Happy Birthday RIP Shemp Howard(Samuel Horwitz 1895–1955) Lawrence Welk(1903–1992) “Lady Chablis”(Benjamin Knox 1957–2016) Anton Yelchin(1989–2016) ; Samuel Donaldson–91 Nancy Kovach–90 Mark Metcalf–79 Jerry Zucker–75 Robert “Bobby” McFerrin Jr–75 Susan Richardson–73 Catharina “Nina” Hagen–69 “Cheryl Lynn”(Lynda Cheryl Smith)–68 David LaChapelle–62 Terrence Howard–56 “Johnny Knoxville”(Philip Clapp)–54 Thora Birch–43 Jodie Comer–32 ; 1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States ; 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus a pandemic! On March 19 California goes into lockdown, stay at home protocol declared by Gavin Newsom. The next day Andrew Cuomo does the same stay at home lockdown for New York state.