Events in History
President Inaugurated
Mar 4 Longest US presidential inauguration speech (8,443 words) by William Henry Harrison
- Mar 5 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
- Mar 9 US Supreme Court rules the kidnapped slaves from the Spanish schooner the Amistad are free
- Mar 22 A method for alkali starch extraction is patented in the US by Orlando Jones, which is later applied to corn (cornstarch)
- Mar 27 1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC
Birthdays in History
- Mar 1 Blanche Bruce, American politician who was born a slave, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), born in Farmville, Virginia (d. 1898)
- Mar 3 John Murray, Canadian-British oceanographer, marine biologist (Challenger Expedition, 1872-76), and writer (The Depths of the Ocean), born in Coburg, West Canada (now Ontario) (d. 1914)
- Mar 4 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl), born at Overhalla, Norway (d. 1881)
- Mar 7 Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentine, journalist and poet (El nido de condores), born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (d. 1882)
- Mar 7 William Rockhill Nelson, founder of The Kansas City Star and patron of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (d. 1915)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (1841-1935)
Mar 8 US 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32), born in Boston, Massachusetts
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