2015 Event Negotiations continue between Iran and a group of six nations regarding limits on Iran's nuclear program, with the end of March approaching as an initial deadline; Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expresses optimism that an agreement will be reached 2015 Event Despite finding no wreckage to date, Malaysian officials announce that the March 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is being ruled an accident; the ruling lets families of the missing passengers seek compensation for the tragedy 2014 Event Thousands of protesters march in Washington, D.C., to protest recent killings of unarmed black men by policemen; the marchers called for an end to police brutality and racial injustice in the U.S. legal system 2014 Event As the Ebola epidemic spreads, the World Health Organization (WHO) has requested Ebola vaccine doses from GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo); the company offered the vaccine to WHO in March, but the offer was rejected because the vaccine had not been tested on humans 2014 Event eBay announces that its databases were accessed by hackers in February and March of this year; despite no reports to date of illicit activity arising from the cyberattack, the company is requiring all users to change their passwords 2014 Event An Australian geophysical company has identified a large aluminum deposit that appeared around the time of the Malaysian Air Flight 370 disappearance on March 8th, suggesting that the plane may have crashed in the Bay of Bengal and not the Indian Ocean 2014 Event Flight recorder signals from the missing Malaysia Air jet are no longer detectable; the flight, which disappeared on March 8th, may be located in a zone of over 57,000 square km of water about 2,200 km to the northwest of Perth, Australia 2014 Event An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale strikes 58 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile; though larger than the 6.7 quake on March 16th, scientists expect an even stronger quake in this region in the future 2014 Event French satellite images confirm Chinese detection of potential debris from missing Malaysian Air Flight 370, which disappeared March 8th 2014 Event China releases satellite images of debris possibly linked to the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines flight on March 8th 2013 Event Ken Salazar, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, announces he will leave his post at the end of March, 2013 2012 Event In Montreal, Canada, over 200,000 people march to protest against post-secondary education tuition hikes 2012 Event The largest solar flare in five years, occurring March 6, 2012, nears the Earth, threatening to disrupt airline flights, GPS systems and power grids 2011 Event In London, a rise in university tuition fees leads thousands of students to march in protest 2011 Event Japan's government announces they require a $157 billion additional budged to cover costs for recovering from the tsunami and earthquake in March 2011 2011 Event Thousands march in Mexico City to protest the 38,000 people who have died since the Mexican Drug War began in 2006 2011 Event Bolstered by strong employment figures for March, the Australian dollar reaches a 28-year high against the U.S. dollar 2011 Event In London, England, hundreds of thousands march in Trafalgar Square to protest government budget cuts 2010 Event Booksellers object to plans for the UK and Ireland to make more than a million free books available March 5, 2011 1997 Event Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful 1997 Event U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 1996 Event 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle 1995 Event CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31 1995 Event Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1991 Event Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St. Patrick Day parade 1991 Event Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1990 Event New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1989 Event Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa 1989 Event Reverend Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst 1989 Event 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings 1989 Event Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision 1988 Event Gorbachev pushes plan electing president and parliament in March, 1989 1987 Event 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington 1981 Birthday Roger Federer, born in Wollerau, Switzerland, professional tennis player, ranked number one in the World in March 2010, many consider him the greatest tennis player of all time 1981 Event William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in New York City 1978 Event Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington D.C. for ERA 1978 Event Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois 1976 Birthday Priscilla Taylor, born in Miami, Florida, playmate March, 1996 1975 Death Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77 1974 Death Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63 1973 Birthday Jane March, born in Edgeware, England, actress, Lover 1972 Event Tanzania troops march in to Uganda 1972 Birthday Marliece Andrada, born in Manteca, California, playmate, March 1998 1972 Birthday Jennifer Miriam, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, playmate, March, 1997 1972 Event Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1971 Event About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington 1970 Event 100,000 march in New York supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam 1970 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 1970 Death Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at 49 1969 Event Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1969 Event U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19 1968 Death Westbrook Van Voorhis, announcer (March of Time), dies at 64 1968 Event 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign 1968 Event Poor Peoples March on Washington 1968 Event "March of Poor" under Reverend Abernathy reach Washington, D.C. 1967 Birthday Laurie Wood, born in Orange, California, playmate, March, 1989 1966 Birthday Sandy Corn, model/Penthouse Pet, March, 1991 1966 Event Martin Luther King, Jr. stoned during Chicago march 1966 Event 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City 1965 Event Martin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama 1964 Birthday Dona L Speir, Norwalk California, playmate, March, 1984 1963 Death Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65 1962 Death John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 1960 Birthday Donna Smith, born in Portland Oregon, playmate, March, 1985 1958 Birthday Denise McConnell, Weisbaden Germany, playmate, March, 1979 1958 Event 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) 1957 Birthday Kimberly Herrin, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, March, 1981 1956 Birthday Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate, March, 1988 1955 Birthday Tim Berners-Lee, born in London, England, computer scientist, credited with inventing the World Wide Web, proposed in March, 1989 1953 Death Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, British composer (Coronation March), dies at 69 1952 Birthday Bonnie Large, born in Glendale California, playmate, March 1973 1951 Event 600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany 1948 Event -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1948 Birthday Little Peggy March, Margaret Battavio, vocalist, I Will Follow Him 1947 Event 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win 1947 Event Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali 1946 Death Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed 1945 Event U.S. forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3 1944 Event Hungarian death march of Jews ends 1944 Event British troops march into Athens 1944 Event Soviets march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia 1944 Event Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany 1944 Event Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest 1944 Event 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1944 Event U.S. troop march into Guam 1944 Event Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins 1944 Event Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland 1944 Event British troops march into Caen 1944 Event U.S. troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy 1944 Event Allies march into Rome 1942 Event Germany troop march into Woronezj 1942 Event Germany troop march into Sebastopol 1942 Event Germany Armys march into Sebastopol 1942 Event Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road 1942 Event Japanese troop march into Batavia 1942 Event Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies 1942 Event Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra 1941 Event British troops march into Abyssinia 1938 Event March of Dimes established to fight polio 1935 Event Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China 1935 Event 1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol 1934 Event Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March 1934 Event Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March 1934 Birthday Josef Sommer, born in Germany, actor, Witness, Target, Iceman, Forced March 1933 Birthday Louis Farrakhan, minister, black islam nation, million man march 1933 Event 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March 1932 Event 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March 1930 Event Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax 1929 Event 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich 1925 Event 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, D.C. 1923 Event Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) 1922 Event Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London 1920 Birthday Hal March, born in San Francisco, California, actor/TV host, $64,000 Question, Outrage 1917 Event 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13) 1916 Event U.S. troops under General Pershing march into Mexico 1916 Event Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun 1916 Event Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa 1915 Event 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding right to vote 1915 Event 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (New York City) protesting lynchings 1915 Event British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa 1915 Birthday C. W. Ceram, Kurt W Marek, German/US writer, March of Archaeology 1914 Event U.S. Marines march out of Vera Cruz, Mexico 1914 Event German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan 1913 Event Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1913 Event Serbian troops march into Albania 1913 Event Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania 1912 Birthday Francis David Charteris, earl of Wemyss and March/Scottish landowner 1910 Birthday Eve March, California, actress, Curse of the Cat People 1910 Event 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1903 Event British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet 1901 Event Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool 1897 Birthday Frederic March, Wisconsin, actor, Dr. Jeckyll-Academy Awards 1932/1946 1897 Birthday Fredric March, American Actor 1893 Birthday William March, Campbell, U.S., writer, Company K 1882 Event 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in New York City 1865 Event Sherman's march through Georgia begins 1865 Event General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins 1864 Event Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1864 Event Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea 1864 Event Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea" 1864 Event Sherman's march through Mississippi 1864 Event General Sherman begins his march to the South 1863 Death Lucius March Walker, Confederate Brigadier-General (in duel), dies at 33 1863 Event Union General Burnside's "Mud March" 1862 Event 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi 1862 Event Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV 1861 Event Union troops march on state militia in St. Louis, Missouri 1858 Event Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia 1854 Birthday John Philip Sousa, Washington D.C., march king, Stars and Stripes Forever 1849 Event U.S. had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (President pro tem) term ended March 3rd 1847 Event Rotary-type printing press patents by Richard March Hoe, New York City 1846 Event Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated 1846 Event Beginning of Mormon march to west US 1841 Event 1st continuous filibuster in U.S. Senate began, lasting until March 11 1821 Event Monroe is 1st President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun 1814 Event Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1807 Birthday David R Atchison, President of USA on March 3rd 1849 1807 Event Curacao is taken by English, until March, 1816 1804 Birthday Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer, Radetzky March 1773 Birthday William Henry Harrison, Virginia, Whigs, 9th President, March 4-April 4, 1841 1570 Event Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins 1556 Event Charles V and Maria of Hungary march into Spain 1459 Death Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies 1110 Event Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
