Events in History
Birthdays in History
- Mar 1 Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-British painter (Erasmus Prize 1960), born in Pöchlarn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980)
- Mar 3 Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
- Mar 5 Dong Biwu, High-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (d. 1975)
- Mar 8 Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host and zoo director (Artis), born in Amsterdam (d. 1965)
- Mar 8 Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950), born in South Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1972)
- Mar 17 Princess Patricia of Connaught, British princess (d. 1974)
- Mar 18 Kurt Koffka, German Gestalt psychologist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1941)
- Mar 18 Marianne Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth), born in Amsterdam (d. 1951)
- Mar 24 Athenagoras I, Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
- Mar 24 Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958)
- Mar 25 Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
- Mar 26 Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971)
- Mar 27 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (November Group), born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1969)
- Mar 27 Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader, born in Urzhum, Russia (d. 1934)
- Mar 30 Stanislaw Lesniewski, Polish logician and mathematician (Warsaw School of Logic), born in Serpukhov, Russia (d. 1939)
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