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Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Despite a relatively brief mainstream career spanning four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1963, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, eventually moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the US. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 before dying from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27. (Full article...)

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12 Years a Slave wins Best Picture and Gravity wins seven awards, including Best Director, at the 86th Academy Awards.
At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.
Amid tensions in Crimea, Ukraine, the Federation Council of Russia authorizes President Vladimir Putin (pictured) to use force.
Militants kill 59 students in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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March 4: Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday in Western Christianity (2014); Saint Casimir's Day

1386 – Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila was crowned Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland, beginning the Jagiellonian dynasty.
1814 – War of 1812: An American raiding party defeated an attempt by British regulars, volunteers from the Canadian militia and Native Americans to intercept them near present-day Wardville, Ontario.
1890 – The Forth Bridge (pictured), a railway bridge connecting Edinburgh to Fife over the Firth of Forth, opened, becoming an internationally recognised Scottish landmark.
1944 – Murder, Inc. leader Louis Buchalter was executed, the only major mob boss to receive the death penalty in the United States after being convicted of murder.
2009 – The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity regarding his actions during the War in Darfur.

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Riin Tamm (b. 1981) is an Estonian geneticist working at the University of Tartu, and a science popularizer. Her writings have appeared in various popular and academic media.

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