13 March 1935
Driving tests were introduced.
13 March 1938
Hitler annexed Austria.
13 March 2024
Neil Sedaka, singer, 85 today
Adam Clayton, musician, bassist with U2, 64 today.
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13 March 1935
Driving tests were introduced.
13 March 1938
Hitler annexed Austria.
13 March 2024
Neil Sedaka, singer, 85 today
Adam Clayton, musician, bassist with U2, 64 today.
didn't leave much barry :D well done.
this tho.. On this day, Elvis Presley released his self-titled debut album on RCA Records, believed to be the first album to sell one million copies in 1956
18 March 1584
Ivan the Terrible, the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of tsar, died.
18 March 1965
Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leo over completed the first spacewalk, leaving his Voskhod 2 capsule, secured by a tether.
18 March 2024
Queen Latifah, rapper 54 today.
Before any of you point out that the below occurred not on this day but on the 22 March, we will only say that I was otherwise preoccupied with more important Forum matters.
So:
22 March 1895
The first celluloid film was presented to an invited audience by August and Louis Lumiere in Paris.
22 March 1963
The Beatles' debut album 'Please Please Me' was released.
22 March 1993
Intel unveiled the original Pentium computer chip.
25 March 1807
Slave Trade Act abolished slavery in Britian and Ireland.
25 March 1954
Electronics firm RCA began producing colour television sets in Bloomington, Indian.
25 March 1969
John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a week-long 'bed in' peace protest at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.
25 March 2024
Sir Elton John, musician 77 today.
25 March 2024
Melanie Blatt, singer with the group All Saints, 49 today.
Born 80 years ago today in Detroit Michigan, Diana Ross. Also Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, 76 today. Actually looks older than Diana, but then his face has always looked a bit 'lived in'.
You beat me to it re. Diana Ross. Well done! :)
26 March 1827
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna, aged 56.
24 March 1937
Popeye became the first cartoon character to have a statue erected - by spinach growers in Texas.