Historical Events
- Mar 1 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
- Mar 1 Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
Music History
Mar 3 South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles, begun after John Lennon's infamous "Jesus" quote in 1966
Event of Interest
Mar 3 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa
- Mar 4 "City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey
Stairway to Heaven
Mar 5 "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin first played live at Ulster Hall, Belfast by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones
Cricket Debut
Mar 6 Test Cricket debut of Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar versus West Indies at Port-of-Spain; 125 Tests, 10,122 runs @ 51.12; 34 Test centuries
Sinatra Snaps the Fight of the Century
Mar 8 Joe Frazier ends Muhammad Ali's 31-fight winning streak at Madison Square Garden, NYC; retains heavyweight boxing title by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in the "Fight of the Century"
- Mar 8 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record)
- Mar 8 Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner"
- Mar 9 J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI v India at Port-of-Spain
- Mar 9 Three off-duty Scottish soldiers are killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army; 4000 shipyard workers take to the streets to demand internment in response
- Mar 10 Three members of the Royal Highland Fusiliers (a regiment of the British Army) are killed by members of the Irish Republican Army
- Mar 10 US Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18
Music History
Mar 11 Jim Morrison leaves for Paris to re-orient himself emotionally and creatively, and to avoid the jail sentence given to him in Miami, Florida. He never returns to the US.
Election of Interest
Mar 12 Hafez al-Assad consolidates power in Syria by installing himself as President
- Mar 12 The Allman Brothers Band record their live album "Live at Fillmore East" on this date and the following day
- Mar 12 Thousands of Belfast shipyard workers march demanding the introduction of Internment for members of the Irish Republican Army
- Mar 12 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
- Mar 13 18th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: South Carolina beats North Carolina, 52-51
- Mar 13 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court wins her 10th Australian singles title; beats fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong 2-6, 7-6, 7-5
Australian Men's Tennis Open
Mar 14 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall of Australia beats American defending champion Arthur Ashe 6-1, 7-5, 6-3; first man to win an Open era Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set
TV Show Appearance
Mar 14 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
- Mar 14 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
Music History
Mar 14 The Rolling Stones leave England for France in an attempt to escape taxes
Meeting of Interest
Mar 16 Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark meets with British PM Edward Heath to discuss the security situation in Northern Ireland
Event of Interest
Mar 20 Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark resigns in protest at what he views as a limited security response by the British government
- Mar 21 Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar scores first of his 34 Test Cricket centuries; 116 in drawn 3rd Test at Georgetown, Guyana
- Mar 21 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"
- Mar 21 WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
Academy of Country Music Awards
Mar 22 6th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Lynn Anderson win
- Mar 22 Brian Faulkner becomes the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Mar 22 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Mar 23 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce
- Mar 23 USSR performs underground nuclear test
- Mar 24 Serge Gainsbourg releases his concept album "Histoire de Melody Nelson"
- Mar 25 European council accepts Mansholt Plan laying off 5 million farmers
Event of Interest
Mar 25 James Callaghan speaks at a rally of the Northern Ireland labour movement, but rejects calls for the Labour Party to open membership to those living in N. Ireland
- Mar 25 NFL football team Boston Patriots become New England Patriots as they relocate to Foxboro. Massachusetts
- Mar 26 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings
- Mar 26 "Cannon" starring William Conrad as a private detective premieres on CBS-TV; airs for 5 seasons
Event of Interest
Mar 26 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares its independence from Pakistan
- Mar 27 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova, 68-62; UCLA's 5th consecutive title; Villanova later disqualified, ineligible player Howard Porter
- Mar 27 David Heneker and John Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl" close at the Adelphi Theatre, London, after 2,202 performances
- Mar 27 The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) holds its first Annual Conference in the Ulster Hall in Belfast
- Mar 27 Wales clinches its 17th Five Nations Rugby Championship, 6th Grand Slam and 12th Triple Crown with a 9-5 win over France at Stade Colombes, Paris
- Mar 28 25th Tony Awards: "Sleuth" (Best Play) & "Company" (Best Musical, Original Score, Director) win
Film & TV History
Mar 28 Last original edition of "The Ed Sullivan Show" broadcasts on CBS-TV
- Mar 29 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
- Mar 29 Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines
- Mar 29 Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor
- Mar 29 Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
- Mar 29 WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Mar 31 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
- Mar 31 William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Allen Johnson, American athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1996; World C'ship gold 1995, 97, 2001, 03), born in Washington, D.C.
- Mar 1 Ma Dong-seok [Don Lee], South Korean American actor (Train to Busan), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Mar 1 Thomas Adès, British contemporary classical composer (Tevot; Polaris: The Exterminating Angel), pianist and conductor, born in London, England
- Mar 1 Tyler Hamilton, American road cyclist (only American to win one of the five Monuments of cycling; Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2003), born in Marblehead, Massachusetts
- Mar 1 Zahoor Elahi, Pakistan cricket batsman (2 Tests; 14 ODIs), born in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
- Mar 2 Amber Smith, actress (Faithful, Funeral, Mirror Has 2 Faces), born in Tampa, Florida
- Mar 2 Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
- Mar 2 Elizabeth Lackey, American actress
- Mar 2 Roman Čechmánek, Czech ice hockey goaltender (Olympic gold 1998; World C'ship gold 1996, 99, 2000; Philadelphia Flyers, LA Kings), born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia (d. 2023)
- Mar 3 Terryl Ulmer, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
- Mar 3 Tyler Florence, American chef, Food Network personality and cookbook author, born in Greenville, South Carolina
- Mar 4 Fergal Lawler, Irish rock drummer (The Cranberries - "Linger"), born in Limerick, Ireland
- Mar 4 Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
- Mar 4 Nick Stabile, American actor, born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
- Mar 4 Shavar Ross, American actor-turned film director, writer, film producer and editor
- Mar 5 Brian Hunter, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1994-2003, AL stolen base leader (99) - 1997 (Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, and 4 other teams), born in Portland, Oregon
- Mar 5 Chad Fonville, American MLB baseball infielder, 1995-99 (LA Dodgers and 3 other teams), born in Jacksonville, North Carolina
- Mar 5 Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian mountain bike racer (2000 Olympicsm silver), born in Ghent, Belgium
- Mar 5 José Mercedes, Dominican MLB baseball pitcher, 1994-2003 (Milwaukee Brewers, and 2 other teams), born in El Seybo, Dominican Republic
- Mar 5 Yuri Lowenthal, American anime and cartoon actor, born in Alliance, Ohio,
- Mar 6 Darrick Martin, NBA guard (LA Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves)
- Mar 6 Roger Salkeld, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Burbank, California
- Mar 6 Sean Morley, American professional wrestler
- Mar 7 Alison Herst, Canadian kayaker (Olympics-5-92, 96), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Mar 7 Matthew Vaughn, British producer and director (Kingsman films), born in London, England
- Mar 7 Peter Sarsgaard, American actor (The Killing), born in St Clair, Illinois
- Mar 8 Bob Boughner, Windsor, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
- Mar 8 Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
- Mar 8 Marc Tobert, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
- Mar 9 Diego Torres, Argentine singer (Un Mundo Diferente), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mar 9 Emmanuel Lewis, American actor (Webster), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 9 Lou Benfatti, American football player, NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets), born in Green Pond, New Jersey
Jon Hamm (53 years old)
Mar 10 American actor (Mad Men - Don Draper), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Mar 10 Morris Unutoa, American NFL corner (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Torrance, California
- Mar 10 Steve Arnold, British racing driver
- Mar 11 Jiri Vykoukai, Czech ice hockey defenseman (Team Czech Republic - Olympic gold, 1998), born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
- Mar 11 Johnny Knoxville [Philip Clapp], American stunt performer and actor (Jackass franchise), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Mar 11 Jonas Karlsson, Swedish actor (Riding in Darkness), born in Salem, Sweden
- Mar 11 Liesbeth Migchelsen, Dutch soccer defender (97 caps; FFC Heike Rheine, SV Fortuna Wormerveer, AZ Alkmaar), born in Harderwijk, Netherlands (d. 2020)
- Mar 11 Martin Ručinský, Czech NHL left wing, 1991-2008 (Canadiens and 7 other teams; Olympic gold, 1998), born in Most, Czechoslovakia
- Mar 12 Isaiah Rider, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 2001 LA Lakers; NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion 1994; Minnessota Timberwolves), born in Oakland, California
- Mar 12 Raúl Mondesí, Dominican baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1995; NL Rookie of the Year 1994; Gold Glove Award 1995, 97; LA Dodgers), born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
- Mar 13 Annabeth Gish, American actress (Shag, Hiding Out), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Mar 13 Chen Li-Ling, Chinese tennis star (1995 Futures-Austin TX), born in Xiangtan, Hunan, China
- Mar 13 Curtis Conway, American NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears, SD Chargers) and broadcaster (Compass Media Networks, Pac-12 Network), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 13 Ralf Kleinmann, American football player from Germany, born in Cologne, Germany
- Mar 13 Robert Lanham, American author and satirist (The Hipster Handbook), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Mar 13 Robert Samuels, West Indian cricketer (West Indies Test opening batsman v NZ 1996), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Mar 13 Ryan Hayden, American athlete, 400m hurdler, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Mar 13 Tony Vinson, American NFL running back, 1997-99 (Baltimore Ravens), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Mar 13 Tracy Wells, American actress (Heather-Mr Belvedere), born in Encino, Los Angeles
- Mar 13 Viet Thanh Nguyen, Vietnamese-American novelist and professor ("The Sympathizer" - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2016), born in Ban Mê Thuột, Vietnam
- Mar 15 Penny Lancaster, English model
- Mar 16 Alan Tudyk, American actor (Firefly; Suburgatory), born in El Paso, Texas
- Mar 16 Brett Carolan, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
- Mar 16 Eric Ravotti, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Mar 16 Greg Johnson, Canadian NHL hockey center, 1994-2006 (Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators (captain 2002-06), and 2 other teams), born in Thunder Bay, Ontario (d. 2019)
- Mar 17 Bill Mueller, American baseball player, born in Maryland Heights, Missouri
- Mar 17 Katrina Colleton, American basketball player (LA Sparks), born in Tampa, Florida
- Mar 19 Dalton James, American actor (My Father, The Hero; Beverly Hills 90201 - "Mark"), born in Sacramento, California
- Mar 19 Kirk Botkin, NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Mar 19 Louie Debrusk, Canadian NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers, and three other teams), born in Cambridge, Ontario
- Mar 19 Marty Moore, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
- Mar 19 Nadja Auermann, German supermodel, born in Berlin, Germany
- Mar 19 Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor (1996 Olympics- Silver), born in Antwerp, Belgium
- Mar 19 Taase Faumui, Samoan-American NFL defensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers, 1994-95; Oakland Raiders, 1997), born in Western Samoa
- Mar 19 Whitney Hedgepeth, American swimmer - 100m/200m backstroke (2 Olympic silver medals 1996), born in Charlottesville, Virgina
- Mar 20 Chad Michaels, American drag queen and Cher impersonator (RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars winner), born in San Diego, California
- Mar 20 Manny Alexander, Dominican infielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
- Mar 20 Murray Bartlett, Australian actor (The White Lotus), born in Sydney, Australia
- Mar 20 Touré, American writer
- Mar 21 Aarno Turpeinen, Finnish soccer defender (16 caps; HJK 225 games), born in Oulu, Finland (d. 2022)
- Mar 21 Hason Graham, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots)
- Mar 22 Will Yun Lee, American actor, born in Arlington, Virginia
- Mar 23 Abe Laboriel, Jr, American session and touring drummer, and vocalist (Paul McCartney; k.d. lang; Sting), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 23 Alexander Selivanov, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Moscow, Russia
- Mar 23 Chris Lipuma, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 23 Demetrius DuBose, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
- Mar 23 Gail Porter, British television presenter
- Mar 23 Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, wrestler (NJPW)
- Mar 23 Karen McDougal, American Playboy model (Playmate of the Year 1998), alleged affair with Donald Trump, born in Merrillville, Indiana
- Mar 23 Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model (Valentino Perfume), born in Montreal, Canada
- Mar 24 Megyn Price, American actress
- Mar 24 Tig Notaro, American comedian (Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted), born in Jackson, Mississippi
- Mar 25 Aashish Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- )
- Mar 25 Andre Bolduc, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
- Mar 25 Cammi Granato, American women's ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics 1998), born in Downers Grove, Illinois
- Mar 25 Perry Klein, NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons, 1994-96), born in Santa Monica, California
- Mar 25 Sheryl Swoopes, American, WNBA forward, 1997-2011 (Olympic gold 1996; Houston Comets and 2 other teams), born Brownfield, Texas
- Mar 26 Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
- Mar 26 Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player who won 4 doubles, 2 mixed doubles Grand Slam titles; broadcaster with ESPN, NBC, Tennis Channel, born in Sydney, Australia
- Mar 29 Lennart van Reen, son of author Ton v R/publisher Corrie Zelen
- Mar 29 Ryan Lambert, American actor (Kids Incorporated; The Monster Squad), and singer (Elephone), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Mar 30 Mari Holden, American cyclist (World C'ship gold road time trial 2000; Olympic silver 2000), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Mar 31 Craig McCracken, American animator, writer, and director (The Powerpuff Girls), born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania
Ewan McGregor (53 years old)
Mar 31 Scottish actor (Trainspotting, Star Wars Episodes I, II, III), born in Perth, Scotland
Pavel Bure (53 years old)
Mar 31 Russian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers), born in Moscow, Russia
Famous Weddings
Pierre Trudeau
Mar 4 Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau (51) weds author and actress Margaret Joan Sinclair (23) at a private ceremony in North Vancouver, Canada
Famous Deaths
- Mar 2 Charles W Engelhard, US silver multi-millionaire, dies at 54
- Mar 5 Winnie Lightner [Winifred Reeves], American vaudeville stage and screen actress, and singer (Gold Diggers of Broadway; Gold Dust Gertie; Sit Tight), dies at 71
- Mar 6 Raymond Herreman, Belgian poet, journalist and writer (Jericho's Rose), dies at 74
- Mar 6 Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor, dies at 49
- Mar 7 Harold McNair, British-Jamaican calypso and jazz saxophonist and flautist, dies of lung cancer at 39
- Mar 7 Stevie Smith [Florence Margaret Smith], English poet and novelist ("A Good Time Was Had By All"; "Not Waving but Drowning") whose life was turned into the play and film "Stevie", dies of a brain tumour at 68
- Mar 8 Harold Lloyd, American silent and sound film actor, comedian, and director (Why Worry?; The Freshman; Safety Last!; The Sin of Harold Diddlebock), dies of cancer at 77
- Mar 9 Jean-Pierre Guézec, French composer (Colorful Architectures), dies of a heart attack at 36
- Mar 10 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, American composer (Deep Forest, The Desolate City), dies at 92
- Mar 11 Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (created electronic television, video camera tube), dies of pneumonia at 64
- Mar 11 Whitney Young Jr, American leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49
- Mar 12 David Burns, American actor (The Music Man; Hello Dolly!), dies of a heart attack at 68
- Mar 12 Roy Glenn, American radio and screen character actor (Rocky Jordan; The Jack Benny Show; Amos 'n' Andy; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies of a heart attack at 56
- Mar 13 Piero Coppola, Italian conductor, artistic director (La Voix de son Maître (The Gramophone Company - France), 1923-34). pianist, and composer, dies at 82
- Mar 13 Rockwell Kent, American artist, painter and illustrator (Canterbury Tales), dies at 88
- Mar 15 Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
- Mar 16 (Phyllis) "Bebe" Daniels, American silent film, radio, and screen actress (Silver Dollar; My Past), dies at 70
- Mar 16 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Australian cricket wrist-spin bowler (10 Tests), dies from cancer at 62
Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971)
Mar 16 Governor of NY and Republican presidential candidate (1944, 1948), dies of a heart attack at 68
- Mar 17 Ernst Bachmeister, German writer, dies at 96
- Mar 18 George Wood, England cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 6 dismissals; Cambridge University CC, Kent CCC), dies at 77
- Mar 19 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82
- Mar 19 Mary Dorna [Mary Jeanette Tenkink-Stoppelman], Dutch author, dies at 79
- Mar 21 Nan Wynn [Masha Vatz], American radio and big-band singer (Rudy Vallée; Teddy Wilson), actress (Pardon My Sarong), and singing voice for Rita Hayworth, dies of cancer at 55 [1]
- Mar 22 Martin Bodmer, Swiss Bibliophile and scholar (Bodmer Papyri), dies at 71
- Mar 23 Armin Loos, German-born American composer, dies at 67
- Mar 23 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer and poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72
- Mar 28 Felix Wolfes, German-American conductor, educator (New England Conservatory, 1948-68), and composer, dies at 78
- Mar 29 Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician, tortured to death at 84
- Mar 30 Selmer Jackson, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
- Mar 31 Alfred Desenclos, French composer, mostly of liturgical works (Messe de Requiem), and teacher, dies at 59
- Mar 31 Liselotte Liselot Beekmeyer, Dutch actress (Child Crying), dies at 31
