Events for the 17th of March from Wikipedia:
• 1985: Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez
• Birth (1888) of Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1961) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ramadier
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Events for the 16th of March from Wikipedia:
• 1926: History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket#Modern_rocketry
• Birth (1974) of Anne Charrier, French actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Charrier
• Death (1963) of Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Adams_Armer
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Here's something a little different.
It wasn't always gorgeous weather during our stay around the East Neuk of Fife. When it was more gloomy, we headed to Dundee to check the city out.
In particular, the V&A Dundee Museum of Design proved a totally fascinating subject https://www.iancylkowski.com/blog/2025/3/13/the-va-design-museum-dundee-scotland-winter
Events for the 15th of March from Wikipedia:
• 1848: A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1848
• Birth (1989) of Gil Roberts, American sprinter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Roberts
• Death (2016) of Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (b. 1978) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seru_Rabeni
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Events for the 14th of March from Wikipedia:
• 1926: The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Virilla_train_accident
• Birth (1966) of Jonas Elmer, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Elmer_(director)
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My teen years: Porting Small-C to transputer and developing my operating system via @lproven https://lobste.rs/s/chiije #historical #osdev #retrocomputing
https://nanochess.org/bootstrapping_c_os_transputer.html
Events for the 13th of March from Wikipedia:
• 2016: Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Grand-Bassam_shootings
• Birth (2004) of Coco Gauff, American tennis player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Gauff
• Death (1972) of Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ray-Jones
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Events for the 12th of March from Wikipedia:
• 1942: The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Java_(1942)
• Birth (1990) of Mikko Sumusalo, Finnish footballer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Sumusalo
• Holiday: National Day (Mauritius) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_(Mauritius)
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I hope you like history!
Welcome to the historical town of St Andrews. Featuring the world's 3rd oldest English-speaking university, the ruins of St Andrews clifftop castle, and an otherworldly rock formation east of the town.
There's PLENTY more photos from this day too! Isn't that nice? Just go here -> https://www.iancylkowski.com/blog/2025/3/11/st-andrews-fife-scotland-winter 
Events for the 11th of March from Wikipedia:
• 1864: The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sheffield_Flood
• Birth (1819) of Henry Tate, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (d. 1899) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tate
• Death (2018) of Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (b. 1936) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Lehmann
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Events for the 10th of March from Wikipedia:
• 1959: Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Tibetan_uprising
• Birth (1978) of Benjamin Burnley, American musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Burnley
• Holiday: Harriet Tubman Day (United States of America) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman_Day
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Events for the 9th of March from Wikipedia:
• 1500: The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral
• Birth (1947) of Keri Hulme, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2021) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keri_Hulme
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Events for the 8th of March from Wikipedia:
• 2014: In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370
• Death (1957) of Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othmar_Schoeck
#history #events #historical #today @histodons
The Fife Coastal Path from Anstruther to Pittenweem then St. Monans.
Powerful gusts still battered us on the coast, but that just heightened the mood and drama. Gorgeous sandstone formations and beautiful coastal fishing villages... lovely.
And there's more photos from this day! I implore you, wayfinder, seek ye here https://www.iancylkowski.com/blog/2025/3/6/pittenweem-st-monans-east-neuk-of-fife-scotland-winter
