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March 13, 2022 - March 19, 2022 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features earmuffs, the singer Beyoncé, blood banks, the use of antiseptics in surgery, The America’s cup, the Torrey Canyon disaster and Australia’s Sydney Harbour bridge
March 13, 1877: A first U.S. patent for earmuffs was issued to a teenager who initially used a pair of beaver fur pads on a wire frame to stop his ears stinging while ice skating
March 14, 2021: Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy Award to become the most-awarded woman in Grammys history, and the most garlanded singer, male or female
March 15, 1937: The first central blood bank, to preserve blood for transfusion by refrigeration, was set up at a hospital in Chicago. It paved the way for modern surgery
March 16, 1867: Joseph Lister, pioneer of antiseptic surgery, reported that carbolic acid solution swabbed on wounds greatly reduced cases of gangrene and mortality rates
March 17, 2021: Team New Zealand secured a fourth America’s Cup victory, beating Italy’s Luna Rossa team by seven race wins to three off the coast of Auckland
March 18, 1967: The Torrey Canyon hit a reef in the English Channel, causing an environmental disaster in Cornwall and Brittany. At the time it was the largest ship ever to be wrecked
March 19, 1932: Australia’s iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened. It is the world’s tallest steel arch bridge, rising 134m (440ft) above water level at its highest point