Learn what happened in history for each day in March.

March 1

• The Articles of Confederation were established, 1781

• Congress authorized the first United States Census, 1790

• Ohio entered the Union, 1803 (17^th)

• Nebraska entered the Union, 1867 (37^th)

• Congress authorized the creation of Yellowstone National Park, 1872

March 2

• Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas, was born near Lexington, Va., 1793

• Texas declared independence from Mexico, 1836

• Puerto Ricans granted United States Citizenship, 1917

• King Kong, the motion picture, premiered in New York, 1933

March 3

• Florida entered the Union, 1845 (27^th)

• Federal Congress passed the Conscription Act, 1863

• Star Spangled Banner adopted as National Anthem of the United States, 1931

March 4

• England's King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land that later became the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1681

• Vermont entered the Union, 1791 (14^th)

• Jesse James died at age 34, 1882

March 5

• The Boston Massacre took place, 1770

• Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin died at age 73, after 29 years in power, 1953

• Actor John Belushi found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood 1982

March 6

• Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in Durham, England, 1806

• The Battle of the Alamo ended after 13-day siege, 1836

• The Dred Scott Decision handed down, 1857

• Retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Hendell Holmes, Jr., died in Washington, D.C., 1935

March 7

• Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his telephone, 1876

• Army Distinguished Service Medal was authorized, 1918

• Remagen Bridge crossed by United States Army, 1945

• The Beatles U.S. Album Past Masters, Volumes I & 2, released, 1988

March 8

• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was born, 1841

• President Millard Fillmore died, 1874

• President William Howard Taft died, 1930

March 9

• Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais, 1796

• The battle of "USS Monitor" & "CSS Merrimack" occurred at Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862

• Anne Frank died, 1945

March 10

• Daniel Boone's expedition of Kentucky began, 1775

• Thomas Jefferson appointed minister to France,1785

• Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone call, 1876

March 11

• Permanent Confederate Constitution adopted, 1861

• General George B. McClellan removed as general-in-chief, 1862

• General Douglas MacArthur vowed "I shall return" 1942

March 12

• First Lady Jane Pierce born, 1806

• General Ulysses S. Grant was named general in chief of Federal Army, 1863

• The Girl Scouts of America were founded, 1912

• Paul McCartney (of the Beatles) married Linda Eastman in London, 1969

March 13

• The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel, 1781

• First Lady Abigail Fillmore was born, 1798

• President Benjamin Harrison died in Indianapolis, 1901

• American Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died in Rochester, New York, 1906

March 14

• Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, 1793

• Physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, 1879

• First Lady Lucretia Garfield died, 1918

• Jack Ruby convicted of the murder of President John F. Kennedy assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, 1964

March 15

• Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius, 44 B.C.

• President Andrew Jackson was born, 1767

• Maine entered the Union, 1820 (23^rd)

• "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway, 1956

March 16

• President James Madison was born, 1751

• Congress authorized the establishment of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., 1802

• Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was published, 1850

• First Lady Patricia Nixon was born, 1912

March 17

• The Camp Fire Girls created, 1912

• Golda Meir became the prime minister of Israel, 1969

• The Refugee Act was signed by President James Carter, 1980

March 18

• The Stamp Act was repealed, 1776

• President Grover Cleveland was born, 1837

• Schick, Inc. marketed the first electric razor, 1931

March 19

• Congress approved daylight-savings time, 1918

• Volcano erupted in Bali, killing 1500, 1963

• United States House of Representatives began televising day-to-day business, 1979

March 20

• England's King Henry IV died, succeeded by Henry V, 1413

• Sir Isaac Newton died in London, 1727

• Uncle Tom's Cabin was first published, 1852

• John Lennon (of The Beatles) married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar, 1969

March 21

• Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, 1685

• Thomas Jefferson became Secretary of State under President Washington, 1790

• Alcatraz prison emptied prisoners by the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, 1963

  March 22

• The Stamp Act was approved by Parliament, 1765

• Congress outlawed polygamy, 1882

• The first movie shown to an audience occurred in Paris, 1895

• The Beatles UK album Please Please Me was released, 1963

• The Beatles US album The Early Beatles was released, 1965