Historical Events
Grover Cleveland
Mar 4 Grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US President (2nd term)
- Mar 10 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony (Cote d'Ivoire)
- Mar 10 New Mexico State University cancels its 1st graduation ceremony; its only graduand Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before
Gardel Arrives in Argentina
Mar 11 Future Tango icon Carlos Gardel and his mother, Berthe Gardès emigrate to Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mar 17 Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (Stanley Cup): Montreal Hockey Club claim inaugural trophy after finishing top of final Amateur Hockey Association of Canada standings with a 7–1–0 record
- Mar 24 55th Grand National: Bill Dollery aboard 9/2 favourite Cloister wins by a massive 40 lengths from Aesop; owner Charles Duff fields 2 more winners 1912-13
- Mar 30 Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Mercedes de Acosta, American socialite (d. 1968)
- Mar 2 Maxime Dumoulin, French composer, born in Lille, France (d. 1972)
- Mar 3 Beatrice Wood, American artist, ceramist and editor (The Blind Man, inspiration for Titanic film character Rose), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1998)
- Mar 3 Bill Nestell, American actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1966)
- Mar 5 Emmett J. Culligan, American entrepreneur (founder of water treatment organization Culligan Inc.), born in Yankton, South Dakota (d. 1970)
- Mar 6 [Walter] "Furry" Lewis, American blues musician, born in Greenville, Mississippi (d. 1981) [birth year disputed]
- Mar 7 Milton Avery, American artist, born in Almar, New York (d. 1965)
- Mar 8 Mississippi John Hurt, American country blues singer and guitarist, born in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi (d. 1966)
- Mar 9 Billy Southworth, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1942, 44 St. Louis Cardinals; Boston Braves) and outfielder (World Series 1926 NY Giants), born in Harvard, Nebraska (d. 1969)
- Mar 9 Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian painter and decorator, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1960)
- Mar 9 Hans Münch, Swiss conductor and composer, born in Mulhouse, France (d. 1983)
- Mar 16 Isobel Elsom, British actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1981)
- Mar 18 (John) Jean Goldkette, French jazz pianist and bandleader, born in Valenciennes, France (d. 1962)
- Mar 18 Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist, born in Novi Ligure, Italy (d. 1978)
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
Mar 18 English soldier and anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth, Futility), born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England
- Mar 21 Geoffrey Dearmer, British poet (d. 1996)
- Mar 23 Cedric Gibbons, American art director (d. 1960)
- Mar 24 George Sisler, American Baseball HOF first baseman (AL MVP 1922; AL batting champion 1920, 22 St. Louis Browns) and manager (St. Louis Browns 1924–26), born in Manchester, Ohio (d. 1973)
- Mar 25 Edward Hart, American politician (Rep-D-NJ)/1st chairman of Com on Un-American Activities, born in Jersey City (d. 1961)
- Mar 26 James B. Conant, American chemist and President of Harvard University, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
Palmiro Togliatti (1893-1964)
Mar 26 Italian politician and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Italy (1926-34, 1938-64), born in Genoa, Italy
- Mar 27 Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist and writer (Ideology and Utopia; Diagnosis of Our Time), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1947)
- Mar 28 Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (20th Century Fox), born in Skourohorion, Greece (d. 1971)
- Mar 29 Dora Carrington, British Bloomsbury artist, born in Hereford, Herefordshire (d. 1932)
- Mar 31 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera; Berlin State Opera), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1954)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 5 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher and historian (Voyage in Italy), dies at 64
- Mar 5 Richard Samuel Hughes, Welsh composer, dies at 37
- Mar 9 Disma Fumagalli, Italian composer, dies at 66
- Mar 16 William H. Illingworth, English-American photographer, dies at 48
- Mar 17 Jules Ferry, French statesman, dies at 60
- Mar 19 Karel Komzák I, Bohemian organist, conductor, military bandleader, and composer, dies at 69 [1]
- Mar 28 Edmund Kirby Smith, American military officer (Confederate Army General), dies at 68
