^B{^#!16!8 March^N! Feast day of St Felix of Dunwich, St Duthac, St Julian of Toledo, St Pontius of Carthage, St Veremund, St Senan, and St John of God.
^B{1702^B} Anne became queen of Britain after William III died in a riding accident. ^B{1910^B} The first pilot's licenses were issued, to an Englishman, J T C Moore Brabazon, and a Frenchwoman, Elise Deroche. ^B{1917^B} The February Revolution began in Petrograd (St (Petersburg), Russia. ^B{1930^B} In India, a campaign of civil disobedience began, led by Mahatma Gandhi. ^B{1965^B} 3,500 US marines landed in South Vietnam. ^B{1971^B} US boxer Muhammed Ali was defeated by Joe Frazier.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Kenneth Grahame, Scottish author of ^I{The Wind in the Willows^I}, ^B{1859^B}; Otto Hahn, German physicist and chemist, ^B{1879^B}; Douglas Hurd, British politician, ^B{1930^B}; James Dean, US film actor, ^B{1931^B}; Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballet dancer, ^B{1939^B}; Norman Stone, English historian, ^B{1941^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Abraham Darby, English ironmaster, the first to use coke for smelting iron, ^B{1717^B}; Hector Berlioz, French composer, ^B{1869^B}; John Ericsson, Swedish-born US inventor of the screw propeller, ^B{1889^B}; William Howard Taft, 27th president of the US, ^B{1930^B}; Thomas Beecham, English conductor, ^B{1961^B}; Harold Lloyd, US comedian and silent-film actor, ^B{1971^B}.
