Portal:Prostitution/Anniversaries/March

• 4th
  • 1972: Death of Shirley Brifman, an Australian prostitute and brothel madam who was known as a whistleblower on police corruption. She died at the age of 36 in suspicious circumstances, in what was ruled a suicide.
• 12th
  • 1975: Birth of Vanessa de Oliveira, a Brazilian writer and former call girl.
• 17th
  • 2008: Resignation of the Governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, following revelations of a prostitution scandal by the New York Times.
• 19th
  • 1944: Birth of Molly Luft (nee Edda Blanck), a German prostitute, noted for her obesity and lurid make-up.
• 27th
  • 2017: Paying for sex in Ireland became illegal by the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 coming into force.