltimore Colts, LA Rams, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1979)
- Mar 7 Juan Francisco Giacobbe, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1990)
- Mar 8 Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, born in Breda, Netherlands (d. 1990)
- Mar 8 Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician, President of Greece (1980-85), born in Sérrai, Ottoman Empire (d. 1998)
- Mar 9 Henry Leland Clarke, American composer, born in Dover, New Hampshire (d. 1992)
- Mar 10 Robert de Roos, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1976)
- Mar 11 Eleni Gatzoyiannis, Greek heroine (subject of "Eleni" by son Nicholas Gage about how she saved her children) (d. 1948)
- Mar 11 Helmuth James von Moltke, German jurist who opposed the Nazis (July 20th plot), born in Kreisau, Germany (d. 1945)
- Mar 11 Jessie Matthews, British actress (Gangway, First a Girl), born in London, England (d. 1981)
- Mar 12 Arthur Hewlett, British actor (The Pied Piper), born in Southampton, England (d. 1997)
- Mar 12 Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (d. 2007)
- Mar 13 Albert Hughes Williams, historian (d. 1996)
- Mar 13 Charles Brink, German-born British classical scholar (Horace), born in Berlin (d. 1994)
- Mar 13 Frank Wilcox, American actor (Beverly Hillbillies), born in De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri (d. 1974)
- Mar 13 Jack Holden, English athlete (International Cross Country C'ship gold, individual 1933, 34, 35, 39; Empire Games marathon gold 1950), born in Bilston, England (d. 2004)
- Mar 13 Maria Pia de Braganca, Portuguese journalist and writer who claimed to be the bastard daughter of King Carlos I of Portugal, born in Lisbon (d. 1995)
- Mar 13 Mircea Eliade, Romanian religious historian (Le Yoga) and author, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1986) [O.S. 02-28]
- Mar 15 Jimmy McPartland, American cornetist and musician (Magic Horn), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991) [1]
- Mar 15 Paul Maxey, American actor (The Narrow Margin, Till the Clouds Roll By), born in Wheaton, Illinois (d. 1963)
- Mar 15 Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer, born in Karlstad, Värmland County, Sweden (d. 1981)
Alexander S. Wiener (1907-1976)
Mar 16 American physician known for his work in immunohematology (Rh factor in blood), born in New York City
- Mar 17 Jean Van Houtte, Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium, 1952-56; Finance Minister, 1950-52 and 1958-61), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1991)
- Mar 17 Sonny Werblin, former owner of the New York Jets (d. 1991)
- Mar 18 Betty Compton [Violet Halling Compton], British actress (Too Many Millions), born in Isle of Wight, England (d. 1944)
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
Mar 19 Irish-English composer, notably of string quartets, and contemporary music promoter, born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
- Mar 19 Kent Smith, American actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), born in New York City (d. 1985)
- Mar 19 Marc Vaubourgoin, French composer, conductor, and musicologist, born in Caudéran, France (d. 1983)
- Mar 19 Nakagawa Soen, Taiwanese-born Japanese Zen master and teacher (Rinzai line), born in Formosa (d. 1984)
- Mar 22 Hugh Mitchell, American politician (Senator-D-Washington 1944-46, Rep-D-Washington 1949-63), born in Great Falls, Montana (d. 1996)
- Mar 22 James Gavin, US 82nd Airborne Division General (Sicily/Normandy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
- Mar 22 Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun who claimed to have witnessed the Marian apparitions at Fatima as a child (d. 2005) or born 28 March
- Mar 23 Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist (1957 Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine, discovered chemotherapeutic agents including antihistamines), born in Fleurier, Switzerland (d. 1992)
- Mar 24 Janet Harmon Bragg, American pilot (1st female black aviator to hold a commercial pilot's license), born in Griffin, Georgia (d. 1993) [1]
- Mar 24 Lauris Norstad, American general (NATO commander) and CEO (Owens-Corning Fiberglass), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1988)
- Mar 24 Lydia Chukovskaya, Soviet writer and dissident (Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage), born in Helsingfors, Duchy of Finland (d. 1996)
- Mar 24 Paul Sauvé, Quebec politician (d. 1960)
- Mar 26 Leigh Harline, American composer and conductor, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1969)
- Mar 26 Louis Saguer, German born French composer (Lili Merveille), born in Charlottenburg, Germany (d. 1991)
- Mar 26 Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and freedom fighter, born in Farrukhabad, British India (d. 1987)
- Mar 27 Claude Stroud, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's; Ted Knight Show; Duke), born in Kaufman, Texas (d. 1985)
- Mar 27 Mary Treen (née Summers), American character actress (It's a Wonderful Life; Kitty Foyle; The Joey Bishop Show), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1989)
- Mar 28 Herb Hall, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, born in Reserve, Louisiana (d. 1996)
- Mar 28 Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993)
- Mar 29 (Abram) "Abe" Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
- Mar 29 Braguinha [Carlos Alberto Ferreira Braga], Brazilian marchinhas and songwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 2006)
- Mar 30 Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe Officer (d. 1994)
- Mar 31 Eddie Quillan, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Julia, Hell Town), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 5 Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
- Mar 7 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, French pianist and composer, dies at 64
- Mar 9 John Alexander Dowie, Scottish-American evangelist (founded the city of Zion, Illinois), dies at 59
- Mar 10 Victoria Earle Matthews, American author and activist, dies at 45
- Mar 11 Jean Casimir-Périer, French politician (President of France 1894-95), dies at 59
- Mar 11 Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered
- Mar 18 Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry), dies at 79
- Mar 19 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American editor and writer (The Story of a Bad Boy), dies at 70
- Mar 23 Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer and senator, dies at 79
- Mar 28 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, Russian composer, dies at 65
