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March 10In 1876, Scottish scientist Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful call on his new invention, the telephone. In 2006, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars to analyse minerals, landforms and ice on the planet. |
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March 11Until the end of this month at Koi Art Gallery on Sukhumvit 31, see Couleur de La Vie (Colour of Life), an exhibition of sculptures by French artists Arnaud and Adeline Nazare-Aga. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 662 3218. In 1997, rock musician and ex-Beatle Paul McCartney is knighted by the Queen Elizabeth II. |
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March 12Happy Birthday to English singer-songwriter and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon (1969). In 1894, Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph Biedenharn. |
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March 13In 1997, the Phoenix lights, a series of widely cited unidentified flying objects, are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people. In 1988, the Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. |
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March 14In 1936, the first all-sound film version of the popular stage musical Show Boat opens in US cinemas. In 1931, Alam Ara, India’s first feature film with sound, is released. |
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March 15In 1892, the Liverpool Football Club is founded. In 1956, the stage musical My Fair Lady has its premiere performance on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. |
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March 16In 1958, the Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, after averaging almost a million cars a year since the company’s founding in 1903. In 1974, Elvis Presley returns to Memphis, where his music career began, to play his first show there since 1961. |
