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March 3Happy Birthday to American actress and singer Jessica Biel (1982). In 2005, Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an aeroplane non-stop around the world solo without refuelling. |
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March 4In 1974, popular American celebrity and lifestyle magazine People is published for the first time in the US. Actress Mia Farrow is featured on cover of the first issue. In 1986, Soviet space probe Vega 1 begins returning the first images of the nucleus of Halley’s Comet. |
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March 5In 1960, Cuban photographer Alberto Korda takes his iconic photograph of communist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The image has since been used on countless posters, stickers, T-shirts and public artworks. In 2002, MTV begins airing The Osbournes, a reality show about the daily activities of rock singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family. |
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March 6Until March 30 at H Gallery Chiang Mai, see SHATTER, an exhibition of installations by sculptor Jedsada Tangtrakulwong. The gallery is open Thursday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 085 021 5508. In 1899, the Bayer company registers Aspirin as a trademark. |
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March 7In 2011, Pablo Picasso’s Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, goes on display at London’s Tate Gallery. It was the third most expensive painting ever sold at an auction, at a price of $106.5 million (348 billion baht). In 1985, the song “We Are the World,” recorded for charity by a huge cast of superstars including Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan and Tina Turner, is released. |
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March 8Birthday wishes go out to veteran English new wave singer-songwriter Gary Numan (1958). In 1974, Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris. |
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March 9In 1987, The Joshua Tree, the fifth album by Irish rock band U2, is released. The album goes on to sell more than 25 million copies. In 1959, the Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. |
