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March 1

High and Low is a Japanese police procedural film directed by Akira Kurosawa (pictured), released in Japan on 1 March 1963. It is a loose adaptation of the 1959 novel King's Ransom, by Evan Hunter under the pen name Ed McBain. Starring Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai, it tells the story of Japanese businessman Kingo Gondō, who plans to use his life savings in a leveraged buyout. When kidnappers mistakenly abduct his chauffeur's son for ransom—believing the boy to be Gondō's son Jun—Gondō must decide whether to use the money to complete the buyout or pay the ransom. High and Low became the highest-grossing film at the Japanese box office for 1963. It received positive reviews both domestically and abroad, with critical attention focusing on the film's structure, the moral humanism of Kurosawa's depiction of the class divide, and the use of blocking to demonstrate character relationships. The film has been influential among modern filmmakers, and has been remade multiple times internationally. (Full article...)

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March 2

A galaxy is a massive system bound together by gravity that contains stars and surrounding matter, stellar remnants, interstellar matter, and dark matter, all orbiting a common center of gravity. Typical galaxies range from as few as 10 million stars up to supergiants with 100 trillion stars, but most of the mass is dark matter. The Solar System is in the Milky Way galaxy, whose nearest large neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, is about 750,000 parsecs (2.4 million light years) away from Earth; the two galaxies dominate the Local Group. There are probably more than 200 billion galaxies in the observable universe. Most are 1,000 to 100,000 parsecs (about 3,000 to 300,000 ly) in diameter and are often separated from their neighbors by millions of parsecs. There is evidence that supermassive black holes exist at the center of many, if not all, galaxies. The Milky Way, a spiral galaxy with a diameter of at least 26,800 parsecs (87,400 ly), has such an object at the Galactic Center. (Full article...)

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March 3

John Tonkin (1902–1995) was the premier of Western Australia from 3 March 1971 to 8 April 1974. Born and receiving most of his education in the Goldfields town of Boulder, Tonkin became a member of the Labor Party and a minister in the Willcock, Wise and Hawke governments. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1933 to 1977, making him the longest-serving member of the Parliament of Western Australia as of 2021. Tonkin became premier after the 1971 state election, but with a majority of only one seat. The Tonkin government's achievements included reforms in industrial relations and employment, and the passing of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. Labor was defeated in the 1974 state election, and Tonkin was succeeded as premier by Charles Court. Tonkin was made a companion of the Order of Australia in 1977, and has been honoured with the naming of the Tonkin Highway and John Tonkin College. (Full article...)

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March 4

The Montana class was a planned class of battleships for the United States Navy; five ships were approved for construction during World War II, but none were built. With increased anti-aircraft capability and thicker armor in all areas, the Montanas would have been the largest and most heavily armed US battleships ever, and rivaled Japan's Yamato-class battleships in terms of displacement. The first two vessels were approved by Congress in 1939 following the passage of the Naval Act of 1938. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor delayed the construction of the Montana class. The importance of carrier combat at the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway diminished the perceived value of the battleship, and the US Navy chose to cancel the Montana class before any keels were laid in favor of more urgently needed aircraft carriers as well as amphibious and anti-submarine vessels. Instead, the Navy continued production of Essex-class aircraft carriers and Iowa-class battleships. (Full article...)

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March 5

Elizabeth Lyon (fl. c. 1722–1726) was an English thief and prostitute. By 1723, she was working in London as a prostitute at the Black Lyon alehouse, where she began a relationship with Jack Sheppard. At Lyon's instigation, Sheppard stole from places where he worked, then moved to housebreaking; Lyon became an accomplice to his crimes. Sheppard was arrested on several occasions and broke out soon after incarceration, often assisted by Lyon. In May 1724, she was arrested when visiting him in prison, and the pair broke out of New Prison (pictured). After Sheppard's execution in November 1724, Lyon entered into relationships with other men who were, or became, involved in housebreaking, and she sometimes assisted them. She was arrested in March 1726 and was transported to Maryland. Lyon's notoriety is based on her connection to Sheppard; in the years following his execution, novels were published and plays performed that retold their story. (Full article...)

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March 6

Paradises Lost is a science fiction novella by American author Ursula K. Le Guin (pictured), first published in 2002 in the collection The Birthday of the World. Set during a multigenerational voyage from Earth to a potentially habitable planet, it follows two members of the fifth generation born aboard the vessel as the ship's society responds to the prospect of landing on a planet after generations spent in space. The novella explores the isolation brought on by space travel, as well as themes of religion and utopia. It has elements of ecocriticism, a critique of the idea that human beings are altogether separate from their natural environment. Scholar Max Haiven described the novella as "a chastening lesson in both the potential and the perils of freedom", while author Margaret Atwood said that it "shows us our own natural world as a freshly discovered Paradise Regained, a realm of wonder". The novella has been anthologized as well as adapted into an opera of the same name. (Full article...)

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March 7

"Mean" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift (pictured) from her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). Big Machine Records released it to US country radio on March 7, 2011. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, "Mean" is a six-string banjo-led country, country pop, and bluegrass track that incorporates fiddles and mandolins. In the lyrics, Swift addresses her detractors and strives to overcome the criticism and achieve success. Retrospectively, several publications have listed "Mean" as one of the best country songs. It won Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards. The track received certifications in Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The music video, which features themes of self-empowerment and anti-bullying, garnered multiple industry nominations. Swift included "Mean" in the set lists of the Speak Now World Tour (2011–2012) and the Red Tour (2013–2014). (Full article...)

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March 8

Luisa Capetillo (1882 – 1922) was a Puerto Rican labor organizer, writer, and cigar factory reader—a person whose job is to read aloud to cigar factory workers. She began writing for her local paper in 1904. In 1905, she became involved with a local anarcho-syndicalist union, organizing an agricultural strike in her hometown of Arecibo and eventually becoming a leader in the union. Starting in 1912, she journeyed across the Atlantic and Caribbean, organizing workers, and in 1915, she was arrested in Cuba for wearing trousers. She was deported back to Puerto Rico but continued to travel and organize until her death. Capetillo published four books in her lifetime, covering a wide variety of forms, genres, and topics. She advocated for free love, universal education, and women's liberation. Interest in her life surged in 1990 with the publication of a biography by journalist Norma Valle Ferrer. Capetillo is considered one of Puerto Rico's earliest feminists. (Full article...)

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March 9

The Zungeni Mountain skirmish took place on 5 June 1879 between British and Zulu forces in what is now South Africa during the later stages of the Anglo-Zulu War. British irregular cavalry discovered a force of 300 Zulus at the settlement of eZulaneni near Zungeni Mountain. The horsemen charged and scattered the Zulus, burnt the settlement, and withdrew after coming under fire from Zulus who threatened to surround them. Reinforced by more irregulars and a force of regular cavalry, two British squadrons approached the Zulu position, but could not close as the Zulus were in an area of long grass and bushes. Zulu fire killed a British officer; the British withdrew after the Zulus threatened to outflank them. British casualties were one killed and two wounded; two months later, the remains of 25 Zulus were found on the battlefield. After the skirmish the British paused before proceeding further into Zululand, where they decisively defeated the Zulus at the 4 July Battle of Ulundi. (Full article...)

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March 10

The Duckport Canal was an unsuccessful military venture by Union forces during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Ordered built in late March 1863 by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, the canal stretched from the Mississippi River near Duckport, Louisiana, to New Carthage, Louisiana, and utilized a series of swampy bayous for much of its path. It was intended to provide a water-based supply route for a southward movement against the Confederate-held city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The necessary digging was done by 3,500 soldiers from Grant's army and was finished on April 12. The next day, the levee separating the canal cut and the Mississippi River was breached, and water flowed into the canal. Trees in the bayous and water levels that at one point fell to as little as 6 inches (15 cm) hampered the use of the canal, and the project was abandoned on May 4. After some inland maneuvering and a lengthy siege, Vicksburg surrendered on July 4. (Full article...)

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March 11

The 1876 FA Cup final was an association football match between Wanderers F.C. and Old Etonians F.C. on 11 March 1876 at Kennington Oval in London (cup pictured). The Wanderers won the Cup on two previous occasions, while the Etonians were playing their second consecutive final. Both teams had conceded only one goal in the four rounds of the competition prior to the final. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, the second consecutive FA Cup final to finish level and require a replay. John Hawley Edwards scored for the Wanderers, but the Etonians equalised with a goal credited in modern publications to Alexander Bonsor. A week later, the teams met again at the same venue. The Etonians were forced to make several changes to their line-up due to players being unavailable, and the Wanderers won 3–0. Charles Wollaston and Thomas Bridges Hughes scored a goal apiece in a five-minute spell before half-time, and Hughes added the third early in the second half. (This article is part of a featured topic: Wanderers F.C.)

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March 12

The Young Head coinage consists of the issues of British coins with an obverse bust of Queen Victoria first used in 1838 while she was still a teenager. The bust was designed by William Wyon and remained on some British coins until 1887, by which time she was almost 70 years of age and had ceased to resemble her depiction. The young queen sat for Wyon in August and September 1837. Wyon then created his coinage portrait of her, which was approved in February 1838, and production began later that year. Some of the new coins had reverses by Wyon, others by Jean Baptiste Merlen. The new issue produced generally favourable reactions, especially the Una and the Lion reverse used for the five-pound piece. The Young Head portrait was finally replaced by the Jubilee bust in 1887. Wyon's Young Head bust was reproduced on coins for British dependencies and imitated on private issues of tokens. Both the portrait and the Una reverse appeared on British commemorative coins in 2019. (Full article...)

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March 13

Swift Justice is an American detective drama television series created by Dick Wolf (pictured) and Richard Albarino which aired for one season on UPN from March 13 to July 17, 1996. It follows former Navy SEAL Mac Swift (James McCaffrey), a private investigator who was fired from the New York City Police Department. He receives support from his former partner Detective Randall Patterson (Gary Dourdan) and his father Al Swift (Len Cariou). Episodes were filmed on location in New York. Critics noted its emphasis on violence, specifically in the pilot episode's opening sequence, comparing it to the crime drama The Equalizer (1985–1989) and the 1988 film Die Hard. UPN canceled the program after receiving complaints from viewers, advertisers, and critics of its violent scenes. Wolf considered the cancellation a mistake due to the show's good ratings. The series was praised for its visuals and McCaffrey's performance, but criticized as being either too violent or formulaic. (Full article...)

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March 14

The number π is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. It is an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be expressed exactly as a ratio of two integers. It is also a transcendental number – as a consequence, it is not possible to "square the circle". Its decimal representation never ends, nor enters a permanently repeating pattern. The digits of π appear to be randomly distributed, but no proof of this conjecture has been found. π appears in many formulae in mathematics and physics, and for thousands of years, mathematicians have computed its value with increasing accuracy. Since the late 20th century, mathematicians and computer scientists have extended the decimal representation of π to many trillions of digits. Many equations from trigonometry and geometry rely on π, especially those concerning circles and spheres. π is one of the most widely known mathematical constants inside and outside of science. (Full article...)

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March 15

Zenobia (c. 240 – c. 274) was queen of the Palmyrene Empire. Her husband Odaenathus became king in 260 and elevated Palmyra's power in the Near East by defeating the Sassanians and stabilizing the Roman East. After his assassination, she became the regent of her son Vaballathus and held de facto power throughout his reign. In 270, Zenobia launched an invasion which brought most of the Roman East under her sway, culminating with the annexation of Egypt. In reaction to Roman emperor Aurelian's campaign in 272, Zenobia declared Palmyra's secession from Rome, naming her son emperor and assuming the title of empress. The Romans were victorious after heavy fighting; the queen was besieged in her capital and captured by Aurelian. He exiled her to Rome, where she spent the remainder of her life. Zenobia fostered a multicultural and intellectual environment in her court, which was open to scholars and philosophers. Her biography has inspired historians, artists and novelists. (Full article...)

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March 16

Yan Ruisheng is a 1921 Chinese silent film directed by Ren Pengnian, starring Chen Shouzi and Wang Caiyun. A docudrama based on the murder of Wang Lianying the previous year, it follows a young man named Yan Ruisheng who kills a courtesan to steal her jewellery. When the crime is discovered, he and his accomplices flee, but Yan is captured and executed. China's first full-length feature film,Yan Ruisheng was produced as domestic short films were becoming increasingly common. It emphasized accuracy to real life in its casting and setting; the stars were chosen based on their physical resemblance to those involved, while extensive use of location shooting allowed scenes to be set in places associated with the murder. A commercial success upon release, the critical reception of its technical aspects was positive but the subject matter was challenged and the film faced several calls for banning.The film is thought to be lost. (Full article...)

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March 17

The Corleck Head is a 1st or 2nd century AD three-faced Irish stone idol discovered in Drumeague in County Cavan c. 1855. Its dating to the Iron Age is based on its iconography, which is similar to that of contemporary northern European Celtic art artefacts. Most archaeologists believe that it probably depicts a Celtic god and was intended to be placed on top of a larger shrine. The head is carved from a single block of limestone into three simply described faces. They each have similar features, including protruding eyes, thin and narrow mouths and enigmatic expressions. The head's dating and cultural significance are difficult to establish. The faces may depict all-knowing, all-seeing gods representing the unity of the past, present and future. The head is assumed to have been intended for ceremonial used on the nearby Corleck Hill, a major religious centre during the late Iron Age and a site for celebration of the Lughnasadh, a pre-Christian harvest festival. (Full article...)

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March 18

The Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State, in the Flatiron District of Manhattan in New York City, is used by the First Department of the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division. The original building, at the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 25th Street, was designed by James Brown Lord in 1899. A six-story annex to the north, designed by Rogers & Butler, was completed in 1955, as was a renovation of the original structure. The courthouse's facade, made mostly of marble, originally had 21 sculptures, of which one was removed in 1955. The building also contains a Holocaust memorial by Harriet Feigenbaum outside the annex and the sculpture NOW by Shahzia Sikander on the roof. The courthouse was again renovated in the 1980s and the 2000s; its architecture has received largely positive commentary. The Appellate Division Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and its facade and interior are both city landmarks. (Full article...)

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March 19

Hurricane Hilary was a large and intense Pacific hurricane in August 2023 that brought torrential rainfall to the Pacific Coast of Mexico and the Southwest U.S., resulting in widespread flooding. It was the eighth named storm, sixth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the active and highly destructive, 2023 Pacific hurricane season. Hilary originated from a tropical wave south of Mexico on August 16, and became a hurricane a day later. It underwent rapid intensification, reaching maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) on August 18, making it a Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Thousands of people evacuated to shelters as ports closed along the Mexican Pacific coast. In anticipation of "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding", the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued its first-ever tropical storm warning for Southern California, extending from the Mexico–United States border to just north of Los Angeles. Death Valley National Park was closed for two months. (Full article...)

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March 20

Robert Poore (20 March 1866 – 14 July 1938) was an Anglo-Irish cricketer and British Army officer. He played in first-class cricket playing county cricket in England for Hampshire, where he gained a reputation as a batsman. Poore also played first-class cricket in India for the Europeans in the Bombay Presidency Matches. He began his military service in the Volunteer Force with the 3rd (Royal Wiltshire Militia) Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment. From there, he transferred to the 7th Hussars. Poore served in the Second Matabele War in Southern Africa and later in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902, during which he was seconded to the Mounted Military Police and served as provost marshal at Army Headquarters Pretoria. Decorated with the Distinguished Service Order during the war, Poore served in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, commanding the Jhansi Brigade of the British Indian Army, for which he was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. (Full article...)

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March 21

Arthur Sullivan (1842 –1900) was an English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert. Among his early works were a ballet, a symphony, a cello concerto and a one-act comic opera, Cox and Box, which is still widely performed. He wrote his first opera with Gilbert, Thespis, in 1871. In 1875 the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte engaged Gilbert and Sullivan to create a one-act piece, Trial by Jury. Its box-office success led the partners to collaborate on 12 full-length comic operas, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Sullivan's only grand opera, Ivanhoe, though initially successful in 1891, has rarely been revived. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, 10 choral works and oratorios, 2 ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. His hymns and songs include "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord". (Full article...)

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March 22

Chris Redfield is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. He was introduced as one of the two playable characters of the original Resident Evil, which released on March 22, 1996, appearing alongside his partner Jill Valentine as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) unit. Chris and Jill fight against the Umbrella Corporation, a pharmaceutical company whose bioterrorism creates zombies and other bio-organic weapons. Later, the pair became founding members of the United Nations' Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA). Chris is the protagonist in several Resident Evil games, novels, and films, and has also appeared in other game franchises. In later games, his features were based on New Zealand model Geordie Dandy. Critics have been polarized in their critiques of the character, with a focus on the frequent modifications and inconsistency in his design. (Full article...)

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March 23

Ethan Hawke (born 1970) is an American actor, author and filmmaker whose career on screen and stage has spanned over four decades. Known for his versatile range of roles—often in art films—and collaborations with director Richard Linklater, he made his film debut in Explorers (1985) and gained fame with Dead Poets Society (1989), Reality Bites (1994), Gattaca (1997) and Great Expectations (1998). He was Academy Award-nominated for his roles in Training Day (2001), Boyhood (2014) and Blue Moon (2025), as well as for screenwriting two films from the Before trilogy (1995–2013), in which he also starred. Hawke saw commercial success with Sinister (2012), The Purge (2013), The Magnificent Seven (2016) and the Black Phone films (2021–2025). He made his Broadway debut in 1992 in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2007 for his performance in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia. Hawke has authored five books and has four children from his two marriages. (Full article...)

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March 24

"Despre tine" (Romanian: "About You") is a dance-pop song by the Moldovan group O-Zone, released as a single by Media Services in Romania around December 2002. Written and produced by the band's founder Dan Balan (shown), it was included on a reissue of their second studio album Number 1 (2002) and later on their third studio album DiscO-Zone (2003). "Despre tine" was recorded in September 2002 at the MOF Records studio with the assistance of Bogdan Popoiag [ro]. Following the international success of O-Zone's 2003 single "Dragostea din tei", "Despre tine" was re-released in select European markets in August 2004. At the MTV Romania Music Awards 2003, "Despre tine" won Best Song and Best Dance. It also received a nomination for Best Dance-Pop Song at the Radio România Actualități Awards the same year. It topped the Romanian Top 100 in 2003 and reached number one in Norway in 2004. The song was certified double gold in Romania and gold in France. (Full article...)

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March 25

The Loveday of 1458 was a ritualistic reconciliation between warring factions of the English nobility at St Paul's Cathedral on 25 March 1458. Following the start of the Wars of the Roses in 1455, it was the result of long negotiations initiated by King Henry VI to resolve the lords' rivalries. In 1458 the King attempted to unite his feuding nobles with a public display of friendship at St Paul's Cathedral. A procession was held by all the major participants, who walked hand-in-hand from Westminster Palace to St Paul's Cathedral. Contemporaries varied in their views of the accord. Some wrote verses expressing hope that it would lead to a new-found peace and prosperity; others were more pessimistic as to its value. In the long run, the King's Loveday and its agreements had no long-lasting benefit. Within a few months, petty violence between the lords had broken out again. Historians debate who—if anyone—gained from the 1458 Loveday, as the war it was intended to prevent was only deferred. (Full article...)

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March 26

Massospondylus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in southern Africa during the Early Jurassic, between 201 and 184 million years ago. It was described by Richard Owen in 1854 and is one of the first dinosaurs to have been named. Although the original fossils were destroyed in London during a bombing raid in World War II, a plethora of specimens have since been assigned to the genus, making it one of the best-known sauropodomorphs from the Early Jurassic. The genus contains two valid species, M. carinatus and M. kaalae. It was 4–6 metres (13–20 ft) long, with a long neck and tail, a small head, and a slender body. It moved on two legs and was probably a plant-eater. Clutches with eggs have been found, some of which contained embryos. Individuals accelerated or slowed down their growth depending on environmental factors such as food availability. The oldest known specimen was around 20 years of age. (Full article...)

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March 27

The Boat Races 2016 (also known as The Cancer Research UK Boat Races, for the purposes of sponsorship) took place on 27 March 2016. Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. For the first time in the history of the event, the men's, women's and both reserves' races were all held on the Tideway on the same day. Trials for the race took place on the Championship Course in December 2015, and the selected crews took part in several practice races in the build-up to the main event. The weigh-in for the men's and women's races took place on 1 March 2016 with both Cambridge's men and women the heavier crews. Pre-race betting on the men's and women's event had Cambridge's men and Oxford's women as favourites to win. The men's race was won by Cambridge by two and a half lengths, taking the overall record in the event to 82–79 in their favour. (Full article...)

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March 28

Octopussy and The Living Daylights is the fourteenth and final James Bond book written by Ian Fleming (shown). The book is a collection of short stories published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 23 June 1966, after Fleming's death in August 1964. The book originally contained two stories, "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights"; subsequent editions also included "The Property of a Lady" and then "007 in New York". The stories first appeared in different publications. Many of the elements of the stories are from Fleming's own interests and experiences, including climbing in Kitzbühel, Austria, wartime commando deeds and the sea-life of Jamaica. He used the names of friends and acquaintances for characters within the stories. Elements from the stories have also been used in the Eon Productions Bond films, including the background for the character Octopussy in the film of the same name. (This article is part of a featured topic: Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and short stories.)

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March 29

The Kreutz sungrazers are a family of comets, characterized by orbits which take them extremely close to the Sun at closest approach (perihelion). They are all believed to originate from the fragmentation of one very large comet several centuries ago, and are named for the astronomer Heinrich Kreutz, who first demonstrated that they were related. Several members of the Kreutz family have become great comets – easily naked eye visible at night and occasionally visible near the Sun in the daytime sky. The most recent of these was Comet Ikeya–Seki (pictured) in 1965, which may have been one of the brightest comets in the last millennium. Many hundreds of smaller members of the family have been discovered. Some are just a few metres across; none has survived its perihelion passage. Amateur astronomers have been very successful at discovering Kreutz comets using the data available in real time via the Internet. (Full article...)

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March 30

The 2025 World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 26 to 30, 2025, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, the World Figure Skating Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each skating federation to the 2026 Winter Olympics. Ilia Malinin of the United States won the men's event for the second time, while Alysa Liu (pictured), also of the United States, won the women's event while accomplishing a personal best score in the short program and free skating routines. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan won the pairs event, earning their second title, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won the ice dance event for the third consecutive year. (Full article...)

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March 31

The 1937 tour of Germany by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor was opposed by the British government, which feared that Nazi Germany would use the visit for propaganda. After Edward had abdicated the British throne in December 1936, his brother George VI became king. Given the title Duke of Windsor, Edward married Wallis Simpson in June 1937. He appeared to have been sympathetic to Germany in this period and announced his intention to travel there privately to tour factories. He promised the British government that he would keep a low profile, and the tour went ahead between 12 and 23 October. The Duke and Duchess visited factories, many of which were producing materiel for the war effort, and the Duke inspected German troops (pictured). The Windsors dined with prominent Nazis including Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Albert Speer; they also had tea with Adolf Hitler at his house at Berchtesgaden. (Full article...)