Happy March Birthdays

What happened on your birthday?

March 02

Famous Births 1316 Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90) 1769 DeWitt Clinton (Governor/Senator-NY) 1793 Sam Houston 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) 1824 Bedrich Friedrich Smetana Bohemian composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau) 1829 Carl Schurz Major General (Union volunteers) journalist/political reformer/Civil War general 1904 Dr Seuss [Theodor Geisel] children's book author 1917 Desi Arnaz Santiago Cuba, singer/actor 1919 Jennifer Jones [Phyllis Isley] Tulsa OK, actress 1931 Mikhail S Gorbachev Privolnoye USSR, Soviet Secretary-General (1985-91) 1931 Tom Wolfe Richmond VA, journalist/author (Right Stuff) 1943 George Benson jazz/blues guitarist 1949 Eddie Money [Mahoney] Brooklyn NY, singer/guitarist 1950 Karen Carpenter New Haven CT, vocalist/drummer 1962 Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi] Perth Amboy NJ, rocker Famous Deaths 1930 David H Lawrence poet/writer 1939 Howard Carter British archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65 1985 Sir Michael Redgrave actor/writer dies at 77 of Parkinson's disease 1987 Randolph Scott actor (Fort Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), dies at 89 1992 Sandy Dennis actress (Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 54 Historical Events 1629 English King Charles I leaves house of commons 1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston 1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico 1865 General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough 1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared President despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory 1923 Time magazine debuts 1933 "King Kong" premieres at Radio City Music Hall & RKO Roxy NYC 1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha 1937 Mexico nationalizes oil 1939 Mass Legislature votea to ratify the Bill of Rights; 147 years late 1944 16th Academy Awards: "Casablanca", Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win 1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government 1946 Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam 1950 Silly Putty invented 1964 Beatles begin filming "A Hard Day's Night", George Harrison meets Patti Boyd 1968 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (USA) 1988 Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP

March 07

Famous Births 1543 Johan Casimir count of Rhine (occupied Gent) 1659 Henry Purcell English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) 1707 Stephen Hopkins (Governor-RI) signed Declaration of Independence 1832 Orlando Metcalfe Poe Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 1849 Luther Burbank Lancaster MA, horticulturist 1930 Anthony Armstrong-Jones [Earl of Snowdon] London England, photographer 1934 Willard Scott weather forecaster (Today Show) 1938 Janet Guthrie race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indy 500 1940 Daniel J Travanti Kenosha WI, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues) 1942 Michael Eisner Mount Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney) 1942 Tammy Faye Bakker gospel singer/wife of Jim Bakker (PTL) 1950 Franco Harris NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1969 Anthony Davis NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs) 1962 Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi] Perth Amboy NJ, rocker Famous Deaths 1985 Robert W Woodruff CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95 1986 Jacob K Javits (Senator-Republican-NY), dies in Palm Beach FL at 81 Historical Events 1530 King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church 1835 HMS Beagle returns from Concepción to Valparaiso 1847 US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico 1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone 1911 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border 1911 Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma CA, patents coin-operated locker 1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 1918 President Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal 1933 Game of "Monopoly" invented 1935 Saar incorporated into Germany 1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 1944 Japans begins offensive in Burma 1945 Cologne taken by allied armies 1945 US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine 1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate

March 12

Famous Births 1710 Thomas Augustine Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia) 1831 Clement Studebaker automobile pioneer (Studebaker) 1890 Vaslav Nijinsky Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) 1922 Jack Kerouac Beat writer (Dharma Bums, On the Road, Mexico Blues) 1923 Walter M Schirra Jr Hackensack NJ, Captain USN/astronaut (Mercury 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7) 1938 Johnny Rutherford auto racer (26 championship races) 1946 Liza Minnelli Hollywood CA, singer/actress 1948 James Taylor Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist 1950 Jon Provost actor (Timmy-Lassie)) 1963 John Andretti race car driver 1943 George Benson jazz/blues guitarist 1949 Eddie Money [Mahoney] Brooklyn NY, singer/guitarist 1950 Karen Carpenter New Haven CT, vocalist/drummer 1962 Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi] Perth Amboy NJ, rocker Famous Deaths 0417 Innocent I Italian Pope (401-417), dies 0604 Gregory I the Great Pope (590-604), dies at 64 1507 Cesare Borgia cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 1914 George Westinghouse US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67 1945 Anne Frank diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp Historical Events 1622 Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint 1689 Former English King James II lands in Ireland 1789 US Post Office established 1850 1st US $20 gold piece issued 1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low 1933 FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat" 1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) 1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism 1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24) 1969 Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London

March 13

Famous Births 1929 Peter Breck Rochester NY, actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji) 1939 Neil Sedaka Brooklyn NY, singer/songwriter (Breaking Up is Hard to Do) 1943 Stephen Vincent Benet writer Famous Deaths 1901 Benjamin Harrison 23rd President (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at 67 Historical Events 1519 Cortez lands in México 1639 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly 1861 Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers 1865 US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service 1868 Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial 1935 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain 1945 Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands 1965 Beatles' "Eight Days a Week" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks

March 21

Famous Births 1685 Johann Sebastian Bach Eisenach Germany, composer 1816 Charlotte Bronte novelist/poet 1839 Modest Mussorgsky composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mountain) 1869 Florenz Ziegfeld producer (Ziegfield Follies) 1906 John D Rockefeller III billionaire philanthropist (oil) 1962 Matthew Broderick New York NY, actor Famous Deaths 1556 Thomas Cranmer archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 1987 Dean Paul Martin actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35 1991 Leo Fender inventor (Fender guitar), dies 1991 Rajiv Gandhi former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46 1992 John Ireland actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78 1994 Macdonald Carey actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81 Historical Events 1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly 1861 Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers 1865 US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service 1868 Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial 1935 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain 1945 Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands 1965 Beatles' "Eight Days a Week" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks

March 23

Famous Births 1818 Don Carlos Buell Major General (Union volunteers), 1823 Schuyler Colfax (R) 17th Vice President (1869-73) 1908 Joan Crawford [Lucille Fay LeSueur] San Antonio TX, actress 1929 Roger Bannister England, 1st to run a 4 minute mile (May 6, 1954) 1970 Carl Pickens NFL wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals) 1990 Eugenie Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguson Famous Deaths 1862 Karl Robert von Nesselrode German chancellor, dies at 81 1964 Peter Lorre actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59 1987 Dean Paul Martin musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29 Historical Events 1708 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth 1743 George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London 1775 Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" 1806 Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast 1808 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain 1912 Dixie Cup invented 1919 Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy 1919 Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms 1929 1st telephone installed in White House 1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine 1945 Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Okinawa

March 25

Famous Births 1133 Henry II King of England (1154-89) 1867 Gutzon Borglum sculptor (Mount Rushmore) 1881 Béla Bartók Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) 1940 Anita Bryant Barnsdall OK, Miss Oklahoma-America (1958)/singer 1942 Aretha Franklin Memphis TN 1942 Paul Michael Glaser Cambridge MA, actor (Starsky-Starsky & Hutch) 1944 Ross Duncan cricketer (one Test Australia vs England 1971, 1947 Elton John [Reginald Kenneth Dwight] Pinner Middlesex England, singer 1960 Robert Green Omaha NE, tennis star 1965 Sarah Jessica Parker Nelsonville OH, actress 1967 Debi Thomas US, figure skater (Olympics-bronze-1988) 1973 Ray Zellars NFL fullback (New Orleans Saints) Famous Deaths 1918 Claude A Debussy French composer 1995 Warren E Burger chief justice of US (1969-86), dies Historical Events 0001 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word 0031 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus 0421 Friday at 12 Prime Minister: city of Venice founded 1133 William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England 1306 Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland 1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland 1813 1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex 1863 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded 1864 Battle of Paducah KY (Forrest's raid) 1945 US 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen

March 27

Famous Births 1899 Gloria Swanson Chicago IL, actress 1930 David Janssen [Meyer] Naponee NE, actor 1939 Judy Carne comedienne 1940 Cale Yarborough auto racer (Won Daytona 500 4 times-1968, 77, 83, 84) 1958 Bart Connor gymnast/sportscaster (Olympics-gold-1984) 1970 Mariah Carey New York NY, singer Famous Deaths 1482 Maria duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25 1625 James I Stuart king of Scotland (1567)/England (1603-25), dies at 58 Historical Events 1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León sights Florida 1599 Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland 1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends to throne 1708 English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk 1790 The shoelace invented 1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians 1866 Andrew Rankin patents the urinal 1912 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC 1945 Iwo Jima occupied 1964 Earthquake strikes Anchorage AK, 9.2 on Richter scale, 131 die from earthquake and resulting tsunami; this is the most violent eathquake in US history