Non-musical history for today: 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden died after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm’s Royal Opera 13 days earlier. Now, I think masquerade balls sound fantastic, but I don’t think heads of state should attend them. Well, I can think of one exception that could/should.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 29.

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Non-musical history for today: 1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, led to the core overheating and a partial meltdown. It is the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history, although fortunately, its small radioactive releases had no detectable health effects on plant workers or the public. So, here is the eerie part: The China Syndrome was released just 12 days before this incident. That film is about a nuclear reactor accident. The film won the Palme d’Or (the highest honor, like “Best Picture”), and Jack Lemmon won best actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 1979.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 28.

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Non-musical history for today: 1915 – Typhoid Mary, real name Mary Mallon, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, was put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life. Up to fifty-seven cases of typhoid and three deaths from the disease were connected to her. She was treated differently from the other carriers who evaded their restrictions. She was described as a “menace to public health”; her gender, class, and Irish background were all factors that weighed against her. Reports of an autopsy conducted on Mallon showed she had Salmonella typhi bacteria in her gallstones. But other reports stated that this was an urban legend fabricated to calm ethical reactions.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 27.

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Non-musical history for today: 1958 – The African Regroupment Party was launched at a meeting in Paris. It was organized under the “French Community,” which had replaced the “French Union.” The African countries (or, at the time, protectorates or commonwealths) under the rule of France were working with France to gain their independence. By 1960, all the impacted countries had declared their independence and left the group. France didn’t officially abolish the French Community until 1995. It was moot at that point.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 26.

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Non-musical history for today: 1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. In the essay, Shelley made a number of claims, including that one’s beliefs are involuntary, and, therefore, that atheists do not choose to be so and should not be persecuted. I concur, wholeheartedly. On the other end, I could try to force myself to believe, but it would be futile and fruitless because it would, in the end, be a lie. But, people still try to convert me.

As a love of truth is the only motive which actuates the Author of this little tract, he earnestly entreats that those of his readers who may discover any deficiency in his reasoning, or may be in possession of proofs which his mind could never obtain, would offer them, together with their objections to the Public, as briefly, as methodically, as plainly as he has taken the liberty of doing. Bravo, Percy. Bravo.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 25.

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Non-musical history for today: 1663 – The Province of Carolina was granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne. This, of course, was split into North Carolina (where I live) and South Carolina in 1712. However, the two parts did not become separate and administrative royal colonies until 1729. The original Carolina province of 1663 also consisted of all or parts of present-day Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 24.

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Non-musical history for today: 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivered his speech – “Give me liberty or give me death!” – at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia. This was Henry trying to persuade the Virginian powers-that-be to send troops for the Revolution. Now, while no one is questioning that Patrick Henry actually gave this speech, there is debate as to whether the biographer William Wirt, who reconstructed the speech in this book, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, took “liberty” (see what I did there?) in fabricating that closing line.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 23.

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Non-musical history for today: 1631 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlawed the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables, primarily due to strict Puritan values that prioritized diligence, sobriety, and religious piety over leisure. Just another reason I think the whole idea of religion is stupid. But, that’s just me.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 22.

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Non-musical history for today: 1970 – San Diego Comic-Con, the largest pop and culture festival in the world, hosted its inaugural event.

I didn’t realize that the Comic-Con was 8 months older than me. I thought it was a relatively recent thing. Did you know that I used to co-own a comic book store? I did.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 21.

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Non-musical history for today: 1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh was freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment. He was there after being charged with treason for his involvement in the Main Plot against Elizabeth’s successor, James I (the son of Mary Queen of Scots). To quote John Lennon, he was such a stupid git.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for March 20.

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