Historic Publication
Mar 1 Captain America created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is first published by Timely Comics (premiere issue released on December 20, 1940)

Jack Kirby
- Mar 1 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee

Heinrich Himmler
Event of Interest
Mar 3 Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Hermann Goering in Berlin

Hermann Goering
Event of Interest
Mar 4 Serbian Prince Paul visits Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler
- Mar 4 The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands, during World War II.
- Mar 7 3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1")
- Mar 7 50,000 British soldiers land in Greece
- Mar 7 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- Mar 8 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
- Mar 10 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
Event of Interest
Mar 11 Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ

Bronko Nagurski

Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Mar 12 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
- Mar 13 A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand)
- Mar 14 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies
- Mar 14 Xavier Cugat & orchestra record "Babalu"
- Mar 15 Blizzard in North Dakota kills 151 people
- Mar 16 Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60
Event of Interest
Mar 16 Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich receives the Stalin Prize

Dmitri Shostakovich
- Mar 22 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation
Event of Interest
Mar 22 James Stewart is inducted into the Army, becoming the first major American movie star to wear a military uniform in World War II

James Stewart
Event of Interest
Mar 24 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox

Glenn Miller
- Mar 24 LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship
- Mar 24 Richard Wright & Paul Green's "Native Son" premieres in NYC
- Mar 25 Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon, South Carolina, incorporated
- Mar 27 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years
- Mar 27 Adolf Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia)
- Mar 27 Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul
- Mar 28 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy
Music Premiere
Mar 29 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Requiem Symphony"

Benjamin Britten
- Mar 29 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Wisconsin beats Washington State, 39-34; Badgers' forward John Kotz is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Mar 29 WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format)
- Mar 30 German counter offensive in North Africa
- Mar 31 Ground broken for Union Square Garage, San Francisco