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 On this day Feb 26-Mar 4, 2023 (week 09) infographic
Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week.
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On this day Feb 26-Mar 4, 2023 (week 09)

February 26, 2023 - March 4, 2023 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features the Grand National horse race, silent film star Lilian Gish, the structure of DNA, Vasco da Gama’s discovery of Mozambique, the use of CDs for audio recordings, Time Magazine and Australian cricketer Shane Warne.

February 27, 1993: Lillian Gish, nicknamed the “First Lady of the Silent Screen”, died at age 99. Her best known movies include D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation

February 28, 1953: James Watson and Francis Crick discovered that the structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes, was a double helix with two intertwining strands

March 1, 1498: Vasco da Gama discovered what is now Mozambique during his voyage to India, a voyage that paved the way for Portugal to establish a colonial empire in Asia

March 2, 1983: Compact discs (CDs) and players, developed by Philips and Sony for digital audio recordings, were made available for the first time outside Japan

March 3, 1923: Time magazine was launched in the United States. It has the largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, with a global readership of 26 million

March 4, 2022: Australian cricketer Shane Warne died from a heart attack at age 52. He took 708 Test wickets, the second highest total, in his stellar 15-year international career

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PUBLISHED: 20/02/2023; DESIGN: Phil Bainbridge; PICTURE RESEARCH: Julie Mullins; EVENT SELECTION: Fiona Roberts and Susan Shepherd; PROOFING: Julie Mullins; TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION: Fiona Roberts;; STORY: Julie Mullins; PICTURES: Getty Images, Newscom
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