Historical Events
- Mar 1 "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco NYC after 41 performances
- Mar 1 "Visit" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
- Mar 1 In a rematch of one of the most controversial decisions in boxing history, Ghana's WBC super featherweight champion Azumah Nelson KOs Australian Jeff Fenech in 8th round in Melbourne
- Mar 1 Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record 54.48s at the US Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, IN; passes famous GDR drug tainted record, Kristen Otto 1986 by 0.25s
- Mar 2 American swimmer Anita Nall breaks the 200m breaststroke world record twice in the one day at the US Swimming championships in Indianapolis; wins final in 2:25.35
- Mar 2 Moldova joins the United Nations.
Sports History
Mar 3 Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)
- Mar 3 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 263 die
Sports History
Mar 3 Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd jersey number retired by NHL New York Islanders
- Mar 3 Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina established.
Event of Interest
Mar 3 US President George H. W. Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to
Music Concert
Mar 4 Singer-songwriter Paul Simon tapes an acoustic concert performance for "MTV Unplugged" at Kaufman-Astoria Studios in Queens, NYC
- Mar 5 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks
- Mar 6 Founding of the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
- Mar 6 The Michelangelo computer virus begins to take affect
- Mar 6 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine
- Mar 7 England routs Wales, 24-0 at Twickenham for it's 2nd straight outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam and Triple Crown titles; fullback Jonathan Webb 2 penalties and 3 conversions
- Mar 7 Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)
- Mar 10 "Come and Talk to Me" single released by Jodeci (Billboard Song of the Year 1992)
Soul Train Music Awards
Mar 10 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole, Color Me Badd win
- Mar 10 Sandra Seuser, Katrin Schreiter, Annet Hesselbarth and Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22)
- Mar 12 Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations
Music Concert
Mar 12 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Natalie Cole, and Don Henley
- Mar 13 An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey.
- Mar 13 FCC rules companies can own 30 AM & 30 FM stations (formerly 12)
Sports History
Mar 13 Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
Farm Aid Concert
Mar 14 Farm Aid V held in Irving, Texas; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Arlo Guthrie, Asleep At The Wheel, Kentucky Headhunters, Texas Tornadoes, Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Paul Simon, and Mary Chapin Carpenter [1]
- Mar 14 NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape
- Mar 14 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
- Mar 15 13th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats Georgetown, 56-54
- Mar 15 33rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 80-54
- Mar 15 39th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #20 North Carolina, 94-74
- Mar 15 UN officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation
People's Choice Awards
Mar 17 18th People's Choice Awards: Kevin Costner & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Candice Bergen win (TV)
Music History
Mar 17 Ariel Dorfman's stage drama "Death and the Maiden", starring Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss, and Gene Hackman, and directed by Mike Nichols, opens at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; runs for 159 performances
- Mar 17 Islamic Jihad car bombing of Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 29 [1]
- Mar 17 Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit
Important Vote
Mar 17 South African President F. W. de Klerk wins a white only referendum
- Mar 17 South African referendum of white voters on an end to apartheid, over two-thirds vote for an end to the system
- Mar 18 "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 38 performances
- Mar 18 American businesswoman Leona Helmsley sentenced to 4 years for tax evasion "We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes"
Music History
Mar 18 American pop singer Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
- Mar 18 Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
- Mar 19 Britain's Prince Andrew & Sarah, Duchess of York, announce separation
Music History
Mar 19 Revival of Henrik Ibsen's stage drama "The Master Builder", directed by Tony Randall, opens at the Belasco Theater, NYC; runs for 45 performances
- Mar 20 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set
A First Lady Goes Shoplifting
Mar 20 Manuel Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses
Conversations with My Father
Mar 22 Herb Gardner's stage drama "Conversations with My Father", starring Judd Hirsch and Tony Shalhoub, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC, runs for 462 performances and a Tony Award for Hirsch
- Mar 22 US Air NY to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die
- Mar 23 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets
- Mar 24 "Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 245 performances
- Mar 24 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space with the 1st Belgium in space onboard, Dirk Frimout
- Mar 24 Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens: 5-6 die
- Mar 25 British scientists find new largest perfect # (2 756839 -1 * 2 756839)
- Mar 25 Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.
Cricket World Cup
Mar 25 Cricket World Cup, Melbourne (MCG): Imran Khan scores 72 in his final ODI as Pakistan beats England by 22 runs for their first title; Martin Crowe (NZ), Player of Series
Cricket History
Mar 25 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia: Pakistan beats England by 22 runs for their first trophy; Player of the Match: Wasim Akram (PAK) 33 (18) & 3/49
- Mar 25 Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands
Sports History
Mar 26 Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington
- Mar 26 NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years
Human Touch
Mar 27 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 9th and 10th studio albums - "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town" - on the same day; musicians other than the E-Street Band are used
Film & TV History
Mar 28 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal
- Mar 28 Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
- Mar 28 PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel
- Mar 29 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Hudson Hawk" wins
- Mar 29 Ice Dance Championship in Oakland, California won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)
- Mar 29 Ice Pairs Championship in Oakland, California won by Mishuktienok & Dmitriev (CIS)
Sports History
Mar 29 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oakland, California won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)
- Mar 29 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland, California won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS)
- Mar 29 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Dottie Pepper (Mochrie) wins the first of her 2 major titles in a sudden-death playoff with Juli Inkster with par on the 1st extra hole
PGA Players Championship
Mar 29 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Davis Love III wins by 4 strokes ahead of runners-up Ian Baker-Finch, Phil Blackmar, Nick Faldo, and Tom Watson.
Academy Awards
Mar 30 64th Academy Awards: "The Silence of the Lambs", Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster win
- Mar 30 CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute"
- Mar 30 P J Patterson, resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica
- Mar 30 WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (NYC)
- Mar 31 Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsimmons guides the Suns to a 128-111 home win over Portland to become the 6th coach in NBA history to record 800 career wins
- Mar 31 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi (Ajay Sharma 175 in 532) beats Tamil Nadu (449) on 1st innings
- Mar 31 UN Security Council voted to ban flights & arms sales to Libya
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 4 Bernd Leno, German soccer goalkeeper (VfB Stuttgart II, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Fulham), born in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
- Mar 4 Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- Mar 4 Nataša Stanković, Serbian model and dancer, born in Požarevac, Republic of Serbia
- Mar 4 Nick Castellanos, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 2021, 23; Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds; AL triples leader 2017 Detroit Tigers), born in Davie, Florida
- Mar 6 Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese J-pop singer (Berryz Kobo), actress, radio personality, and kindergarten teacher, born in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Mar 6 Sam Bankman-Fried, American entrepreneur (founder of cypto currency FTX), born in Stanford, California
- Mar 7 Alisson Kruusmaa, contemporary classical composer (Rain; Hummingbirds), born in Pärnu, Estonia
- Mar 7 Bel Powley, English actress, born in London, England
- Mar 8 Charlie Ray, American actress
Emily Osment (32 years old)
Mar 10 American actress (Hannah Montana) and singer (Spy Kids), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 13 George MacKay, British actor (1917), born in Hammersmith, London
Kaya Scodelario (32 years old)
Mar 13 British actress (Skins; The Truth About Emanuel; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
- Mar 13 Lucy Fry, Australian stage and screen actress, born in Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia
Ozuna (32 years old)
Mar 13 Puerto Rican singer (Odisea), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Mar 16 Diego Calva, Mexican actor (Babylon), born in Mexico City
John Boyega (32 years old)
Mar 17 English actor (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), born in London
- Mar 19 Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays
- Mar 21 Chiney Ogwumike, American basketball player and sports commentator (1st black woman host for ESPN radio show), born in Tomball, Texas
- Mar 21 Karolína Plíšková, Czech tennis player (US Open 2016 runner-up; Wimbledon 2021 runner-up; Federation Cup 2015, 16, 18), born in Louny, Czech Republic
- Mar 23 Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazilian swimmer (Olympic gold 10k open water 2020; 5 x World C'ship gold 2011, 15, 17, 19), born in Salvador, Brazil
Kyrie Irving (32 years old)
Mar 23 American basketball guard (2011 NBA Draft: #1 pick Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Mar 23 Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress (Riverdale), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Mar 24 Mr. Kitty (Forrest LeMaire), American singer-songwriter, record producer, and DJ ("After Dark"), born in Arlington, Texas
- Mar 24 Thomas Law, English actor
- Mar 31 Phil Dunster, English actor (Ted Lasso), born in Northampton, England
Famous Weddings
Annette Bening & Warren Beatty
Mar 12 American actress Annette Bening (33) weds American actor-director Warren Beatty (54)
- Mar 22 American record producer Lou Adler (58) weds American actress Page Hannah (27) (Daryl's sister)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 2 Sandy Dennis, American Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actress (Any Wednesday; Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?; The Out-of-Towners), dies of ovarian cancer at 54
- Mar 3 Robert Beatty, Canadian actor (2001: A Space Odyssey, Where Eagles Dare), dies from pneumonia at 82
- Mar 3 Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Mar 4 Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure
- Mar 4 C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies
- Mar 4 Christian K. Nelson, American inventor of Eskimo Pie (now Edy's Pie)), dies at 98
- Mar 4 Mary Osborne, American jazz guitarist, dies of liver cancer at 70
- Mar 4 Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61
- Mar 5 Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82
- Mar 5 Yevgeny Yevstigneev, Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65
- Mar 6 Elvia Allman, actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia
- Mar 6 Emmy Huf, Dutch cabaret performer, and author (I Want Warm Meat), dies at 70
- Mar 6 Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage), dies at 83
- Mar 8 George "Red" Callender, American jazz and session string bass and tuba player, dies of thyroid cancer at 76
- Mar 9 Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies
- Mar 9 Jack McEdward, asst dir (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at 94
- Mar 9 James Brooks, American mural painter (Flight, La Guardia NY), dies at 85
Menachem Begin (1913-1992)
Mar 9 6th Prime Minister of Israel (1977-80, 81-83) and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies of a heart attack at 85
- Mar 10 Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)
- Mar 11 David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41
- Mar 11 Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48
- Mar 11 Richard Brooks, American film director (Blackboard Jungle; In Cold Blood; Key Largo), dies at 79
- Mar 12 Barbara Morrison, British actress (Project Moonbase; From Here To Eternity), dies of heart failure at 84
- Mar 12 Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (known for the comic strip Eric de Noorman), dies at 70
- Mar 12 Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies
- Mar 12 Karel Poons, Jewish-Dutch ballet dancer, educator, and Holocaust survivor, dies at 79
- Mar 12 Salvatore "Salvo" Lima, Italian politician (Mayor of Palermo, 1958-63 & 65-66; Member of European Parliament, 1979-92) assassinated by the Mafia at 64
- Mar 13 Clarence Wright, English actor and singer, dies at 84
- Mar 13 Hans Redeker, Dutch art critic (Algemeen Handelsblad), dies
- Mar 14 C. V. Wood Jr., American theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71
- Mar 14 Jean Poiret [Jean-Gustave Poiré], French actor, director, and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 65
- Mar 14 Ralph James, American actor (Orson-Mork & Mindy), dies at 67
- Mar 14 Steven Brian Pennell, 1st person to be executed in Delaware in 45 years, dies at 34
- Mar 15 Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes
- Mar 15 Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at 64
- Mar 15 Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at 71
- Mar 16 Wang Renzhong, Chinese politician (First Secretary Hubei Province), dies at 75
- Mar 16 Yves Rocard, French physicist (helped develop the atomic bomb for France), dies at 88
- Mar 17 Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69
- Mar 17 George Lovi, American columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies
- Mar 17 Grace Stafford Lantz, American actress and cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87
- Mar 17 Jack Arnold, American actor and director (Sid Caesar Special, Emmy 1967, Creature From the Black Lagoon), dies at 75
- Mar 18 Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager, Dutch writer and poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56
- Mar 19 Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas, Garrison's Gorillas), dies of a heart attack at 66
- Mar 19 Henry Leland Clarke, American composer, dies at 85
- Mar 20 Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
- Mar 20 Frank Westbrook, American Broadway dancer and choreographer, dies at 82
- Mar 20 Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon, A Little Romance), dies of a heart attack at 67
- Mar 20 Lina Bo Bardi, Italian born Brazilian modernist architect (SESC Pompéia Factory), dies at 77
- Mar 21 John Ireland, Canadian actor (All the King's Men, Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of leukemia at 78
- Mar 21 Natalie Sleeth, American composer, dies at 61
- Mar 23 Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian-British economist (Road to Serfdom, 1974 Nobel Prize for Economics), dies at 92 [1]
- Mar 25 Nancy Walker, American actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife), dies of cancer at 69
- Mar 26 Barbara Frum, Canadian journalist (b. 1937)
- Mar 27 Anita Colby [Counihan], American model, actress (Mary of Scotland; Cover Girl; Pepsi Cola Playhouse), beauty coach, and inventor (chair-bed), dies of lung disease at 77
- Mar 27 Easley Blackwood, Sr, American expert bridge player, and writer, dies at 89
- Mar 27 Gerry Duggan, Irish-Australian character actor dies at 81
- Mar 27 Harald Sæverud, Norwegian composer (Rondo Amoroso; Sinfonia Dolorosa), dies at 94
- Mar 27 James E. Webb, American government official (Administrator of NASA, 1961-68, James Webb S[ace Telescope named after him), dies of a heart attack at 85
- Mar 27 Martin Engelman, Dutch cartoonist, painter and graphic artist, dies at 68
- Mar 28 Josef Matej, Czech composer, dies at 70
- Mar 28 Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72
- Mar 29 John Spencer, Earl of Spencer, British peer and father of Diana, Princess of Wales, dies at 68
Paul Henreid (1908-1992)
Mar 29 Austrian-American actor (Casablanca, Now, Voyager), dies at 84
- Mar 30 Art Hannes, American actor and announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72
- Mar 30 Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies at 75
- Mar 30 Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist who discovered ancient royal Macedonian tombs in northern Greece, dies at 72
