thumb|120px|right| March 7: Amundsen and the South Pole thumb|120px|right| March 27: Cherry trees for Washington, D.C. March 1 – Albert Berry is reported to have made the first parachute jump from a flying airplane. March 6 – Italian forces become the first to use airships in war as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet."Dirigibles in Tripoli War", The New York Times, March 8, 1912 March 7 – Roald Amundsen, in Hobart, Tasmania, announces his success in reaching the South Pole the previous December.
thumb|120px|right| March 7: Amundsen and the South Pole thumb|120px|right| March 27: Cherry trees for Washington, D.C. March 1 – Albert Berry is reported to have made the first parachute jump from a flying airplane March 6 – Italian forces become the first to use airships in war as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6000 feet."Dirigibles in Tripoli War", The New York Times, March 8, 1912 March 7 – Roald Amundsen in Hobart, Tasmania, announces his success in reaching the South Pole the previous December.