Historical Events
- Mar 3 The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Association Football is conceived, but does not come into effect until the next season.
- Mar 3 US Congress creates Courts of Appeal
- Mar 3 US Congress creates Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept)
- Mar 3 US Congress establishes the Office of Immigration
Great Blizzard of 1891
Mar 9 Great Blizzard of 1891 begins in England and lasts until March 13; Kills 200 people and 6,000 animals
- Mar 10 Almon Brown Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching
Clara Schumann's Last Concert
Mar 12 Clara Schumann plays Johannes Brahms's "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" for two pianos, with James Kwast in her last public concert (Frankfurt, Germany)
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 3 Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer (Luisa Fernanda), conductor, and music promoter, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1982)
- Mar 4 (Charles) "Dazzy" Vance, American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 x NL strike-out leader; World Series ,1934 St Louis Cardinals; NL MVP & Triple Crown of Pitching, 1924 Brooklyn Robins), born in Orient, Iowa (d. 1961)
- Mar 4 Lois Wilson (née Burnham), American co-founder of Al-Anon also known as "Lois W.", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
- Mar 5 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, American comedian (Olsen & Johnson), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1962)
- Mar 6 Victor Kilian, American actor (Gentleman's Agreement), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1979)
- Mar 7 Marcel Barger, Dutch Jewish cabaret performer (I keep Susy), born in Amsterdam (d. 1942 at Auschwitz)
José P. Laurel (1891-1959)
Mar 9 3rd President of the Philippines (1942-44), born in Tanauan, Batangas
- Mar 10 Jacob van Gelderen, Dutch economist (Kondratiev waves), sociologist and politician (SDAP) (d. 1940)
- Mar 10 Sam Jaffe, American actor (The Asphalt Jungle; Gunga Din; Dr Zorba), born in New York City (d. 1984)
- Mar 12 George W. Mason, American industrialist (d. 1954)
- Mar 12 Michael Polanyi, Hungarian-English chemist, economist and philosopher (claimed all knowledge relied on personal judgments), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1976)
- Mar 14 Jan P. Strijbos, Dutch naturalist and writer (Wandering through South-Africa) (d. 1983)
Earl Warren (1891-1974)
Mar 19 Governor of California and 14th US Supreme Court Chief Justice (1953-69), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 21 Jonathan Hale [Hatley], Canadian-American, actor (Blondie films; The Saint films), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1960)
- Mar 23 Catherine Murphy Urner, American singer and composer, born in Mitchell, Indiana (d. 1942)
- Mar 24 Charley Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations), born in Katwijk, Netherlands (d. 1955)
- Mar 24 John Knittel, Swiss writer, born in Dharwar, India (d. 1970)
- Mar 24 Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Soviet physicist (d. 1951)
- Mar 28 Karel Cruysberghs, Flemish religious writer, born in Meerhout, Belgium (d. 1976)
- Mar 28 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), born in Hatten, Germany (d. 1959)
- Mar 29 Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz), born in Neutitschein, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980)
- Mar 29 Ivan Goll, French-German writer (the Landless John), born in Saint-Dié (d. 1950)
- Mar 30 Jan Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1976)
- Mar 31 Andy Varipapa, American ten-pin bowler (BPAA All-Star champion 1947-48), born in Carfizzi, Italy (d. 1984)
- Mar 31 Erich Walter Sternberg, German-Israeli composer (co-founder of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1974)
- Mar 31 Ion Pillat, Romanian poet and senator (Umbra timpului), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1945)
- Mar 31 Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (Divine Lady; King of Kings; Big City), born in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary (d. 1976)
Famous Weddings
- Mar 21 A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years
Famous Deaths
Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891)
Mar 21 American military officer (senior officer in Confederate Army and United States Army), dies at 84
Georges Seurat (1859-1891)
Mar 29 French post-impressionist painter (Pointillism), dies at 31
