The List: March
1 March:
Wales (Cymru) – St David’s Day
South Korea – Samiljeol (Independence Day) 1919
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon released 1973
David Sylvian/Holger Czukay – Plight and Premonition released 1988
Bosnia – Independence Day 1992
Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers – California, Norfolk released 2002
Tim Bowness – Flowers at the Scene released 2019
3 March:
Chris Hughes b. 1954
Barbican Centre in London opens 1982
Chic – Chic-ism released 1992
4 March:
Ken Robinson b. 1950
Stina Nordenstam b. 1969
Huang Chung released 1982
OMD – Dazzle Ships released 1983
808 State – ex:el released 1991
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Out of Noise released 2009
5 March:
Howard Jones – Human’s Lib released 1984
6 March:
Ghana – Independence Day 1957
The Grand Budapest Hotel released (Germany) 2014
7 March:
Tears for Fears – The Hurting released 1983
9 March:
U2 – The Joshua Tree released 1987
Charles Bukowski d. 1994
Howard Hodgkin d. 2017
10 March:
Dave Allen d. 2005
11 March:
Douglas Adams b. 1952
Cock Robin – Chinese Driver released 2016
12 March:
Jack Kerouac b. 1922
Mauritius – Independence Day 1968, Republic 1992!
14 March:
Billy Crystal b. 1948
15 March:
Cocteau Twins – Milk and Kisses released 1996
ARKEN museum of modern art, Copenhagen opens 1996
16 March:
Roxy Music – Manifesto released 1979
17 March:
Ireland – St Patrick’s Day
Depeche Mode – Black Celebration released 1986
Depeche Mode – Spirit released 2017
18 March:
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult released 1994
This Life airs on TV 1996
19 March:
Depeche Mode – Violator released 1990
20 March:
Tunisia – Declaration of Independence 1956
Alva Noto/Ryuichi Sakamoto – Insen released 2005
21 March:
Namibia – Independence Day 1990
Human League – Credo released 2011
22 March:
Jon Hassell b. 1937
Wally Badarou b. 1955
Susan Sulley b. 1963
Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion released 1993
23 March:
Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure released 1973
Joni Mitchell – Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm released 1988
Boom Crash Opera – Fabulous Beast released 1993
Midsomer Murders airs on TV 1997
24 March:
Genesis – Duke released 1980
I Lovett airs on UK TV 1993
John Foxx – Cathedral Oceans released 1997
John Foxx and Louis Gordon – Shifting City released 1997
25 March:
Keith Breeden b. 1956
The Power Station released 1985
26 March:
San Mao b. 1943
Bangladesh – Independence Day 1971
27 March:
Andrew Farriss b. 1959
Mr. Mister – I Wear The Face released 1984
No-Man – Returning Jesus released 2001
28 March:
London Transport museum opened in covent garden 1980
Blackfield – Welcome to My DNA released 2011
29 March:
David Sylvian – Dead Bees on a Cake released 1999
30 March:
Prince – Sign O’ The Times released 1987
John Foxx – London Overgrown released 2015
31 March:
Prince – Parade released 1986
No-Man – Lovesighs – an entertainment released 1992
Zaha Hadid d. 2016