Procol Harum

Ghana celebrates its independence day today. Knows as the ‘Gold Coast’ during the colonial period, Ghana was the first sub-Saharan colony to achieve its independence on March 6, 1957.

Canadian police chase.

Moscow man buys newspaper, glances at front page, throws it straight out. Next day: same again. And again. Eventually, seller snaps. "Why DO you do that?" "Oh, I'm just checking for an obituary" "But obituaries aren't even on the front page!" "Oh, the one I'm looking for will be"

— Paul Cowan (@funkwit) March 2, 2022

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Today is the birthday, in 1946, of Matthew Fisher, keyboardist of the band Procol Harum who had this hit – one of the few singles to sell more than 10 million copies. The band, incidentally, was named after a cat.