Historical Events
- Mar 5 -8th Islamic State militants ransack and destroy ancient cities of Nimrud, Hatra and Dur-Sharrukin in Iraq
Film & TV History
Mar 5 Harrison Ford crash-lands his 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR aeroplane in California
American Crime
Mar 5 US crime drama "American Crime" premieres created by John Ridley
- Mar 6 NASA's Dawn space probe enters orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres
- Mar 6 US State Department charges 2 Vietnamese and a Canadian citizen with cyberfraud, for stealing 1 billion email addresses for spam
- Mar 7 54 people are killed & 143 are wounded by 5 Boko Haram suicide bombings in Maiduguri city, Nigeria
- Mar 7 Chris Sharma completes the first ascent of El Bon Combat in Cova de l'Ocell, Spain, initially considered close to 9b+ (5.15c)
Event of Interest
Mar 9 US President Barack Obama signs an executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat to the US
See You Again
Mar 10 "See You Again" released by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth commissioned by film "Furious 7" as tribute to Paul Walker (Billboard Song of the Year 2015)
Music History
Mar 10 The family of Marvin Gaye win a record $7.3 million lawsuit for music copyright infringement against Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I.
- Mar 13 Cyclone Pam causes widespread damage in Vanuatu and the South Pacific, including 15-16 deaths.
- Mar 14 36th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Villanova beats Xavier, 69-52
- Mar 14 62nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Notre Dame beats North Carolina, 90-82
- Mar 15 56th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 78-63
Event of Interest
Mar 16 Google commemorate Anna Atkins's 216th birthday with a Google Doodle image representing her cyanoprint work
- Mar 21 Ireland retains Six Nations Rugby Championship with 40-10 win over Scotland at Murrayfield; England needs 26 point win over France for title but can only beat Les Bleus, 55-35 at Twickenham
The Late Late Show
Mar 23 British entertainer James Corden becomes the host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS; hosts the program through 2023
- Mar 24 Germanwings flight on route between Barcelona and Düsseldorf crashes in the French Alps killing all 150 on board
Opportunity Rover Runs a Marathon
Mar 24 NASA's Opportunity rover becomes the first to complete a Martian marathon
One Direction Break Up
Mar 25 British musician Zayn Malik announces he is leaving the band One Direction
Event of Interest
Mar 26 Richard III of England (1452-85) is reburied at Leicester Cathedral in England, after being discovered under a carpark in Leicester in 2012
- Mar 27 Russia's Soyuz TMA-16M launches to deliver three crew members to the international space station to research the long-term effects of micro gravity
- Mar 29 Cricket World Cup, Melbourne (MCG): Australia defeats fellow host New Zealand by 7 wickets to win their 5th title; Player of Series: Mitchell Starc
- Mar 29 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia: Australia win their fourth title with 7 wicket win over New Zealand, 101 balls remaining; Player of the Match: James Faulkner (AUS) 3/36
- Mar 29 Nigerian General Election - voting is extended to a 2nd day. death toll from Boko Haram attacks at 43
WrestleMania
Mar 29 WrestleMania XXXI, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA (76,976): Seth Rollins beats Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns in impromptu triple threat match to capture WWE Heavyweight title
Famous Weddings
Jason Aldean
Mar 21 Country music singer Jason Aldean (38) weds former American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr (27) in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Randy Travis
Mar 21 Country music star Randy Travis (55) weds longtime girlfriend Mary Davis in Texas
- Mar 29 "Shahs of Sunset" actor Mike Shouhed weds Jessica Parido at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles
Famous Divorces
Bruce & Kris Jenner
Mar 23 TV personality Kris Jenner and athlete Bruce Jenner divorce after 13 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Minnie Miñoso, Cuban Baseball HOF left-fielder (9 x MLB All Star; Gold Glove Award 1957, 59, 60; Chicago White Sox), dies of heart disease at 92
- Mar 1 Orrin Keepnews, American jazz producer and founder of Riverside Records and Milestone Records labels, dies at 91
- Mar 2 Bettina Graziani [Simone Bodin] French model, one of the first supermodels, Givenchy muse, dies at 89
- Mar 2 Mal Peet, British children's author, dies at 67
- Mar 8 Lew Soloff, American jazz trumpeter (Blood, Sweat and Tears), dies at 71
- Mar 9 James Molyneaux [Baron Molyneaux of Killead], MP (Ulster unionist), dies at 94
- Mar 9 Norman Adams, British painter, costume designer and ceramics artist, dies at 78 [1]
- Mar 11 Jimmy Greenspoon, American session and touring rock organist (Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World"), dies of metastatic melanoma at 67
- Mar 11 Ralph Taeger, American actor (Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo), dies at 78
Michael Graves (1934-2015)
Mar 12 American postmodernist architect and designer, dies at 80
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
Mar 12 English author of fantasy novels (Discworld), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 66
- Mar 13 Al Rosen, American baseball third baseman (MLB All-Star 1952–55; World Series 1948; AL MVP 1953; Cleveland Indians) and executive (NL Executive of the Year 1989), dies at 91
- Mar 13 Daevid Allen [Christopher David], Australian musician and performance artist (Soft Machine, Gong), dies of cancer at 77
- Mar 14 Valentin Rasputin, Russian writer (To Live and Remember), dies at 77
- Mar 15 Mike Porcaro, American rock bassist (Toto, 1982-2007 "Stranger In Town"), dies from Lou Gehrig’s disease at 59
- Mar 15 Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor, dies at 87
- Mar 16 Andy Fraser, English bass guitarist (Free), dies at 62
- Mar 17 Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), dies at 90
- Mar 17 Shaw Taylor, British actor and television presenter (Police 5), dies at 90
- Mar 19 Michael Brown, American rock keyboardist and songwriter (Left Banke - Walk Away Renee; Pretty Ballerina), dies of heart failure at 65
- Mar 19 Peter Katin, British concert pianist, dies at 84
- Mar 20 A.J. Pero, American drummer (Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"), dies of a heart attack at 55
- Mar 20 Eva Burrows, Austrian Salvation Army officer, 13th General of The Salvation Army, dies at 85
- Mar 20 Gregory Walcott, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space, 87th Precinct), dies at 87
- Mar 20 Jim Berry, American cartoonist (Berry's World), dies at 83
Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015)
Mar 20 Australian Prime Minister (Liberal, 1975-83), dies at 84
- Mar 20 Perro Aguayo, Jr., Mexican wrestler (CMLL), dies of cardiac arrest in the ring at 35
- Mar 20 Robert Kastenmeier, American politician (Rep-D-WI, 1959-91), dies at 91
- Mar 21 Chuck Bednarik, Pro/College Football HOF center/linebacker (Uni of Pennsylvania; NFL C'ship 1949, 60; 10 × First-team All-Pro; 8 × Pro Bowl; Philadelphia Eagles), dies of Alzheimer's disease and dementia at 89
- Mar 21 Jackie Trent, English singer-songwriter (Neighbours theme) and actress, dies at 74
- Mar 21 Jørgen Ingmann, Danish jazz and pop guitarist ("Apache"; "Dansevise"), dies at 89
- Mar 22 Norman Scribner, American organist, conductor, choral director (St. Alban's, 1960-2007; Choral Arts Society of Washington, 1965-2012), and composer (Song for St. Cecilia), dies at 79
Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015)
Mar 23 Founding father of modern Singapore and 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-90), dies of pneumonia at 91
- Mar 23 Lil' Chris [Hardman], British rock singer (Checkin' It Out), takes his own life at 24 [1]
- Mar 23 Nick Peters, American Baseball Hall of Fame writer (Oakland Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Berkeley Gazette, San Francisco Chronicle), dies at 75
- Mar 23 Roy Douglas, English composer and arranger (Tomorrow We Live - At Dawn We Die), dies at 107
- Mar 24 Maria Radner, German operatic contralto, specializing in Wagner, dies in a plane crash at 33
- Mar 24 Oleg Bryjak, Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer (Deutsche Oper am Rhein), dies in plane crash at 54
- Mar 26 John Renbourn, British jazz and folk guitarist and songwriter (Pentangle), dies of a heart attack at 70
- Mar 26 Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet (Nobel Prize for Literature - 2011), dies at 83
- Mar 28 Douglas Leedy, American composer, dies at 77
- Mar 28 Gene Saks, American actor and director (One & Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), dies at 93
- Mar 28 Richard L. Bare, American TV and film director (Green Acres), dies at 101
- Mar 28 Ronald Stevenson, Scottish-Welsh composer (9 Haiku; Ben Dorain Symphony), pianist, and educator, dies at 87
- Mar 31 Philip Potter, Dominica Methodist church leader (Secretary-General World Council of Churches), dies at 93
