Historical Events
- Mar 2 WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
- Mar 2 WLW-AM in Cincinnati, Ohio, begins radio transmissions
- Mar 3 Italian fascists occupy Fiume & Rijeka
- Mar 3 WWJ-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions
Nosferatu
Mar 4 1st vampire film "Nosferatu", an un-authorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, premieres at the Berlin Zoological Garden, Germany
- Mar 6 GB Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh III/IV" premieres in NYC
- Mar 7 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
Badger US Champion
Mar 7 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
Hairy Ape
Mar 9 Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape" premieres in NYC
- Mar 9 KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
- Mar 10 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
- Mar 10 State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa
- Mar 11 Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games
- Mar 13 NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto St Pats, 5 to 4, in 2 games
- Mar 13 WRR-AM in Dallas TX begins radio transmissions
- Mar 14 KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions
- Mar 14 KSD-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
- Mar 14 WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions
- Mar 15 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
- Mar 15 France, which up until now has insisted on currency for all WWI reparation payments from Germany, now accepts raw materials as payment
- Mar 15 Sultan Faud crowned King of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt
- Mar 16 Egypt achieves independence from Britain, but British troops remain
- Mar 16 WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
- Mar 18 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
Gandhi Sentenced to Six Years
Mar 18 British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to six years imprisonment for disobedience
- Mar 18 The first public celebration of Bat mitzvah, for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, is held in New York City.
- Mar 18 WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
- Mar 20 USS Langley is commissioned, US Navy's 1st aircraft carrier
- Mar 20 WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
- Mar 21 KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
- Mar 22 The Rand Rebellion in Southern Africa, which started as a strike by white mineworkers and became an armed rebellion against the state, is brought to a brutal end by the police
- Mar 23 1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.
- Mar 23 KMJ-AM in Fresno CA begins radio transmissions
- Mar 23 WEW-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
- Mar 24 81st Grand National: Lewis Rees aboard 100/9 chance Music Hall wins; only 5 out of 32 starters finish
- Mar 28 1st microfilm device introduced
- Mar 28 Stanley Cup Final, Mutual Street Arena, Toronto, ON: Toronto St Patricks (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 5-1 for a 3-2 series win
- Mar 30 KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
- Mar 30 WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions
- Mar 31 KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
- Mar 31 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Fred Scolari, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1952, 53; Washington Capitols; Baltimore Bullets), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2002)
- Mar 1 William Gaines, American publisher (MAD Magazine), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995)
Mar 1 Prime Minister of Israel (1974-77 and 1992-95) and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Jerusalem
- Mar 2 Bill Quackenbush, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (8 x NHL All-Star; Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (Princeton), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1999)
- Mar 2 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz saxophonist (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band), born in Culver City, California (d. 1986)
- Mar 2 Eric Feldbush [Désiré Feldbusch], Belgian cellist, conductor, and composer (Pastels), born in Grivegnée, Belgium (d. 2007)
- Mar 2 Mario Zafred, Italian composer, music critic, and opera director, born in Trieste, Italy (d. 1987)
- Mar 3 Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer and co-founder of the Warsaw Autumn Festival, born in Toruń, Poland (d. 1981)
- Mar 3 Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
- Mar 4 Dina Pathak [Gandhi], Indian Gujarati theatre actress, director and activist (President of National Federation of Indian Women, 1994-2002), born in Amreli, Gujarat, India (d. 2002)
- Mar 4 Martha O'Driscoll, American film actress, dancer and socialite (Young and Willing; Blonde Alibi), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 1998)
- Mar 4 Richard E. Cunha, American cinematographer and film director, born in Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii (d. 2005)
- Mar 5 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 3 dismissals; Gujarat, Mumbai), born in Daman, India (d. 1994)
- Mar 5 James Noble, American actor (Benson, 1776, Airplane II: The Sequel), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2016)
- Mar 5 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, journalist, novelist (Ragazzi di vita), and film director (Teorema; Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte), born in Bologna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1975)
- Mar 6 Ruben Ayala, Chino, California, politician (California State Senator 1974-1998) (d. 2012)
- Mar 7 Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (fluid dynamics), born in Kologriv, Soviet Russia (d. 2004)
- Mar 7 Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Irish folk singer, harmonic player, and songwriter (The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - "Carrickfergus"), born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland (d. 1998)
- Mar 8 Carl Furillo, American baseball outfielder (NL Batting Champ 1953; MLB All-Star 1952, 53; World Series 1955, 59; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers), born in Stony Creek Mills, Pennsylvania (d. 1989)
- Mar 8 Cyd Charisse [Tula Finklea], Amesrican dancer and actress (Singin' in the Rain), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2008)
- Mar 8 Heinar Kipphardt, German writer and playwright (In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer), born in Heidersdorf, Lower Silesia (d. 1982)
- Mar 8 Ralph Baer, German-American engineer, creator of the first video game console (Magnavox Odyssey Home Video Game System) (d. 2014) [1]
- Mar 8 Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Manga artist (GeGeGe no Kitarō), born in Sakaiminato, Tittori (d. 2015)
- Mar 10 Adam Kennedy, American actor (The Californians) screenwriter (The Domino Principle), novelist (Just Like Humphrey Bogart), and painter, born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 1997)
- Mar 11 Abdul Razak bin Hussain, Malaysian politician, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1970-77), born in Pekan, British Malaysia (d. 1976)
- Mar 11 Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist, born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1997)
- Mar 11 José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2009)
- Mar 11 Thom Kelling, Dutch singer, guitarist, and bandleader (Programa de Manha), born in 's-Gravenhage, Netherlands (d. 1968)
Vinnette Carroll (1922-2002)
Mar 11 American actress and 1st African-American woman to direct on Broadway (1972: Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope), born in New York City
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
Mar 12 American novelist and poet of the Beat Generation (On the Road, Mexico Blues), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
- Mar 12 Lane Kirkland, American labour union leader (President AFL-CIO 1979-95), born in Camden, South Carolina (d. 1999)
- Mar 12 Thomas Hugh Eastwood, British composer, born in Hawley, Blackwater, England (d. 1999)
- Mar 13 Brun Smith, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests @ 47.40), born in Rangiora, Canterbury (d. 1997)
- Mar 14 China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress, filmmaker and writer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 2014)
- Mar 14 Colin Fletcher, Welsh author and pioneering backpacker (Walking Through Time), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 2007)
- Mar 14 Colin St John Wilson, English architect (The British Library), born in Cheltenham, England (d. 2007)
- Mar 14 Les Baxter, American exotica musician, orchestra leader and composer (Ritual Of The Savage; Born Again), born in Mexia, Texas (d. 1996)
- Mar 15 (Albert) Eddie Calvert, British trumpeter ("Oh, Mein Papa"; "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"), born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 1978)
- Mar 15 Nino Bibbia, Italian sledder (Olympic gold skeleton 1948), born in Bianzone, Lombardy, Italy (d. 2013)
- Mar 16 Geoffrey Freeman Allen, English railway writer, born in England (d. 1995)
- Mar 16 Harding Lemay, American writer (head writer for soap "Another World"), born in North Bangor, New York (d. 2018)
- Mar 18 Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, born in Treffurt, Thuringia (d. 2015)
Fred Shuttlesworth (1922-2011)
Mar 18 American civil rights activist, born in Mount Meigs, Alabama
- Mar 20 Arnold Burgen, British physician and founding President of Academia Europaea, born in London, England (d. 2022)
Carl Reiner (1922-2020)
Mar 20 American comedian, actor, screenwriter (Your Show Of Shows; 2000 Year Old Man; The Dick Van Dyke Show), director (The Comic; The Jerk), and author, born in The Bronx, New York
- Mar 20 Doug Barnard Jr, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1977-93), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 2018)
- Mar 20 Jack Kruschen, Canadian character actor (The Apartment, Busting Loose), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2002)
- Mar 20 Larry Elgart, American big band jazz alto saxophonist, and bandleader ("Bandstand Boogie"; "Hooked On Swing"), born in New London, Connecticut (d. 2017)
- Mar 20 Ray Goulding, American comedian (Bob & Ray), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1990)
- Mar 21 Russ Meyer, American film director (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), born in San Leandro, California (d. 2004)
- Mar 22 Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause), born in New York City (d. 2015)
- Mar 23 Marty Allen, American comedian (Allen & Rossi "Hello Dere"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
- Mar 23 Ugo Tognazzi, Italian comedy actor, director and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles, The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man), born in Cremona, Italy (d. 1990)
- Mar 24 Dave Appell, American musician, arranger, musical director (Ernie Kovacs), record producer (Charlie Gracie; The Orlons; Tony Orlando and Dawn), and songwriter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
- Mar 24 King Pleasure [Clarence Beeks], American jazz singer and bebop vocalese master, born in Oakdale, Tennessee (d. 1982)
- Mar 24 Onna White, Canadian choreographer (d. 2005)
- Mar 25 Bruno VeSota, American character actor and director (They Stand Accused, Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1976)
Eileen Ford (1922-2014)
Mar 25 American modelling agency executive and co-founder (Ford Modelling Agency), born in Manhattan, New York,
- Mar 25 Tobias Schneebaum, American writer, anthropologist and explorer, born in New York City (d. 2005)
- Mar 26 Oscar Sala, Italian-born Brazilian nuclear physicist, born in Milan, Italy (d. 2010)
- Mar 26 William Milliken, American politician, longest serving Governor of Michigan (1969-83), born in Traverse City, Michigan (d. 2019)
- Mar 27 Margaret Stacey, English sociologist who helped shape the distinctively British genre of empirical sociology, born in London (d. 2004)
- Mar 27 Stefan Wul, French sci-fi author (The Temple of the Past), born in Paris (d. 2003)
- Mar 28 Felice Chiusano, Italian singer, born in Fondi, Italy (d. 1990)
- Mar 28 Joey Maxim, American boxer (World Light Heavyweight Champion 1950-52), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2001)
- Mar 28 Neville Bonner, the first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia, born in Ukerebagh Island, New South Wales (d. 1999)
- Mar 30 German Galynin, Soviet-Russian composer, born in Tula, Russia (d. 1966)
- Mar 30 John Coates, British naval architect (Ancient Greek trireme) (d. 2010)
- Mar 30 Peter Jona Korn, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1998)
- Mar 30 Turhan Bey [Sahultavy], Austrian-born actor dubbed "The Turkish Delight" (Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2012)
- Mar 31 Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor (A Clockwork Orange; Barry Lyndon), born in Armagh, Northern Ireland (d. 1982)
- Mar 31 Richard Kiley, American singer and actor (Kismet; Man of La Mancha; Endless Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Rafael Moreno Aranzadi [Pichichi], Spanish soccer forward (5 caps; Athletic Bilbao), dies from typhus at 29
- Mar 4 Bert Williams, African American comedian and entertainer, dies at 46
- Mar 10 Arthur Hervey, Irish orchestral and operatic composer, and musicologist, dies at 67
- Mar 10 Horace Wadham Nicholl, British composer, dies at 73
- Mar 22 Louis-Antoine Ranvier, French anatomist and historian, dies at 86
- Mar 27 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, Russian composer, dies at 63
- Mar 28 Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Russian politician and criminologist (Minister of Justice 1918-19) father of the writer, assassinated at 51
