Events in History
Event of Interest
Mar 12 US President Harry Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism

Harry Truman
Event of Interest
Mar 17 Arnold J. Toynbee appears on the front cover of Time magazine

Arnold J. Toynbee
- Mar 19 Belgian government of Paul-Henri Spaak (Belgium Socialist Party) forms
Victory in Battle
Mar 19 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan

Chiang Kai-shek
- Mar 20 180 tonne blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic
- Mar 21 US President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
- Mar 22 President Harry Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty
- Mar 24 Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the presidency
Event of Interest
Mar 24 John D. Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN

John D. Rockefeller Jr
Birthdays in History
- Mar 3 Dave Mount, English rocker (Mud), born in Carshalton, Surrey (d. 2006)
- Mar 3 Clifton Snider, American poet and writer
- Mar 6 Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
- Mar 7 Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician
- Mar 7 Helen Eadie, Scottish politician
- Mar 8 Florentino Pérez, Spanish football executive
- Mar 9 Keri Hulme, New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer, born in Christchurch, New Zealand
Kim Campbell
Mar 10 [Avril] Kim Campbell, Canada's 1st female Prime Minister and 19th overall (1993), born in Port Alberni, British Columbia

Kim Campbell
Mitt Romney
Mar 12 Mitt Romney, 70th Republican Governor of Massachusetts and presidential candidate, born in Detroit, Michigan

Mitt Romney
- Mar 12 Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (d. 1987)
- Mar 14 Jan at Veldhuis, Dutch politician (VVD)
- Mar 14 Jimmy O'Rourke, rocker
- Mar 14 William Jefferson, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
- Mar 14 Pam Ayres, British poet
- Mar 15 Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russian cosmonaut
- Mar 17 James Morrow, American author
- Mar 17 Jan Andersson, Swedish politician
- Mar 18 Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico)
- Mar 18 Roger Kenneth Evans, English politician
- Mar 19 John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
- Mar 20 John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist
- Mar 22 Priscilla Yates, director (Royal Academy of Dancing)
James Patterson
Mar 22 James Patterson, American author (Alex Cross, Witch and Wizard), born in Newburgh, New York

James Patterson
- Mar 24 Paul McCandless, rocker (Torches on the Lake)
- Mar 24 Pieter W Coetzer, South African journalist/MP (NP)
- Mar 24 Christine Gregoire, American politician, current governor of Washington
- Mar 25 Claudine Schneider, (Rep-R-RI, 1981- )
- Mar 26 Dar Robinson, American stuntman (d. 1986)
- Mar 27 Daphne Todd, English artist and president (Royal Society of Portrait Painters), born in York
- Mar 27 Walt Mossberg, American journalist, the highest-paid journalist at the Wall Street Journal, born in Warwick, Rhode Island
- Mar 28 Bruce Gilbert, English producer (China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond), born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England
- Mar 28 John Landecker, American disk jockey, born in Michigan
- Mar 29 Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20), born in Olginka, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
- Mar 29 Bobby Kimball American rocker (Toto-Roseann), born in Orange, Texas
- Mar 29 Peter Hinchcliffe, co-founder (Iceland Frozen Foods)
- Mar 30 Ryszard Kotla, Polish travel writer and activist, tour guide, journalist, academic teacher, engineer
- Mar 31 Caesar Gaviria Trujillo, president (Colombia, 1990-94)
- Mar 31 Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), born in Chicago, Illinois
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Mar 1 Rocket engineer Wernher von Braun (34) weds Maria Luise von Quistorp in Landshut, Germany

Wernher von Braun
Deaths in History
- Mar 9 Carrie Chapman Catt, American women's suffrage leader, dies at 88
- Mar 12 "Winston Churchill the American", American novelist (b. 1871)
- Mar 12 Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure, dies at 87
- Mar 18 William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (General Motors), dies at 85
- Mar 23 Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)
- Mar 28 Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)