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March 2In 1933, the classic monster movie King Kong opens at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. In 1983, Compact Discs and players are sold to the public outside of Japan for the first time. |
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March 3Happy Birthday to Irish singer and actor Ronan Keating (1977). In 1915, in the US, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor of NASA, is founded. |
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March 4In 1963, the Beach Boys fourth single, “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” is released. The hit song is later included on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s list of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 1986, Soviet space probe Vega 1 returns the first images of the nucleus of Halley’s Comet. |
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March 5Birthday wishes go out to American singer-songwriter and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante (1970). In 1824, during the first Anglo-Burmese War, the British officially declare war on Burma. |
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March 6In 1964, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the new name Muhammad Ali. In 1899, the Bayer company registers Aspirin as a trademark. |
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March 7Today and tomorrow, see veteran band Nuvo live at their Nuvo Love Story concert. Expect to hear all the band’s classic hits at 3 pm and 6 pm at Impact Arena. Tickets are 1,000 to 4,000 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. In 1900, the German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore. |
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March 8Today is the last day at Ardel Gallery of Modern Art on Boromrachonanee Road to see Akira Kurosaki’s Woodcuts, an exhibition of prints by Japanese artist Akira Kurosaki. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 422 2092. In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears over the Gulf of Thailand en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia with all 239 people on board presumed dead. |
