March

First Monday of March -- Casimir Pulaski Day
“Casimir Pulaski Day” -- Sufjan Stevens
“Pulaski Day” -- Kidd Russell

1 March 1852 -- US Post Office Opens in Paradise, Kentucky
“Paradise” -- John Prine

3 March 1875 -- Carmen Premieres at the Opéra Comique of Paris
“Habanera” from Carmen Suite No.2 -- Georges Bizet

4 March 1837 -- City of Chicago Incorporated
“Chicago” -- Frank Sinatra
"Simple Song" -- Poi Dog Pondering

4 March 1986 -- Suicide of Richard Manuel
“Fallen Angel” -- Robbie Robertson

6 March 1853 -- Il Trovatore Premieres in Venice
“Anvil Chorus” from Il Trovatore -- Giuseppe Verdi, Composer


15 March 1981 -- Murder of Philip Testa
“Atlantic City” -- Bruce Springsteen

20 March 1993 -- Fatal Warrington Bomb Attacks
“Zombie” -- The Cranberries

20 March 2003 - 18 December 2011 -- Iraqi War
“Cheney’s Toy” -- James McMurtry
"Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name)" -- Chumbawamba

21 March 1942 --  BYMS-26 Launched
“Calypso” -- John Denver

 30 March 1844 to 8 January 1896 -- The Decadent Life and Dissolute Death of Paul Verlaine
"Clair de lune" -- Claude Debussy (Composer)

 30 March 1853 -- 29 July 1890 -- Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh
“Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) -- Don McLean
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