Events in History
Event of Interest
Mar 5 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, becomes First Lord of the Treasury (the official title of the UK Prime Minister)
- Mar 5 Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in US
- Mar 8 The state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law
Coca-Cola Sold in Bottles
Mar 12 Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Birthdays in History
- Mar 9 Frank Arnau [Heinrich Schmitt], German crime fiction writer, born in Vienna (d. 1976)
- Mar 17 Paul Green, American novelist and playwright (In Abraham's Bosom), born in Lillingotn, North Carolina (d. 1981)
- Mar 22 Surya Sen "Master Da", Indian activist for independence (Chittagong armoury raid), born in Chittagong, British India (d. 1934)
- Mar 30 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (designed Il-2 Shturmovik - world's most produced military aircraft), born in Dilyalevo, Russia (d. 1977)
Deaths in History
- Mar 12 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
- Mar 20 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, politician, journalist, and liberal revolutionary (Governor-President of Hungary, 1849), dies at 91
- Mar 26 Alfred H. Colquitt, American lawyer and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 69
- Mar 27 Verney Lovett Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49
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