March 24

World famous magician Harry Houdini born (1874); Author Jules Verne dies (1905); Dorothy Height, civil and women’s rights activist, born (1912); Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground, eventually spills 11 million gallons of oil (1989).

March 22

Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico (1873); First Stanley Cup championship played (1894); Legendary musical theater composer Andrew Lloyd Webber born (1948); Sports broadcaster Bob Costas born (1952); US Senate passes the Equal Rights Amendment—though it was never ratified (1972); Reese Witherspoon born (1976).

March 23

Patrick Henry delivers “Give me liberty or give me death!” speech in Richmond, Virginia (1775); Elisha Otis installs first passenger elevator in New York City (1857); Psychologist and "The Art of Loving" author Erich Fromm born (1900); Singer Chaka Khan born (1953); Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies (2022)

March 20

Sir Walter Raleigh freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment (1616); Italian physicist Alessandro Volta announces the discovery of the electric battery (1800); Fred "Mister" Rogers born (1928); Author Lois Lowry born (1937); Kenny Rogers dies (2020).

March 21

Pocahontas is buried (1617); Martin Luther King Jr. leads third and ultimately successful march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (1965); The US announces boycott of Summer Olympics in Moscow (1980); Twitter is founded (2006).

Chuck Norris

"The martial arts master also was a big-screen action hero in 'Lone Wolf McQuade,' 'Missing in Action,' 'The Delta Force' and more."https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chuck-norris-dead-walker-texas-ranger-1236542257/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

March 19

American novelist Philip Roth born (1933); American actress Glenn Close born (1947); American actor Bruce Willis born (1955); Texas Western, now known as UTEP, is first basketball team to win NCAA Championship with all-Black starting lineup (1966); Iraq War begins (2003).