March 1, 1912: U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry performs first (attached-type) parachute jump from an airplane.

March 2, 1962: Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain, scores 100 points, most ever by an NBA player in a single game, during Warriors' 169-147 win over NY Knicks in Hershey; 36-of-63 from field, 28-of-32 from free-throw line.

March 3, 1843 Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US.

March 4, 1776: The American War of Independence: The Americans capture Dorchester Heights dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.

March 5, 1558: Smoking tobacco introduced into Europe by Spanish physician Francisco Fernandes.

March 6, 1454: Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish king agrees to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.

March 7, 321: Roman Emperor Constantine  I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.

March 8, 1973: The Provisional Irish Republican Army undertakes its first operation in Great Britain, planting four car bombs in London; 10 members of PIRA are arrested at Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the country

March 9, 1935: Adolf Hitler publically announces the creation of a new air force, the Luftwaffe.

March 10, 241 BC: First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.

March 11, 2004: Terrorists explode simultaneous bombs on Madrid's rail network ripping through a commuter train and rocking three stations, killing 190

March 12, 1998: "Sound of Music" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC.

March 13, 1781: William Herschel sees what he thinks is a "comet" but is actually the discovery of the planet Uranus.

March 14, 1889: German Ferdinand Von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon".

March 15, 44 BC: Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March in Rome.