Mar 20 Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain

Mar 24 National Gallery of Art established by Congress

Mar 21 Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade

Mar 14 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio

Mar 26 Spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye

Mar 14 Battle of the Century Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio

Mar 25 Italy & Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade)

Mar 19 Commons passes bill banning Canadian enlistment in the Spanish Civil War.

Mar 25 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads

Mar 15 The first blood bank is established (Chicago IL)

Mar 25 Washington Daily News is first US newspaper with perfumed advertising page

Mar 18 Gas explosion in school in New London TX; 296 die

Mar 19 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism

Mar 03 Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down

Mar 15 The United States sets up its first central blood bank

Mar 10 An audience of 21,000 jitterbuggers jammed the Paramount Theatre in New York City to see Benny Goodman whom they would crown, ‘King of Swing’ on this night. The popular musician was .

Mar 23 Los Angeles Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars

Mar 26 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice &replace his 40 with 36 oz bat

Mar 02 Mexico nationalizes oil

Mar 01 The first permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)

Mar 07 Bucharin, Jagoda &Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR

Mar 26 William H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands)

Mar 01 Governor Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles

Mar 30 Oscar winner Warren Beatty born this day

Mar 25 Lionel Conacher misses on first Stanley Cup penalty shot

Mar 24 Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem IL)

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