Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

4th March 1877

The microphone is invented by Emile Berliner

5th March 1946

Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain Speech”.

6th March 1964

Nation of Islam’s Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.

7th March 1876

Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone

8th March 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears over the Gulf of Thailand en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean with all 239 people on board dead.

9th March 1959

The first Barbie doll debuts.

10th March 1982

All 9 planets of the Solar System align on the same side of the Sun.

11th March 2014

The Republic of Crimea declares its independence.

12th March 1951

The first Dennis the Menace comic strip appears

13th March 1997

India’s Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.

14th March 2007

The first World Maths Day was celebrated

15th March 2011

Beginning of the Syrian civil war

16th March 1907

The world’s largest cruiser, the British Invincible was completed at Glasgow

17th March 1845

The rubber band is invented

18th March 1965

First person walks in space.

19th March 1972

India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty.

20th March 1602

The Dutch East India Company was established

21st March 2006

The social media site Twitter is founded

22nd March 1960

The laser is invented

23rd March 1956

Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.

24th March 2008

Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election

25th March 1995

WikiWikiWeb, the world’s first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

26th March 1999

The “Melissa worm” infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.

27th March 1973

Marlon Brando wins best actor Oscar for Godfather but turns it down in support of Indians

28th March 2005

The 2005 Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.

29th March 2004

Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.

30th March 1842

Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation

31st March 1959

The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.