Events in History Mar 12 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine Birthdays in History Mar 12 Georges Couthon, French politician Mar 24 Rufus King, American politician and framer of US constitution, born in Scarborough, Massachusetts (d. 1827) Deaths in History Mar 2 Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675) 1754 On This Day in History 1756