March 2: British Parliament endorses the government's rearmament program by a vote of 243 to 134. Italy replies by ordering every male in the country between 18 and 55 to be fit for "integral militarization".

March 2: The Frank Capra-directed drama-fantasy film Lost Horizon starring Ronald Colman released.

March 6: Valentina Tereshkova, cosmonaut and first woman in space, is born in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, Yaroslavl Oblast, USSR.

March 8: The title of Duke of Windsor created for the former king Edward.

March 15: H. P. Lovecraft American fantasy fiction author dies of intestinal cancer aged 46.

March 18: A natural gas explosion destroys a school in New London, Texas and kills at least 295 people. It remains the worst school disaster in American history.

March 20: Lou Gehrig signs a new contract with the New York Yankees for $36,000 plus a $750 signing bonus, making him the highest-paid player in baseball.

March 23: The Battle of Guadalajara ends with a Republican victory.

March 26: William H. Hastie is confirmed as judge of the Federal District Court in the Virgin Islands, becoming the first African-American federal magistrate in U.S. history. (source: Wikipedia)