- Mao Tse-Tang, the first chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, was born 26 December 1893. Before his rise to power, he occupied the humble position of Assistant Librarian at the University of Peking.
- Marble is metamorphic.
- Marcellus, is the middle name of Cassius Clay.
- Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone with the Wind between 1926 and 1929. In her early drafts, the main character was named "Pansy O'Hara" and the O'Hara plantation we know as Tara was called "Fountenoy Hall."
- Marie Antoinette’s last words were “pardon me sir, I meant not to do it.” She had accidentally stepped on the foot of the executioner and was apologizing for it.
- Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died on 4 July 1934 of radiation poisoning.
- Marie Currie, who twice won the Nobel Prize, and discovered radium, was not allowed to become a member of the prestigious French Academy because she was a woman.
- Marlene Dietrich was born 27 December 1901. She was one of the most popular film actresses of her day, and was considered an expert on men. She was said "Most women set out to try to change a man and when they have changed him they do not like him"
- Marlon Brandon received $4 Million for his 10-minute role in the movie Superman.
- Mars has a volcano (Olympus Mons) which is 310-370 miles in diameter and 16 miles high.
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