Calendar:

March through the ages, and events you should know about.

SUNDAY

1973: Pink Floyd

releases their album The Dark Side of the Moon,

which receives universal acclaim.

Pedal your way to victory in the Cape Town Cycle Tour. 44 BCE: Roman

emperor Julius Caesar is assassinated by his own rebelling

senators.

1948: British composer Andrew

Lloyd Webber, known for musicals

such as Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar, is born.

1982: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder release their single ‘Ebony and Ivory’.

MONDAY

1933: King Kong makes its theatrical debut in New

York City. 1959: The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. 1976: British Prime

Minister Harold Wilson announces he is resigning after a total of seven years in office.

Head to Oudtshoorn

for the Klein Karoo Nasionale

Kunstefees, happening from today until 29 March. 1867: The United States purchases Alaska from the Russian Empire for the sum of $7.2 million.

TUESDAY

World Wildlife Day 1969: James Earl Ray confesses to the assassination of Martin Luther

King Jr.

1905: Future US President Franklin D Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt. 1989: The Exxon

Valdez oil tanker hits a reef off the coast of Alaska, spilling 37 000 metric tons of oil into the ocean.

1981: The first ceremony of the Golden Raspberry Awards is held in Hollywood.

WEDNESDAY

1861: Abraham

Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States

of America.

1952: Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,

is born. 1965: Russian-born Soviet cosmonaut

Alexei Leonov becomes the first human to embark on a spacewalk. 1957: The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which forms part of the constitutional basis of the EU, is signed in Rome.

THURSDAY

Grab your kits and tools for Hobby-X, happening at the Ticketpro Dome in Joburg from today

until Sunday. 1918: Vladimir Lenin moves the capital of Russia from Petrograd to

Moscow.

Get inspiration at Decorex Durban 2020, happening

at the Durban Exhibition Centre

until Sunday. 1971: Bangladesh

declares independence from Pakistan.

FRIDAY

Get your hands on a good book at the Knysna Literary Festival this weekend. 2004: Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti gives his final performance at the New York Metropolitan Opera.

Tap to the beat at the Wakkerstroom Music Festival.

It takes place throughout the

weekend.

1952: Singin’ in

the Rain, a musical starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres

in New York City.

SATURDAY

1876: The US Patent Office issues a patent for Alexander Graham Bell’s acoustic telegraph

or ‘telephone’.

Don your running shoes for the Om Die Dam Ultra Marathon, taking place at the Hartbeespoort Dam.

Human Rights Day 1930: The Turkish

government officially requests that Constantinople be referred to by the Turkish name

of Istanbul.