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).

Feburary 28

Mobster Bugsy Siegel born (1906); Basketball coaching legend Dean Smith born (1931); Record 106 million watch series finale of "M*A*S*H" (1983); Gulf War ends (1991); RIP actress Jane Russell (2011).