March 26

Poet Walt Whitman dies (1892); Sandra Day O'Connor, first female US Supreme Court justice, born (1930); Journalist Bob Woodward, known for reporting on Watergate scandal, born (1943); Singer Diana Ross born (1944); Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan (1971). 

March 27

Director Quentin Tarantino born (1963); Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, dies (1968); Mariah Carey born (1969); Tenerife airport disaster, worst accident in aviation history, kills 583 (1977). 

March 25

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered (1655); Journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett dies (1931); Singer Aretha Franklin born (1942); Sir Elton John born (1947); Children's author Beverly Cleary dies (2021). 

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).