March 18, 1872 Frank Hoyt Losey, composer March 19, 1872 Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director March 20, 1872 Bernhard Seklas, composer March 20, 1872 Karin Michaelis, writer March 22, 1872 Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment March 25, 1872 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina) March 26, 1872 7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California March 26, 1872 Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher March 28, 1872 Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco) March 30, 1872 Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76 March 30, 1872 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer March 31, 1872 Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn F‚in March 31, 1872 Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet) April 1, 1872 1st edition of The Standard April 1, 1872 Tadeusz Joteyko, composer April 2, 1872 George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine April 2, 1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 April 4, 1872 Nikolai Amani, composer April 4, 1872 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch singer April 7, 1872 William Monroe Trotter, famous African