Historical Events
Event of Interest
Mar 1 Forbes Richest List released, Bill Gates No. 1 with $75 billion, number of world's billionaires shrinks to 1,810
- Mar 1 Gene for grey hair (IRF4) discovery announced by Scientists from University College London in "Nature Communications"
- Mar 1 MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred sends a strong message on the issue of domestic violence; issues a 30-game suspension to NY Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman
- Mar 1 South Korean opposition MPs set a world record for longest filibuster - 9 days (192 hours) trying to block anti-terror bill
- Mar 1 Two Guatemalan military officers are convicted of sexual slavery during country's civil war - first ever prosecution of sexual slavery during an armed conflict
Election of Interest
Mar 1 US primary elections: Super Tuesday - both Republican Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton win seven state races each
- Mar 2 Longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance, Emirates A380 flies 14,200km (8,824 miles) Dubai to Auckland in 17 hours, 15 minutes
- Mar 2 Oldest known land fossil (Tortotubus - 440 million years old) from Gotland, Sweden, revealed by British scientists
Event of Interest
Mar 2 US astronauts Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to earth after nearly a year (340 days), setting an ISS record
- Mar 3 11th debate for Republican presidential candidates, hosted by Fox News, is held at the Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit, Michigan
- Mar 4 Ben Carson announces he is dropping out of the Republican presidential nomination race
- Mar 5 US air strike kills 150 Al-Shabaab militants north of Mogadishu, Somalia
Election of Interest
Mar 5 US primary elections: Super Saturday - Republican Donald Trump and Ted Cruz win 2 states, Democratics Bernie Sanders wins 2, Hillary Clinton one
- Mar 6 Seventh Democratic presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN and held in Flint, Michigan
Sports History
Mar 7 Peyton Manning announces his retirement from the Denver Broncos and the NFL
Sports History
Mar 7 Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova reveals failed drug test for meldonium at Australian Open in January, subsequently suspended for 15 months
Film & TV History
Mar 8 Turner Classic Movies show several of Claire Trevor’s films to honor the 106th anniversary of her birth
- Mar 9 Eighth Democratic presidential candidates debate hosted by Univision and the Washington Post and held in Miami, Florida
- Mar 9 EU Migrant Crisis: Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia close their borders to migrants trying to reach Northern Europe
- Mar 10 Twelfth Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN, held in Coral Gables, Florida
- Mar 13 Suicide Bombing in Ankara, Turkey kills 37 people
- Mar 14 Marco Rubio announces he is dropping out of the Republican presidential nomination race
- Mar 14 NASA releases data showing February 2016 warmest month ever recorded globally - 1.35C above the long-term average
Event of Interest
Mar 14 President Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops out of Syria
Event of Interest
Mar 16 US President Barack Obama nominates Merrick Garland as Supreme Court Justice
- Mar 17 Archaeologists announce the discovery of an 2,500 year old iron age warrior king burial ground, with 75 graves in Pocklington, Northern England
Operation Car Wash
Mar 17 Brazilian federal judge blocks swearing-in of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Chief of Staff to President Dilma Rousseff, as part of "Car Wash" controversy
Film & TV History
Mar 19 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Synder and starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, first premieres in Mexico City
Sports History
Mar 19 England beats France 31-21 at Stade de France, Paris to claim Six Nations Rugby Championship; secure their first Grand Slam since 2003; Owen Farrell with 7 goals, England's 2nd-highest points scorer behind Jonny Wilkinson
Obama Visits Cuba
Mar 20 Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 3 day tour
- Mar 22 Suicide bombings at Brussel's Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro station, leave around 28 victims dead and 260 injured, ISIS claim responsibility
Event of Interest
Mar 23 GPR investigation of Shakespeare's tomb at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford concludes the Bard's skull probably has been stolen
Event of Interest
Mar 24 Bosnian Serb politician Radovan Karadžić is found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and sentenced to 40 years imprisonment
- Mar 24 Former English international footballer Adam Johnson sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual activity with a schoolgirl
- Mar 25 Suicide attack during a football match in Iskandariya, Iraq kills at least 32 people, ISIS claim responsibility
Music Concert
Mar 25 The Rolling Stones perform a free outdoor concert at the Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana sports complex, in Havana, Cuba, before an estimated crowd of 500,000
Mind of Mine
Mar 25 Zayn's [Zayn Malik] solo debut album "Mind of Mine" is released, 1st British male artist to debut at No. 1 in US
- Mar 26 US primary elections: Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders wins Washington, Hawaii and Alaska
- Mar 27 Suicide bomb kills more than 70 people at a park in Lahore, Pakistan, Taliban connected Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claim responsibility
Famous Weddings
Rupert Murdoch
Mar 4 Media mogul Rupert Murdoch (84) and model Jerry Hall (59) marry in a private civil ceremony at Spencer House in London
Famous Divorces
Rosie O'Donnell
Mar 30 Comedian Rosie O'Donnell and marketing executive Kelli O'Donnell divorce after 3 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Jim Kimsey, American co-founder of AOL, dies at 76
- Mar 1 Martha Wright [Wiederrecht;], American stage, concert and radio singer and actress (South Pacific; The Sound Of Music)), dies at 92
- Mar 1 Tony Warren [Anthony McVay Simpson], English actor and screenwriter (Coronation Street), dies at 79
Martin Crowe (1962-2016)
Mar 3 New Zealand cricketer and batsman, dies of cancer at 53
- Mar 4 P.A. Sangma, Indian politician (4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya), dies at 68
- Mar 4 Pat Conroy, American writer (The Great Santini, Prince of Tides), dies at 70
- Mar 4 Zhou Xiaoyan, Chinese operatic soprano and pedagogue (Shanghai Conservatory, 1949-65 and 1970-78), dies at 98
- Mar 5 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (Early Music Movement), dies at 86
- Mar 5 Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (invented email and the @ sign), dies at 74
Nancy Reagan (1921-2016)
Mar 6 US First Lady (1981-89), dies at 94
- Mar 7 Michael White, British theater/film producer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), dies at 80
George Martin (1926-2016)
Mar 8 British record producer (The Beatles), dies at 90
- Mar 9 Bill Wade, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 1958, 63; LA Rams, Chicago Bears), dies at 85
John Gutfreund (1929-2016)
Mar 9 American investment banker, CEO of Salomon Brothers (King of Wall Street), dies at 86
- Mar 9 Juvenal "Naná' Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz and world music percussionist, and berimbau player (Pat Metheny, Björk, Milton Nascimento), dies of lung cancer at 71
- Mar 9 Robert Horton [Meade Howard Horton Jr.], American actor and singer (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena), dies at 91
- Mar 10 Anita Brookner, English novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, dies at 87
- Mar 10 Ernestine Anderson, American jazz vocalist and blues singer, dies at 87
- Mar 10 Gogi Grant [Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg], American singer ("The Wayward Wind"), dies at 91
- Mar 10 Keith Emerson, English rock keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), commits suicide at 71
- Mar 10 Ken Adam, British film production designer (James Bond sets), dies at 95
- Mar 11 Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper (Olympic gold 1960), dies at 79
- Mar 12 Lloyd Shapley, American Mathematician (2012 Nobel Prize, Game Theory), dies at 92
- Mar 13 Adrienne Corri, British actress (River, Doctor Zhivago), dies at 85
- Mar 13 Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, dies at 89
- Mar 13 Martin Olav Sabo, American politician (Rep-D-MN, 1979-2007), dies at 78
- Mar 14 Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer (Prolation, Taverner), dies at 81
- Mar 16 Cliff Michelmore, English television presenter and producer (Tonight; Day By Day), dies at 96
- Mar 16 Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and bandleaderr, dies at 72
- Mar 17 Paul Daniels, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), dies at 77
- Mar 18 Jan Nemec, Czech film director (Diamonds of the Night), dies at 79
- Mar 18 Joe Santos, American actor (Rockford files), dies at 84
- Mar 20 Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (1972-3, 75-82), dies at 93
- Mar 20 Peter Williams, British organist and musicologist, dies at 78
Andrew Grove (1936-2016)
Mar 21 Hungarian-American pioneer in the semiconductor industry, one of the founders and CEO of Intel, and philanthropist, dies at 79
- Mar 21 Peter Brown [Pierre Lind de Lappe], American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold & Beautiful), dies at 80
- Mar 21 Robert McNeill Alexander, British zoologist (estimated speed of dinosaurs), dies at 81
- Mar 22 Eli Louw, South African politician (Minister of Transport), dies at 88
- Mar 22 Phife Dawg [Malik Taylor] American rapper (A Tribe called Quest), dies from diabetes complications at 45
- Mar 22 Rita Gam, American actress (Night People, Hannibal), dies at 88
- Mar 22 Rob Ford, Canadian politician (Toronto mayor caught with cocaine), dies at 46
- Mar 23 Gegham Grigorian, Armenian operatic tenor, and artistic director (Yerevan Opera, 2000-07), dies at 65
- Mar 23 Joe Garagiola, American MLB catcher (4 teams, 1946-54), sportscaster, and TV host (Today Show), dies at 90
- Mar 23 Ken Howard, American actor (The White Shadow), dies at 71
- Mar 23 Peter Moores, British businessman and director (Littlewoods), dies at 83
- Mar 24 Earl Hamner Jr., American creator and narrator of TV show "The Waltons", dies at 92
- Mar 24 Garry Shandling, American comedian (It's Garry Shandling's Show, Larry Sanders Show), dies at 66
Johan Cruyff (1947-2016)
Mar 24 Dutch soccer player and coach (Ajax/Barcelona), dies at 68
- Mar 24 Kevin Turner, American football fullback (Philadelphia Eagles) and plaintiff against NFL (concussion case), dies of ALS at 46
- Mar 26 David Baker, American jazz trombonist and cellist, jazz and classical composer (Reflections), and educator (Indiana University), dies at 84
- Mar 26 Jim Harrison, American poet and novelist (Legends of the Fall), dies at 78
- Mar 27 Mother Angelica, Catholic American Franciscan nun, dies at 92
- Mar 28 James Noble, American actor (Benson, 1776, Airplane II: The Sequel), dies of a stroke at 94
- Mar 28 Peggy Fortnum, British Illustrator (first to draw Paddington Bear), dies at 96
- Mar 29 Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host, dies at 59
Patty Duke (1946-2016)
Mar 29 American Academy and Emmy awarding actress (The Miracle Worker; The Patty Duke Show), and mental health advocate, dies of sepsis from a ruptured intestine at 69 [1]
- Mar 30 Bram Beekman, Dutch organist, composer and teacher (Brabants Conservatory, 1980-2012), dies at 66
- Mar 30 Gianmaria Testa, Italian singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 57
- Mar 30 Howard Cable, Canadian conductor, arranger, and composer, dies at 95
- Mar 30 Mike Gibbons, American rocker (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods - "Billy Don't Be A Hero"), dies at 69
- Mar 31 Douglas Wilmer, British actor (Sherlock Holmes, Octopussy, El Cid), dies of pneumonia at 96
- Mar 31 Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (FDP), worked to re-unify Germany, dies at 89
Imre Kertész (1929-2016)
Mar 31 Hungarian writer (Nobel Laureate 2002) and concentration camp survivor, dies at 86
- Mar 31 Ronnie Corbett, British comedian (The Two Ronnies), dies at 85
- Mar 31 Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-British acchitect (London Aquatic Centre; Pritzker Prize - 2004), dies at 65
