Mar 01 Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians

Mar 10 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3 18

Mar 05 Italian Governor of Eritrea, General Baldissera, reaches Massawa

Mar 06 In Detroit MI, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage" for the first time

Mar 12 The first movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)

Mar 31 Whitcomb Judson, Chicago IL, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)

Mar 10 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3:18

Mar 20 The Grand Trunk Railway obtains control of the Central Vermont Railway which retained its corporate identity.

Mar 20 Wilfred 'Wop' May pilot, World War I air ace, born on this day.. May was being pursued by German ace Manfred von Richthofen when the Red Baron was shot down.

Mar 10 After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"

Mar 25 Modern Olympics begin in Athens Greece

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