Dumazile at peak intensity east of Madagascar

Cyclone Dumazile was a strong tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean that affected Madagascar and Réunion in early March 2018. Dumazile originated from a low-pressure area that formed near Agaléga on 27 February. It became a tropical disturbance on 2 March, and was named the next day after attaining tropical storm status. Dumazile reached its peak intensity on 5 March, with 10-minute sustained winds of 165 km/h (105 mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph), and a central atmospheric pressure of 945 hPa (27.91 inHg). As it tracked southeastwards, Dumazile weakened steadily over the next couple of days due to wind shear, and became a post-tropical cyclone on 7 March before completely dissipating on 10 March. Dumazile dropped torrential rainfall in Réunion and Madagascar—reaching 1,600 mm (63 in) in Salazie and 210 mm (8.3 in) in northeastern Madagascar—causing widespread flooding and damaging crops and infrastructure. Two deaths were caused by Dumazile, both in Madagascar. (Full article...)

Yellow Robe with daughter Rosebud (center) and President Coolidge (left) in 1927

• ... that in 1927, Native American activist Chauncey Yellow Robe (pictured) and the Lakota Sioux tribe "adopted" President Calvin Coolidge to thank him for supporting the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act?
• ... that the old adage "feed a cold, starve a fever" was first published in a 1574 dictionary?
• ... that Utah state representative Charles Redd successfully proposed the legalization of horse racing and betting in 1925, only to successfully propose making it illegal again two years later?
• ... that the Cathedral of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Suzhou is known for its "hybridity" of Chinese and Western architecture?
• ... that the Jewish anarchist Volin refused to flee Nazi-occupied France as he believed that a revolution would follow the liberation of France?
• ... that Comcast removed a Florida TV station from its lineup for allegedly broadcasting home shopping in prime time instead of its normal UPN programming?
• ... that John Spencer won a World Snooker Championship on his first attempt in 1969?
• ... that Nothing, Forever is completely procedurally generated?

Landslide in Ubatuba, Brazil

• A train crash in Thessaly, Greece, kills at least 47 people.
• At least 65 migrants are killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Calabria, Italy.
• Floods and landslides (pictured) leave more than 64 people dead in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
• At the British Academy Film Awards, All Quiet on the Western Front wins Best Film and six other awards.
• A bus crash in Gualaca, Panama, kills at least 39 people.
• Cyclone Gabrielle causes widespread damage and flooding across New Zealand.

March 2: Beginning of the Nineteen-Day Fast (Baháʼí Faith, 2023)

Vladimír Remek

• 1444 – The League of Lezhë, an alliance of regional chieftains, was established in Venetian Albania with Skanderbeg as their commander.
• 1859 – The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.
• 1919 – Communist, revolutionary-socialist, and syndicalist delegates met in Moscow to establish the Communist International.
• 1962 – Led by General Ne Win, the Burmese military seized power in a coup d'état.
• 1978 – As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.