1947 - Ry[land] Cooder, LA, blues guitarist (Crossroads)
1910 - An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)
1275 - Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)
1912 - Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine)
1948 - Srgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
1913 - Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
1913 - MacDonald Carey, Sioux City Iowa, actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl)
1913 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (d. 2002)
1952 - Howard Koh, American state government official
1953 - Colin Croft, cricketer (West Indian fast bowler 1977-82)
1713 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere
1733 - Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized
1916 - Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy Bee)
1754 - Silvestro Palma, composer
1767 - Andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1829-37)
1918 - Janet Leach, potter
1956 - Clay Matthews, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1918 - Punch Imlach, Canadian hockey coach and general manager (d. 1987)
1919 - John Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World)
1791 - Charles Knight, English publisher (d. 1873)
1957 - Vctor Muoz, Spanish football manager
1808 - Gaetano Gaspari, composer
1809 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st pres of Liberia
1959 - Harold Baines, Easton MD, outfielder (Chic White Sox, Texas Rangers)
1921 - Madelyn Pugh, American television writer
1959 - Lisa Holton, American writer
1959 - Fabio Lanzoni, Italian model
1923 - Laurence A Tisch, NYC, CEO (Loews Corp)
1960 - Chris Sanders, American animator and director
1924 - Lockrem Johnson, composer
1821 - Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (d. 1895)
1961 - Fabio [Lanzoni], Italy, romance novels model (Fabio After Dark)
1961 - John Melendez, jockey
1961 - Terry Cummings, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, Phila 76ers)
1830 - lise Reclus, French geographer (d. 1905)
1831 - Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1831 - Daniel Comboni, Italian missionary (d. 1881)
1962 - Terrence Trent D'Arby, NYC, rock vocalist (Wishing Well)
1835 - John Henrie Kagi, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
1836 - Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer
1964 - Alison Johnson, Tustin CA, WPVA volleyball player (US Open-4th-1993)
1838 - Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (d. 1889)
1844 - Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test)
1851 - Jozef Surzynski, composer
1933 - Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer/jazz pianist (U of Wisconsin)
1966 - Chris Bruno, actor (Michael-All My Children, Dennis-Another World)
1966 - Karen Weiss, St Paul MN, LPGA golfer (1995 Chick-fil-A Charity-7th)
1967 - Kirk Scrafford, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
1934 - Kanshi Ram, Indian dalit leader
1866 - Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948)
1866 - Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor (d. 1910)
1867 - Lionel Pigot Johnson, England, poet/critic (Ireland & Other Poems)
1936 - David Andrews, Irish politician
1938 - Dick Higgins, composer
1968 - Jon Schaffer, American guitarist (Iced Earth)
1939 - Jack Whyte, Scottish-Canadian author
1969 - Louis Riddick, NFL safety (Cleve Browns, Atlanta Falcons)
1873 - Lee Shubert, producer (theatres in NY & LA named after him)
1969 - Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician
1874 - Eugne Fiset, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1951)
1878 - Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)
1942 - Hughie Flint, London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band)
1943 - Brenda Scott, Cincinnati Oh, actress (Midge-Road West)
1943 - David Cronenberg, Toronto Ontario, director (Shivers, Fly, Brood)
1887 - Marjorie Merriweather Post, American socialite and businesswoman (d. 1973)
1970 - Paul Kruse, Merritt, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
1894 - Slava Vorlova, composer
1897 - Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986)
1971 - Robbie Pratt, jockey
1900 - Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer
1945 - Jorgen Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
1901 - J Pat O'Malley, England, actor (Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!)
1901 - Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader
1945 - A. K. Faezul Huq, Bengali lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
1902 - Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela)
1972 - Mark Hoppus, American musician (+44 and blink-182)
1946 - Howard Scott, San Pedro Cal, rock guitarist/vocalist (War, Cisco Kid)
1905 - Joe E Ross, comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show)
1974 - Robert Fick, American baseball player
1947 - Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russian cosmonaut
44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
221 - Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.
351 - Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
933 - After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.
1311 - Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
1514 - Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo's Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
1545 - First meeting of the Council of Trent.
1564 - Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes jizya (per capita tax) .
1672 - Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
1781 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse - Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.
1783 - In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'tat never takes place.
1820 - Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.
1848 - A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
1906 - Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
1916 - President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
1917 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.
1922 - After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
1926 - The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
1931 - SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
1933 - Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the austrofascist dictatorship.
1939 - World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.
1939 - Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
1943 - World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov - the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
1945 - World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
1952 - In Cilaos, Runion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24 hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
1956 - My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
1961 - South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
1985 - The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
1990 - Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying.
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
2004 - French President Jacques Chirac signs the law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools, commonly known as the headscarf ban.
1910 - An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)
1275 - Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)
1912 - Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine)
1948 - Srgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
1913 - Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
1913 - MacDonald Carey, Sioux City Iowa, actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl)
1913 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (d. 2002)
1952 - Howard Koh, American state government official
1953 - Colin Croft, cricketer (West Indian fast bowler 1977-82)
1713 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere
1733 - Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized
1916 - Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy Bee)
1754 - Silvestro Palma, composer
1767 - Andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1829-37)
1918 - Janet Leach, potter
1956 - Clay Matthews, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1918 - Punch Imlach, Canadian hockey coach and general manager (d. 1987)
1919 - John Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World)
1791 - Charles Knight, English publisher (d. 1873)
1957 - Vctor Muoz, Spanish football manager
1808 - Gaetano Gaspari, composer
1809 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st pres of Liberia
1959 - Harold Baines, Easton MD, outfielder (Chic White Sox, Texas Rangers)
1921 - Madelyn Pugh, American television writer
1959 - Lisa Holton, American writer
1959 - Fabio Lanzoni, Italian model
1923 - Laurence A Tisch, NYC, CEO (Loews Corp)
1960 - Chris Sanders, American animator and director
1924 - Lockrem Johnson, composer
1821 - Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (d. 1895)
1961 - Fabio [Lanzoni], Italy, romance novels model (Fabio After Dark)
1961 - John Melendez, jockey
1961 - Terry Cummings, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, Phila 76ers)
1830 - lise Reclus, French geographer (d. 1905)
1831 - Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1831 - Daniel Comboni, Italian missionary (d. 1881)
1962 - Terrence Trent D'Arby, NYC, rock vocalist (Wishing Well)
1835 - John Henrie Kagi, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
1836 - Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer
1964 - Alison Johnson, Tustin CA, WPVA volleyball player (US Open-4th-1993)
1838 - Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (d. 1889)
1844 - Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test)
1851 - Jozef Surzynski, composer
1933 - Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer/jazz pianist (U of Wisconsin)
1966 - Chris Bruno, actor (Michael-All My Children, Dennis-Another World)
1966 - Karen Weiss, St Paul MN, LPGA golfer (1995 Chick-fil-A Charity-7th)
1967 - Kirk Scrafford, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
1934 - Kanshi Ram, Indian dalit leader
1866 - Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948)
1866 - Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor (d. 1910)
1867 - Lionel Pigot Johnson, England, poet/critic (Ireland & Other Poems)
1936 - David Andrews, Irish politician
1938 - Dick Higgins, composer
1968 - Jon Schaffer, American guitarist (Iced Earth)
1939 - Jack Whyte, Scottish-Canadian author
1969 - Louis Riddick, NFL safety (Cleve Browns, Atlanta Falcons)
1873 - Lee Shubert, producer (theatres in NY & LA named after him)
1969 - Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician
1874 - Eugne Fiset, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1951)
1878 - Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)
1942 - Hughie Flint, London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band)
1943 - Brenda Scott, Cincinnati Oh, actress (Midge-Road West)
1943 - David Cronenberg, Toronto Ontario, director (Shivers, Fly, Brood)
1887 - Marjorie Merriweather Post, American socialite and businesswoman (d. 1973)
1970 - Paul Kruse, Merritt, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
1894 - Slava Vorlova, composer
1897 - Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986)
1971 - Robbie Pratt, jockey
1900 - Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer
1945 - Jorgen Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
1901 - J Pat O'Malley, England, actor (Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!)
1901 - Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader
1945 - A. K. Faezul Huq, Bengali lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
1902 - Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela)
1972 - Mark Hoppus, American musician (+44 and blink-182)
1946 - Howard Scott, San Pedro Cal, rock guitarist/vocalist (War, Cisco Kid)
1905 - Joe E Ross, comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show)
1974 - Robert Fick, American baseball player
1947 - Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russian cosmonaut
44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
221 - Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.
351 - Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
933 - After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.
1311 - Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
1514 - Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo's Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
1545 - First meeting of the Council of Trent.
1564 - Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes jizya (per capita tax) .
1672 - Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
1781 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse - Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.
1783 - In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'tat never takes place.
1820 - Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.
1848 - A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
1906 - Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
1916 - President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
1917 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.
1922 - After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
1926 - The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
1931 - SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
1933 - Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the austrofascist dictatorship.
1939 - World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.
1939 - Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
1943 - World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov - the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
1945 - World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
1952 - In Cilaos, Runion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24 hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
1956 - My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
1961 - South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
1985 - The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
1990 - Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying.
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
2004 - French President Jacques Chirac signs the law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools, commonly known as the headscarf ban.
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