Events in History
- Mar 4 "Bunion Run" race from LA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne
- Mar 5 Karl Zuckmayer's "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick" premieres in Berlin
- Mar 10 Christine Collins' son, Walter Collins, disappears in Los Angeles
- Mar 12 In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people
Italian History
Mar 15 Benito Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)
Birthdays in History
Seymour Papert (1928-2016)
Mar 1 South African mathematician, born in Pretoria
James Earl Ray (1928-1998)
Mar 10 American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Alton, Illinois
- Mar 11 Peter Roger Hunt, English director (Dr No), born in London, England
Edward Albee (1928-2016)
Mar 12 American playwright (Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?), born in Virginia
- Mar 12 Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman (Police Complaints Authority)
- Mar 12 Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, Quebec politician and senator
Frank Borman (95 years old)
Mar 14 American astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8) and CEO of Eastern Air Lines (1975-86), born in Gary, Indiana
- Mar 17 William John McKeag, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
- Mar 18 Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and 12th President of the Philippines (1992-98), born in Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines (d. 2022) [1]
- Mar 18 Julia Mullock, Princess of Korea
- Mar 19 Hans Küng, Swiss theologian
- Mar 20 Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book), born in Sale, Cheshire (d. 2008)
- Mar 21 James W Kinnear, CEO (Texaco), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Mar 21 Peter Hacks, German playwright (Tie Windloch)
- Mar 22 Betty Callaway, English figure skating coach (Torvill & Dean, Regőczy & Sallay), born in Reading, England (d. 2011)
- Mar 22 Bill Archer, American politician (Rep-R-TX, 1971-2001), born in Houston, Texas
- Mar 22 Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (d. 2001)
- Mar 22 Dmitri Volkogonov, Russian historian (biographies of Stalin and Lenin) and colonel general, born in Chita, USSR (d. 1995)
- Mar 22 E.D. Hirsch. American social commentator, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Mar 23 Alfred Morris, British MP
- Mar 25 Hilton Kramer, American art critic, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
- Mar 25 James A. Lovell Jr, American astronaut (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Mar 26 G. Harry Stine, American science fiction writer (d. 1997)
- Mar 27 Douglas Applegate, American politician (US Representative from Ohio, 1977-95), born in Steubenville, Ohio (d. 2021)
- Mar 28 Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician, born in Berlin (d. 2014)
- Mar 28 Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor (Carter), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2017)
- Mar 29 Vincent Gigante, Italian-American mafioso, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2005)
- Mar 30 Richard Trant, British general (d. 2007)
- Mar 30 Tom Sharpe, English historian and author (Riotous Assembly, Want), (d. 2013)
Weddings in History
Oskar Schindler
Mar 6 Industrialist Oskar Schindler (19) weds Emilie Schindler (20) in Svitavy, Czech Republic
Deaths in History
- Mar 3 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69
- Mar 7 Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist, dies at 76
- Mar 18 Paul van Ostaijen, Belgian-Dutch poet and writer (Outlawed), dies of tuberculosis at 32
- Mar 31 Gustave Ador, Swiss politician and 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (1919), dies at 82
- Mar 31 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), dies at 69
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