1755 - 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
1773 - Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
1789 - US Post Office established
1850 - 1st US $20 gold piece issued
1860 - Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists
1884 - Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women
1904 - Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
1933 - FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"
1945 - New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment
1947 - President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1956 - Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
1959 - US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1964 - Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 - US lowers voting age from 21 to 18
1978 - Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99)
1981 - Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia
1986 - 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1986 - Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

1894 - Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday & Friday
1901 - Ground is broken for Boston's 1st Alabama ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)
1903 - New York Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of Alabama
1951 - Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office

1990 - Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland

1985 - Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
1987 - David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game

1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
1972 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open
1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic
1995 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship

1908 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games
1910 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3
1966 - Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
1972 - NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
1980 - New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin

1966 - Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)

1963 - Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1963 - Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance
1964 - 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2
1964 - WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, Alabama (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 - Love's 1st album released "Love"
1969 - 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
1969 - 120 joints found at George & Patti Harrison's home
1969 - Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
1971 - Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias
1982 - PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
1989 - 15th People's Choice Awards
1991 - 5th Soul Train Music Awards
1993 - Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney
1993 - Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show

1888 - 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die)
1948 - -5 deg F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March

1888 - 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die)
1993 - 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay

1969 - Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
1971 - Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias

1865 - Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri

1849 - 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California

1964 - Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1974 - Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen South Carolina, Olympia, Washington
1980 - Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago
1987 - Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North

1336 - Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern
1479 - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence
1515 - Caspar Othmayr, composer
1685 - George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne
1710 - Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia)
1755 - Georges Couthon, French politician
1758 - Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician [or March 22]
1768 - Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer
1788 - Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor
1793 - Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer
1800 - Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian
1806 - Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57)
1808 - Gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet
1816 - David Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1818 - John Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897
1821 - Luitpold von Bayern, Prince-regent of Bayern
1823 - William Flank Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1824 - Gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis)
1826 - Robert Lowry, composer
1827 - John Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1827 - William Richard Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1830 - William Felix Brantley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870
1831 - Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker)
1832 - Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts
1835 - Simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer
1837 - Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer
1838 - William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)
1848 - Cyrill Kistler, composer
1855 - John White, composer
1859 - Josef Cyril Sychra, composer
1860 - Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer
1862 - Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross)
1863 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italy, writer/military hero (Intruder)
1874 - Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer
1875 - Julio Garreta, composer
1877 - Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia
1878 - Gemma Galgani, Italian saint
1878 - Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer
1880 - House Peters, England, silent film actor (Kansas Territory)
1881 - Daniel Webster Hoan, Wisc (Mayor-Socialist-Milwaukee)
1883 - Judge Jackson, composer
1888 - Hall Johnson, composer
1889 - Philip Guedalla, historian
1890 - A Evert Taube, Swedish writer/troubadour
1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) [OS=Feb 28]
1891 - Michael Polany, Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist
1896 - Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great
1898 - Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa)
1900 - David Croll, QC senator
1900 - Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer
1904 - Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper (NZ's 1st Test, later Northants)
1907 - (Margaret Peggy McCrorie) Herbison, politician
1908 - David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician
1908 - Inez Courtney, NYC, actress (13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven)
1910 - Roger L Stevens, producer (Giant)
1910 - Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, Orange NJ, boxer/actor (On the Waterfront)
1910 - Wilhelmus L Reijers, sculptor
1911 - Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, president of Mexico
1912 - James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh
1912 - Kylie Tennant, novelist (Battlers, Lost Haven)
1912 - Paul Weston, Springfield Mass, orch leader (Jim Nabors Hour)
1913 - Harold Butler, cricketer (England pace bowler late 40's)
1914 - Jan Kapr, composer
1915 - Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter
1917 - Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing)
1917 - Tom Normanton, British MP
1918 - James Bracken, race horse trainer
1921 - Giovanni Agnelli, CEO (Fiat Automakers)
1921 - Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel)
1921 - Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator
1921 - Ralph Shapey, Phila, composer (Fantasy, Rituals)
1922 - Helen Parrish, Columbus Ga, actress (Hour Glass, Show Business)
1922 - Jack Kerouac, Beat writer (On the Road, Mexico Blues)
1922 - Lane Kirkland, union president (AFL-CIO)
1922 - Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer
1923 - Hjalmar Andersen, Norway, 1500, 5K, 10K speed skater (Oly-gold-1952)
1923 - Mstislav Rostropovich
1923 - Norbert Brainin, violinist
1923 - Walter M Schirra Jr, Hackensack NJ, Capt USN/ast (Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7)
1925 - Georges Delerue, composer
1925 - Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy)
1925 - Leo Esaki, [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973)
1925 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55)
1925 - William G Whitehurst, (Rep-R-Va)
1926 - David Oliver Williams, trade unionist (COHSE)
1926 - George R Ariyoshi, (Gov-D-Hawaii)
1926 - Gudrun Ure, British actress (Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer)
1926 - Hildy Park, Wash DC, actress (To Tell the Truth)
1926 - John C[lellon] Holmes, US writer (Horn)
1926 - Rolv Berger Yttrehus, composer
1926 - Ronald Alley, art gallery manager (Tate Gallery)
1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Baku Russia, cellist (Cello Concerto) [3/22 NS]
1927 - Raul Alfonsin, president (Argentina)
1928 - Edward Albee, Washington, DC, playwright (Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story)
1928 - Phil Jones, principal (Trinity College of Music)
1928 - Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman (Police Complaints Authority)
1929 - Bernard Costello, US, double sculls (Olympic-silver-1956)
1929 - Lupe Anguiano, Mexican-American civil rights activist
1930 - Antony Acland, provost of Eton/British ambassador (to US)
1930 - Robin Cavendish, disabled campaigner
1930 - Scoey Mitchill, Newburgh NY, comedian (Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda)
1930 - Stanko Horvat, composer
1931 - Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director (Royal Collection)
1931 - William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascals)
1932 - Andrew Young, US ambassador to UN (1977-79)/(Mayor-D-Atlanta)
1934 - Rudolph Agner, CEO (Consolidated Gold Fields)
1935 - Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu)
1935 - John Gross, author (Age of Kipling, Dickens & 20th Century)
1936 - Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman (S G Warburg & Co)
1936 - Keith Slater, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1958-59 series)
1936 - Lloyd Dobbins, Newport News Va, newscaster (NBC News Overnight)
1936 - Patrick Procktor, painter
1937 - Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria)
1938 - Dimitri Terzakis, composer
1938 - Johnny Rutherford, auto racer (26 championship races)
1938 - Karl Soderlund, Duluth Minn, Mr Sally Jesse Raphael
1938 - Millie Perkins, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting)
1938 - Norman Hogg, British MP
1938 - Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer
1938 - Vijay Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17)
1939 - Barbara Feldon, Pitts Pa, actress (Agent 99-Get Smart)
1939 - David Mlinaric, British interior director
1940 - Albert Johanneson, soccer star
1940 - Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting)
1942 - Bert Campaneris, baseball player (Oakland A's)
1942 - Brian O'Hara, rocker
1942 - Paul Kantner, SF Calif, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane)
1942 - Salvatore "the Bull" Gravano, mobster (testified against Gotti)
1945 - Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques)
1946 - Liza Minnelli, Hollywood CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret)
1947 - Jill O'Hara, Warren Penn, Broadway actress (Promises! Promises!)
1948 - Dana Walden, rock keyboardist (Champaign)
1948 - James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof)
1948 - Kent Conrad, (Sen-D North Dakota)
1948 - Les Holroyd, Oldham England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest)
1948 - Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health
1948 - Virginia Bottomley, secretary (Heritage)
1949 - Bill Payne, Waco TX, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero)
1949 - David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury/MP
1949 - Mary Alice Williams, news reporter (NBC-TV)
1949 - Mike Gibbons, Swansea Wales, rock drummer (Badfinger)
1949 - Sara Lane, NYC, actress (Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian)
1950 - Jon Provost, actor (Timmy-Lassie)
1950 - Willie Duggan, rugby football player
1951 - Caren Kaye, NYC, actress (My Tutor, Bambi-Blansky's Beauties)
1951 - Jack Green, rocker
1953 - Labamba, [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes)
1956 - Dale Murphy, Portland Ore, slugger (Atlanta Braves, 2 time NL MVP)
1957 - Jerry Levine, New Brunswick NJ, actor (Born on 4th of July)
1957 - Marlon D Jackson, Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow)
1957 - Steve Harris, London, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss)
1958 - Debra Jensen, Orange County Cal, playmate (January, 1978)
1960 - Courtney B Vance, Detroit MI, actor (Hamburger Hill)
1960 - Eldine Baptiste, cricketer (WI all-rounder early 80's)
1962 - Darryl Strawberry, LA Calif, right fielder (Mets, Dodgers, Yankees)
1962 - Gunde Svan, Swedish long jumper (Olympics-gold-1984, 88)
1963 - Candy Costie, Seattle Wash, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
1963 - Joaquim Carvalho Cruz, Brazil, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1963 - John Andretti, race car driver
1963 - Julia Campbell, Huntsville Ala, actress (Opportunity Knocks)
1963 - Paul Way, British golfer
1964 - Tony Terry, rock producer (Tony Terry)
1965 - Fran Harris, WNBA guard (Houston Comets)
1965 - Molly Van Nostrand, West lslip NY, tennis star
1965 - Randy Dixon, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)
1965 - Steve Finley, Union City TN, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
1966 - Alecia Stephenson, North Vancouver BC, softball ss (Olympics-96)
1966 - Erich Fischer, Dinuba CA, US Olympic water polo foward (Olympic-92)
1966 - Grant Long, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks)
1967 - Irvin Smith, CFL cornerback (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 - Rowelle Blenman, WLAF cornerback/safety (London Monarchs)
1968 - Merton Hanks, NFL safety (SF 49ers)
1969 - Graham Coxon, singer (Blur)
1969 - J P Izquierdo, CFL slot back (Calgary Stampeders)
1969 - Karen Snelgrove, London Ontario, softball pitcher (Olympics-96)
1969 - Muhammad Oliver, NFL cornerback/safety (Washington Redskins)
1970 - Michael Bankston, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1970 - Rex Walters, NBA guard (Phila 76ers, Miami Heat)
1970 - Rod Smith, NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
1971 - Greg Hansell, Bellflower CA, pitcher (Minn Twins)
1971 - Isaiah Rider, NBA guard/forward (Minn Timberwolves, Port Trailblazers)
1971 - Raul Mondesi, San Cristobal Dom Rep, outfielder (LA Dodgers)
1972 - Alisa Castillo, Miss Nevada USA (1996)
1973 - Antonio Banks, cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 - Gabriel Mendez, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1973 - Keif Bryant, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 - Louis Laros, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Vitesse)
1974 - Chris Carr, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Minn Timberwolves)
1978 - Cristina Teuscher, New Rochelle NY, 4X200m freestyle (Olymp-gold-96)
1978 - Tara Mounsey, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)