Historical Events
- Mar 1 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic
- Mar 8 US invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime
- Mar 9 Germany declares war against Portugal
- Mar 9 Mexican General Francisco "Pancho" Villa invades US (18 killed)
- Mar 12 French airship mistakenly attacks and sinks British submarine D3 with loss of all hands
- Mar 14 Battle of Verdun: Germans capture Cumières-le-Mort-Homme and Chattancourt in France
- Mar 15 Dutch merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed by German submarine & sinks in North Sea
- Mar 15 General Pershing and 15,000 troops chase Pancho Villa into Mexico
- Mar 15 University of Ghent taken under Dutch control
- Mar 16 James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella" premieres in London
- Mar 16 US & Canada sign migratory bird treaty
- Mar 20 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium
- Mar 21 JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Mar 24 German submarines torpedo the unarmed French cross-channel packet 'Sussex'
- Mar 25 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC
Jerusalem
Mar 28 First performance of "Jerusalem" by George Parry set to words by William Blake at a 'Fight for Right' meeting at the Queen’s Hall, London
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Bing Devine, American baseball executive (GM St. Louis Cardinals 1957-64 [World Series 1964], NY Mets), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2007)
- Mar 2 Bernard George Stevens, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1983)
- Mar 4 Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure), born in Bologna,Kingdom of Italy (d. 2000)
- Mar 4 Hans Eysenck, German-born British psychologist (most frequently cited living psychologist), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1997)
- Mar 5 Ian Parrott, British-Welsh composer (The Black Ram), born in Streatham, England (d. 2012)
- Mar 6 George "Red" Callender, American jazz and session string bass and tuba player, born in Haynesville, Virginia (d. 1982)
- Mar 6 Rochelle Hudson, American actress (Les Misérables, Imitation of Life, That's My Boy), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1972)
- Mar 6 Virginia Gregg, American radio and screen actress, singer and double bassist, born in Harrisburg, Illinois (d. 1986)
- Mar 8 John W. Seybold, American economist and computer typesetting pioneer, born in Newburgh, Indiana (d. 2004)
- Mar 8 Robert Wolfgang Schnell, German writer, born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1986)
- Mar 10 Manuel "Manny" Greenhill, American folk music record producer (Folklore Productions). promoter, and artist manager (Joan Baez; Rev. Gary Davis), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- Mar 10 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), born in Rochford, England (d. 1996)
- Mar 11 Ezra Jack Keats, children's literature author (d. 1983)
Harold Wilson (1916-1995)
Mar 11 British Prime Minister (Labour: 1964-70, 1974-76), born in Huddersfield, England
- Mar 13 Ina Ray Hutton [Odessa Cowan], American singer and big band bandleader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
- Mar 13 Jacque Fresco, American industrial designer and founder of the Venus Project, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
- Mar 13 Lindy Boggs (née Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne), American politician (US Representative from Louisiana, 1973-97), and diplomat, born in New Roads, Louisiana (d. 2013)
- Mar 14 Horton Foote, American screenwriter (To Kill a Mockingbird; Tender Mercies), and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (The Young Man from Atlanta), born in Wharton, Texas (d. 2009)
- Mar 14 Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Mexican-American actor (The Brave One; Viva Valdez -"Luis"), born in Mexico City (d. 1983)
- Mar 15 Fadil Hoxha, Yugoslav politician (d. 2001)
- Mar 15 Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), born in Schoten, Netherlands (d. 1984)
- Mar 15 Harry James, American swing-era bandleader, trumpeter and husband to Betty Grable, born in Albany, Georgia (d. 1983)
- Mar 16 Lloyd McBride, American labor leader (President of United Steelworkers), born in Farmington, Missouri (d. 1983) [1]
- Mar 16 Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (All the King's Men, The Exorcist, Giant), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2004)
- Mar 17 David Stafford-Clark, English psychiatrist, born in Bromley, Kent, England (d. 1999)
- Mar 17 Ray Ellington [Henry Pitts Brown], British drummer, bandleader, and singer (The Goon Show), born in Kensington, England (d. 1985)
- Mar 18 Jody Gilbert, American actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1979)
- Mar 18 Louis Toebosch, Dutch composer, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 2009)
- Mar 19 Eric Christmas, British-Canadian character actor (Porky's film), born in London, England (d. 2000)
- Mar 19 Irving Wallace, American author (People's Almanac, The Man), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
- Mar 20 Pierre Messmer, French politician (Prime Minister of France 1972-74 under Georges Pompidou), born in Vincennes, France (d. 2007)
- Mar 21 Bismillah Khan [Qamaruddin Khan], Hindustani classical musician shehnai (a reeded woodwind instrument) player, born in Dumraon, British India (d. 2006)
- Mar 22 George Wyle [Bernard Weissman], American composer (The Ballad of Gilligan's Island"; "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"), and orchestra leader (The Flip Wilson Show), born in New York City (d. 2003)
- Mar 23 (Rebert) R. H. Harris, American gospel singer (The Soul Stirrers), born in Trinity, Texas (d. 2000)
- Mar 24 Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American novelist (d. 2006)
- Mar 25 Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1995)
- Mar 26 Bill Edrich, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 219no, 41 wickets; MCC, Middlesex CCC), born in Lingwood, England (d. 1986)
- Mar 26 Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist (cell physiology, Nobel 1972), born in Monessen, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
- Mar 26 Mort Abrahams, American producer (Dr Doolittle, Planet Of Apes), born in New York (d. 2009)
- Mar 26 Sterling Hayden, American actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra), born in Upper Montclair, New Jersey (d. 1986)
- Mar 26 Vic Schoen, American arranger, composer, and orchestra leader (The Andrews Sisters: Dinah Shore; Patti Page), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2000)
- Mar 27 Johnny Drake, American football running back who was First-team All-Pro 1940; 3 × NFL All-Star, Cleveland Rams, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005)
Mar 29 American politician (Sen-D-Minn) and presidential candidate, born in Watkins, Minnesota
- Mar 29 John Paul, British colonial administrator, Governor-General (Bahamas), born in Weymouth, Dorset (d. 2004)
- Mar 31 John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (d. 1979)
- Mar 31 Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), born in New York City (d. 2012)
- Mar 31 Tommy Bolt, American golfer (US Open 1958), born in Haworth, Oklahoma (d. 2008)
Famous Weddings
J. R. R. Tolkien
Mar 22 British author of "The Lord of the Rings", J.R.R. Tolkien marries Edith Mary Bratt at St. Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic Church, Warwick
Gloria Swanson & Wallace Beery
Mar 27 Actress Gloria Swanson (17) weds actor Wallace Beery (30)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 2 Elisabeth OL [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72
- Mar 4 Franz Marc, German Expressionist painter (co-founder of journal Blaue Reiter), dies in battle at 36
- Mar 9 Kenneth Hutchings, English cricketer (exciting England batsman, WWI), dies fighting at the Battle of the Somme at 33
- Mar 12 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (The Child of the Parish), dies at 39
- Mar 19 Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
- Mar 20 Ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884)
- Mar 21 Victor de Stuers, Dutch art historian (saved Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pear Earring"), dies at 72
- Mar 24 Enrique Granados, Spanish concert pianist, and composer (Goyescas), drowns crossing the English Channel when his ferry is sunk by a German torpedo attack at 48
Susan Blow (1843-1916)
Mar 27 American educator who pioneered kindergarten education and was known as the "Mother of the Kindergarten", dies at 72
