Historical Events
Chiang Kai-shek Resumes Presidency
Mar 1 Chiang Kai-shek resumes the presidency of the Republic of China on Taiwan
Fuchs Sentenced
Mar 1 Klaus Fuchs sentenced in London to 14 years for atomic espionage
- Mar 1 USSR issues golden roubles
- Mar 3 National-American Football League reverts to calling itself the NFL after 3 months
- Mar 6 Silly Putty goes on sale in the US
- Mar 7 Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy & P Kennedy (USA)
- Mar 7 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE
- Mar 7 Men's Figure Skating World Championship in London won by Dick Button (USA)
- Mar 8 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters)
Sutton Robs Manufacturers Bank
Mar 9 Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC
- Mar 12 Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
GM's Record Earnings
Mar 13 General Motors Corporation reports record net earnings of $656,434,232
- Mar 14 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins
- Mar 15 Gian Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize winning opera "The Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 269 performances
- Mar 15 NYC hires Dr Wallace E. Howell as its official "rainmaker" to help end a crippling water shortage for the princely sum of $100 a day [1]
- Mar 16 1st annual National Book Awards
Belgian Constitutional Crisis
Mar 17 Belgian government of Gaston Eyskens resigns due to constitutional crisis
Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Win
Mar 19 US Open Women's Golf, Rolling Hills CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by 9 strokes from amateur Betsy Rawls
- Mar 23 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 performances
22nd Academy Awards
Mar 23 22nd Academy Awards: "All The King's Men", Broderick Crawford and Olivia De Havilland win
- Mar 23 Actress Frances Farmer is released from Western State Hospital
- Mar 23 Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greek government
- Mar 23 UN World Meteorological Org established
- Mar 24 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
- Mar 24 US Mens Figure Skating Championship won by Dick Button
- Mar 25 104th Grand National: Jimmy Power wins aboard 10/1 Irish co-favourite Freebooter; estimated 500,00 in attendance including Royal Family
- Mar 25 Wales outclasses France, 21-0 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to clinch the Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam and Triple Crown
Erroll Garner Concert
Mar 27 Jazz pianist Erroll Garner performs a solo recital at Cleveland Music Hall, a venue for traditionally classical concerts, in Cleveland, Ohio
- Mar 27 Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China
- Mar 27 WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Mar 28 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley, 71-68; City College of NY first to win NCAA & National Invitational Basketball in same year
- Mar 30 Bell Telephone Laboratories announces invention of the phototransistor in Murray Hill, New Jersey
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Nick Mike-Mayer, American NFL and USFL football placekicker, 1972-88 (Pro Bowl 1973; Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills), born in Bologna, Italy
- Mar 1 Riley Odoms, American football tight end (NFL Pro Bowl 1973–75, 78; First-Team All-Pro 1974, 75; Denver Broncos), born in Luling, Texas
- Mar 2 Jeffrey Chodorow, American restaurateur and financier
- Mar 2 Karen Carpenter, American pop vocalist and drummer ("We've Only Just Begun"; "Rainy Days And Mondays"; "Top Of The World"), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1983)
- Mar 2 Matthew Laurance [Dycoff], American actor (Duet), born in Queens, New York City
- Mar 2 Mitchel Laurance [Dycoff], American actor (LA Law, Not Necessarily the News), born in Queens, New York City
- Mar 3 Re Styles [Shirley Macleod], Dutch-American actress (Space Is The Place), designer, and rock vocalist (The Tubes, 1976-79), born in the Netherlands (d. 2022)
- Mar 3 Tim Kazurinsky, American comic actor and screenwriter (SNL, 1980-84; Police Academy 2, 3, 4), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Mar 4 Emilio Estefan, Cuban-American musician and producer (Miami Sound Machine), born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Mar 4 Judy Dickinson, American golfer (US Open runner-up 1985), born in Akron, Ohio
- Mar 4 Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter
- Mar 4 Rick Perry, American politician, Governor of Texas (R) (2000-2015), born in Paint Creek, Texas
- Mar 5 Eugene Fodor, American classical violinist (1974 Tchaikovsky Award), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2011)
- Mar 5 Harvey Jacob Alperin, actor (Cocktail), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Mar 7 Franco Harris, American Pro Football HOF running back (Super Bowl 1974, 75, 78, 79; 9 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1977; Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Fort Dix, New Jersey (d. 2022) [1]
- Mar 7 Iris Chacón, Puerto Rican singer, dancer, and TV personality, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Mar 7 J.R. Richard, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1980; NL ERA leader 1979; NL strikeout leader 1978, 79; Houston Astros), born in Vienna, Louisiana (d. 2021)
- Mar 7 Mark Pinter, American actor (Behind the Screen, Another World), born in Decorah, Iowa
- Mar 9 Andy North, American golfer, broadcaster (US Open 1978, 85; ESPN), born in Thorp, Wisconsin
- Mar 9 Danny Sullivan, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1985, CART C'ship 1988), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Mar 9 Jerry Eubanks, American rock saxophonist and flautist (The Marshall Tucker Band, 1966-96 - "Can't You See"; "I Heard It In A Love Song"), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Mar 10 Ted McKenna, Scottish drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band; Rory Gallagher), born in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, (d. 2019)
- Mar 11 Bobby McFerrin, American Grammy Award-winning vocalist ("Don't Worry Be Happy"), and classical music conductor, born in New York City
- Mar 11 Jerry Zucker, American director (Airplane, Naked Gun), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Mar 12 Javier Clemente, Spanish soccer manager (Spain 1992-98; Athletic Bilbao, Español, Atlético Madrid, Marseille; Serbia, Cameroon, Libya, Basque Country), born in Barakaldo, Spain
- Mar 12 Jon Provost, actor (Timmy-Lassie)
- Mar 12 Wheeler Winston Dixon, American filmmaker, critic and author
- Mar 12 Willie Duggan, Irish rugby union no. 8 (41 Tests Ireland, 4 British & Irish Lions; Blackrock College RFC, Sunday's Well RFC), born in Kilkenny (d. 2017)
- Mar 13 Bernard Julien, West Indian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 50 wickets, 2 x 100s), born in Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago
- Mar 13 Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), born in New York City (d. 2018)
- Mar 13 Joe Bugner, Hungarian-British-Australian boxer (European Champ 1971), born in Szőreg, Hungary
- Mar 13 Steve Hill, American country vocalist (A Winning Hand), born in the USA
William H. Macy (74 years old)
Mar 13 American actor (Homicide, Water Engine), born in Miami, Florida
- Mar 14 Michael Ford, American son of US President Gerald Ford and 1st Lady Betty Ford, born in East Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Mar 15 Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer (The Olsen Brothers) won 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, born in Odense, Denmark
- Mar 17 Betty Dukes, American Walmart employee who fought against gender discrimination (2001 Betty Dukes v. Walmart lawsuit), born in Tallulah, Louisiana
- Mar 17 Michael Been, American musician (The Call), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2010)
- Mar 18 Brad Dourif, American actor (Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), born in Huntington, West Virginia
- Mar 18 Frank O’Keefe, American southern rock bassist (The Outlaws, 1968-76), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
- Mar 18 James Conlon, American conductor (Los Angeles opera, 2006-present; Cincinnati May Festival, 1979-2016; Ravinia Festival, 2005-15), born in Queens, New York
- Mar 18 John Hartman, American rock drummer (Doobie Brothers, 1970–79 & 1987–92 - "China Grove"), born in Falls Church, Virginia (d. 2022)
- Mar 18 Larry Perkins, Australian racing driver
- Mar 18 Richard Kretchmer, English artist and historian
- Mar 19 Curtis Fowlkes, American jazz and session trombonist, singer, and band leader (The Jazz Passengers; Lounge Lizards), born in NYC (d. 2023)
- Mar 20 Tom Towles, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
William Hurt (1950-2022)
Mar 20 American Academy Award-winning actor (Big Chill; Children of a Lesser God; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Broadcast News), born in Washington, D.C. [1]
- Mar 21 Elena Firsova, Russian classical omposer (The Scent of Absence; Requiem), born in Leningrad, USSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Mar 21 Roger Hodgson, British rock singer-songwriter (Supertramp - "Take The Long Way Home"; "Breakfast In America"), born in Portsmouth, England
Sergey Lavrov (74 years old)
Mar 21 Russian politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004-), born in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
- Mar 22 Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player (BDO World Champion 1982, 89), born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland (d. 2012)
- Mar 23 Anthony De Longis, American actor
- Mar 23 Corrine Clery, actress (Moonraker, Yor), born in Paris, France
- Mar 25 Chuck Greenberg, American jazz and new age saxophonist, composer, and producer (Shadowfax), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
- Mar 25 Robert O'Reilly, American stage and screen actor (Star Trek - "Klingon Chancellor Gowron"), born in New York City
- Mar 25 Ronald "Ronnie" McDowell, American country singer ("The King Is Gone"), born in Portland, Tennessee
- Mar 26 Alan Silvestri, American film score composer (Back To The Future films; Forrest Gump, Cosmos), born in New York City
- Mar 26 Ernest Thomas, American actor (What's Happening!!), born in Gary, Indiana
- Mar 26 Graham Barlow, English cricket batsman who played 3 Tests; Middlesex CCC, born in Folkestone, England
Martin Short (74 years old)
Mar 26 Canadian comedian (SNL; SCTV; 3 Amigos), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- Mar 26 Theodore "Teddy" Pendergrass, American singer (Turn Off the Lights), born in Kingstree, South Carolina (d. 2010)
- Mar 26 Tony Papenfuss, American actor (Newhart - "Daryl"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Mar 27 Maria Ewing, American opera mezzo-soprano singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1976-97), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2022)
- Mar 27 Petros Efthymiou, Greek politician (Panhellenic Socialist Movement), born in Larissa, Thessaly
- Mar 27 Tony Banks, British progressive rock keyboardist (Genesis - "Supper's Ready"), and film score and classical composer, born in East Hoathly, Sussex, England
- Mar 28 Jeffrey Miller, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military, born in Plainview, New York (d. 1970)
- Mar 28 John Whittaker, New Zealand rugby league utility back (26 Tests; Wellington; Warrington), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2020)
- Mar 29 Miah Dennehy, Irish soccer winger (11 caps; Cork Hibernians FC, Nottingham Forest, Walsall FC, Bristol Rovers), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 2023)
- Mar 29 Mory Kanté, Guinean singer and kora harp player (Yé ké yé ké), born in Albadaria, French Guinea (d. 2020)
- Mar 29 Rick Chertoff, American record producer and songwriter (Cyndi Lauper; The Hooters; Sophie B. Hawkins; Joan Osborne), born in New York City
- Mar 30 Dave Ball, British guitarist (Procul Harum - "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2015)
- Mar 30 Dave McCurdy, American lawyer, politician (US Representative for Oklahoma (D), 1981-95), and lobbyist, born in Canadian, Texas
- Mar 30 Gene Bowen, American guitarist and composer (Wonder's Edge), born in Biloxi, Mississippi
Robbie Coltrane (1950-2022)
Mar 30 Scottish comedian and BAFTA Award-winning actor (Cracker; Harry Potter films; Nuns on the Run), born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire
- Mar 30 Rupert Greenall, British rock keyboardist (The Fixx - "One Thing Leads To Another"; "Saved By Zero"), born in Wisbech, England
- Mar 31 Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner
- Mar 31 Ed Marinaro, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Ofc Joe Coffey"; Laverne & Shirley, 1980-81 - "Sonny"), and NFL running back, 1972-77 (Minnesota Vikings and 2 other teams), born in New York City
- Mar 31 Richard Hughes, American drummer (Johnny Winter Band, 1973-76), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1983)
Famous Weddings
Ingrid Bergman & Roberto Rossellini
Mar 24 Actress Ingrid Bergman (34) weds Roberto Rossellini
Famous Divorces
Ingrid Bergman
Mar 1 Actress Ingrid Bergman (34) divorces dentist Petter Aron Lindström after 12 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American scientist and philosopher, dies at 70
- Mar 2 M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at 76
- Mar 2 Rosli Dhobi, pro-Indonesian Malay student, hanged in Kuching for the assassination of Duncan Stewart, British Governor of Sarawak
- Mar 4 Adam Rainer, Austrian man, only record human to ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899)
- Mar 5 Edgar Lee Masters, American poet and novelist (Spoon River Anthology), dies at 81
- Mar 5 Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian nationalist and military leader, dies at 42
- Mar 6 Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932-40), dies at 78
- Mar 6 Lew Lehr, American comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54
- Mar 8 Jaroslav Kocián, Czech composer and teacher, dies at 67
- Mar 10 Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
- Mar 11 Florence Arliss, British actress (Disraeli), dies at 78
- Mar 12 L Heinrich Mann, German/American writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
- Mar 15 Ralph Greenleaf, American pocket billiards player (20-time world champion), dies from acute internal haemorrhage at 50
- Mar 17 Adolf Meyer, American psychiatrist and neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene), dies at 83
- Mar 19 Norman Haworth, British chemist (Nobel Prize, 1937), dies of a heart attack on his 67th birthday [1]
- Mar 20 Walter Eucken, German economist (social market economy), dies at 59
- Mar 23 Douglas Carr, England cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 7 wickets; Kent CCC), dies at 78
- Mar 24 Harold Laski, English economist, academic, and poitical leader (Labour Party chairman,1945-46), dies of influenza at 56
- Mar 24 James Rudolph Garfield, American politician, dies at 84
- Mar 25 Frank Buck, American actor (Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs), dies at 62
- Mar 28 Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67
Léon Blum (1872-1950)
Mar 30 French politician, Prime Minister of France (People's Front Government), dies at 77
