Barbie

 Happy birthday Barbie. She debuted at the American Toy Fair in New York on 9 March 1959. localhistories.org/a-history-of-toys

History of women's rights

 I wrote a history of women's rights across time

Ghana

 Ghana became independent on 6 March 1957. Happy Independence Day. localhistories.org/a-brief-history-of-ghana

Texas

 On 2 March 1836 Texas declared its independence from Mexico localhistories.org/a-history-of-texas

Women in the 20th Century

 The bikini was invented in 1946. In 1947 Christian Dior introduced the New Look, with long skirts and narrow waists giving an ‘hourglass’ figure. During the 1950s women’s clothes were full and feminine. However in 1965, Mary Quant invented the mini skirt and clothes became even more informal. localhistories.org/women-in-the-20th-century/

Holodomor

I thought people might be interested to read this article about the Holodomor, the terrible man-made famine in Ukraine in the 1930s.  https://www.euronews.com/2019/11/23/holodomor-ukrainians-remember-the-famine-that-killed-millions-in-soviet-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR34JCwH72vZIS1yKVw0QlyjOg8DgDjpAlaX7NjOeVv5sC7S2PmiMOS_HC8 

Tightrope walking

 28 February is the birthday of Charles Blondin the first man to walk a tightrope across Niagra Falls. Tightrope walking has a long history going back to Ancient Greece. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/an-abridged-history-of-funambulists