On this day: March 9, 1972

UNICEF was given a very generous donation of $1,200,000 on March 9, 1972 from Allan Klein, the manager behind George Harrison's Concerts for Bangladesh. However, many speculated the donation was a meager representation of what it should be.

Reportedly, $5 per unit from sales of the award winning triple album documenting the charity events which took place at Madison Square Garden in August 1971 should have been donated to the charity. Poor regulations and lack of registering the event as a charity meant no one was paying as close of attention to the sales figures as they should have been.

Rolling Stone Magazine and other publications formally accused Klein of taking money that should have been given to the charity.

Other notable events for March 9:
-Rival versions of the calypso hit The Banana Boat Song were released on March 9, 1957 by the Terriers and Harry Belafonte
-Brian Epstein attended his first lunchtime session at The Cavern on March 9, 1961, the session starred the Beatles
-Rolling Stone Brian Jones entered the hospital on March 9, 1967 with respiratory problems
-The last performance of the Grand Ole Opry took place on March 9, 1974 at the Ryman Auditorium on Nashville