Calendar: Week of March 5
Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:
On Monday, magician Penn Jillette celebrates his 63rd birthday.
- Why Penn & Teller need each other ("Sunday Morning, 01/25/15)
- pennandteller.net
Tuesday marks the 182nd anniversary of the day Mexican troops defeated the defenders of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
- The Alamo, San Antonio
- The Alamo gets World Heritage Site status from UNESCO (CBS News, 07/05/15)
- Interview with James Donovan, author of "The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo - and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation" (CBS News, 07/25/12)
- Phil Collins donates revolution artifacts to the Alamo (CBS News, 10/28/14)
Wednesday sees the start of the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town, South Africa, aimed at promoting a tobacco-free world.
- 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, March 7-9,
- "Winning the Fight Against Big Tobacco" (WCTOH)
- U.S. smoking rate drops to new low (CBS News, 09/01/15)
- More teens vaping as cigarette smoking declines (CBS News, 12/14/17)
- Concerns over health effects of vaping - and rising use among teens ("CBS This Morning, 02/26/18)
- E-cigarettes may be a gateway to smoking for teens, researchers say (CBS News, 01/02/18)
Thursday is International Women's Day, a call to action for gender parity.
- internationalwomensday.com
- Find International Women's Day Events near you
- International Womens' Day 2018 (unwomen.org)
On Friday, former drug company CEO Martin Shkreli is scheduled to be sentenced for financial fraud.
- "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli's plea for leniency: "I was a fool" (AP, 03/01/18)
- Martin Shkreli found guilty of securities fraud (CBS News, 08/04/17)
- Ex-pharma CEO Martin Shkreli weighs in on skyrocketing EpiPen prices ("CBS Evening News," 08/23/16)
- Martin Shkreli raffling chance to punch him in face (CBS News, 09/28/16)
- Lawyer for Martin Shkreli convicted of fraud (CBS News, 12/28/17)
And Saturday's the day for the Chocolate Fantasy in Albuquerque, a chocolate-themed fundraiser for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation.
- Chocolate Fantasy, March 10 at Hotel Albuquerque, N.M. | Raffle Tickets
- New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation
