Historical Events
- Mar 1 1st federal land bank chartered in USA
- Mar 1 US government releases the plain text of the "Zimmermann Telegram" to the public; Germany proposed reward to Mexico if they joined war against the US
- Mar 2 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
- Mar 3 First major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [OS=Feb 18]
- Mar 3 German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann publicly admits the "Zimmermann Telegram" is genuine; revelation generates support for the US declaration of war on Germany in April.
- Mar 3 Mexico and the USA renew diplomatic relations
- Mar 3 US Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
Woodrow Wilson 2nd Term
Mar 5 US President Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated for a second term
- Mar 7 1st jazz record released on a 78 by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company ("Dixie Jazz Band One Step," one side "Livery Stable Blues" other)
- Mar 8 Russian "February Revolution" begins in earnest with protests celebrating International Woman's Day and riots in St Petersburg over food rations and conduct of the war [OS=Feb 23]
- Mar 8 US Senate introduces the Cloture Rule, requiring a two-thirds majority to end debate, at the urging of Woodrow Wilson [1]
- Mar 10 Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas
- Mar 11 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13)
- Mar 11 British forces occupy Baghdad, the capital of Mesopotamia, after Turkish forces evacuated
- Mar 12 A German submarine sinks an unarmed US merchant ship, the 'Algonquin' on the same day that US President Woodrow Wilson gives executive order to arm US merchant ships
- Mar 12 In the wake of the February Revolution, Communist Party members Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev and Matvei Muranov arrive in Petrograd (St Petersburg) and seize control of the Pravda newspaper
- Mar 12 [OS Feb 27] Russian Duma sets up the Provisional Committee; Soviets form Executive Committee
Nicholas II Abdicates
Mar 15 The last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, abdicates and nominates his brother Grand Duke Michael to succeed him [OS Mar 2]
- Mar 16 Russian Grand Duke Michael, brother of Tsar Nicholas II defers acceptance of the Russian throne [OS Mar 3]
- Mar 17 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St Louis
- Mar 17 Delta Phi Epsilon is founded at New York University Law School
- Mar 19 US Supreme Court uphoelds 8-hr work day for railroad employees
- Mar 19 Victor Herbert and Harry Blossom's operetta "Eileen", loosely based on a novel by Herbert's grandfather, premieres at Shubert Theater, New York City
- Mar 20 After the sinking of 3 more American merchant ships, US President Woodrow Wilson meets with cabinet, who agree that war is inevitable
- Mar 21 Loretta Walsh becomes US Navy's 1st female Petty Officer
- Mar 22 The USA is the first nation to recognize the new government of Russia
- Mar 23 Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US
Bill Bishop's 1st Victory
Mar 25 Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop claims his first victory, shooting down and mortally wounding German Leutnant Theiller
- Mar 26 British win a battle against Turks at Gaza
- Mar 26 Stanley Cup Final, Seattle Ice Arena, Seattle, WA: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 9-1 for a 3-1 series victory; first US team to win SC
- Mar 28 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities
- Mar 28 Puccini's "La Rondine" premieres in Monte Carlo
- Mar 31 The Danish West Indies are officially ceded to the US for $25 million and renamed the Virgin Islands
Famous Birthdays
Dinah Shore (1917-1994)
Mar 1 American singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet), actress and TV personality (Dinah Shore Show; Nabisco DS Championship), born in Winchester, Tennessee
- Mar 1 Robert Lowell, American poet and pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1977)
Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)
Mar 2 Cuban-American singer ("Babalú"), bandleader, actor (I Love Lucy - "Ricky Riccardo"), and television producer (The Untouchables), born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Mar 2 Alex Graham, Scottish cartoonist who created the comic strip "Fred Basset", born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1991)
- Mar 2 David Goodis, American crime fiction writer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
- Mar 2 Jim Konstanty, American MLB relief pitcher (MLB All Star 1950; NL MVP 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Strykersville, New York (d. 1976)
- Mar 2 John Gardner, English classical composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 2011)
- Mar 3 Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
- Mar 4 Clyde McCullough, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1948, 53; Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates) and coach, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1982)
- Mar 6 Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
- Mar 6 Harry Coover, American chemist and inventor of Superglue, born in Newark, Delaware (d. 2011) [1]
- Mar 6 Roy Scott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, 1 wicket; Canterbury), born in Clyde, New Zealand (d. 2005)
- Mar 6 Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
- Mar 7 Davis Roberts [Robert Davis], American character actor (Westworld; Star Trek; The Killers), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1993)
- Mar 7 Janet Collins, American ballerina, choreographer, and teacher, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2003)
- Mar 7 Robert Erickson, American composer, born in Marquette, Michigan (d. 1997)
- Mar 9 Dante Fascell, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Bridgehampton, New York (d. 1998)
- Mar 10 Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII (portrayed in Band of Brothers), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2013)
- Mar 11 Robert L Carter, Caryville, Florida, American civil rights activist and judge (Brown v. Board of Education, NAACP v. Alabama) (d. 2012)
- Mar 12 Googie Withers, English actress and dancer (The Lady Vanishes), born in Karachi, British India (d. 2011)
- Mar 12 Leonard Chess [Lejzor Czyż], Polish-American blues and R&B record company executive (Chess Records), born in Motal, Poland (now Belarus) (d. 1969)
- Mar 14 Macha Rosenthal, American critic and poet (Poetry as Confession), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1996)
- Mar 16 Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
- Mar 17 Brian Boydell, Irish composer, born in Howth, Ireland (d. 2000)
- Mar 19 Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti, Romanian classical pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1950)
- Mar 19 Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
- Mar 20 Peter Caddy, British caterer (co-founder of the Findhorn Community) (d. 1994)
- Mar 20 Vera Lynn, British popular music singer, known as 'the Forces' Sweetheart' ("We'll Meet Again"; "The White Cliffs of Dover"), born in East Ham, London (d. 2020)
- Mar 21 Frank Hardy, Australian author (d. 1994)
- Mar 22 Charles Pick, British publisher (William Heinemann), (d. 2000)
- Mar 22 Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress and director (Bluejackets, De kleine zielen), born in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1989)
- Mar 22 Virginia Grey, American actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho), born in Edendale, California (d. 2004)
- Mar 23 Johnny Guarnieri, American stride and jazz stride pianist, and harpsichordist (The Gramercy Five; The Morey Amsterdam Show), born in New York City (d. 1985)
- Mar 23 Kenneth Tobey, American actor (The Thing from Another World, Innerspace, Whirlybirds), born in Oakland, California (d. 2002)
- Mar 23 Patricia Burke, English actress (Forbidden), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2003)
- Mar 24 Constantine Andreou, Greek-Brazilian artist (d. 2007)
- Mar 24 Ed Furgol, American golfer (US Open 1954), born in New York Mills, NY (d. 1997)
- Mar 24 John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
- Mar 25 Nancy Barbato Sinatra, first wife and life-long friend of Frank Sinatra, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2018)
- Mar 26 Ed Peck, American character actor (Zoot Suit; Bullitt; Happy Days - "Officer Kirk"), born in New York City (d. 1992)
- Mar 26 Rufus Thomas, American vaudevillian, singer-songwriter, and R&B musician known as "Mr. Swing" ("Walking the Dog", "Do the Funky Chicken"), born in Cayce, Mississippi (d. 2001)
- Mar 27 Cyrus Vance, US Secretary of State (1977-80), born in Clarksburg, West Virginia (d. 2002)
- Mar 27 Harry West, Irish politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (1974-79), born in Enniskillen, Ireland (d. 2004)
- Mar 29 Arthur Knight, CEO (Courtaulds), born in London (d. 2003)
- Mar 29 Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes 1920), foaled at Nursery Stud, Kentucky (d. 1947)
- Mar 29 Tommy Holmes, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1945, 48; NL HR leader 1945; Boston Braves) and manager (Boston Braves), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
- Mar 30 Els Aarne, Estonian composer, born in Makiivka, Russian Empire (d. 1995)
- Mar 30 Herbert Anderson, American character actor (Dennis The Menace, Battleground), born in Oakland, California (d. 1994)
- Mar 30 Rudolf Brucci [Bruči], Italian-Croatian composer (Gilgamesh; Lesta), and educator, born in Zagreb, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (d. 2002)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 6 Jules Vandenpeereboom, Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium 1899), dies at 73
Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917)
Mar 8 German general and inventor (rigid dirigibles) who founded the Zeppelin airship company, dies at 78 [1]
