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Tag Archives: History

March 15

Happy Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg–82 Judd Hirsch–80 Michael Love–74 David Cronenberg–72 Daniel Dee Snider–60 Park Overall–58 Fabio Lanzoni–56 Terence Trent “D’Arby” Howard–53 Kennedy “Rockwell” Gordy–51 Mark Hoppus–43 Eva Longoria–40 William Adams–40 Kellan Lutz–30 ; 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–82 “Michael Caine”(Maurice Micklewhite)–82 William “Billy” Crystal–67 Rigdon “Rick” Dees–65 Jerry Greenfield–64 Kevin Williamson–50 James Frain–47 Frederick “Chris” Klein–36 Jordan Taylor Hanson–32 Jamie Bell–29 ; 1794 – Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.

March 13

Happy Birthday RIP Paul Stewart(Sternberg 1908–1986) Joseph Peter Breck(1929–2012) ; Neil Sedaka–75 William Hall Macy–64 Kathy Hilton–55 Daniel Masterson–38 Noel Fisher–30 Emile Hirsch–29 ; 1781 – The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel ; 1639 – Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard

March 12

Happy Birthday RIP Jean-Louis “Jack” de Kerouac(1922–1969) William ‘Buckwheat’ Thomas Jr(1931–1980) Johnny Palermo(1982–2009) ; Barbara Feldon(Hall)–82 Alwin “Al” Jarreau–75 Liza Minnelli–69 James Taylor–67 Ronald Jeremy Hyatt–62 Aaron Eckhart–47 Samuel Levine–33 ; 1912 – The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.

March 11

Happy Birthday RIP Shemp Howard(Samuel Horwitz 1895–1955) Lawrence Welk(1903–1992) ; Rupert Murdoch–84 Samuel Donaldson–81 Nancy Kovach–80 Mark Metcalf–69 Jerry Zucker–65 Robert “Bobby” McFerrin–65 Susan Richardson–63 Catharina “Nina” Hagen–60 “Lady Chablis”(Benjamin Knox)–58 “Cheryl Lynn”(Lynda Cheryl Smith)–58 David LaChapelle–52 Terrence Howard–46 “Johnny Knoxville”(Philip Clapp)–44 Thora Birch–33 Anton Yelchin–26 ; 1985 – Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party.

March 10

Happy Birthday Carlos “Chuck” Norris–75 Shannon Tweed–58 Sharon Stone–57 Jasmine Guy–53 Prince Edward Windsor–51 Neneh Cherry(Karlsson)–51 Andrei Bregman(“Michael Lucas”)–43 Christopher “Biz” Stone–41 Bree Turner–37 Carrie Underwood–32 ; 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea ; 1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.

March 9

Happy Birthday RIP Raul Julia y Arcelay(1940–1994) ; Charles Gibson–72 Jeffrey Osborne–67 Faith Daniels(Augustine)–58 Martin Fry–57 Juliette Binoche–51 Emmanuel Lewis–44 Kerr Smith–43 Brittney Snow–29 ; 1959 – Mattel’s Barbie doll made its public debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York created by Ruth Handler.

March 8

Happy Birthday RIP Lynn Redgrave(1943–2010) Alan Hale Mackahan Jr(1921–1990) “Cyd Charisse”(Tula Finklea 1921–2008) ; George Michael Dolenz Jr–70 John Kapelos–59 Gary Numan(Webb)–57 Lester Holt Jr–56 Aidan Quinn–56 Debra “Camryn” Manheim–54 Freddie Prinze Jr–39 James Van Der Beek Jr–38 Nicholas Zano–37 ; 1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded ; 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule ; 1974 – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France

March 7

Happy Birthday Willard Scott Jr–81 Danielo J. Travanti–75 Michael Eisner–73 “Taylor Dayne”(Leslie Wunderman)–53 Wanda Sykes–51 Jonathon Del Arco–49 John “Peter” Sarsgaard–44 ; 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

March 6

Happy Birthday RIP Lou Costello(Louis Cristillo 1906–1959) Edward McMahon(1923–2009) ; Alan Greenspan–89 Joanna Miles–75 David Gilmour–69 Robert Reiner–68 James Saito–60 Thomas Arnold–56 Constance Womack(“Connie Britton”)–48 Shaquille O’Neal–43 ; 1820 – The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free ; 1899 – Bayer registers “Aspirin” as a trademark