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3/1/1803 Ohio was admitted into the United States of America on March 1, 1803 as the 17th state in the union. 3/1/1867 Nebraska was admitted into the United States of America on March 1, 1867 as the 37th state in the union. 3/1/1910 David Niven was born March 1, 1910 in Kirriemuir, Scotland. He won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actor in 'Separate Tables'. *** 3/2/1904 Dr. Seuss was born in Springfield, Massa- chusetts on March 2, 1904. He received a Pulitzer Prize. His children's books include 'Green Eggs and Ham', 'The Cat in the Hat' and 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'. 3/2/1919 Jennifer Jones was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 2, 1919. She won the Academy Award for Best Act- ress in 1943 for her performance in 'The Song of Bern- adette'. 3/2/1931 Mikhail Gorbachev was born March 2, 1931 in Stavropol, U.S.S.R. He became president on the U.S.S.R. in March of 1990. 3/2/1950 Karen Carpenter was born March 2, 1950 in New Haven, Connecticut. She recorded the hit song 'We've Only Just Begun'. She and her brother formed the "Carpen- ters" the singing group that won three Grammys and sold 30 million albums. *** 3/3/1831 George Pullman was born March 3, 1831 in Brocton, New York. He invented the Pullman sleeping car for the railroad. 3/3/1845 Florida was admitted into the United States of America on March 3, 1845 making it the 27th state in the union. 3/3/1847 Alexander Graham Bell was born March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the inventor of the telephone. 3/3/1931 "The Star-Spangled Banner" was declared the National Anthem of the United States of America on March 3, 1931 by an act of Congress. *** 3/4/1394 Prince Henry the Navigator was born March 4, 1394 in Proto, Portugal. He was the person who sent Portuguese sailors on their first voyages of exploration. Thus starting the age of exploration. 3/4/1791 Vermont was admitted to the United States of America on March 4, 1791 making it the 14th state. It was also the first state to join after the original thir- teen colonies. 3/4/1952 Ronald Wilson Reagan married Anne (Nancy) Frances Robbins Davis on March 4, 1952. They had two child- ren one boy and one girl. *** 3/5/1770 The Boston Massacre occurred March 5, 1770. A crowd was protesting the quartering of British troops in Boston homes. The harassed troops open fire on the protesters killing five persons. It became one of the reasons for resentment of the British before the American Revolution. 3/5/1908 Rex Harrison was born March 5, 1908 in Huyton, England. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964 for his performance in "My Fair Lady". *** 3/6/1475 Michelangelo was born in Capress, Italy on March 6, 1475. He was destined to become one of the worlds greatest sculptors 'The Pieta' is but one example. As an artist his painting of the Sistine Chapel is beyond comparison. 3/6/1836 This was the last day of the siege on the Alamo by Mexican General Santa Anna. General Sam Huston later rallied the Texans with the battle cry "Remember the Alamo". Huston was later able to defeat Santa Anna and win Texas independence. *** 3/7/1274 St. Thomas Aquinas was born in Roccascca, Italy. He died March 7, 1274. He was a doctor of the Church. His feast day is celebrated January 28. 3/7/1849 Luther Burbank was born March 7, 1849 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He developed more then 800 new strains and verities of plants. 3/7/1876 The United States patent Office granted patent number 174465 to Alexander Graham Bell. This was to patent the telephone. 3/7/1924 Kobo Abe was born March 7, 1924 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a novelist and playwright. *** 3/8/1495 Saint John of God was born March 8, 1495 in Portugal. He worked with the poor and the sick. His feast day is celebrated March 8. 3/8/1783 Hannah Hoes Van Buren was born March 8, 1783 in Kinderhook, New York. She married president Martin Van Buren on February 21, 1807. *** 3/9/1440 Saint Frances of Rome was born in Rome, Italy. She died March 9, 1440 in Rome. The order she found- ed worked with the very poorest people. Her feast day is celebrated March 9. 3/9/1856 Edward Acheson was born March 9, 1856 in Washington, Pennsylvania. He invented carborundum, a very hard abrasive. 3/9/1862 The battle between two iron clad war ships took place March 9, 1862. The battle was waged during the blockade of Hampton Roads, Virginia between the Confederate 'Merrimack' and the Union 'Monitor'. The battle was incon- clusive but it marked the end of wooden warships. *** 3/10/1876 On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell suceeded in sending voice over wires by using his invention the telephone. *** 3/11/1731 Robert Paine was born March 11, 1731 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was delegate from the state of Massachusetts who signed the Declaration of Independence. *** 3/12/604 Saint Gregory the Great died March 12, 604 in Rome, Italy. His feast day is celebrated September, 3. He is one of the four doctors of the Western Church. 3/12/1806 Jane Means Appleton Pierce was born March 12, 1806 in Hampton, New Hampshire. She married president Franklin Pierce on November 19, 1834. 3/12/1821 Sir John Abbot was born March 12, 1821 in St. Andrews East, Canada. This lawyer served as dean of the McGill faculty of law from 1855 to 1880. 3/12/1946 Liza Minnelli was born in Los Angles, California on March 12, 1946. She received the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1972 for her performance in the movie "Cabaret". 3/12/1948 Mark Moseley was born March 12, 1948 in Lanesville, Texas. He held the National Football League record for consecutive field goals in one season 20 for 21 tries. *** 3/13/1781 The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel on March 13, 1781. Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun in our solar system. 3/13/1798 Abigail Powers Fillmore was born March 13, 1798 in Stillwater, New York. She married president Millard Fillmore on February 5, 1826. *** 3/14/1854 Thomas R. Marshall was born in North Man- chester, Indiana on March 14, 1854. He served as the 28th vice president of the U.S.A. from 1913 to 1921. He is quoted as having said "What this country needs is a good five cent cigar." 3/14/1854 Paul Ehrlich was born March 14, 1854 in Strzelin, Poland. This medical scientist was the first to discover a cure for syphilis. 3/14/1879 Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879 in Wierttemberg, West Germany. This physicist won the Nobel Prize of physics in 1921. 3/14/1933 Michael Caine was born in London, England on March 14, 1933. He received the 1986 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 'Hannah and Her Sisters. *** 3/15/44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated by Marcus Junus Brutus on March 15, 44 BC. He was stabbed. 3/15/1767 Andrew Jackson was born March, 15, 1767 in Waxhaw, South Carolina. He was the 7th president of the United States of America. 3/15/1820 Maine was admitted into the United States of America on March 15, 1820 making it the 23rd state in the Union. 3/15/1932 Alan Bean was born March 15, 1932 in Wheeler, Texas. This U. S. astronaut walked on the Moon for several hours during the Apollo 12 mission November 12-22, 1969. *** 3/16/1817 James Madison was born March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, Virginia. He was the 4th president of the U.S.A. He served from 1809 to 1817. 3/16/1912 Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon was born March 16, 1912 in Ely, Nevada. She married Richard Milhous Nixon on June 21, 1940. *** 3/17/1897 The first heavy weight title fight to be filmed was on March 17, 1897 in Carson City, Nevada. The title match was between 'Gentleman Jim Carbett and Bob Fitzsimmons. Bob Fitzsimmons won the title. 3/17/1905 Franklin Roosevelt married his distant cousin Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905. They had five children four boys and a girl. *** 3/18/1782 John C. Calhoun was born March 18, 1782 in Abbeville district, South Carolina. He served as vice president of the United States of America from 1825 to 1832. 3/18/1837 Grover Cleveland was born March 18, 1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey. The only U. S. president to serve two non consecutive terms. He served from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. This made him the 22nd and the 24th president. 3/18/1858 Rudolf Diesel was born March 18, 1858 in Paris, France. He invented the internal combustion diesel engine. *** 3/19/1641 Abd al-Ghani an Nabulusi was born on March 19, 1641 in Damascus. He was a writer about Islamic mysticism. 3/19/1919 Peter Abrahams was born March 19, 1919 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His book 'Mine Boy' was the first to show how dehumanizing apartheid is to blacks in South Africa. 3/19/1936 Ursula Andress was born in Bern, Switzer- land on March 19, 1936. She stared in the James Bond movie 'Dr. No' in 19, 1966. *** 3/20/1725 Abdulhamid I was born March 20, 1725. He served as Ottoman sultan from 1774 to 1789. 3/20/1911 Alfonso Garcia Robles was born in Zamora, Mexico March 20, 1911. He received the Noble Prize in 1982 for Peace. 3/20/1950 William Hurt was born in Washington D.C. on March 20, 1950. Received the 1985 Academy Award for Best Actor in the movie "Kiss of the Spider Woman". *** 3/21/1470 Saint Angela Merici was born March 21, 1470 in Desezano, Italy. She founded the teaching order of Ursuline nuns. Her feast day is celebrated January, 27. 3/21/1685 Johann Sebastian Bach was born March 21, 1685 in Eisenach, East Germany. He composed over 200 can- tatas and Mass in B minor. 3/21/1869 Florenz Ziegfild was born in Chicago, Ill- inois on March 21, 1869. He produced the "Ziegleld Follies" from 1907 to 1930. *** 3/22/1934 Senator Orrin Hatch was born in Homestead Park, Pennsylvania on March 21, 1934. He was elected U. S. senator for the state of Utah in 1976. 3/22/1943 George Benson was born in Pittsburg, Penn- sylvania on March 22, 1943. He received the 1976 Grammy Award for the record 'This Masquerade'. *** 3/23/1775 Patrick Henry made his famous speech which is often quoted "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" It was made before the Virginia convention. 3/23/1823 Schuyler Colfax was born March 23, 1823 in New York, New York. He was the 17th vice president of the United States of America from 1869 to 1873. 3/23/1908 Joan Crawford was born in San Antonio, Texas of March 23, 1908. She received the 1945 Academy Award for Best Actress in the movie 'Mildred Pierce'. 3/23/1912 Wernher von Braun was born in Wirsitz, Germany on March 23, 1912. He was in charge of the launch- ing of the first U.S.A. satelite Explorer 1, on January 31, 1958. *** 3/24/1874 Henry Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungry on March 24, 1874. He preformed many daring escapes from handcuffs shackles and chains. *** 3/25/1347 Saint Catherine of Siena was born March 25, 1347 in Siena, Italy. She is the patron saint of Italy. Her feast day is celebrated April 29. 2/25/1593 Saint Jean de Brebeuf was born in Normandy, France on March 25, 1593. He is the patron saint of Canada. His feast day is celebrated October 19. 3/25/1908 David Lean was born in Croydon, England on March 25, 1908. He won two Academy Awards for direction. He directed 'Bridge on the River Kwai'; 'Lawrence of Arabia'; 'Dr. Zhivago'. 3/25/1921 Simone Signoret was born March 25, 1921 in Wiesbaden, Germany. She won the 1959 Academy Award for Best Actress in 'Room at the Top'. 3/25/1975 Faisal Ibn Abd Al Aziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia was assassinated by his nephew Ibn Musas'Abd al Aziz on March 25, 1975. *** 3/26/1874 Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26, 1874. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1924. 3/26/1911 Tennessee Williams was born March 26, 1911 in Columbas, Mississippi. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for his play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'. 3/26/1934 Alen Arkin was born on March 26, 1934 in New York, New York. He is the villain in 'Wait Until Dark' made in 1963. *** 3/27/1416 Saint Francis of Paola was born March 27, 1416 in Paola, Italy. He is the patron of Italian seamen. 3/27/1845 Wilhelm Roentgen was born in Lennep, Prus- sia on March 27, 1845. He received the first Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of X rays. *** 3/28/1515 Saint Tresa of Avila was born in Avila, Spain March 28, 1515. She is the first women doctor of the Catholic Church. Her feast day is celebrated October 15. 3/28/1811 Saint John Newmann was born in Bohemia on March 28, 1811. He helped found the parochial school system while he was bishop of Philadelphia. His feast day is Jan- uary, 5. 3/28/1905 Marlin Perkins was born March 28, 1905 in Carthage, Missouri. He hosted the television shows 'Zoo Parade' from 1949 to 1958 and "Wild Kingdom' from 1963 to 1985. 3/28/1979 The Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in Middletown, Pennsylvania underwent the worst accident in- volving a nuclear plant in the U.S.A. A loss of coolant and partial meltdown of the core occurred. No loss of life was involved. This accident happened March 28, 1979. *** 3/29/1790 John Tyler was born March 29, 1790 in Charles City County, Virginia. He was the 10th president of the United States of America from 1841 to 1845. 3/29/1813 John Tyler and Letitia Christian were mar- ried on March 29, 1813. This marriage had eight children three sons and five daughters. 3/29/1819 Edwin L. Drake was born March 29, 1819. He drilled the first productive oil well in the U.S.A. in Ti- tusville, Pennsylvania. 3/29/1867 Cy Young was born in Gilmore, Ohio March 29, 1867. He pitched a perfect game May 5, 1904 for the Red Sox against the Philadelphia Athletics. 3/29/1874 Lou Henry Hoover was born March 29, 1874 in Waterloo, Iowa. She married president Herbert Clark Hoover on February 10, 1899. 3/29/1882 The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fra- ternal order of men, was formed March 29, 1882 by Father Michael McGivney. 3/29/1978 A Persian Rug measuring 7 feet 3 inches by 12 feet 5 inches woven in 1500 sold March 29, 1978 for $229,900 in London. *** 3/31/1811 Robert Bunsen was born in Gottingen, West Germany March 31, 1811. The Bunsen Burner was named for this chemist. 3/30/1913 Frankie Laine was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 30, 1913. He recorded the 1949 hit song 'That Lucky Old Sun' 3/31/1935 Herb Alpert was born in Los Angeles, Cali- fornia on March 31, 1935. He received the 1965 Grammy Award for 'A Taste of Honey'. 3/30/1937 Warren Beatty was born in Richmond, Virgin- ia on March 30, 1937. He stared in his first film 'Splendor in the Grass' in 1961.