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March

31 dates, 242 cited events. Every entry links to the day’s full story.

  1. 1Mar

    Yellowstone National Park, located mostly in the present-day U.S.…

    8 moments from the American record, 1845 to 2005 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 61st day of the year.

    William Cushing, b. 1732★ National Pig Day

  2. 2Mar

    At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos

    8 moments from the American record, 1776 to 1962 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 62nd day of the year.

    DeWitt Clinton, b. 1769★ National Read Across America Day

  3. 3Mar

    The U.S. Congress passed the Missouri Compromise

    8 moments from the American record, 1776 to 1969 · 5 births. The 63rd day of the year.

    George Pullman, b. 1831

  4. 4Mar

    William McKinley is inaugurated President of the United States…

    8 moments from the American record, 1776 to 1987 · 5 births. The 64th day of the year.

    Casimir Pulaski, b. 1745

  5. 5Mar

    Boston Massacre

    8 moments from the American record, 1766 to 1979 · 5 births. The 65th day of the year.

    Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, b. 1739

  6. 6Mar

    The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by United States…

    6 moments from the American record, 1820 to 2009 · 5 births. The 66th day of the year.

    Henry Laurens, b. 1724

  7. 7Mar

    United States senator Daniel Webster delivered a speech…

    4 moments from the American record, 1850 to 1968 · 5 births. The 67th day of the year.

    Increase A. Lapham, b. 1811

  8. 8Mar

    In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando

    8 moments from the American record, 1655 to 2001 · 5 births. The 68th day of the year.

    Simon Cameron, b. 1799

  9. 9Mar

    U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency…

    8 moments from the American record, 1841 to 1977 · 5 births. The 69th day of the year.

    Edwin Forrest, b. 1806

  10. 10Mar

    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States…

    8 moments from the American record, 1848 to 2006 · 5 births · 2 observances. The 70th day of the year.

    Lorenzo Da Ponte, b. 1749★ Harriet Tubman Day

  11. 11Mar

    World War II

    8 moments from the American record, 1861 to 2012 · 5 births. The 71st day of the year.

    Benjamin Tupper, b. 1738

  12. 12Mar

    Great Depression

    8 moments from the American record, 1912 to 2020 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 72nd day of the year.

    George Tyler Wood, b. 1795★ National Day

  13. 13Mar

    The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is passed by the United…

    8 moments from the American record, 1862 to 2020 · 5 births. The 73rd day of the year.

    Abigail Fillmore, b. 1798

  14. 14Mar

    The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a…

    8 moments from the American record, 1780 to 2006 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 74th day of the year.

    James Bogardus, b. 1800★ Steak and Blowjob Day, a satirical unofficial holiday created in the United States as a male response to Valentine's Day

  15. 15Mar

    President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis,…

    8 moments from the American record, 1783 to 1990 · 5 births · 2 observances. The 75th day of the year.

    Andrew Jackson, b. 1767★ International Day To Combat Islamophobia

  16. 16Mar

    Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the…

    8 moments from the American record, 1782 to 2021 · 5 births. The 76th day of the year.

    James Madison, b. 1751

  17. 17Mar

    The British Army evacuates Boston

    8 moments from the American record, 1776 to 1973 · 5 births. The 77th day of the year.

    Lachlan McIntosh, b. 1725

  18. 18Mar

    The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time

    8 moments from the American record, 1865 to 2019 · 5 births. The 78th day of the year.

    John C. Calhoun, b. 1782

  19. 19Mar

    The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two…

    8 moments from the American record, 1831 to 2003 · 5 births. The 79th day of the year.

    Thomas McKean, b. 1734

  20. 20Mar

    The Republican Party was founded in Ripon

    8 moments from the American record, 1852 to 2003 · 5 births · 3 observances. The 80th day of the year.

    George Caleb Bingham, b. 1811★ Great American MeatOut

  21. 21Mar

    Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States…

    8 moments from the American record, 1825 to 1980 · 5 births · 3 observances. The 81st day of the year.

    Francis Lewis, b. 1713★ International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

  22. 22Mar

    The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald…

    8 moments from the American record, 1765 to 2017 · 5 births. The 82nd day of the year.

    Charles Carroll, b. 1723

  23. 23Mar

    General Stonewall Jackson of the Confederate States Army lost the…

    8 moments from the American record, 1775 to 2005 · 5 births. The 83rd day of the year.

    Schuyler Colfax, b. 1823

  24. 24Mar

    The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress

    8 moments from the American record, 1765 to 2018 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 84th day of the year.

    Samuel Ashe, b. 1725★ International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

  25. 25Mar

    In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg

    8 moments from the American record, 1776 to 2006 · 5 births · 4 observances. The 85th day of the year.

    John Barry, b. 1745★ International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

  26. 26Mar

    The United States Army launches Explorer 3

    8 moments from the American record, 1812 to 2010 · 5 births · 4 observances. The 86th day of the year.

    William Blount, b. 1749★ Independence Day and National Day

  27. 27Mar

    President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes…

    8 moments from the American record, 1814 to 1999 · 5 births. The 87th day of the year.

    Jane Colden, b. 1724

  28. 28Mar

    In the Battle of Glorieta Pass

    8 moments from the American record, 1646 to 2003 · 5 births. The 88th day of the year.

    Henry Schoolcraft, b. 1793

  29. 29Mar

    The Appomattox campaign opened with the Battle of Lewis's Farm

    8 moments from the American record, 1847 to 1975 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 89th day of the year.

    John Tyler, b. 1790★ National Vietnam War Veterans Day

  30. 30Mar

    U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a…

    8 moments from the American record, 1822 to 2023 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 90th day of the year.

    Mary Calkins, b. 1863★ National Doctors' Day

  31. 31Mar

    American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of…

    8 moments from the American record, 1774 to 2023 · 5 births · 1 observance. The 91st day of the year.

    Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, b. 1794★ Thomas Mundy Peterson Day