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March 16In 1958, the Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, after averaging almost 1 million cars a year since the company’s founding in 1903. In 1964, in the US, Capitol Records releases The Beatles’ single “Can’t Buy Me Love” backed with “You Can’t Do That.” |
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March 17Until April 26 at Kathmandu Photo Gallery on Pan Road, see 15 Minutes, an exhibition by German photographer Patrik Budenz of backstage photos of muay Thai fighters in Bangkok boxing stadiums. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 234 6700. In 1963, Mount Agung erupts on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing more than 1,100 people. |
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March 18Happy Birthday to American Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine (1979). In 1990, in the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings collectively worth around $300 million (9.7 billion baht) are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. |
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March 19In 1962, Bob Dylan’s self-titled debut album is released by Columbia Records. Today is the last day at 100 Tonson Gallery on Ploenchit Road to see Portraits and Photos, an exhibition by American sculptor Barry X Ball of images based on his stone sculpture installations. The gallery is open Thursday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 684 1527. |
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March 20In 1916, German scientist Albert Einstein publishes his General Theory of Relativity. In 1995, a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds more than 1,000 people. |
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March 21See singer-songwriter Jason Mraz live in Bangkok at his Acoustic Evening with Jason Mraz concert. The singer will be joined by the female backing band Raining Jane from 8 pm at Impact Arena. Tickets are 1,000 to 5,000 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. In 2006, the social media site Twitter is founded. |
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March 22Birthday wishes go out to an award-winning American actress and producer Reese Witherspoon (1976). In 1995, Russian cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns to Earth after spending a record 438 days in space. |
