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.