March 7
Happy Birthday RIP James Broderick(1927–1982) Alan Sues(1926–2011) ; Willard Scott Jr–84 Danielo Travanti–78 Michael Eisner–76 “Taylor Dayne”(Leslie Wunderman)–56 Wanda Sykes–54 Jonathon Del Arco–52 Rachel Weisz–48 John “Peter” Sarsgaard–47 ; 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone
March 5
Happy Birthday RIP Reginald “Rex” Harrison(1908–1990) Andrew Gibb(1958–1988) “Teena Marie”(Mary Brockert 1956–2010) James Noble(1922–2016) ; Robert Dean Stockwell-82 Fred Williamson–80 Murray Head–72 Lloyd Michael Warren-72 Elaine Paige(Bickerstaff)-70 Edmond “Eddy” Grant-70 Marsha Warfield-64 Penn Jillette-63 Kevin Connolly-44 Eva Mendes-44 ; 1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake ; 1946 – Winston Churchill coins the phrase “Iron Curtain” in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri
March 4
Happy Birthday RIP Dorothy Mackaill(1903–1990) Bobbi Kristina Brown(1993–2015) ; Paula Prentiss(Ragusa)–80 Catherine O’Hara–64 Adrian Zmed–64 Patricia Heaton–60 Steven Weber–57 Stacy Edwards–53 Chastity “Chaz” Bono–49 Joshua Bowman–30 ; 1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect The USA Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.; 1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated 1974 – People Magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
March 3
Happy Birthday RIP Alexander Graham Bell(1847–1922) George Pullman(1831–1897) Harlean Carpenter(“Jean Harlow” 1911–1937) Perry Ellis(1940–1986) James Doohan(1920–2005) ; Jennifer Warnes–71 Miranda Richardson–60 Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer–48 David Faustino–44 Jessica Biel–36 ; 1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York ; 1923 – Time magazine, founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, was first published
March 2
Happy Birthday RIP Theodor Geisel(“Dr Seuss” 1904–1991) Karen Carpenter(1950–1983) ; Desiderio Arnaz y de Acha III(“Desi Arnaz” 1917–1986) ; Mikhail Gorbachyov(Михаи́л Горбачёв)–87 John Irving(Blunt Jr)–76 Cheryl “Gates” McFadden–69 Laraine Newman–66 Jon Bon Jovi(John Bongiovi Jr)–56 Daniel Craig–50 Christopher Martin–41 Bryce Dallas Howard–37 ; 1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women ; 1917 – Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship ; 1933 – The film King Kong opens at New York’s Radio City Music Hall ; 1949 – The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut
March 1
Happy Birthday RIP Alton Glenn Miller(1904–1944) James “David” Niven(1910–1983) Harry Caray(Harry Carabina 1914–1998) Frances “Dinah” Shore (1916–1994) Alan Thicke(Jeffrey 1947–2016) ; Robert Clary(Widerman)–92 Harold “Harry” Belafonte Jr–91 “Robert Conrad”(Konrad Falkowski)–83 Roger Daltrey–74 Catherine Bach(Bachman)–64 Ronald Howard–64 James Timothy Daly–62 George Eads–51 Javier Bardem–49 Mark–Paul Gosselaar–44 Antonio Sabato Jr.-44 Jensen Ackles–40 Mark Cirillo–40 Kesha Sebert–31 Justin Bieber–24 ; 1790 – The first United States census is authorized by Congress ; 1932 – the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from their family home near Hopewell, N.J.
February 28
Happy Birthday RIP Samuel “Zero” Mostel(1915–1977) Charles Durning(1923–2012) ; Gavin MacLeod(Allan See)–87 Mario Andretti–78 Bernadette Peters(Lazzara)–70 Gilbert Gottfried–63 John Turturro–61 Cynthia “Cindy” Wilson–61 Alison “Ali” Larter–42 ; 1827 – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight ; 1935 – DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents Nylon ; 1954 –The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public