Historical Events
- Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)
Famous Birthdays
- Florence Halop, American actress (Night Court, St Elsewhere), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York (d. 1986)
- Horace Ashenfelter, American 3000m steeplechase (Olympic gold 1952), born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Walter M. Miller Jr., American sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars), born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Famous Deaths
- Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849)