March 27

HBD Quentin Tarantino (1963); RIP first human in space Yuri Gagarin (1968); HBD Mariah Carey (1970); Tenerife Airport Disaster, worst accident in aviation history kills 583 (1977).

March 26

RIP Ludwig van Beethoven (1827); American poet Robert Frost born (1874); RIP American poet Walt Whitman (1892); HBD Diana Ross (1944); 39 die in Heaven’s Gate mass suicide (1997).

Elton John

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of Elton John? Sir Elton Hercules John is one of the most highly acclaimed and successful solo artists of all time, selling more than 300 million records worldwide. After more than half a century on the road and an unparalleled career that has redefined the cultural landscape, Elton has announced details of his final tour. Wishing you all the best, Elton! Happy birthday!

March 25

Legendary singer Aretha Franklin born (1942); HBD Elton John (1947); Martin Luther King, Jr.-led march from Selma to Montgomery completed (1965); Saudi Arabian King Faisal assassinated by his nephew (1975); HBD race car driver Danica Patrick (1982).

March 13

Uranus discovered (1781); RIP Benjamin Harrison (1901); RIP Susan B. Anthony (1906); HBD rapper Common (1972); Pope Francis' papacy begins (2013).

March 22

HBD William Shatner (1931); HBD legendary musical theater composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948); HBD sports broadcaster Bob Costas (1952); HBD Reese Witherspoon (1976); Terrorist drives car into crowd in London, killing 5 and injuring 50 (2017).

March 21

RIP Pocahontas (1617); Charles Lindbergh receives Medal of Honor for 1st solo trans-Atlantic flight (1928); HBD Matthew Broderick (1962); US announces boycott of Summer Olympics in Moscow (1980); HBD Twitter (2006).

March 14

Eli Whitney patents cotton gin (1794); Albert Einstein born (1879); HBD record producer Quincy Jones (1933); HBD 4-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles (1997); RIP Stephen Hawking (2018). 

March 15

Julius Caesar is murdered by Brutus (44 BCE); President Andrew Jackson born (1767); 300+ year Romanov dynasty ends in Russia as Tsar Nicholas II abdicates the throne (1917); HBD Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933); HBD musician will.i.am (1975).

March 18

President Grover Cleveland born (1837); Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov becomes first person to walk in space (1965); HBD Queen Latifah (1970); RIP rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry (2017).

March 20

Mister Rogers born (1928); KFC founded by Harland Sanders in Kentucky (1930); HBD legendary basketball coach Pat Riley (1945); HBD Spike Lee (1957); John Lennon & Yoko Ono marry (1969).

Greta Thunberg

(born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish climate activist. In 2018, she initiated the School strike for climate movement and spoke at the United Nations Climate Change conference to denounced world leaders for their inaction.

March 19

American novelist Philip Roth born (1933); HBD Glenn Close (1947); HBD Bruce Willis (1955); Texas Western is first basketball team to win NCAA Championship with all-black starting lineup (1966); Iraq War begins (2003).

Aretha Louise Franklin

(March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer and pianist. She began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father, C. L. Franklin, was minister. By the end of the 1960s she was being called “The Queen of Soul”.

March 12

Girl Scouts of the USA is founded (1912); American author and poet Jack Kerouac born (1922); RIP Anne Frank (1945); HBD Mitt Romney (1947); First female priests are ordained by the Church of England (1994).

March 11

Civil Rights leader Ralph Abernathy born (1926); RIP Alexander Fleming, scientist who discovered penicillin (1955); Janet Reno confirmed as first female Attorney General in the US (1993); 9.0 earthquake strikes Japan, triggers tsunami and leads to Fukushima nuclear plant disaster (2011).

Chuck Norris

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of actor and martial artist, Chuck Norris (1940)? Trivia fans alike may all know that Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door; Chuck Norris doesn't have to do anything for a Klondike Bar; Chuck Norris invented Texas; and last but not least, some people wear Superman pajamas. Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas. ;-)

March 8

HBD New York Stock Exchange (1817); American actress Claire Trevor born (1910); RIP William Taft (1930); RIP Joe DiMaggio (1999); Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappears, 239 people die (2014).

March 7

Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone (1876); HBD Bryan Cranston (1956); Bloody Sunday as 600 civil rights protesters attacked by police in Selma, Alabama (1965); HBD actress Rachel Weisz (1970); RIP Stanley Kubrick (1999).

March 6

Michelangelo born (1475); Davy Crockett & 186 others are killed at the Battle of the Alamo (1836); Aspirin is patented (1899); HBD Shaquille O’Neal (1972); RIP Georgia O’Keeffe (1986).

March 5

5 American colonists shot by British troops in Boston Massacre (1770); Joseph Stalin dies (1953); RIP country music artist Patsy Cline (1963); HBD Joel Osteen (1963); Former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez dies (2013).

March 1

Articles of Confederation are adopted by Continental Congress (1781); HBD writer Ralph Ellison (1914); Peace Corps is established (1961); HBD actress Lupita Nyong'o (1983); HBD Justin Bieber (1994).

March 4

Antonio Vivaldi, violinist and composer, is born (1678); Jeannette Rankin becomes first female member of US House of Representatives (1917); Frances Perkins becomes Secretary of Labor, first female member of US Cabinet (1933); RIP John Candy (1994).

Feburary 28

Mobster Bugsy Siegel born (1906); HBD basketball coaching legend Dean Smith (1931); HBD actress Bernadette Peters (1948); Record 106M watch series finale of M*A*S*H (1983); Gulf War ends (1991).