Historical Events
Murder of Interest
Mar 1 Funeral for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny held in Moscow attended by thousands, after he was murdered in prison as a political prisoner [1]
Music Awards
Mar 2 Brit Music Awards: Raye wins a record six Brits, including album and song of the year, with Kylie Minogue awarded Global Icon [1]
- Mar 2 Cargo ship Rubymar sinks in the Red Sea after being hit by Houthi rebels (Feb 18), prompting concerns for local ecology [1]
NBA Record
Mar 2 LeBron James becomes first player in NBA history to score 40,000 regular-season points as his LA Lakers slip to a 124-114 defeat to Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles
Sports History
Mar 3 Iowa's Caitlin Clark becomes the NCAA Division I all-time career scoring leader, surpassing Pete Maravich's career total of 3,667; her 35 points in win over visiting Ohio State brings her total to 3,685 and counting
- Mar 3 Violence increases further in ungoverned areas of Burkina Faso as around 170 people were executed by armed groups in three northern villages [1]
- Mar 4 France is the first country in the world to enshrine access to abortion in its constitution, voting in an amendment [1]
- Mar 4 Haiti explodes in new wave of violence as armed gangs attempt to seize the main international airport, amid 72 hour state of emergency after gangs freed thousands of prisoners from jails [1]
- Mar 4 Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleads guilty for leaking US security secrets on social media site Discord in a deal that includes at least 11 years in prison [1]
Event of Interest
Mar 4 US Supreme Court rules states can't bar federal candidates, including Donald Trump, from a ballot under 14th Amendment clause prohibiting those who “engaged in insurrection” [1]
Film & TV History
Mar 5 Shirt worn by (a very wet) Colin Firth in 1995 BBC-TV adaption of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" sells for £20,000 ($32,000) at a charity auction in London [1]
Event of Interest
Mar 6 Nikki Haley ends her US presidential campaign after Super Tuesday, ceding the GOP nomination to Donald Trump [1]
Film & TV History
Mar 9 44th Razzie Awards: “Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey” worst picture, Jon Voight worst actor, Megan Fox worst actress [1]
Film & TV History
Mar 10 96th Academy Awards: Best Film "Oppenheimer"; Best Director Christopher Nolan, acting Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr, Da'vine Joy Randolph; Ryan Gosling sings "I'm Just Ken" [1]
- Mar 10 First pig liver transplanted into a clinically dead human for 10 days, in milestone test for animal organ transplants into people, at Xijing Hospital, Xi’an, China [1]
Famous Photo
Mar 11 Catherine, Princess of Wales, apologizes for "confusion" caused by releasing an edited family photo after news agencies issue a "kill" notice over digital manipulation [1]
- Mar 11 Fertilizer spill in Red Oak, Iowa, kills an estimated 789,000 fish along a 60-mile stretch of river after valve was left open at NEW Cooperative [1]
- Mar 11 Romanian police detain Andrew Tate and his brother following the prosecutor of the Bucharest Court of Appeal's order for a one-day detention
- Mar 12 A Romanian court rules that Andrew Tate and his brother can be extradited to the UK only after the Romanian trial for human trafficking
- Mar 13 US House of Representatives votes to force TikTok owner China-based ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a ban in the US [1]
- Mar 14 A series of storms strike parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas, with tornadoes leaving at least 40 injured and three people dead [1]
- Mar 14 At least 60 migrants die from dehydration and hunger with 25 rescued after their dinghy engine breaks down off the coast of Libya [1]
- Mar 14 HMS Tyger, a sunken British warship, that ran aground 1742, identified lying off Garden Key, Dry Tortugas National Park [1]
- Mar 14 Philippine police rescue over 500 people from a scam centre north of Manila, forced to pose as lovers online to defraud people [1]
- Mar 15 First ship arrives in Gaza to deliver aid from Cyprus, amid a deteriorating humanitarian crisis [1]
Event of Interest
Mar 15 Former US VP Mike Pence says "he cannot in good conscience” endorse Donald Trump for President in an interview on Fox News [1]
- Mar 17 "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" documentary detailing the toxic nature of some Nickelodeon shows, especially under Dan Schneider during the 1990s, early 2000s, premieres
Election of Interest
Mar 17 After suppressing and murdering opponents, President Vladimir Putin claims a post-Soviet record election victory, with 87.8% of the vote. The six year term will make him Russia's longest-serving leader in over 200 years. [1]
- Mar 17 Rio de Janeiro posts record heat index of 62.3 C (144.1 F) - i.e. taking into account humidity, highest in Brazil in a decade (actual temperature 42 C) [1]
- Mar 19 China launches Queqiao-2 relay satellite for the far side of the moon to support its Chang’e-6 lunar sample return mission [1]
- Mar 19 Finland is ranked the happiest country in the world by the UN for the seventh year in a row, with Afghanistan the lowest ranked [1]
- Mar 19 Hong Kong parliament passes tough new security law Article 23 focusing on sentences for external interference and insurrection [1]
Event of Interest
Mar 19 Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announces her organization Yield Giving is giving away $640 million to 361 nonprofits after an open call for applications [1]
Gershwin Prize
Mar 20 British singer-songwriter Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin receive Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House in Washington, D.C.
- Mar 20 French mathematician Michel Talagrand awarded 2024 Abel prize for his work on probability theory and describing randomness [1]
- Mar 20 Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, the country's first gay and biracial taoiseach, announces he is stepping down after serving 2017-2020 and since December 2022 [1]
- Mar 20 New rule limiting tailpipe pollution, aimed at greatly expanding electric vehicles in the US is announced by President Joe Biden [1]
Appointment of Interest
Mar 20 Vaughan Gething confirmed as Welsh new first minister and the first black leader of a national government in Europe [1]
- Mar 21 Social media company Reddit makes it's debut on the New York Stock Exchange, it's shares rising 48% [1]
- Mar 22 British runner Jasmin Paris is the first woman and 20th person to complete one of the world's hardest ultramarathons - the Barkley Marathons, Tennessee, with one minute 39 seconds to spare [1]
- Mar 22 Catherine, Princess of Wales, says she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in a video statement, after an "incredibly tough couple of months" [1]
- Mar 22 Terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow during a concert kills 137, the Islamic State group claims responsibility [1]
- Mar 24 Brazilian police arrest two politicians and a police chief for the notorious murder and its cover-up of politician and activist Marielle Franco in 2018 [1]
- Mar 24 Senegal presidential election won by opposition figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye, only 10 days after he was released from prison [1]
Film & TV History
Mar 25 Door from "Titanic" that saved Kate Winslet's character (and killed Leo DiCaprio’s) sells for US$718,750 at Planet Hollywood auction, beating Indiana Jones‘ bullwhip and ax from "The Shining" [1]
- Mar 25 Europe's centre for particle research, Cern, approves experiment to find evidence for 'ghost particles' by smashing particles against a hard surface [1]
- Mar 25 First widespread outbreak of bird flu in cows reported at farms in six US states, including one person at a Texas dairy farm [1]
- Mar 25 Homes belonging to Sean "Diddy" Combs searched by federal authorities amid allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault, against the rap singer and producer [1]
- Mar 25 UN Security Council issues its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the US abstaining from the vote, angering Israel [1]
- Mar 25 UN-appointed expert says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, in report "Anatomy of a Genocide" [1]
- Mar 26 Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after being struck by a cargo ship, that had lost power, leaving six people missing [1]
- Mar 26 Singapore flagged cargo ship strikes Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, causing the 1.6 mile long, 47 year-old structure to completely collapse
- Mar 27 Harvard University says it will remove a 19th century book binding of human skin, originally taken without consent from a deceased French mental patient [1]
- Mar 27 New analysis confirms climate change is slowing the rotation of Earth due to melting ice caps and will probably delay the next leap second by three years [1]
- Mar 28 Bus crash kills 45 Easter pilgrims from Botswana in South Africa, with one child surviving a 50 meter drop off the Mmamatlakala bridge, near Mokopane [1]
- Mar 28 Italian designer Alessandro Michele, previously at Gucci, is named the new creative director at French Maison de Couture Valentino [1]
- Mar 28 Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX exchange, sentenced to 25 years in prison, after being convicted of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering [1]
Famous Deaths
Akira Toriyama (1955-2024)
Mar 1 Japanese manga artist (Dragon Ball), dies of a blood clot at 68 [1]
Iris Apfel (1921-2024)
Mar 1 American businesswoman, interior designer and fashion icon, dies at 102
- Mar 2 Jim Beard, American session and touring jazz-fusion keyboardist and composer (Pat Metheny, Steely Dan, The Brecker Brothers), dies at 63 [1]
- Mar 2 John Okafor, Nigerian Nollywood actor and comedian, dies at 62 [1]
- Mar 3 Chris Mortensen, American sports journalist (ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio), dies from throat cancer at 72
- Mar 3 Eleanor Collins [Elnora Proctor], Canadian jazz and standards singer, and television personality, regarded as Canada’s “first lady of jazz”, dies at 104
- Mar 3 Roberto Fleitas, Uruguayan soccer coach (Uruguay: Copa América 1987; Nacional FC: Copa Libertadores & South American Coach of the Year 1988), dies at 91
- Mar 4 Kees Rijvers, Dutch soccer midfielder (33 caps; NAC Breda, Saint-Étienne, Feyenoord) and manager (FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), dies at 97
- Mar 4 Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby union outside back (10 Tests Wales, 3 British Lions; Neath, Llanelli) and rugby league utility (2 Tests Wales, 17 Great Britain; Leeds, Wentworthville), dies at 92
- Mar 4 Philip Batt, American politician (Governor of Idaho, 1995-99) dies 96th birthday
- Mar 7 Margaret Tynes, American child prodigy and international opera singer, dies at 104
- Mar 7 Minervino Pietra, Portuguese soccer right-back (28 caps; Belenenses, Benfica) and manager (Alverca, Juventude Évora, Estoril, Barreirense), dies at 70
- Mar 7 Steve Lawrence [Sidney Leibowitz], American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pop singer ("Go Away Little Girl"; Steve and Eydie), and actor (The Lonely Guy; The Blues Brothers), dies of complications of Alzheimer's disease at 88
- Mar 8 Duncan Fearnley, English cricket entrepreneur (Duncan Fearnley cricket bats), dies at 83
- Mar 9 Dave Ritchie, American CFL HOF coach (Grey Cup 1994 BC Lions; Montreal Alouettes; CFL Coach of the Year 2001 Winnipeg Blue Bombers), dies at 85
- Mar 9 Georgi Popov, Bulgarian soccer forward (22 caps; Botev Plovdiv 308 games) and manager (Botev Plovdiv, Maritsa Plovdiv), dies at 79
- Mar 10 Karl Wallinger, Welsh rocker and songwriter (The Waterboys, 1983-85; World Party - "Give It All Away"; "Ship Of Fools"), dies of a stroke at 66
- Mar 10 Sergey Diomidov, Uzbek gymnast (World C'ship gold USSR Parallel bars 1966; Olympic silver team 1964, 68; bronze vault 1968), dies at 80
- Mar 11 Emilio Correa, Cuban boxer (Olympic gold welterweight 1972; World C'ship gold 1974), dies at 70
Paul Alexander (1946-2024)
Mar 11 American polio survivor known as "Polio Paul" who lived for decades in an iron lung after contracting the disease at age 6, dies at 78
- Mar 12 Bill Plummer, American baseball catcher (Cincinnati Reds, World Series 1975, 76) and coach (Seattle Mariners), dies from a heart attack at 76
- Mar 12 Rolf Blättler, Swiss soccer midfielder who played 28 internationals; Grasshoppers, Lugano, FC St. Gallen, dies at 81
- Mar 13 Marcello Gandini, Italian car designer (created first supercars including Lancia Stratos), dies at 85 [1]
- Mar 13 Stefan Abadzhiev, Bulgarian soccer forward who played 27 internationals (PFC Levski Sofia), dies at 89
- Mar 14 Byron Janis [né Yanks], American concert pianist (debut with NBC Symphony Orchestra at age 15), dies at 95 [1]
- Mar 14 Léon Semmeling, Belgian soccer midfielder who played 35 internationals; Standard Liège 449 games, dies at 84
- Mar 14 Mal Lucas, Welsh soccer right-half who played 4 internationals; Leyton Orient FC, Norwich City FC, Torquay United FC, dies at 85
- Mar 14 Walter Blum, American HOF jockey who won 4,382 races and was the US Champion Jockey by wins in 1963-64, dies from lung cancer at 89
- Mar 15 Rolf Haikkola, Finnish athletics coach who assisted four-time Olympic gold medal winner Lasse Virén, dies at 96
- Mar 17 Robin Hobbs, English cricket spin bowler who played 7 Tests, 12 wickets; Essex CCC, Glamorgan CCC), dies at 81
- Mar 17 Steve Harley, British pop and glam-rock singer-songwriter (Cockney Rebel - "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"), dies of cancer at 73
- Mar 18 Kenjiro Shinozuka, Japanese rally driver who won the Dakar Rally 1997, dies of pancreatic cancer at 75
- Mar 18 Ron Baynham, English soccer goalkeeper who played 3 internationals and 388 games for Luton Town, dies at 94
- Mar 19 M. Emmet Walsh, American character actor (Blade Runner; Wildcats; Blood Simple; Knives Out), dies at 88 [1]
- Mar 20 António Pacheco, Portuguese soccer winger who played 6 internationals; Benfica 162 games; and manager Atlético, Portimonense SC, dies from a heart attack at 57
- Mar 20 Dumitru Macri, Romanian soccer defender who played 8 internationals (FC Rapid București) and coached Algeria (1974-75), dies at 92
- Mar 20 Phil Lowe, English rugby league second rower who played 12 Tests for Great Britain and 5 England; Hull KR, Manly Warringah RLFC, dies at 74
- Mar 20 Saeed Ahmed, Pakistan cricket batsman, who played 41 Tests, 5 x 100, HS 172, 22 wickets; Karachi, Lahore; dies at 86
- Mar 21 Orlando Aravena, Chilean soccer midfielder who played 6 internationals (Deportes La Serena, Ñublense) and manager of Chile (1987-89), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 81
- Mar 21 Ron Harper, American actor (Planet of the Apes (TV series); Wendy and Me), dies at 91
- Mar 22 Jean-Paul Vignon, French actor and singer, dies of liver cancer at 89
- Mar 22 Laurent de Brunhoff, French-American writer and illustrator (Babar the Elephant), dies at 98 [1]
- Mar 23 Maurizio Pollini, Italian classical pianist, dies at 82 [1]
- Mar 23 Paul Masnick, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Stanley Cup 1953), dies at 92
- Mar 23 Peter Angelos, American lawyer and baseball executive (majority owner of the Baltimore Orioles, 1993-2024), dies at 94 [1]
- Mar 24 Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer ("Chinese Opera"), conductor, contemporary music advocate, and teacher, dies at 80
- Mar 25 Ian Heads, Australian sports journalist, commentator and author who was rugby league's foremost historian (Rugby League Week), dies at 81
- Mar 26 André Van Herpe, Belgian soccer midfielder who played 7 internationals; ARA La Gantoise 1952-62, dies at 90
- Mar 27 Choi Dae-Shik, South Korean soccer midfielder who played 15 internationals; Daewoo Royals, LG Cheetahs, Oita Trinita, dies at 59
Joe Lieberman (1942-2024)
Mar 27 American attorney, US Senator from Connecticut (D/IND: 1989-2013) and Vice-Presidential candidate in 2000, dies at 82
- Mar 28 Larry Lloyd, English soccer defender who played 4 internationals (Liverpool, Nottingham Forest) and manager (Wigan Athletic, Notts County), dies at 75
- Mar 28 Natalya Melyokhina, Russian road cyclist who won UCI Road World C'ship gold USSR women's team time 1987, dies at 61
- Mar 29 Louis Gossett Jr, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actor (Roots; An Officer and a Gentleman; Diggstown), dies at 87 [1]
- Mar 29 Péter Juhász, Hungarian soccer left-back who played 26 internationals; Újpesti Dózsa FC, Tatabanyai Banyasz SC, Borsodi Volán SC, dies at 75
- Mar 29 Trevor Griffiths, English stage and television playwright (Absolute Beginners; Comedians), dies at 88
- Mar 30 Casey Benjamin, American R&B and hip-hop saxophonist, vocoder wizard, and songwriter (The Robert Glasper Experiment), dies at 45 [1]
- Mar 31 Barbara Rush, American stage and screen actress (Peyton Place - "Marsha"; It Came From Outer Space; Flamingo Road), dies at 97 [1]
- Mar 31 Rob Kaman, Dutch kickboxer who was 4 x WKA world champion, dies at 63
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