Grammy Awards
Mar 1 36th Grammy Awards: "I Will Always Love You"; Whitney Houston; Sting; Toni Braxton; Mary Chapin-Carpenter win
- Mar 1 Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as president of Finland
- Mar 1 Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
- Mar 2 American politician William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), casts his 18,401 & last consecutive vote
- Mar 2 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcasted, it is, but he doesn't
Music History
Mar 2 Miami begins a Latin Walk of Fame, 1st star awarded is for singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan
- Mar 3 "Philoktetes Variations" with Ron Vawter premieres in Brussels
- Mar 3 Revival of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' musical "Damn Yankees", starring Bebe Nuewirth and Victor Garber (later replaced by Jerry Lewis), opens at Marquis Theater, NYC; runs for 510 performances
Sports History
Mar 3 US Internal Revenue Service investigates baseball player Darryl Strawberry
- Mar 4 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center
- Mar 4 Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit
- Mar 5 Jefffesron Airplane/Starship singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
- Mar 5 Largest milkshake made; 1,955 gallons of chocolate in Nelspruit, South Africa
- Mar 5 PBA National Championship won by David Traber
- Mar 6 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
- Mar 6 Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.
- Mar 7 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top
Event of Interest
Mar 7 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
Event of Interest
Mar 7 Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia
- Mar 7 The United States Supreme Court rules in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use
- Mar 7 US Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship
People's Choice Awards
Mar 8 20th People's Choice Awards: Tom Cruise & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Roseanne Arnold win (TV)
- Mar 8 B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Delhi, at least 8 killed
- Mar 8 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal, kills 47
- Mar 8 US Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces
- Mar 9 IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport
- Mar 10 1 million Greeks attend actress and activist Melina Mercouri's funeral
- Mar 11 Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as President of Chile
- Mar 12 The Church of England ordains its first 32 female priests at the Bristol Cathedral in Bristol, England [1]
- Mar 13 15th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Providence beats Georgetown, 74-64
- Mar 13 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right Freedom Party
- Mar 13 35th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Florida, 73-60
- Mar 13 41st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #4 North Carolina beats Virginia, 73-66
- Mar 13 Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)
- Mar 13 President Mangope of Bophuthatswana deposed
- Mar 14 Mexican banker and billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
- Mar 14 Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov & N Thagard
- Mar 14 Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released
- Mar 15 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
- Mar 15 Experts from AL certify the Cleveland Indians Jacobs Field is properly lit
Sports History
Mar 16 American figure skater Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on former Olympic teammate Nancy Kerrigan
- Mar 16 Moravcik forms Slovakia government
- Mar 17 "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 30 performances
- Mar 17 Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed)
- Mar 17 It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark
- Mar 18 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
- Mar 18 Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands
Film & TV History
Mar 18 Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy
- Mar 19 2,500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde, Netherlands
- Mar 19 England beats Wales, 15-8 at Twickenham, London but the Welsh take the Five Nations Rugby Championship as title decided by using points difference for the first time
Sports History
Mar 19 Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown
- Mar 19 Largest omelette (1,383sq ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan
- Mar 19 NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season
- Mar 20 "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 performances
- Mar 20 "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances
- Mar 20 "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances
- Mar 20 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Indecent Proposal" wins
- Mar 20 El Salvador's 1st presidential election following 12-year-old civil war
- Mar 20 Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inning to win Logan Cup
- Mar 20 WrestleMania X, Madison Square Garden, NYC: Bret Hart beats Yokozuna to win WWF Championship
- Mar 20 Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa
Academy Awards
Mar 21 66th Academy Awards: "Schindler's List", Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win
- Mar 21 Anne P Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of National History
Music History
Mar 21 English actor Dudley Moore arrested for hitting his girlfriend
- Mar 21 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) enters into force after being ratified by the required number of nations
NHL Record
Mar 21 Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals
Not a Moment Too Soon
Mar 22 "Not a Moment Too Soon" second studio album by Tim McGraw is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1994)
- Mar 22 Dutch Ambassador to US christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton)
- Mar 22 Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid is the first woman to win architecture's Pritzker Prize [1]
- Mar 22 South African government and ANC take power in Ciskei homeland
- Mar 22 Soyuz TM-21 lands
Event of Interest
Mar 23 Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail after 4 months & 9 days
- Mar 23 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28)
- Mar 23 Green Ramp disaster: Mid-air collision of USAF F-16 fighter jet and USAF C-130 Hercules transport kills 24 and injures over 100 US Army paratroopers on the ground preparing for training at Pope AFB in Cumberland County, North Carolina
Film & TV History
Mar 23 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for NY governor
- Mar 23 Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field)
- Mar 23 Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed)
- Mar 23 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored
- Mar 24 "Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 53 performances
Carousel
Mar 24 Revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 322 performances
- Mar 25 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32)
- Mar 25 Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37)
World Record
Mar 26 American Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec) in Calgary, Alberta
- Mar 26 German Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:22.60) in Calgary, Alberta
- Mar 26 German Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26) in Calgary, Alberta
- Mar 26 Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo
- Mar 27 Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed
- Mar 27 Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk & Platov (RUS)
- Mar 27 Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS)
- Mar 27 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Yuka Sato (JPN)
Golf Major
Mar 27 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Donna Andrews wins her only major title by 1 over British runner-up Laura Davies; Andrews birdies final hole while Davies makes bogey.
PGA Players Championship
Mar 27 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Greg Norman sets scoring record of 264 (−24) to finish 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller
- Mar 27 The Eurofighter takes its first flight in Manching, Germany
Event of Interest
Mar 27 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko of Canada
- Mar 28 Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
- Mar 28 BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom
Election of Interest
Mar 28 Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election
Sports History
Mar 29 Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys
Cricket History
Mar 29 Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border
Event of Interest
Mar 29 Serbs & Croats sign a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia
Sports History
Mar 31 Chicago White Sox assigns former NBA superstar Michael Jordan to the Birmingham Barons of Class AA Southern League; returns to NBA after one season
- Mar 31 The Journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull
- Mar 31 Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens
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