March 31

Eiffel Tower opens in Paris (1889); Workers’ rights leader Cesar Chavez born (1927); RIP American track legend Jesse Owens (1980); Singer-songwriter Selena murdered (1995); Rapper Nipsey Hussle murdered (2019).

March 30

Vincent van Gogh born (1853); Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War (1856); HBD Eric Clapton (1945); HBD Celine Dion (1968); President Reagan survives shooting by John Hinckley Jr. (1981).

John Tyler

Did you know... 

... that today is the birthday of John Tyler? John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States, was born on March 29, 1790, in Greenway, Virginia. Trivia buffs: Tyler was called The Accidental President because he was the first to succeed to the office following the death of a predecessor and he had 15 children!

Fred McFeely Rogers

 (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American educator, Presbyterian minister, songwriter, author, and television host. Rogers was most famous for creating and hosting Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968–2001), which featured his gentle, soft-spoken personality and directness to his audiences

March 27

HBD Quentin Tarantino (1963); RIP Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space (1968); HBD Mariah Carey (1970); Tenerife Airport Disaster, worst accident in aviation history, kills 583 (1977).

March 26

RIP Ludwig van Beethoven (1827); American poet Robert Frost born (1874); RIP American poet Walt Whitman (1892); HBD Diana Ross (1944); 39 die in Heaven’s Gate mass suicide (1997).

March 25

Legendary singer Aretha Franklin born (1942); HBD Elton John (1947); Martin Luther King Jr.-led march from Selma to Montgomery completed (1965); Saudi Arabian King Faisal assassinated by his nephew (1975); HBD race car driver Danica Patrick (1982).

March 24

World-famous magician Harry Houdini born (1874); RIP author Jules Verne (1905); Dorothy Height, civil and women’s rights activist, born (1912); Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground eventually spilling 11 million gallons of oil (1989); Germanwings fight crashes, killing all 150 on board (2015).

Maya Angelou

(born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) American author and poet. She published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years

March 23

Patrick Henry delivers "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech (1775); Roger Bannister, first person to run a sub four-minute mile, born (1929); Adolf Hitler becomes dictator of Germany (1933); RIP Elizabeth Taylor (2011).

March 20

Fred "Mister" Rogers born (1928); KFC founded by Colonel Harland Sanders (1930); HBD Pat Riley (1945); HBD Spike Lee (1957); John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry (1969).

March 19

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

Grover Cleveland

Did you know... 

... that today is Grover Cleveland's Birthday? Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, was born in Caldwell, New Jersey, on March 18, 1837. He was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents.

March 18

President Grover Cleveland born (1837); Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes first person to walk in space (1965); HBD Queen Latifah (1970); RIP rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry (2017).

March 17

First Saint Patrick’s Day parade held (1601); Golf legend Bobby Jones born (1902); Singer Nat King Cole born (1919); National Gallery of Art opens in Washington, DC (1941); HBD soccer great Mia Hamm (1972).

March 16

US Founding Father James Madison born (1751); US Military Academy is established (1802); Comedian Jerry Lewis born (1926); RIP Nobel Prize-winning author Selma Lagerlöf (1940); Fighting at Battle of Iwo Jima ends (1945).

Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr

(May 27, 1911  – January 13, 1978) served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and Americans for Democratic Action. He also served as Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1945–1949. In 1968, Humphrey was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 1968 presidential election but lost to the Republican nominee, Richard Nixon.

March 13

Uranus discovered (1781); RIP president Benjamin Harrison (1901); RIP Susan B. Anthony (1906); HBD rapper Common (1972); Pope Francis papacy begins (2013).

March 12

Girl Scouts of the USA is founded (1912); American author and poet Jack Kerouac born (1922); HBD actress and singer Liza Minnelli (1946); HBD Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) (1947); First female priests are ordained by the Church of England (1994).

March 11

Civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy born (1926); RIP Alexander Fleming, scientist who discovered penicillin (1955); Janet Reno confirmed as first female attorney general in the US (1993); 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggers tsunami and leads to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster (2011).

March 10

Courrières mining accident kills 1,099 in France (1906); RIP Harriet Tubman (1913); HBD Chuck Norris (1940); HBD Sharon Stone (1958); Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes, killing 157 (2019).

March 9

Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci (1454); First person in space Yuri Gagarin born (1934); Chess legend Bobby Fischer born (1943); Barbie doll debuts at American Toy Fair (1959); Rapper Notorious B.I.G. is shot and killed (1997).

March 6

Michelangelo born (1475); Davy Crockett and 186 others are killed at the Battle of the Alamo (1836); Aspirin is patented (1899); HBD Shaquille O’Neal (1972); RIP Georgia O’Keeffe (1986).

March 5

Five Americans shot by British troops in Boston Massacre (1770); Joseph Stalin dies (1953); RIP singer Patsy Cline (1963); HBD televangelist Joel Osteen (1963); Former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez dies (2013).

March 4

Antonio Vivaldi, violinist and composer, is born (1678); Jeannette Rankin becomes first female member of US House of Representatives (1917); Frances Perkins becomes secretary of labor, first female member of US Cabinet (1933); RIP actor and comedian John Candy (1994); RIP actor Luke Perry (2019).

March 3

Inventor Alexander Graham Bell born (1847); The "Star-Spangled Banner" becomes the US national anthem (1931); HBD track and field great Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962); Turkish Airlines flight crashes in Paris, killing all 346 aboard (1974); RIP Roger Bannister, first person to run a sub-four-minute mile (2018).

March 2

African slave trade abolished in US (1807); Children’s author Dr. Seuss born (1904); Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Jones born (1919); Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev born (1931); Wilt Chamberlain sets all-time NBA record with 100 points in a single game (1962).