Volkswagen, maker of the Beetle automobile, expanded its
product offerings to include a microbus, which went into
production on March 8, 1950.
Known officially as the Volkswagen Type 2 (the Beetle was
the Type 1) or the Transporter, the bus was a favorite mode
of transportation for hippies in the U.S. during the 1960s
and became an icon of the American counterculture
movement.
SANDY KOZEL
On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a 600-person civil
rights demonstration ended in violence when marchers
were attacked and beaten by white state troopers and
sheriff’s deputies. The day’s events became known as
"Bloody Sunday."
Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025)
NEW YORK (AP) — Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky
1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” that has been sampled
by such R&B and rap heavyweights as Mary J. Blige, N.W.A.,
Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Mos Def and Ice Cube, has died.
The Ayers family said in a Facebook post that he died Tuesday
in a New York City hospital after suffering from a long illness.
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From the CBS News archives, legendary anchorman Walter Cronkite signs off for the final time on the "CBS Evening
News." Cronkite manned the anchor desk from April, 16,
1962 until March 6, 1981.
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)
On the cold, snowy night of March 5, 1770, a mob of American
colonists gathered at the Customs House in Boston and began
taunting the British soldiers guarding the building.
The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting
the occupation of their city by British troops, who were sent to
Boston in 1768 to enforce unpopular taxation measures passed
by a British parliament that lacked American representation.
British Captain Thomas Preston, the commanding officer at the
Customs House, ordered his men to fix their bayonets and join
the guard outside the building.
The colonists responded by throwing snowballs and other objects
at the British regulars, and Private Hugh Montgomery was hit,
leading him to discharge his rifle at the crowd.
The other soldiers began firing a moment later, and when the
smoke cleared, five colonists were dead or dying—Crispus
Attucks, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick and
James Caldwell—and three more were injured.
Although it is unclear whether Crispus Attucks, an African
American, was the first to fall as is commonly believed, the
deaths of the five men are regarded by some historians as
the first fatalities in the American Revolutionary War.
