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Blues singer Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland was born on this day in Tennessee. It's the day in 1915 when the woman know as "Typhoid Mary" was permanently quarantined and opening day of Seattle's Kingdome stadium.
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On this day in 1949, English rocker Nick Lowe was born. In 2018, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida organized the March for Our Lives.
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On this day in 1969, Florida teen Mike Levesque started the Rally for Decency in 1969 after an indecent on-stage incident with Jim Morrison. Singer/songwriter Don Covay was born in 1936. And in 2020 the West Seattle Bridge closed, making getting in an out of West Seattle a living hell.
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On this day, the British Empire passed the 1765 Stamp Act and a formative strike began on the Tacoma docks in 1886. In 1965, Bob Dylan released a new album, shocking his folk fans with an electric sound.
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Johann Sebastian Bach is born in 1685. A 1925 photo of a guy (Gunnar) and a dog (Balto) resurfaces a legendary dog sled relay to Nome, Alaska.
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Jazz pianist and NPR host Marian McPartland was born on this day in 1918. And what might be the Seattle Mariners' earliest Opening Day game took place in 2016.
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The Feast of St. Patrick is held on the day he supposedly died but more than 1500 years later, it's hard to know. The University of Puget Sound celebrates 135 years and it's Nat King Cole's birthday.
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Otis Redding is the first recording artist to have a posthumous #1 hit. Blue Jay Vladimir Guerreo, Jr.'s celebrates his birthday.
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March 15: Country blues legend Sam Lightnin' Hopkins is born and Seattle gets its first Shakespeare production
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First celebrated in 2020, International Day of Math is held on March 14 to coincide with Pi Day. Musician, composer, bandleader, record producer and Garfield High School alum Quincy Jones was born in Chicago on this day in 1933.