Historical Events
- Mar 2 President McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier National Park (5th in US)
1st US Admiral
Mar 3 George Dewey becomes 1st in US to hold the rank of Admiral of the Navy
Historic Invention
Mar 6 "Aspirin" (acetylsalicylic acid) is patented by Felix Hoffmann at German company Bayer
The Navigable Balloon
Mar 14 German Ferdinand von Zeppelin receives a US patent for a "Navigable Balloon"
- Mar 14 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Shamrocks beat Queens University, 6-2 to clinch trophy for CAHL
- Mar 17 Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die
- Mar 18 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by William Pickering
- Mar 21 British & French accord over West Africa
- Mar 24 61st Grand National: George Williamson aboard 1897 winner Manifesto wins by 4 lengths from Ford Of Fyne
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (d. 1972)
- Mar 2 Harald Søltoft Agersnap, Danish cellist, pianist, conductor, and composer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1931-66), born in Vinding, Denmark (d. 1982)
- Mar 2 Pattie Menzies, Australian wife of PM Robert Menzies, born in Alexandra, Australia (d. 1995)
- Mar 3 Alfred Gruenther, American general (NATO commander 1953-56), born in Platte Center, Nebraska (d. 1983)
- Mar 3 Yuri Olesha, Russian writer, born in Jelisawetgrad, Russian Empire (d. 1960)
- Mar 4 Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and editor (d. 1962)
- Mar 5 Patrick Hadley, English composer (La Belle Dame sans merci; The Hills), pedagogue, and conductor, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1973)
- Mar 6 Jay C Flippen, American actor (Jet Pilot, The Killing, Thunder Bay), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1971)
- Mar 8 Elmer Keith, American firearms enthusiast and author (Guns & Ammo), born in Missouri (d. 1984)
- Mar 8 Eric Linklater, British novelist and poet (Blue Swallows), born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (d. 1974)
Ina Boyle (1899-1967)
Mar 8 Irish composer (Glencree; The Magic Harp), born in Bushey Park, County Wicklow, Ireland
- Mar 10 Finn Høffding, Danish composer (Karlsvognen), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1997)
- Mar 10 Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran, formerly Germany's oldest man. (d. 2007)
- Mar 11 Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-72), born at Sorgenfri Palace, Denmark (d. 1972)
- Mar 13 Jan Lechoń [Leszek Józef Serafinowicz], Polish poet, born in Warsaw, Congress Poland (d. 1956)
- Mar 13 John Van Vleck, American physicist, mathematician, and Nobel Laureate who pioneered the modern quantum mechanical theory of magnetism, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1980)
- Mar 13 Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian pianist, composer (Vardar Rhapsody; Song to Peace), and pedagogue, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1978) [1]
- Mar 14 K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (d. 1992)
- Mar 22 Ruth Page, American ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev; Pygmalion), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1991)
- Mar 23 Dora Gerson, German-Jewish actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (Caravan of Death), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1943)
- Mar 25 Bella Spewack, Hungarian-American playwright (Kiss Me Kate), born in Bucharest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1990)
- Mar 25 Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer, and subject of the film 'The World's Fastest Indian", born in Invercargill, New Zealand (d. 1978)
- Mar 25 Jacques Audiberti, French poet and playwright (Race of Men), born in Antibes, France (d. 1965)
- Mar 26 James B. Connant, American chemist, President of Harvard and diplomat, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
- Mar 26 William Baines, English composer, born in Hornbury, England (d. 1922)
Gloria Swanson (1899-1983)
Mar 27 American actress (Sunset Boulevard, Queen Kelly) and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 28 August A. "Gussie" Busch Jr., American brewing magnate (chairman Anheuser-Busch 1946-75) and baseball executive (owner St. Louis Cardinals 1953-89), born in St Louis (d. 1989)
- Mar 28 Buck Shaw, American College Football HOF coach (NC State, Nevada, Santa Clara, California, Air Force; NFL: SF 49ers; NFL Championship 1960 Philadelphia Eagles), born in Mitchellville, Iowa (d. 1977)
- Mar 28 Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, Head of Latter-day Saints, born in Clifton, Idaho (d. 1973)
Lavrentiy Beria (1899-1953)
Mar 29 Soviet politician and head of the NKVD secret service, born in Merkheuli, Russian Empire
- Mar 30 Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bengali writer (d. 1970)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Gyorgy Apponyi, Hungarian politician, dies at 90
- Mar 3 William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827)
- Mar 6 Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)
- Mar 14 Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
- Mar 16 Joseph Medill, Canadian newspaper editor, owner and politician (co-owned Chicago Tribune, Mayor of Chicago 1871-73), dies at 76
- Mar 18 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76
- Mar 18 Svetolik Ranković, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35
- Mar 20 Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist, dies at 77
- Mar 20 Martha M Place, American murderer who becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair, dies at 49
- Mar 24 Billy Barnes, English cricket all-rounder (21 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 134, 51 wickets, BB 6/28; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 46
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