Daily History Blog

Tag Archives: History

March 22

Happy Birthday RIP Leonard “Chico” Marx (1887–1961) Louis L’Amour(LaMoore 1908–1988) Marcel Marceau(Mangel 1923–2007) “Karl Malden”(Mladen Sekulovich 1912–2009) ; Stephen Sondheim–89 William Shatner–88 Michael Emmet Walsh–84 George Benson–76 Wolf Blitzer–71 Andrew Lloyd Webber–71 Robert “Bob” Costas–67 Lena Olin–64 Stephanie Mills–62 Matthew Modine–60 Keegan-Michael Kay–48 Cole Hauser–44 Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon–43 Constance Wu–37 ; 1882 – Congress outlawed polygamy ; 1963 – The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom ; 1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path

March 21

Happy Birthday RIP James Coco(1930–1987) ; Timothy Dalton–73 “Eddie Money”(Edward Mahoney)–70 Leonard Gary Oldman–61 Matthew Broderick–57 Roseann “Rosie” O’Donnell–57 Jaye Davidson–51 Scott Eastwood(Reeves)–33 ; 1963 – Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates ; 2006 – Jack Dorsey sends first Twitter message “just setting up my twttr”

March 20

Happy Birthday RIP Fred Rogers(1928–2003) Jerry Reed(Hubbard 1937–2008) ; Carl Reiner–97 “Hal Linden”(Harold Lipshitz)–88 Martin Brian Mulroney–80 William Hurt–69 Shelton “Spike” Lee–62 Holly Hunter–61 Kathleen “Kathy” Ireland–56 Michael Rapaport–49 Dean Geyer–33 ; 1996 – A jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their millionaire parents. (They are serving life without parole) ; 1997 – Liggett Group settled 22 state lawsuits by admitting the industry markets cigarettes to teenagers and agreeing to warn on every pack that smoking is addictive. #AriesCelebs

March 19

Happy Birthday RIP Eleanor “Betty” Compson(1897–1974) Fred Berry(1951–2003) ; Renee Taylor(Wexler)s–86 Ursula Andress–83 Ruth Pointer–73 Glenda “Glenn” Close–72 Harvey Weinstein–67 Walter Bruce Willis–64 ; 1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time. ; 1931 – Nevada legalized gambling ; 1953 – The Academy Awards was televised for first time from NBC International Theater in NYC ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOtp4dli7-4 )

March 18

Happy Birthday RIP John Updike(1932–2009) Peter Graves(Aurness 1926–2010) Ernest Gallo(1909–2007) ; Kevin Dobson–76 Bradford Dourif–69 Irene Cara Escalera–60 Vanessa Lynn Williams–56 “Queen Latifah”(Dana Owens)–49 Dane Cook–47 Adam Levine–40 ; 1931 – Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor

March 17

Happy Birthday RIP Nathaniel Adams Coles(“Nat King Cole” 1919–1965) Paul Kantner(1941–2016) ; Patrick Duffy–70 Kurt Russell–68 Lesley Anne Down–65 Gary Sinise–64 Robert “Rob” Lowe–55 Paige Hemmis(Huff)–47 Brittany Daniel–43 ; 1969 – Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel : 1985 – Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the “Night Stalker”, commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles, California murder spree

March 16

Happy Birthday RIP Henry Youngman(1906–1998) Thelma “Pat” Nixon(1912–1993) “Jerry Lewis”(Joseph Levitch 1926–2017) ; Charles “Chuck” Woolery–78 Henry “Erik” Estrada–70 Victor Garber–70 Nancy Wilson–65 Jerome Flynn–56 Lauren Graham–52 Alan Tudyk–48 ; 1850 – “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published

March 15

Happy Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg–86 Judd Hirsch–84 Michael Love–78 David Cronenberg–76 Daniel Dee Snider–64 Park Overall–62 Fabio Lanzoni–60 Terence Trent “D’Arby” Howard–57 Kennedy “Rockwell” Gordy–55 Mark McGrath–51 Mark Hoppus–47 Eva Longoria–44 William Adams Jr(“will.i.am”)–44 Kellan Lutz–34 ; 1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated ; 1985 – The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com)

March 14

Happy Birthday RIP Albert Einstein(1879–1955) Diane Arbus(1923–1971) ; Quincy Jones Jr–86 “Michael Caine”(Maurice Micklewhite)–86 William “Billy” Crystal–71 Rigdon “Rick” Dees–69 Jerry Greenfield–68 Adrian Zmed–65 Kevin Williamson–54 James Frain–51 Frederick “Chris” Klein–40 Jordan Taylor Hanson–36 Jamie Bell–33 ; 1794 – Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin ; Pi day π 3.14 (started 2009)

March 13

Happy Birthday RIP Paul Stewart(Sternberg 1908–1986) Joseph Peter Breck(1929–2012) ; Neil Sedaka–80 María Molina Baeza(“Charo”)–78 William Hall Macy Jr–69 Kathy Hilton(Kathleen Avanzino)–60 Daniel Masterson–43 Noel Fisher–35 Emile Hirsch–34 ; 1639 – Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard ; 1781 – The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel ; 1963 – Police in Phoenix, Arizona arrest Ernesto Miranda and charge him with kidnap and rape. His conviction is ultimately set aside by the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona which found that his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights had been violated during his arrest and trial for armed robbery, kidnapping, and rape