Historical Events
- Mar 3 International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Fla)
- Mar 4 De Geer government in Netherlands takes office
- Mar 6 China asks for a seat on the Security council
- Mar 7 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)
- Mar 9 Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle and 1st female mayor of any major US city
- Mar 10 Run on Belgian banks
- Mar 11 Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Féin
- Mar 12 Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
- Mar 12 Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium
- Mar 14 Train in Costa Rica falls into the Río Virilla, killing 248 and injuring 93
- Mar 15 Belgium's "black monday", franc falls
1st Liquid-Fueled Rocket
Mar 16 Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)
- Mar 17 Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3
The Girl Friend
Mar 17 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "The Girl Friend", starring Sammy White and Eva Puck, opens at the Vanderbilt Theatre, NYC; runs for 301 performances
- Mar 17 Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations
- Mar 24 The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands
- Mar 26 85th Grand National: Billy Watkinson victorious aboard 25/1 bet Jack Horner; first Australian jockey to win the race
- Mar 26 ACD de Graeff appointed governor general of Dutch East Indies
- Mar 26 First lip-reading tournament held in America
- Mar 31 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Allan Stanley, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (Stanley Cup 1962-64, 67; NHL All-Star 1960, 61, 66; Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Timmins, Ontario (d. 2013)
- Mar 1 Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas, Garrison's Gorillas), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1992)
Pete Rozelle (1926-1996)
Mar 1 American football executive (NFL Commissioner 1960-89), born in South Gate, California
- Mar 1 Robert Clary [Widerman], French-American actor (Hogan's Heroes - "Cpl LeBeau"; Days of Our Lives), singer, author, artist, lecturer, and Holocaust survivor, born in Paris, France (d. 2022) [1]
- Mar 2 Murray Rothbard, American economist, and libertarian, born in The Bronx, NYC (d. 1995)
- Mar 3 James Ingram Merrill, American poet (Braving the Elements; Scripts for the Pageant) and author, born in New York City (d. 1995)
- Mar 3 Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American clergyman (Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu, 1982-93), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
- Mar 3 Lys Assia, Swiss singer who won the 1st Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, born in Rupperswil, Switzerland (d. 2018)
- Mar 4 Don Rendell, English jazz musician and arranger, born in Plymouth, Devon (d. 2015)
- Mar 4 Fran Warren [Wolff], American big band and pop singer ("A Sunday Kind of Love"; "I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray'rs)"), born in The Bronx, NYC (d. 2013)
- Mar 4 James J. Eagan, Former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (d. 2000)
Richard DeVos (1926-2018)
Mar 4 American businessman who co-founded Amway, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Alan Greenspan (98 years old)
Mar 6 American economist, presidential advisor and Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States (1987-2006), born in New York City
- Mar 6 Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (Ashes & Diamonds, Man of Iron), born in Suwalki (d. 2016)
- Mar 6 Ann Curtis, 400m/800m US swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1948), (d. 2012)
- Mar 6 H.C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (Haydn: Chronicle and Works), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2009)
- Mar 6 Jón Nordal, Icelandic composer (Choralis), born in Reykjavik, Iceland
- Mar 6 Miroslav Klega, Czech composer (Pantomime Suite), born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (d. 1993)
- Mar 9 Celso Garrido Lecca, Peruvian composer (Antaras; Elegía a Macchu Pichu), born in Lima, Peru
- Mar 9 Gerrit A. Kooy, Dutch sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa), born in Kedichem, The Netherlands
- Mar 9 Joe Franklin, American radio host, TV personality and New York institution (The Joe Franklin Show), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2015)
- Mar 11 Ilhan Mimaroglu, Turkish electronic music composer and musician, born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2012)
- Mar 11 Malcolm Wells, American architect regarded as "the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture", writer, and solar energy consultant, born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2009) [1]
- Mar 11 Patricia Tindale, British architect and civil servant (school buildings, public housing), born in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England (d. 2011)
Ralph Abernathy (1926-1990)
Mar 11 American civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), born in Linden, Alabama
- Mar 11 Thomas Starzl, American surgeon, performed 1st successful liver transplant, born in Le Mars, Iowa (d. 2017)
- Mar 12 David Nadien, American concert and session violin virtuoso, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2014)
- Mar 12 David Oliver Williams, Welsh trade unionist (Confederation of Health Service Employees COHSE) General Secretary, 1983-87), born in Wales
- Mar 12 Freddie Williams, Welsh motorcycle speedway rider (World C'ship 1950, 1953; Wembley Lions), born in Port Talbot, Wales (d. 2013)
- Mar 12 George R Ariyoshi, Hawaiian-American politician (Governor of Hawaii (D), 1974-86), born in Honolulu Territory of Hawaii
- Mar 12 Georgios Darivas, Greek soccer forward (16 caps; Olympiacos 270 games) and manager (Olympiacos 1971, 75-76), born in Athens, Greece (d. 2024)
- Mar 12 Gudrun Ure, Scottish actress (Super Gran, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer), born in Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- Mar 12 Hildy Parks, American stage and screen actress, and Emmy Award-winning producer and writer (Tony Award presentations), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2004)
- Mar 12 John Clellon Holmes, American beat poet and writer (Go; The Horn), born in Holyoke, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
- Mar 12 Rolv Berger Yttrehus, American classical music composer, born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 2018)
- Mar 12 Ronald Alley, British art museum manager (Keeper of the Modern Collection of the Tate Gallery, 1965-86), born in Bristol, England (d. 1999)
- Mar 13 F. H. McClintock, British criminologist, born in London, England (d. 1994)
- Mar 13 Lenny Montana [Leonardo Passafaro], American professional wrestler (NWA Georgia), and actor (The Godfather), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
- Mar 14 François Morel, Canadian pianist, conductor, and composer (Antiphonie; Me duele España), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2018)
- Mar 14 Lita Roza, English pop singer ("How Much is That Doggie in the Window"), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2008)
- Mar 15 Ben Johnston [Benjamin Burwell Johnston Jr], American microtonal composer (Gambit), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2019)
- Mar 15 Norm Van Brocklin, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (NFL MVP 1960; First-team All-Pro 1960; 9 × Pro Bowl; LA Rams, Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons), born in Parade, South Dakota (d. 1983)
- Mar 15 Tim Valentine, American politician (Rep-D-NC, 1983-95), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 2015)
- Mar 16 Charles Goodell, American politician (d. 1987)
Jerry Lewis (1926-2017)
Mar 16 American comedian (Martin and Lewis, MDA Telethon), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Mar 17 Arthur Hockaday, British civil servant (Defence Ministry; Director-General of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 1982-89), born in Plymouth, England (d. 2004)
- Mar 17 Siegfried Lenz, German writer (Das Feuerschiff - The Lightship; Ein Kriegsende), dramatist, and interpreter for British military (WWII), born in Lyck, East Prussia (d. 2014)
- Mar 18 Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)
- Mar 18 Peter Graves [Aurness], American actor (Mission Impossible, Airplane!, Stalag 17), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2010)
- Mar 20 Harold Rosen, American engineer (created geosynchronous communications satellite), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2017) [1]
- Mar 21 André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (Benvenuta), born in Heverie, Belgium (d. 2002)
- Mar 21 Virginia Weidler, American child actress (Babes on Broadway, All This & Heaven Too), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1968)
- Mar 22 Billy Goodman, American baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1949, 53; AL batting champion 1950; Boston Red Sox), born in Concord, North Carolina (d. 1984)
- Mar 22 Julius Marmur, American biochemist and geneticist (DNA research), born in Bialystok, Poland (d. 1996)
- Mar 23 Johnny Logan, American baseball shortstop (World Series 1957 Boston / Milwaukee Braves; MLB All Star 1955, 57, 58, 59²), born in Endicott, New York (d. 2013)
- Mar 23 Martha Wright [Wiederrecht;], American stage, concert and radio singer and actress (South Pacific; The Sound Of Music), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2016)
- Mar 24 Dario Fo, Italian playwright and performer (Nobel Prize Literature 1997), born in Sangiano (d. 2016)
- Mar 24 Guillermo Timoner, Spanish cyclist (UCI Motor-paced World C'ships 1955, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65), born in Felanitx, Spain (d. 2023)
- Mar 25 Hans Rausing, Swedish-British industrial billionaire (Tetra Pak), and philanthropist, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2019)
- Mar 25 László Papp, Hungarian boxer (Olympic gold-1948, 1952, 1956), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2003) [1]
- Mar 25 Riz Ortolani, Italian Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger, predominantly of film scores (Mondo Cane - "More"), born in Pesaro, Italy (d. 2014)
- Mar 27 Frank O'Hara, American writer and poet, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1966)
- Mar 27 Frankie Ervin, American R&B singer (The Three Blazers - "Dragnet Blues"; The Shields - "You Cheated"), born in Blythe, California (d. 2009)
- Mar 27 Louis Blom-Cooper, British barrister specializing in public and administrative law and co-editor of "The Judicial House of Lords 1876–2009", born in London (d. 2018)
- Mar 28 Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, born in Madrid (d. 2014)
- Mar 28 Polly Umrigar, Indian cricket all-rounder & captain (59 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 223, 35 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), born in Solapur, India (d. 2006)
Ingvar Kamprad (1926-2018)
Mar 30 Swedish eccentric businessman (founder of IKEA) and author (The Testament of a Furniture Dealer), born in Pjätteryd, Sweden
- Mar 30 Lord Rayner [Derek Rayner], English businessman and chief executive (Marks & Spencer), born in Norwich, Norfolk (d. 1998)
- Mar 30 Ray McAnally, Irish actor (The Mission, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian), born in Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland (d. 1989)
- Mar 30 Sydney Chaplin, American actor and son of Charlie Chaplin (Limelight, Adding Machine), born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 2009)
- Mar 30 Werner Torkanowsky, German conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1963-77; Bangor Symphony, 1981-92), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1992)
- Mar 31 John Fowles, British novelist (Collector, French Lieutenant's Woman), born in Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, England (d. 2005)
Famous Weddings
Maybelle Carter
Mar 13 American folk and singer Maybelle Addington (17) weds music manager Ezra Carter (27)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Camilo Pessanha, Portuguese poet (Clepsydra), and Chinese translator, dies at 58 [1]
- Mar 3 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 58
- Mar 5 Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
- Mar 7 Heinrich Kàan-Albest, Bohemian pianist and composer, dies at 73
- Mar 11 Biddy Anderson, South African cricket batsman (1 Test as captain; Western Province) and rugby union centre (3 Tests), dies at 51
- Mar 12 Edward Wyllis Scripps, American publisher who organized 1st US major chain of newspapers (The E. W. Scripps Company), dies at 71
- Mar 16 Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
- Mar 17 Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, dies at 72
Georges Vezina (1887-1926)
Mar 26 Canadian Hockey HOF goalie after whom the Vezina Trophy is named; Stanley Cup 1916, 24 Montreal Canadiens, dies from tuberculosis at 39
- Mar 26 Konstantin Fehrenbach, German Chancellor of the Weimar Republic(1920-21), dies at 74
