On this day
14
March

Sylvia Beach, Howard Ashman, Marielle Franco

Born: Sylvia Beach (1887)
Died: Howard Ashman (1991), Marielle Franco (2018)

Born on this day

14MarBorn 1887139th birthday

Sylvia Beach

Her Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company published James Joyce’s “Ulysses” – and she shared her life with the bookseller across the street.

Died on this day

14MarDied 199135th anniversary of death

Howard Ashman

A lyricist and dramatist who helped restore the musical to the heart of Disney animation.

14MarDied 20188th anniversary of death

Marielle Franco

A Black bisexual woman from the favela who fought police violence in Rio – and was assassinated in 2018.