Today in History - Feb 27th
Today's Birthdays
1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (The Song of Hiawatha, Paul Revere’s Ride) died Mar 24, 1882
1886 Hugo (Lafayette) Black, Supreme Court Justice, died Sep 25, 1971
1892 William Demarest, actor (My Three Sons) died December 28, 1983
1897 Marion Anderson, African-American operatic contralto; April 8, 1993
1902 John (Ernst) Steinbeck, writer (The Grapes of Wrath) died Dec 20, 1968
1913 Irwin Shaw (Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff), novelist (Rich Man Poor Man) died May 16, 1984
1917 John Connally, former governor of Texas (shot during Kennedy assassination in 1963) died June 15, 1993
1923 Dexter Gordon, jazz saxophonist, died April 25, 1990
1927 James (Leo) Herlihy, writer (Midnight Cowboy, Season of the Witch) died Oct 20, 1993
1927 Guy Mitchell (Al Cernick), singer (Singing the Blues) died July 1, 1999
1927 Lynn Cartwright, actress (A League of Their Own) died January 2, 2004
1930 Joanne Woodward, actress (The Three Faces of Eve, Sybil, Philadelphia)
1932 Elizabeth Taylor, actress (Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, National Velvet, Cleopatra)
1933 Ray Berry, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver (Baltimore Colts)
1934 Ralph Nader, consumer advocate/Presidential candidate
1940 Howard Hesseman, actor (WKRP in Cincinnati, Head of the Class)
1945 Carl Anderson, singer/actor (Jesus Christ Superstar) died February 23, 2004
1948 Eddie Gray, guitarist (Tommy James & The Shondells)
1954 Neal Schon, guitarist (Santana, Journey)
1957 Adrian Smith, guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1959 Johnny Van Zant, singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1960 Paul Humphreys, keyboardist (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
1962 Adam Baldwin, actor (Wyatt Earp, Radio Flyer, Full Metal Jacket, Firefly/Serenity, Chuck)
1962 Grant Show, actor (Melrose Place, Beverly Hills 90210)
1965 Noah Emmerich, actor (The Truman Show, Cop Land, Frequency, Windtalkers)
1966 Donal Logue, actor (The Tao of Steve, Ghost Rider, The Patriot)
1971 Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, singer (TLC)
1976 Tony Gonzalez, NFL tight end (Kansas City Chiefs)
1980 Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary
1981 Josh Groban, singer
1983 Kate Mara, actress (Brokeback Mountain, 24, We Are Marshall, Shooter)
Today's Deaths in History
1902 Harry "Breaker" Morant, Australian soldier, executed in Boer War at 37
1936 Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist (Pavlov's dogs) dies at 86
1968 Frankie Lymon, singer (Why Do Fools Fall in Love) dies at 25
1985 Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator/Ambassador (R-Mass) dies at 82
1986 Jacques Plante, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (NY Rangers) dies at 57
1993 Lillian Gish, actress (Birth of a Nation) dies at 99
1998 J. T. Walsh, actor (A Few Good Men, Pleasantville, The Negotiator, Outbreak) dies at 54
2003 Fred Rogers, TV host (Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood) dies at 74
2006 Robert Lee Scott, Jr., U.S. General (Flying Tigers) dies at 97
2007 Bobby Rosengarden, jazz drummer, dies at 82
2008 William F. Buckley, author/commentator (National Review) dies at 82
Today in History
1801 The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.
1861 Russian troops fired on a crowd in Warsaw that was protesting Russian rule over Poland; five marchers were killed.
1867 Dr. William G. Bonwill of Philadelphia, PA invented the dental mallet.
1883 Oscar Hammerstein of New York City patented the first practical cigar-rolling machine.
1922 Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convened the first National Radio Conference in Washington, D.C.
1922 A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, was rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1933 Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, caught fire; the Nazis, blaming the Communists, used the fire as a pretext for suspending civil liberties.
1939 The Supreme Court outlawed sit-down strikes.
1942 Notre Dame football coach Frank Leahy announced his intention to concentrate on the T formation instead of the famous Knute Rockne ‘Notre Dame shift.’
1946 The fourth of the “Road” films, Road to Utopia, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and Robert Benchley, opened in New York City.
1955 Billboard announced that seven-inch, 45-rpm singles were outselling 78-rpm singles for the first time in the U.S.
1960 The Family Circle (later renamed Family Circus) comic strip debuted in newspapers.
1963 Mickey Mantle signed a $100,000 contract with the New York Yankees.
1967 Pink Floyd recorded "Arnold Layne," their first single.
1970 Simon and Garfunkel received a gold record for the single, "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
1972 President Richard M. Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued the Shanghai Communique at the conclusion of Nixon's historic visit to China, a step toward the eventual normalization of relations between the two countries.
1973 Members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), together with a number of local and traditional Native Americans, began a 72-day occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children.
1974 People magazine was first published wit an initial run of one million copies.
1982 Wayne B. Williams was found guilty of murdering two of the 28 young blacks whose bodies were found in the Atlanta area over a 22-month period.
1985 Dale Berra started his first day as a New York Yankee, marking the first significant father-son combination in major-league baseball.
1986 The U.S. Senate approved telecasts of its debates on a trial basis.
1987 The longest-running program on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), Washington Week In Review, celebrated its 20th anniversary.
1990 The Exxon Corporation and Exxon Shipping were indicted on five criminal counts relating to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
1991 At 9 p.m. (EST), U.S. President George Bush announced that Kuwait had been liberated and offensive combat operations had ceased.
1997 Divorce became legal in Ireland.
1997 Legislation banning most handguns in Britain went into effect.
1998 With the approval of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's House of Lords agreed to end 1,000 years of male preference by giving a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as a first-born son.
2002 Alicia Keys won five Grammy Awards for her debut album, Songs in A Minor, tying the record for a female artist held by Lauryn Hill and since tied by Norah Jones and Beyonce.
2002 A mob of Muslims set fire to a train carrying hundreds of Hindu nationalists in Godhra, India; some 60 people died.
2003 Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic was sentenced by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, to 11 years in prison.
2007 A suicide bomber struck Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, who was rushed to a bomb shelter; twenty-three people were killed.
Chart Toppers
1946
Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
Cross Over the Bridge - Patti Page
Wake Up, Irene - Hank Thompson
1962
Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
The Wanderer - Dion
Norman - Sue Thompson
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)/Everybody is a Star - Sly & The Family Stone
Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
It’s Just a Matter of Time - Sonny James
1978
Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb
Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You - Margo Smith
1986
How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
Kyrie - Mr. Mister
Sara - Starship
There’s No Stopping Your Heart - Marie Osmond
Quote of the Day
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Samuel Butler, composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 - 1902)
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Today in History - Feb 28th
Today's Birthdays
1797 Mary Lyon, educator (founded Mt. Holyoke College) died Mar 5, 1849
1824 Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet), acrobat (first to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope) died in 1897
1901 Linus Pauling, chemist (quantum chemistry) died Aug 19, 1994
1903 Vincente Minnelli (Lester Anthony Minnelli), director (Gigi, An American in Paris) died July 25, 1986
1907 Milton Caniff, cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) died May 3, 1988
1908 Billie Bird, actress (Sixteen Candles, Home Alone) died November 27, 2002
1915 Zero Mostel (Samuel Joel Mostel), actor (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) died Sep 8, 1977
1923 Charles Durning, actor (The Hudsucker Proxy, Tootsie, The Final Countdown, North Dallas Forty, Dog Day Afternoon)
1931 Gavin MacLeod, actor (The Love Boat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, McHale’s Navy, Operation Petticoat, Kelly's Heroes)
1931 Dean Smith, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (North Carolina Tar Heels)
1939 Tommy Tune, dancer/actor (My One and Only, Will Rogers Follies)
1940 Mario Andretti, Indianapolis 500 Hall of Fame driver
1942 Frank Bonner, actor (WKRP in Cincinnati)
1942 Brian Jones (Lewis Hopkin-Jones), singer/rhythm guitarist (The Rolling Stones) died July 3, 1969
1942 Joe South (Souter), guitarist/singer (Down in the Boondocks)
1948 Bernadette Peters (Lazzara), actress (The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven)
1948 Mercedes Ruehl, actress (The Fisher King, Married to the Mob, Big, Radio Days)
1955 Gilbert Gottfried, comedian/actor (Lethal Weapon)
1957 Phil Gould, drummer (Level 42)
1957 John Turturro, actor (Quiz Show, The Color of Money, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?)
1957 Cindy Wilson, singer (B-52s)
1960 Dorothy Stratten, actress/playmate (August 1979, PMOY 1980) murdered by her estranged husband August 14, 1980
1961 Rae Dawn Chong, actress (Soul Man, Quest for Fire, The Color Purple)
1969 Robert Sean Leonard, actor (Dead Poets Society, House M.D.)
1969 Pat Monahan, singer/songwriter (Train)
1970 Daniel Handler, writer (Lemony Snicket)
1972 Rory Cochrane, actor (Empire Records, Dazed and Confused, CSI: Miami)
1973 Eric Lindros, NHL center (NY Rangers)
1976 Ali Larter, actress/model (Varsity Blues, Legally Blonde, Heroes)
1984 Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel (Victoria's Secret)
Today's Deaths in History
1916 Henry James, writer (The Portrait of a Lady) dies at 72
1967 Henry Luce, publisher (Sports Illustrated, Fortune) dies at 68
1977 Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, actor (The Jack Benny Program) dies at 71
1985 David Byron, singer (Uriah Heep) dies at 38
2007 Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., historian, dies at 89
2007 Billy Thorpe, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Children of the Sun) dies at 60
Today in History
1827 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first railroad incorporated for the commercial transportation of people and freight.
1849 The ship California arrived at San Francisco, carrying the first of the gold-seekers.
1849 Regular steamboat service from New York to California via Cape Horn arrived in San Francisco for the first time.
1854 About 50 slavery opponents met in Ripon, Wis., to call for creation of a new political group, which became the Republican Party.
1861 The Territory of Colorado was organized.
1885 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone.
1893 Edward G. Acheson of Monongahela, PA, received a patent for Carborundum.
1935 Nylon was invented by Wallace Carothers.
1940 The first televised basketball game was shown on W2XBS in New York City from Madison Square Garden; Fordham University lost to the University of Pittsburgh, 50-37.
1951 A Senate committee headed by Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., issued a preliminary report saying at least two major crime syndicates were operating in the United States.
1953 Scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes, in a Cambridge University laboratory.
1959 Cash Box magazine, a trade publication for the music/radio industry, began using a red ‘bullet’ on its record charts to indicate those records that have the strongest upward movement each week.
1966 The famous Cavern Club in Liverpool, England closed because of financial difficulties.
1971 Jack Nicklaus won the Professional Golfers Association Championship for the second time.
1972 President Richard Nixon wrapped up an historic week-long visit to China.
1974 The United States and Egypt re-established diplomatic relations after a seven-year break.
1975 A subway train smashed into the end of a tunnel in London's Underground, killing more than 40 people.
1983 The album War by U2 was released.
1983 The final original episode of M*A*S*H, the most watched television program in history, aired on CBS with approximately 125 million people in the U.S. tuned in.
1984 Michael Jackson won eight awards for his allbum Thriller at the Grammys in Los Angeles.
1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death in central Stockholm.
1991 Allied and Iraqi forces suspended their attacks as Iraq pledged to accept all United Nations resolutions concerning Kuwait.
1993 U.S. Federal agents shot it out with members of an armed religious cult near Waco, Texas; four agents from ATF and two cult members were killed and another 12 agents were wounded, starting a 51-day seige of the Branch Davidian compound.
1995 Denver International Airport opened after 16 months of delays and billions of dollars in budget overruns.
1998 Celine Dion’s "My Heart Will Go On" hit #1 in the U.S.
2002 A body found outside San Diego was identified as that of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, who'd disappeared from her bedroom about a month earlier; a neighbor was later convicted of her murder and sentenced to death.
2005 Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigned amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
Melody of Love - Billy Vaughn
The Crazy Otto (Medley) - Johnny Maddox
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
Ruby Baby - Dion
From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
Mama’s Pearl - The Jackson 5
Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion
Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith
1979
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart
Fire - Pointer Sisters
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Every Which Way But Loose - Eddie Rabbitt
1987
Livin’ on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Jacob’s Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News
You Got It All - The Jets
I Can’t Win for Losin’ You - Earl Thomas Conley
Quote of the Day
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
Douglas Adams, humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
Today's Birthdays
1797 Mary Lyon, educator (founded Mt. Holyoke College) died Mar 5, 1849
1824 Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet), acrobat (first to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope) died in 1897
1901 Linus Pauling, chemist (quantum chemistry) died Aug 19, 1994
1903 Vincente Minnelli (Lester Anthony Minnelli), director (Gigi, An American in Paris) died July 25, 1986
1907 Milton Caniff, cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) died May 3, 1988
1908 Billie Bird, actress (Sixteen Candles, Home Alone) died November 27, 2002
1915 Zero Mostel (Samuel Joel Mostel), actor (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) died Sep 8, 1977
1923 Charles Durning, actor (The Hudsucker Proxy, Tootsie, The Final Countdown, North Dallas Forty, Dog Day Afternoon)
1931 Gavin MacLeod, actor (The Love Boat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, McHale’s Navy, Operation Petticoat, Kelly's Heroes)
1931 Dean Smith, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (North Carolina Tar Heels)
1939 Tommy Tune, dancer/actor (My One and Only, Will Rogers Follies)
1940 Mario Andretti, Indianapolis 500 Hall of Fame driver
1942 Frank Bonner, actor (WKRP in Cincinnati)
1942 Brian Jones (Lewis Hopkin-Jones), singer/rhythm guitarist (The Rolling Stones) died July 3, 1969
1942 Joe South (Souter), guitarist/singer (Down in the Boondocks)
1948 Bernadette Peters (Lazzara), actress (The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven)
1948 Mercedes Ruehl, actress (The Fisher King, Married to the Mob, Big, Radio Days)
1955 Gilbert Gottfried, comedian/actor (Lethal Weapon)
1957 Phil Gould, drummer (Level 42)
1957 John Turturro, actor (Quiz Show, The Color of Money, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?)
1957 Cindy Wilson, singer (B-52s)
1960 Dorothy Stratten, actress/playmate (August 1979, PMOY 1980) murdered by her estranged husband August 14, 1980
1961 Rae Dawn Chong, actress (Soul Man, Quest for Fire, The Color Purple)
1969 Robert Sean Leonard, actor (Dead Poets Society, House M.D.)
1969 Pat Monahan, singer/songwriter (Train)
1970 Daniel Handler, writer (Lemony Snicket)
1972 Rory Cochrane, actor (Empire Records, Dazed and Confused, CSI: Miami)
1973 Eric Lindros, NHL center (NY Rangers)
1976 Ali Larter, actress/model (Varsity Blues, Legally Blonde, Heroes)
1984 Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel (Victoria's Secret)
Today's Deaths in History
1916 Henry James, writer (The Portrait of a Lady) dies at 72
1967 Henry Luce, publisher (Sports Illustrated, Fortune) dies at 68
1977 Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, actor (The Jack Benny Program) dies at 71
1985 David Byron, singer (Uriah Heep) dies at 38
2007 Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., historian, dies at 89
2007 Billy Thorpe, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Children of the Sun) dies at 60
Today in History
1827 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first railroad incorporated for the commercial transportation of people and freight.
1849 The ship California arrived at San Francisco, carrying the first of the gold-seekers.
1849 Regular steamboat service from New York to California via Cape Horn arrived in San Francisco for the first time.
1854 About 50 slavery opponents met in Ripon, Wis., to call for creation of a new political group, which became the Republican Party.
1861 The Territory of Colorado was organized.
1885 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone.
1893 Edward G. Acheson of Monongahela, PA, received a patent for Carborundum.
1935 Nylon was invented by Wallace Carothers.
1940 The first televised basketball game was shown on W2XBS in New York City from Madison Square Garden; Fordham University lost to the University of Pittsburgh, 50-37.
1951 A Senate committee headed by Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., issued a preliminary report saying at least two major crime syndicates were operating in the United States.
1953 Scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes, in a Cambridge University laboratory.
1959 Cash Box magazine, a trade publication for the music/radio industry, began using a red ‘bullet’ on its record charts to indicate those records that have the strongest upward movement each week.
1966 The famous Cavern Club in Liverpool, England closed because of financial difficulties.
1971 Jack Nicklaus won the Professional Golfers Association Championship for the second time.
1972 President Richard Nixon wrapped up an historic week-long visit to China.
1974 The United States and Egypt re-established diplomatic relations after a seven-year break.
1975 A subway train smashed into the end of a tunnel in London's Underground, killing more than 40 people.
1983 The album War by U2 was released.
1983 The final original episode of M*A*S*H, the most watched television program in history, aired on CBS with approximately 125 million people in the U.S. tuned in.
1984 Michael Jackson won eight awards for his allbum Thriller at the Grammys in Los Angeles.
1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death in central Stockholm.
1991 Allied and Iraqi forces suspended their attacks as Iraq pledged to accept all United Nations resolutions concerning Kuwait.
1993 U.S. Federal agents shot it out with members of an armed religious cult near Waco, Texas; four agents from ATF and two cult members were killed and another 12 agents were wounded, starting a 51-day seige of the Branch Davidian compound.
1995 Denver International Airport opened after 16 months of delays and billions of dollars in budget overruns.
1998 Celine Dion’s "My Heart Will Go On" hit #1 in the U.S.
2002 A body found outside San Diego was identified as that of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, who'd disappeared from her bedroom about a month earlier; a neighbor was later convicted of her murder and sentenced to death.
2005 Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigned amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
Melody of Love - Billy Vaughn
The Crazy Otto (Medley) - Johnny Maddox
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
Ruby Baby - Dion
From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
Mama’s Pearl - The Jackson 5
Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion
Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith
1979
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart
Fire - Pointer Sisters
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Every Which Way But Loose - Eddie Rabbitt
1987
Livin’ on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Jacob’s Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News
You Got It All - The Jets
I Can’t Win for Losin’ You - Earl Thomas Conley
Quote of the Day
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
Douglas Adams, humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
Today in History - Feb 29th
Today's Birthdays
1468 Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese), 221st Pope, died Nov 10, 1549
1736 Ann Lee (Anne the Word or Mother Anne), religious zealot (Shakerism) died in 1784
1792 Gioacchino Rossini, composer (The Barber of Seville) died Nov 13, 1868
1840 John Philip Holland, inventor (submarine) died Aug 12, 1914
1860 Herman Hollerith, engineer/inventor (first electric tabulating machine) died Nov 17, 1929
1896 William A. (Augustus) Wellman, screenwriter/director (A Star is Born, Westward the Women) died Dec 9, 1975
1904 Jimmy Dorsey, bandleader, died June 12, 1957
1904 Pepper (John Leonard Roosevelt) Martin, MLB third baseman (St. Louis Cardinals ‘Gas House Gang’) died Mar 5, 1965
1916 Dinah (Frances Rose) Shore, singer/entertainer (The Dinah Shore Show) died Feb 24, 1994
1928 Joss Ackland, actor (The Hunt for Red October, White Mischief, Lethal Weapon 2)
1928 Tempest Storm (Annie Blanche Banks), stripper/burlesque star/actress
1936 Jack Lousma, Astronaut Hall of Fame (Skylab, Shuttle Columbia)
1936 Henri Richard, ‘The Pocket Rocket,’ Hockey Hall of Fame center (Montreal Canadiens)
1936 Alex Rocco, actor (The Godfather, Get Shorty, A Bug’s Life)
1940 Gretchen Christopher, singer (The Fleetwoods)
1944 Dennis Farina, actor (Law & Order, Striking Distance, Get Shorty, Saving Private Ryan, Big Trouble)
1952 Tim (Timothy) Powers, science-fiction writer (The Anubis Gates)
1956 Aileen Wuornos, serial killer, executed Oct 9, 2002
1960 Richard Ramirez, serial killer (Night Stalker)
1960 Tony Robbins, motivational speaker
1968 Bryce Paup, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills)
1968 Pete Fenson, Olympic curler
1972 Antonio Sabato Jr., actor (War of the Robots, Thundersquad)
1972 Dave Williams, singer (Drowning Pool) died Aug 14, 2002
1976 Ja Rule, rapper/actor
1980 Simon Gagné, NHL wing (Philadelphia Flyers)
1980 Chris Conley, singer/guitarist (Saves the Day)
1984 Cam Ward, NHL goaltender (Carolina Hurricanes)
Today's Deaths in History
1956 Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, dies at 65
1964 Frank Albertson, actor (It’s a Wonderful Life, Psycho) dies at 55
1980 Gil Elvgren, artist (pin-ups) dies at 65
2004 Jerome Lawrence, playwright/author (Inherit the Wind, Auntie Mame) dies at 88
Today in History
0045 B.C. Julius Caesar added an extra day to the Julian calendar every fourth year upon the advice of astronomer, Sosigenes.
1504 Christopher Columbus, stranded in Jamaica during his fourth voyage to the West, used a correctly predicted lunar eclipse to frighten hostile natives into providing food for his crew.
1704 French forces and Native Americans staged a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 100 men, women, and children.
1904 A seven-man commission was created in Washington, D.C. to hasten the construction of the Panama Canal.
1916 In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers was raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
1936 Fanny Brice brought her little girl character Baby Snooks to radio on The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air on CBS Radio.
1940 Gone with the Wind won eight Oscars at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, including best picture.
1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award, for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind.
1944 The invasion of the Admiralty Islands began as U.S. General Douglas MacArthur led his forces in Operation Brewer.
1944 Dorothy McElroy Vredenburgh became the first woman appointed secretary of a national political party when she was named to the Democratic National Committee.
1944 The Office of Defense Transportation restricted attendance at the Kentucky Derby to residents of the Louisville area to prevent a railroad traffic burden during wartime.
1952 “Walk/Don’t Walk” signs were installed at 44th Street and Broadway in Times Square.
1956 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced that he would run for a second term.
1956 An Islamic Republic was proclaimed in Pakistan.
1960 The first Playboy Club opened at 116 E. Walton, Chicago, IL.
1964 A shuttlecock drive record was set by Frank Rugani, who slammed the birdie 79-feet, 8-1/2 inches in a test at San Jose, CA.
1968 The discovery of the first pulsar, a star which emits regular radio waves, was announced by Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell at Cambridge, England.
1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, also known as the Kerner Commission, warned that racism was causing America to move "toward two societies, one black, one white - separate and unequal."
1972 Swimmer Mark Spitz was named the 1971 James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy winner as the top amateur athlete in America.
1972 Hank Aaron became the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to sign a $200,000 contract.
1980 Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings became the first player in NHL history to score 800 career goals.
1984 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced he would retire as soon as the Liberals could elect another leader.
2000 Six-year old Dedrick Owens shot and killed Kayla Rolland, also six years old, at Theo J. Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Michigan.
2004 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and best director for Peter Jackson, to tie the record held by 1959's Ben-Hur and 1997's Titanic.
2004 Facing rebellion, Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and left for exile in the Central African Republic.
Chart Toppers
1952
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Wondering - Webb Pierce
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Handy Man - Jimmy Jones
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Skip a Rope - Henson Cargill
1976
Theme from S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles
All by Myself - Eric Carmen
Good Hearted Woman - Waylon & Willie
1984
Jump - Van Halen
99 Luftballons - Nena
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Stay Young - Don Williams
1992
To Be with You - Mr. Big
I’m Too Sexy - R*S*F (Right Said Fred)
Remember the Time - Michael Jackson
What’s She Doing Now - Garth Brooks
Quote of the Day
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn Monroe, actress (1926 - 1962)
Today's Birthdays
1468 Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese), 221st Pope, died Nov 10, 1549
1736 Ann Lee (Anne the Word or Mother Anne), religious zealot (Shakerism) died in 1784
1792 Gioacchino Rossini, composer (The Barber of Seville) died Nov 13, 1868
1840 John Philip Holland, inventor (submarine) died Aug 12, 1914
1860 Herman Hollerith, engineer/inventor (first electric tabulating machine) died Nov 17, 1929
1896 William A. (Augustus) Wellman, screenwriter/director (A Star is Born, Westward the Women) died Dec 9, 1975
1904 Jimmy Dorsey, bandleader, died June 12, 1957
1904 Pepper (John Leonard Roosevelt) Martin, MLB third baseman (St. Louis Cardinals ‘Gas House Gang’) died Mar 5, 1965
1916 Dinah (Frances Rose) Shore, singer/entertainer (The Dinah Shore Show) died Feb 24, 1994
1928 Joss Ackland, actor (The Hunt for Red October, White Mischief, Lethal Weapon 2)
1928 Tempest Storm (Annie Blanche Banks), stripper/burlesque star/actress
1936 Jack Lousma, Astronaut Hall of Fame (Skylab, Shuttle Columbia)
1936 Henri Richard, ‘The Pocket Rocket,’ Hockey Hall of Fame center (Montreal Canadiens)
1936 Alex Rocco, actor (The Godfather, Get Shorty, A Bug’s Life)
1940 Gretchen Christopher, singer (The Fleetwoods)
1944 Dennis Farina, actor (Law & Order, Striking Distance, Get Shorty, Saving Private Ryan, Big Trouble)
1952 Tim (Timothy) Powers, science-fiction writer (The Anubis Gates)
1956 Aileen Wuornos, serial killer, executed Oct 9, 2002
1960 Richard Ramirez, serial killer (Night Stalker)
1960 Tony Robbins, motivational speaker
1968 Bryce Paup, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills)
1968 Pete Fenson, Olympic curler
1972 Antonio Sabato Jr., actor (War of the Robots, Thundersquad)
1972 Dave Williams, singer (Drowning Pool) died Aug 14, 2002
1976 Ja Rule, rapper/actor
1980 Simon Gagné, NHL wing (Philadelphia Flyers)
1980 Chris Conley, singer/guitarist (Saves the Day)
1984 Cam Ward, NHL goaltender (Carolina Hurricanes)
Today's Deaths in History
1956 Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, dies at 65
1964 Frank Albertson, actor (It’s a Wonderful Life, Psycho) dies at 55
1980 Gil Elvgren, artist (pin-ups) dies at 65
2004 Jerome Lawrence, playwright/author (Inherit the Wind, Auntie Mame) dies at 88
Today in History
0045 B.C. Julius Caesar added an extra day to the Julian calendar every fourth year upon the advice of astronomer, Sosigenes.
1504 Christopher Columbus, stranded in Jamaica during his fourth voyage to the West, used a correctly predicted lunar eclipse to frighten hostile natives into providing food for his crew.
1704 French forces and Native Americans staged a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 100 men, women, and children.
1904 A seven-man commission was created in Washington, D.C. to hasten the construction of the Panama Canal.
1916 In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers was raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
1936 Fanny Brice brought her little girl character Baby Snooks to radio on The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air on CBS Radio.
1940 Gone with the Wind won eight Oscars at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, including best picture.
1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award, for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind.
1944 The invasion of the Admiralty Islands began as U.S. General Douglas MacArthur led his forces in Operation Brewer.
1944 Dorothy McElroy Vredenburgh became the first woman appointed secretary of a national political party when she was named to the Democratic National Committee.
1944 The Office of Defense Transportation restricted attendance at the Kentucky Derby to residents of the Louisville area to prevent a railroad traffic burden during wartime.
1952 “Walk/Don’t Walk” signs were installed at 44th Street and Broadway in Times Square.
1956 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced that he would run for a second term.
1956 An Islamic Republic was proclaimed in Pakistan.
1960 The first Playboy Club opened at 116 E. Walton, Chicago, IL.
1964 A shuttlecock drive record was set by Frank Rugani, who slammed the birdie 79-feet, 8-1/2 inches in a test at San Jose, CA.
1968 The discovery of the first pulsar, a star which emits regular radio waves, was announced by Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell at Cambridge, England.
1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, also known as the Kerner Commission, warned that racism was causing America to move "toward two societies, one black, one white - separate and unequal."
1972 Swimmer Mark Spitz was named the 1971 James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy winner as the top amateur athlete in America.
1972 Hank Aaron became the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to sign a $200,000 contract.
1980 Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings became the first player in NHL history to score 800 career goals.
1984 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced he would retire as soon as the Liberals could elect another leader.
2000 Six-year old Dedrick Owens shot and killed Kayla Rolland, also six years old, at Theo J. Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Michigan.
2004 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and best director for Peter Jackson, to tie the record held by 1959's Ben-Hur and 1997's Titanic.
2004 Facing rebellion, Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and left for exile in the Central African Republic.
Chart Toppers
1952
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Wondering - Webb Pierce
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Handy Man - Jimmy Jones
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Skip a Rope - Henson Cargill
1976
Theme from S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles
All by Myself - Eric Carmen
Good Hearted Woman - Waylon & Willie
1984
Jump - Van Halen
99 Luftballons - Nena
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Stay Young - Don Williams
1992
To Be with You - Mr. Big
I’m Too Sexy - R*S*F (Right Said Fred)
Remember the Time - Michael Jackson
What’s She Doing Now - Garth Brooks
Quote of the Day
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn Monroe, actress (1926 - 1962)
Today in History - March 1st
Today's Birthdays
1810 Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French composer/pianist, died October 17, 1849
1904 Glenn Miller, bandleader (Moonlight Serenade, In the Mood, Tuxedo Junction) presumed dead after his plane disappeared over the English Channel Dec 15, 1944
1910 (James) David (Graham) Niven, actor (The Pink Panther, The Guns of Navarone, Casino Royale) died July 29, 1983
1914 Harry (Christopher) Caray (Carabina), sportscaster (Chicago Cubs) died Feb 18, 1998
1914 Ralph Waldo Ellison, author/essayist (Invisible Man) died Apr 16, 1994
1920 Max Bentley, Hockey Hall of Fame center (NY Rangers) died January 19, 1984
1922 William Gaines, publisher (Mad magazine) died June 2, 1992
1922 Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, died November 4, 1995
1924 Deke (Donald) Slayton, astronaut (Apollo program) died June 13, 1993
1926 Robert Clary (Widerman), actor (Hogan’s Heroes)
1926 Pete (Alvin) Rozelle, NFL commissioner, died Dec 6, 1996
1927 Harry Belafonte, actor/singer (The Banana Boat Song, Mary’s Boy Child)
1935 Robert Conrad (Konrad Robert Falkowski), actor (The Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep)
1942 Richard Bowman Myers, USAF General/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1944 Roger Daltrey, singer (The Who)
1944 Mike D'Abo, singer (Manfred Mann)
1945 Dirk Benedict, actor (The A-Team, Battlestar Galactica)
1946 Lana Wood, actress (Diamonds Are Forever, Peyton Place)
1947 Alan Thicke, actor (Growing Pains)
1948 Burning Spear, Jamaican singer/musician
1954 Catherine Bach, actress (The Dukes of Hazzard, Cannonball Run 2)
1954 Ron Howard actor/director/producer (From the Earth to the Moon, The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days, American Graffiti, Night Shift, Splash, Cocoon, Backdraft, Apollo 13)
1956 Timothy Daly, actor (Diner, Wings, Private Practice)
1958 Nik Kershaw, singer/musician (Wouldn't It Be Good)
1963 Rob Affuso, drummer (Skid Row)
1967 George Eads, actor (CSI)
1969 Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals)
1969 Javier Bardem, actor (No Country for Old Men)
1973 Ryan Peake, guitarist (Nickelback)
1974 Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Saved By the Bell, NYPD Blue)
1978 Donovan Patton, TV host (Blues Clues)
Today's Deaths in History
1974 Bobby Timmons, jazz pianist, dies at 38
1984 Jackie Coogan, actor (The Kid, Addams Family) dies at 69
1991 Edwin H. Land, inventor/businessman (Polaroid Corporation) dies at 81
2000 Dennis Danell, guitarist (Social Distortion) dies at 38
2006 Johnny Jackson, drummer (Jackson 5) dies at 54
Today in History
1642 Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) became the first incorporated city in the U.S.
1692 Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba were brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
1781 The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
1790 Congress authorized the first U.S. census.
1803 Ohio became the 17th of the United States of America.
1826 J.H. Hackett of New York debuted in Love in a Village at the Park Theatre in New York City; one month later, he played in London, becoming the first American actor to appear abroad.
1845 President John Tyler signed a congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas.
1867 Nebraska became the 37th of the United States of America.
1869 Postage stamps depicting scenes were issued for the first time in the U.S.
1872 Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park.
1873 E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, NY began the manufacturing of the first practical typewriter.
1890 Literary Digest was published for the first time.
1912 Captain Albert Berry of the Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, MO made the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
1928 Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded "Ol’ Man River" for Victor Records. featuring vocalist Paul Robeson.
1932 The 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J.
1937 U.S. Steel raised workers’ wages to $5 a day.
1941 Commercial FM broadcasting began in the U.S. when station W47NV in Nashville, TN started operations.
1949 Joe Louis, ‘The Brown Bomber,’ announced that he was retiring from boxing as world heavyweight boxing champion.
1953 Joseph Stalin suffered a stroke and collapsed, dying four days later.
1954 Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.
1967 Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.), cited for contempt of court for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit, was denied his seat in Congress.
1968 Country music stars Johnny Cash and June Carter were married.
1968 Elton John’s first record, "I’ve Been Loving You," was released by Philips Records in England.
1969 Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball.
1973 The Robert Joffrey Dance Company opened a unique presentation in New York City, featuring music of the Beach Boys, the Deuce Coupe Ballet.
1974 Former Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman and former Attorney General John Mitchell were indicted on obstruction of justice charges related to the Watergate break-in.
1981 Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland (he died 65 days later).
1985 A Beatles song was used for the first time in a U.S. TV commercial, as Lincoln-Mercury paid $100,000 for the rights to use the song "HELP!"
1987 The Boston Celtics defeated Detroit 112-102 to post win number 2,235.
1987 S&H Green Stamps became S&H Green Seals, 90 years after the lick-and-stick stamps were introduced as a way for businesses to bonus their customers.
1990 The Seabrook, N.H., nuclear power plant won federal permission to go on line after two decades of protests and legal struggles.
1992 Sen. Brock Adams, D-Wash., abandoned his re-election campaign after eight women accused him in a Seattle Times report of sexual abuse and harassment.
1999 A United Nations Treaty banning land mines went into effect.
2002 Operation Anaconda began in eastern Afghanistan.
2003 Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service moved to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
2003 Suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad.
2004 Terry Nichols was convicted of state murder charges as an accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
2005 Dennis Rader, the churchgoing family man accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kan., with 10 counts of first-degree murder (Rader later pleaded guilty and received multiple life sentences).
2005 A closely divided Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty for juvenile criminals.
2007 The Army general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center was relieved of command after disclosures about dilapidated buildings and inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers.
2007 Tornadoes swarmed across the southern United States, killing at least 20.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
I Forgot to Remember to Forget - Elvis Presley
1964
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
She Loves You - The Beatles
Dawn (Go Away) - The Four Seasons
Begging to You - Marty Robbins
1972
Without You - Nilsson
Hurting Each Other - Carpenters
Precious and Few - Climax
It’s Four in the Morning - Faron Young
1980
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Yes, I’m Ready - Teri DeSario with K.C.
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
I Ain’t Living Long like This - Waylon Jennings
1988
Father Figure - George Michael
What Have I Done to Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
She’s like the Wind - Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser
I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love - Tanya Tucker
Quote of the Day
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
Today's Birthdays
1810 Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French composer/pianist, died October 17, 1849
1904 Glenn Miller, bandleader (Moonlight Serenade, In the Mood, Tuxedo Junction) presumed dead after his plane disappeared over the English Channel Dec 15, 1944
1910 (James) David (Graham) Niven, actor (The Pink Panther, The Guns of Navarone, Casino Royale) died July 29, 1983
1914 Harry (Christopher) Caray (Carabina), sportscaster (Chicago Cubs) died Feb 18, 1998
1914 Ralph Waldo Ellison, author/essayist (Invisible Man) died Apr 16, 1994
1920 Max Bentley, Hockey Hall of Fame center (NY Rangers) died January 19, 1984
1922 William Gaines, publisher (Mad magazine) died June 2, 1992
1922 Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, died November 4, 1995
1924 Deke (Donald) Slayton, astronaut (Apollo program) died June 13, 1993
1926 Robert Clary (Widerman), actor (Hogan’s Heroes)
1926 Pete (Alvin) Rozelle, NFL commissioner, died Dec 6, 1996
1927 Harry Belafonte, actor/singer (The Banana Boat Song, Mary’s Boy Child)
1935 Robert Conrad (Konrad Robert Falkowski), actor (The Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep)
1942 Richard Bowman Myers, USAF General/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1944 Roger Daltrey, singer (The Who)
1944 Mike D'Abo, singer (Manfred Mann)
1945 Dirk Benedict, actor (The A-Team, Battlestar Galactica)
1946 Lana Wood, actress (Diamonds Are Forever, Peyton Place)
1947 Alan Thicke, actor (Growing Pains)
1948 Burning Spear, Jamaican singer/musician
1954 Catherine Bach, actress (The Dukes of Hazzard, Cannonball Run 2)
1954 Ron Howard actor/director/producer (From the Earth to the Moon, The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days, American Graffiti, Night Shift, Splash, Cocoon, Backdraft, Apollo 13)
1956 Timothy Daly, actor (Diner, Wings, Private Practice)
1958 Nik Kershaw, singer/musician (Wouldn't It Be Good)
1963 Rob Affuso, drummer (Skid Row)
1967 George Eads, actor (CSI)
1969 Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals)
1969 Javier Bardem, actor (No Country for Old Men)
1973 Ryan Peake, guitarist (Nickelback)
1974 Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Saved By the Bell, NYPD Blue)
1978 Donovan Patton, TV host (Blues Clues)
Today's Deaths in History
1974 Bobby Timmons, jazz pianist, dies at 38
1984 Jackie Coogan, actor (The Kid, Addams Family) dies at 69
1991 Edwin H. Land, inventor/businessman (Polaroid Corporation) dies at 81
2000 Dennis Danell, guitarist (Social Distortion) dies at 38
2006 Johnny Jackson, drummer (Jackson 5) dies at 54
Today in History
1642 Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) became the first incorporated city in the U.S.
1692 Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba were brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
1781 The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
1790 Congress authorized the first U.S. census.
1803 Ohio became the 17th of the United States of America.
1826 J.H. Hackett of New York debuted in Love in a Village at the Park Theatre in New York City; one month later, he played in London, becoming the first American actor to appear abroad.
1845 President John Tyler signed a congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas.
1867 Nebraska became the 37th of the United States of America.
1869 Postage stamps depicting scenes were issued for the first time in the U.S.
1872 Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park.
1873 E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, NY began the manufacturing of the first practical typewriter.
1890 Literary Digest was published for the first time.
1912 Captain Albert Berry of the Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, MO made the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
1928 Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded "Ol’ Man River" for Victor Records. featuring vocalist Paul Robeson.
1932 The 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J.
1937 U.S. Steel raised workers’ wages to $5 a day.
1941 Commercial FM broadcasting began in the U.S. when station W47NV in Nashville, TN started operations.
1949 Joe Louis, ‘The Brown Bomber,’ announced that he was retiring from boxing as world heavyweight boxing champion.
1953 Joseph Stalin suffered a stroke and collapsed, dying four days later.
1954 Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.
1967 Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.), cited for contempt of court for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit, was denied his seat in Congress.
1968 Country music stars Johnny Cash and June Carter were married.
1968 Elton John’s first record, "I’ve Been Loving You," was released by Philips Records in England.
1969 Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball.
1973 The Robert Joffrey Dance Company opened a unique presentation in New York City, featuring music of the Beach Boys, the Deuce Coupe Ballet.
1974 Former Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman and former Attorney General John Mitchell were indicted on obstruction of justice charges related to the Watergate break-in.
1981 Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland (he died 65 days later).
1985 A Beatles song was used for the first time in a U.S. TV commercial, as Lincoln-Mercury paid $100,000 for the rights to use the song "HELP!"
1987 The Boston Celtics defeated Detroit 112-102 to post win number 2,235.
1987 S&H Green Stamps became S&H Green Seals, 90 years after the lick-and-stick stamps were introduced as a way for businesses to bonus their customers.
1990 The Seabrook, N.H., nuclear power plant won federal permission to go on line after two decades of protests and legal struggles.
1992 Sen. Brock Adams, D-Wash., abandoned his re-election campaign after eight women accused him in a Seattle Times report of sexual abuse and harassment.
1999 A United Nations Treaty banning land mines went into effect.
2002 Operation Anaconda began in eastern Afghanistan.
2003 Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service moved to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
2003 Suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad.
2004 Terry Nichols was convicted of state murder charges as an accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
2005 Dennis Rader, the churchgoing family man accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kan., with 10 counts of first-degree murder (Rader later pleaded guilty and received multiple life sentences).
2005 A closely divided Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty for juvenile criminals.
2007 The Army general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center was relieved of command after disclosures about dilapidated buildings and inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers.
2007 Tornadoes swarmed across the southern United States, killing at least 20.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
I Forgot to Remember to Forget - Elvis Presley
1964
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
She Loves You - The Beatles
Dawn (Go Away) - The Four Seasons
Begging to You - Marty Robbins
1972
Without You - Nilsson
Hurting Each Other - Carpenters
Precious and Few - Climax
It’s Four in the Morning - Faron Young
1980
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Yes, I’m Ready - Teri DeSario with K.C.
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
I Ain’t Living Long like This - Waylon Jennings
1988
Father Figure - George Michael
What Have I Done to Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
She’s like the Wind - Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser
I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love - Tanya Tucker
Quote of the Day
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
Today in History - March 2nd
Today's Birthdays
1793 Sam Houston, President of Republic of Texas/U.S. Senator/Texas governor, died July 26, 1863
1900 Kurt Weill, German composer (The Threepenny Opera) died April 3, 1950
1904 Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), author (The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham) died Sep 24, 1991
1909 Mel (Melvin Thomas) Ott, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (NY Giants) died Nov 21, 1958
1914 Martin Ritt, director (Norma Rae, Sounder, Hud) died Dec 8, 1990
1917 Desi Arnaz (Desiderio Alberto Arnez y De Acha III), bandleader/singer/actor (I Love Lucy) died Dec 2, 1986
1931 Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union
1931 Tom Wolfe, author (The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Right Stuff)
1938 Lawrence Payton, singer/songwriter (The Four Tops) died June 20, 1997
1942 John Irving, author (Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp)
1942 Lou Reed (Lewis Alan Reed), singer/songwriter/guitarist (Velvet Underground)
1943 Peter Straub, author (Ghost Story, Shadowland)
1948 Rory Gallagher, Irish blues/rock guitarist, died June 14, 1995
1949 Eddie Money (Mahoney), singer/guitarist (Baby Hold On, Take Me Home Tonight)
1949 Gates McFadden, actress (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1950 Karen Carpenter, drummer/singer (The Carpenters) died Feb 4, 1983
1952 Laraine Newman, comedienne/actress (Saturday Night Live)
1955 Jay Osmond, singer (The Osmond Brothers)
1956 John Cowsill, singer (The Cowsills)
1956 Mark Evans, bassist (AC/DC)
1962 Jon Bon Jovi (John Francis Bongiovi), singer/songwriter/guitarist/actor (Bon Jovi; U-571, Pay it Forward)
1968 Daniel Craig, actor (The Road to Perdition, Casinoa Royale)
1977 Chris Martin, singer (Coldplay)
1981 Bryce Dallas Howard, actress (The Village, Lady in the Water, Spiderman 3)
1982 Ben Roethlisberger, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1982 Henrik Lunqvist, NHL goaltender (NY Rangers)
1984 Elizabeth Jagger, model/actress/Mick's daughter
1985 Reggie Bush, NFL running back (New Orleans Saints)
1985 Robert Iler, actor (The Sopranos)
Today's Deaths in History
1930 D. H. Lawrence, English writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover) dies at 44
1982 Philip K. Dick, author (A Scanner Darkly, VALIS) dies at 53
1987 Randolph Scott, actor/director (My Favorite Wife) dies at 89
1992 Sandy Dennis, actress (Splendor in the Grass) dies at 54
1994 Anita Morris, actress (Ruthless People) dies at 50
1999 Dusty Springfield, singer (Wishin’ and Hopin’, Son of a Preacher Man) dies of cancer at 59
2003 Hank Ballard, R&B singer (Hank Ballard and The Midnighters) dies at 66
2004 Mercedes McCambridge, actress (All the King's Men, The Exorcist) dies at 87
2004 Marge Schott, MLB team owner (Cincinnati Reds) dies at 75
2005 Rick Mahler, MLB pitcher (Atlanta Braves) dies at 51
2005 Martin Denny, vibraphonist/marimba (exotica) dies at 93
2006 Jack Wild, British actor (Oliver!, H.R. Pufnstuf) dies at 53
Today in History
1807 Congress outlawed the importing of slaves to the United States, effective the following year.
1866 The Excelsior Needle Company of Wolcottville, Connecticut began making sewing machine needles.
1877 Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote.
1887 The American Trotting Association was organized in Detroit, MI.
1899 Congress established Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state.
1903 The Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opened for business in New York City with 416 rooms.
1917 Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship.
1923 The first issue of the weekly periodical TIME appeared on newsstands.
1925 State and federal highway officials developed a nationwide route-numbering system and adopted the familiar U.S. shield-shaped numbered marker.
1927 Babe Ruth signed a 3-year contract with the New York Yankees for a guarantee of $70,000 a year, becoming baseball’s highest paid player.
1933 The movie King Kong had its world premiere in New York.
1939 The Massachusetts legislature voted to ratify the Bill of Rights, 147 years after the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution had gone into effect.
1940 The first televised intercollegiate track meet was aired by W2XBS in New York City, the action coming live from Madison Square Garden.
1944 The 16th Academy Awards celebration moved from a banquet hall to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
1946 Ho Chi Minh was elected the President of North Vietnam.
1949 An American B-50 Superfortress, the Lucky Lady II, landed at Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop, around-the-world flight.
1953 The Academy Awards were first broadcast on television by NBC.
1958 British geologist Dr. Vivian Fuchs reached McMurdo Sound in the Ross Sea, completing the first crossing of Antarctica by land.
1962 Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points and broke an NBA record as the Philadelphia Warriors beat the New York Knicks 169-147.
1965 The movie version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music had its world premiere in New York.
1974 Stevie Wonder won five Grammy Awards for his album Innervisions and his hit songs, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "Superstition."
1974 U.S. Postage stamps jumped from eight to ten cents for first-class mail.
1978 Czech Vladimír Remek became the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, aboard Soyuz 28.
1984 The first McDonald’s franchise was closed in Des Plaines, IL (it was replcaed with a new drive-in right across the street).
1985 The federal government approved a screening test for AIDS that detected antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood to be excluded from the blood supply.
1987 Government officials reported that the median price for a new home had topped $100,000 for the first time.
1997 It was revealed that Vice President Al Gore had made fund-raising calls for the 1996 election on phones installed in government buildings for that purpose.
1998 Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicated that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
2002 Eleven Israelis were killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.
2004 A series of coordinated blasts in Iraq killed 181 people at shrines in Karbala and Baghdad as thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims gathered for a religious festival.
2005 The number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq reached 1,500.
2006 President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal in New Delhi.
Chart Toppers
1949
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Powder Your Face with Sunshine - Evelyn Knight
Galway Bay - Bing Crosby
Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle - Eddy Arnold
1957
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Teen-Age Crush - Tommy Sands
Butterfly - Charlie Gracie
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
My Girl - The Temptations
The Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail - Buck Owens
1973
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack
Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
Could It Be I’m Falling in Love - Spinners
Rated "X" - Loretta Lynn
1981
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
Woman - John Lennon
Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Southern Rains - Mel Tillis
1989
Straight Up - Paula Abdul
Lost in Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
The Lover in Me - Sheena Easton
I Sang Dixie - Dwight Yoakam
Quote of the Day
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist (1623 - 1662)
Today's Birthdays
1793 Sam Houston, President of Republic of Texas/U.S. Senator/Texas governor, died July 26, 1863
1900 Kurt Weill, German composer (The Threepenny Opera) died April 3, 1950
1904 Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), author (The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham) died Sep 24, 1991
1909 Mel (Melvin Thomas) Ott, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (NY Giants) died Nov 21, 1958
1914 Martin Ritt, director (Norma Rae, Sounder, Hud) died Dec 8, 1990
1917 Desi Arnaz (Desiderio Alberto Arnez y De Acha III), bandleader/singer/actor (I Love Lucy) died Dec 2, 1986
1931 Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union
1931 Tom Wolfe, author (The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Right Stuff)
1938 Lawrence Payton, singer/songwriter (The Four Tops) died June 20, 1997
1942 John Irving, author (Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp)
1942 Lou Reed (Lewis Alan Reed), singer/songwriter/guitarist (Velvet Underground)
1943 Peter Straub, author (Ghost Story, Shadowland)
1948 Rory Gallagher, Irish blues/rock guitarist, died June 14, 1995
1949 Eddie Money (Mahoney), singer/guitarist (Baby Hold On, Take Me Home Tonight)
1949 Gates McFadden, actress (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1950 Karen Carpenter, drummer/singer (The Carpenters) died Feb 4, 1983
1952 Laraine Newman, comedienne/actress (Saturday Night Live)
1955 Jay Osmond, singer (The Osmond Brothers)
1956 John Cowsill, singer (The Cowsills)
1956 Mark Evans, bassist (AC/DC)
1962 Jon Bon Jovi (John Francis Bongiovi), singer/songwriter/guitarist/actor (Bon Jovi; U-571, Pay it Forward)
1968 Daniel Craig, actor (The Road to Perdition, Casinoa Royale)
1977 Chris Martin, singer (Coldplay)
1981 Bryce Dallas Howard, actress (The Village, Lady in the Water, Spiderman 3)
1982 Ben Roethlisberger, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1982 Henrik Lunqvist, NHL goaltender (NY Rangers)
1984 Elizabeth Jagger, model/actress/Mick's daughter
1985 Reggie Bush, NFL running back (New Orleans Saints)
1985 Robert Iler, actor (The Sopranos)
Today's Deaths in History
1930 D. H. Lawrence, English writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover) dies at 44
1982 Philip K. Dick, author (A Scanner Darkly, VALIS) dies at 53
1987 Randolph Scott, actor/director (My Favorite Wife) dies at 89
1992 Sandy Dennis, actress (Splendor in the Grass) dies at 54
1994 Anita Morris, actress (Ruthless People) dies at 50
1999 Dusty Springfield, singer (Wishin’ and Hopin’, Son of a Preacher Man) dies of cancer at 59
2003 Hank Ballard, R&B singer (Hank Ballard and The Midnighters) dies at 66
2004 Mercedes McCambridge, actress (All the King's Men, The Exorcist) dies at 87
2004 Marge Schott, MLB team owner (Cincinnati Reds) dies at 75
2005 Rick Mahler, MLB pitcher (Atlanta Braves) dies at 51
2005 Martin Denny, vibraphonist/marimba (exotica) dies at 93
2006 Jack Wild, British actor (Oliver!, H.R. Pufnstuf) dies at 53
Today in History
1807 Congress outlawed the importing of slaves to the United States, effective the following year.
1866 The Excelsior Needle Company of Wolcottville, Connecticut began making sewing machine needles.
1877 Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote.
1887 The American Trotting Association was organized in Detroit, MI.
1899 Congress established Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state.
1903 The Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opened for business in New York City with 416 rooms.
1917 Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship.
1923 The first issue of the weekly periodical TIME appeared on newsstands.
1925 State and federal highway officials developed a nationwide route-numbering system and adopted the familiar U.S. shield-shaped numbered marker.
1927 Babe Ruth signed a 3-year contract with the New York Yankees for a guarantee of $70,000 a year, becoming baseball’s highest paid player.
1933 The movie King Kong had its world premiere in New York.
1939 The Massachusetts legislature voted to ratify the Bill of Rights, 147 years after the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution had gone into effect.
1940 The first televised intercollegiate track meet was aired by W2XBS in New York City, the action coming live from Madison Square Garden.
1944 The 16th Academy Awards celebration moved from a banquet hall to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
1946 Ho Chi Minh was elected the President of North Vietnam.
1949 An American B-50 Superfortress, the Lucky Lady II, landed at Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop, around-the-world flight.
1953 The Academy Awards were first broadcast on television by NBC.
1958 British geologist Dr. Vivian Fuchs reached McMurdo Sound in the Ross Sea, completing the first crossing of Antarctica by land.
1962 Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points and broke an NBA record as the Philadelphia Warriors beat the New York Knicks 169-147.
1965 The movie version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music had its world premiere in New York.
1974 Stevie Wonder won five Grammy Awards for his album Innervisions and his hit songs, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "Superstition."
1974 U.S. Postage stamps jumped from eight to ten cents for first-class mail.
1978 Czech Vladimír Remek became the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, aboard Soyuz 28.
1984 The first McDonald’s franchise was closed in Des Plaines, IL (it was replcaed with a new drive-in right across the street).
1985 The federal government approved a screening test for AIDS that detected antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood to be excluded from the blood supply.
1987 Government officials reported that the median price for a new home had topped $100,000 for the first time.
1997 It was revealed that Vice President Al Gore had made fund-raising calls for the 1996 election on phones installed in government buildings for that purpose.
1998 Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicated that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
2002 Eleven Israelis were killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.
2004 A series of coordinated blasts in Iraq killed 181 people at shrines in Karbala and Baghdad as thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims gathered for a religious festival.
2005 The number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq reached 1,500.
2006 President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal in New Delhi.
Chart Toppers
1949
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Powder Your Face with Sunshine - Evelyn Knight
Galway Bay - Bing Crosby
Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle - Eddy Arnold
1957
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Teen-Age Crush - Tommy Sands
Butterfly - Charlie Gracie
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
My Girl - The Temptations
The Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail - Buck Owens
1973
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack
Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
Could It Be I’m Falling in Love - Spinners
Rated "X" - Loretta Lynn
1981
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
Woman - John Lennon
Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Southern Rains - Mel Tillis
1989
Straight Up - Paula Abdul
Lost in Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
The Lover in Me - Sheena Easton
I Sang Dixie - Dwight Yoakam
Quote of the Day
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist (1623 - 1662)
Today in History - March 3rd
Today's Birthdays
1831 George Pullman, inventor (railroad sleeping car) died Oct 19, 1897
1847 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (telephone) died Aug 2, 1922
1872 Willie (William Henry) ‘Wee Willie’ Keeler, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (NY Giants, Brooklyn Bridegrooms) died Jan 1, 1923
1911 Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpenter), actress (Platinum Blonde, Bombshell) died June 7, 1937
1920 James Doohan, actor (Star Trek TV series, Star Trek movie series) died July 20, 2005
1934 Gia Scala (Giovanna Sgoglio), actress (Tunnel of Love, The Guns of Navarone) died Apr 30, 1972
1938 Willie Chambers, guitarist/singer (The Chambers Brothers)
1940 Perry Ellis, fashion designer, died May 30, 1986
1942 Mike Pender (Michael John Prendergast), guitarist/singer (The Searchers)
1944 Jance Garfat, bassist/singer (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show)
1947 Jennifer Warnes, singer (Right Time of the Night)
1948 Snowy White, guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
1950 Tim Kazurinsky, actor/comedian/writer (Saturday Night Live, Police Academy series)
1953 Robyn Hitchcock, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Madonna of the Wasps)
1958 Miranda Richardson, actress (The Crying Game, Empire of the Sun)
1962 Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic track and field gold medalist
1962 Herschel Walker, NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings)
1966 Tone-Loc, rapper/actor (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
1968 Brian Leetch, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1970 Julie Bowen, actress (Ed, Boston Legal)
1974 David Faustino, actor (Married... With Children)
1982 Jessica Biel, actress (7th Heaven, Stealth, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry)
1984 Santonio Holmes, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Today's Deaths in History
1706 Johann Pachelbel, German composer (Canon in D) dies at 52
1953 James J. Jeffries, heavyweight boxer, dies at 77
1959 Lou Costello, actor/comedian (Abbott & Costello) dies at 52
1966 William Frawley, actor (I Love Lucy, Miracle on 34th Street) dies at 79
1987 Danny Kaye, actor/singer/dancer/comedian/broadcaster, dies at 74
1991 Arthur Murray, dancer/dance instructor, dies at 95
1993 Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist, dies at 89
1996 Marguerite Duras, French writer (The Lover) dies at 81
1998 Fred Friendly, broadcast executive (CBS News) dies at 82
Today in History
1791 The United States Mint was created by the U.S. Congress.
1817 The Alabama Territory was created by splitting the Mississippi Territory.
1845 The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto, the first time Congress had done so.
1845 Florida became the 27th of the United States of America.
1849 Congress created the Minnesota Territory.
1849 The Home Department, forerunner of the Interior Department, was established.
1863 Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.
1873 The U.S. Congress enacted the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
1875 The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey was played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
1879 Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman to be admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1887 Anne Mansfield Sullivan arrived at the Alabama home of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher of Helen, their blind and deaf 6-year-old daughter.
1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany became the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.
1915 The film The Birth of a Nation debuted in New York City.
1918 Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers, ending Russian participation in World War I.
1931 Cab Calloway and his orchestra recorded "Minnie the Moocher" on Brunswick Records.
1931 "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States.
1933 Mount Rushmore National Memorial ws dedicated.
1939 A new craze began to sweep college campuses: goldfish swallowing.
1945 Superman encountered Batman and Robin for the first time on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
1959 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.
1966 Lou Christie recieved a gold record for his hit "Lightnin’ Strikes."
1969 Apollo 9 was launched on a mission to test the lunar module that was used in the moon landings.
1974 A Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing nearly 350 people.
1985 Kevin McHale from the University of Minnesota set a Boston Celtics scoring record this night as he poured in 56 points in a 138-129 win over the Detroit Pistons.
1985 Women Against Pornography awarded their "Pig Award" to Huggies Diapers, claiming that the television ads had "crossed the line between eye-catching and porn."
1991 Motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police in a scene captured on amateur video.
1992 The nation of Bosnia was established.
2002 Voters in Switzerland approved joining the United Nations, abandoning almost 200 years of formal neutrality.
2005 Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone without stopping or refueling, touching down in central Kansas after a 67-hour, 23,000-mile journey.
2006 Former Republican Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham of California was sentenced by a federal judge to more than eight years in prison for corruption.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bing Crosby
There’s No Tomorrow - Tony Martin
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
A Wonderful Time Up There/It’s Too Soon to Know - Pat Boone
Tequila - The Champs
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
1966
These Boots are Made for Walkin’ - Nancy Sinatra
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
My World is Empty Without You - The Supremes
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford
Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
Another Lonely Song - Tammy Wynette
1982
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
Open Arms - Journey
Shake It Up - The Cars
Lord, I Hope This Day is Good - Don Williams
1990
Escapade - Janet Jackson
Dangerous - Roxette
Roam - The B-52’s
No Matter How High - The Oak Ridge Boys
Quote of the Day
The gods too are fond of a joke.
Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC)
Today's Birthdays
1831 George Pullman, inventor (railroad sleeping car) died Oct 19, 1897
1847 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (telephone) died Aug 2, 1922
1872 Willie (William Henry) ‘Wee Willie’ Keeler, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (NY Giants, Brooklyn Bridegrooms) died Jan 1, 1923
1911 Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpenter), actress (Platinum Blonde, Bombshell) died June 7, 1937
1920 James Doohan, actor (Star Trek TV series, Star Trek movie series) died July 20, 2005
1934 Gia Scala (Giovanna Sgoglio), actress (Tunnel of Love, The Guns of Navarone) died Apr 30, 1972
1938 Willie Chambers, guitarist/singer (The Chambers Brothers)
1940 Perry Ellis, fashion designer, died May 30, 1986
1942 Mike Pender (Michael John Prendergast), guitarist/singer (The Searchers)
1944 Jance Garfat, bassist/singer (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show)
1947 Jennifer Warnes, singer (Right Time of the Night)
1948 Snowy White, guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
1950 Tim Kazurinsky, actor/comedian/writer (Saturday Night Live, Police Academy series)
1953 Robyn Hitchcock, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Madonna of the Wasps)
1958 Miranda Richardson, actress (The Crying Game, Empire of the Sun)
1962 Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic track and field gold medalist
1962 Herschel Walker, NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings)
1966 Tone-Loc, rapper/actor (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
1968 Brian Leetch, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1970 Julie Bowen, actress (Ed, Boston Legal)
1974 David Faustino, actor (Married... With Children)
1982 Jessica Biel, actress (7th Heaven, Stealth, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry)
1984 Santonio Holmes, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Today's Deaths in History
1706 Johann Pachelbel, German composer (Canon in D) dies at 52
1953 James J. Jeffries, heavyweight boxer, dies at 77
1959 Lou Costello, actor/comedian (Abbott & Costello) dies at 52
1966 William Frawley, actor (I Love Lucy, Miracle on 34th Street) dies at 79
1987 Danny Kaye, actor/singer/dancer/comedian/broadcaster, dies at 74
1991 Arthur Murray, dancer/dance instructor, dies at 95
1993 Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist, dies at 89
1996 Marguerite Duras, French writer (The Lover) dies at 81
1998 Fred Friendly, broadcast executive (CBS News) dies at 82
Today in History
1791 The United States Mint was created by the U.S. Congress.
1817 The Alabama Territory was created by splitting the Mississippi Territory.
1845 The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto, the first time Congress had done so.
1845 Florida became the 27th of the United States of America.
1849 Congress created the Minnesota Territory.
1849 The Home Department, forerunner of the Interior Department, was established.
1863 Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.
1873 The U.S. Congress enacted the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
1875 The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey was played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
1879 Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman to be admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1887 Anne Mansfield Sullivan arrived at the Alabama home of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher of Helen, their blind and deaf 6-year-old daughter.
1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany became the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.
1915 The film The Birth of a Nation debuted in New York City.
1918 Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers, ending Russian participation in World War I.
1931 Cab Calloway and his orchestra recorded "Minnie the Moocher" on Brunswick Records.
1931 "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States.
1933 Mount Rushmore National Memorial ws dedicated.
1939 A new craze began to sweep college campuses: goldfish swallowing.
1945 Superman encountered Batman and Robin for the first time on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
1959 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.
1966 Lou Christie recieved a gold record for his hit "Lightnin’ Strikes."
1969 Apollo 9 was launched on a mission to test the lunar module that was used in the moon landings.
1974 A Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing nearly 350 people.
1985 Kevin McHale from the University of Minnesota set a Boston Celtics scoring record this night as he poured in 56 points in a 138-129 win over the Detroit Pistons.
1985 Women Against Pornography awarded their "Pig Award" to Huggies Diapers, claiming that the television ads had "crossed the line between eye-catching and porn."
1991 Motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police in a scene captured on amateur video.
1992 The nation of Bosnia was established.
2002 Voters in Switzerland approved joining the United Nations, abandoning almost 200 years of formal neutrality.
2005 Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone without stopping or refueling, touching down in central Kansas after a 67-hour, 23,000-mile journey.
2006 Former Republican Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham of California was sentenced by a federal judge to more than eight years in prison for corruption.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bing Crosby
There’s No Tomorrow - Tony Martin
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
A Wonderful Time Up There/It’s Too Soon to Know - Pat Boone
Tequila - The Champs
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
1966
These Boots are Made for Walkin’ - Nancy Sinatra
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
My World is Empty Without You - The Supremes
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford
Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
Another Lonely Song - Tammy Wynette
1982
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
Open Arms - Journey
Shake It Up - The Cars
Lord, I Hope This Day is Good - Don Williams
1990
Escapade - Janet Jackson
Dangerous - Roxette
Roam - The B-52’s
No Matter How High - The Oak Ridge Boys
Quote of the Day
The gods too are fond of a joke.
Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC)
Today in History - March 4th
Today's Birthdays
1888 Knute Rockne, College Football Hall of Fame coach (Notre Dame) killed in plane crash Mar 31, 1931
1895 Shemp Howard, comedian (Three Stooges) died November 22, 1955
1906 Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr., businessman (Walgreen) February 10, 2007
1909 Harry Helmsley, businessman (Helmsley Hotels) died Jan 4, 1997
1913 John Garfield (Jacob Julius Garfinkle), actor (Destination Tokyo, The Postman Always Rings Twice) died May 21, 1952
1921 Joan Greenwood, actress (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Importance of Being Earnest) died Feb 27, 1987
1932 Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, car designer, died April 4, 2001
1934 Barbara McNair, singer/actress (They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!) Feb 4, 2007
1934 Anne Haney, actress (Mrs Doubtfire, Mama's Family) died May 26, 2001
1936 Jim Clark, Indy car racer, killed in crash Apr 7, 1968
1938 Paula Prentiss (Ragusa), actress (What’s New Pussycat, The Stepford Wives)
1942 Charles C. Krulak, 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
1944 Bobby Womack, singer/songwriter (If You Think You’re Lonely Now)
1947 Gwen Welles, actress (Nashville, Star 80) died October 13, 1993
1948 Chris Squire, bassist (Yes)
1950 Rick Perry, Texas Governor
1951 Chris Rea, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Fool If You Think It’s Over, Working On It)
1953 Kay Lenz, actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Death Wish 4)
1954 Catherine O’Hara, comedian/actress (A Simple Twist of Fate, Home Alone series, Dick Tracy, Beetlejuice)
1954 Adrian Zmed, actor (Bachelor Party, Grease 2)
1955 Rowland Charles "Boon" Gould, guitarist (Level 42)
1958 Patricia Heaton, actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)
1960 Mykelti Williamson, actor (Forrest Gump, Streets of Fire, Con Air)
1961 Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini, lightweight boxing champion
1961 Steven Weber, actor (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Wings)
1963 Jason Newsted, bassist (Metallica)
1965 Stacy Edwards, actress (Superbad, The Next Best Thing)
1966 Patrick Hannan, drummer (The Sundays)
1967 Evan Dando, singer (Lemonheads)
1968 Patsy Kensit, actress (Lethal Weapon 2, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Great Gatsby)
1969 Chastity Bono, singer/daughter of Sonny & Cher
1971 Fergal Lawler, drummer (The Cranberries)
1978 Rachel Roberts, model/actress (S1m0ne)
1990 Andrea Bowen, actress (Desperate Housewives)
Today's Death in History
1858 Matthew Perry, U.S. naval officer (opened Japan to the West) dies at 63
1868 Jesse Chisholm, American pioneer (Chisholm Trail) dies at 62
1915 William Willett, inventor (Daylight Saving Time) dies at 58
1981 E.Y. ‘Yip’ Harburg, lyricist (Somewhere Over the Rainbow, It’s Only a Paper Moon) dies at 82
1986 Richard Manuel, singer/composer/musician (The Band) dies at 42
1989 Tiny Grimes, jazz guitarist (Art Tatum, Charlie Parker) dies at 72
1992 Art Babbitt, Disney animator (Goofy) dies at 84
1994 John Candy, comedian/actor (Planes Trains and Automobiles, Summer Rental, Uncle Buck) dies at 43
1996 Minnie Pearl, comedian/musician (Grand Ol' Opry) dies at 83
1999 Harry A. Blackmun, Retired Supreme Court Justice, dies at 90
2001 Fred Lasswell, cartoonist (Barney Google and Snuffy Smith) dies at 84
Today in History
1634 Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts.
1681 England's King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land that later became Pennsylvania.
1789 The Constitution went into effect as the first Congress met in New York City.
1791 Vermont was admitted to the union as the 14th state.
1797 In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams was sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.
1837 The Illinois state legislature granted a city charter to Chicago.
1877 Emile Berliner invented the microphone.
1877 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
1880 Halftone engraving was used for the first time when the Daily Graphic was published in New York City.
1881 Eliza Ballou Garfield became the first mother of a U.S. President to live in the executive mansion.
1902 The American Automobile Association was founded in Chicago.
1917 Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
1925 The presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time as Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Washington D.C.
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president, pledging to lead the country out of the Great Depression.
1933 Frances Perkins became the first woman to serve in the Cabinet when she took over as Secretary of Labor.
1942 The Stage Door Canteen opened on West 44th Street in New York City.
1950 Walt Disney’s Cinderella was released.
1951 The U.S. Steel Hour on the NBC Radio Network presented Sir John Gielgud, starring in Hamlet.
1952 President Harry Truman dedicated the Courier, the first seagoing radio broadcasting station, in ceremonies in Washington, D.C.
1952 Actors Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married in North Hollywood, Calif.
1977 The first Cray-1 supercomputer was shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
1981 Lyricist E.Y. ‘Yip’ Harburg died in an auto accident in Hollywood, CA at the age of 82.
1985 The Food and Drug Administration approved a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
1985 Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care was published.
1987 President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.
1989 Time Incorporated and Warner Communications Incorporated announced plans to merge into the world’s largest media and entertainment conglomerate.
1993 Authorities announced the arrest of Mohammad Salameh, who was later convicted of playing a key role in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City.
1997 President Bill Clinton barred spending federal money on human cloning.
1998 The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also applied when both parties are the same sex.
2005 Martha Stewart, imprisoned for five months for her role in a stock scandal, left federal prison to start five months of home confinement.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
There’s Been a Change in Me - Eddy Arnold
1959
Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price
Donna - Ritchie Valens
Charlie Brown - The Coasters
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
1967
Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
Love is Here and Now You’re Gone - The Supremes
Baby I Need Your Lovin’ - Johnny Rivers
The Fugitive - Merle Haggard
1975
Best of My Love - The Eagles
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
It’s Time to Pay the Fiddler - Cal Smith
1983
Baby, Come to Me - Patti Austin with James Ingram
Shame on the Moon - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
Why Baby Why - Charley Pride
1991
All the Man that I Need - Whitney Houston
Someday - Mariah Carey
One More Try - Timmy -T-
Walk on Faith - Mike Reid
Quote of the Day
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Will Rogers, humorist & showman (1879 - 1935)
Today's Birthdays
1888 Knute Rockne, College Football Hall of Fame coach (Notre Dame) killed in plane crash Mar 31, 1931
1895 Shemp Howard, comedian (Three Stooges) died November 22, 1955
1906 Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr., businessman (Walgreen) February 10, 2007
1909 Harry Helmsley, businessman (Helmsley Hotels) died Jan 4, 1997
1913 John Garfield (Jacob Julius Garfinkle), actor (Destination Tokyo, The Postman Always Rings Twice) died May 21, 1952
1921 Joan Greenwood, actress (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Importance of Being Earnest) died Feb 27, 1987
1932 Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, car designer, died April 4, 2001
1934 Barbara McNair, singer/actress (They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!) Feb 4, 2007
1934 Anne Haney, actress (Mrs Doubtfire, Mama's Family) died May 26, 2001
1936 Jim Clark, Indy car racer, killed in crash Apr 7, 1968
1938 Paula Prentiss (Ragusa), actress (What’s New Pussycat, The Stepford Wives)
1942 Charles C. Krulak, 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
1944 Bobby Womack, singer/songwriter (If You Think You’re Lonely Now)
1947 Gwen Welles, actress (Nashville, Star 80) died October 13, 1993
1948 Chris Squire, bassist (Yes)
1950 Rick Perry, Texas Governor
1951 Chris Rea, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Fool If You Think It’s Over, Working On It)
1953 Kay Lenz, actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Death Wish 4)
1954 Catherine O’Hara, comedian/actress (A Simple Twist of Fate, Home Alone series, Dick Tracy, Beetlejuice)
1954 Adrian Zmed, actor (Bachelor Party, Grease 2)
1955 Rowland Charles "Boon" Gould, guitarist (Level 42)
1958 Patricia Heaton, actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)
1960 Mykelti Williamson, actor (Forrest Gump, Streets of Fire, Con Air)
1961 Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini, lightweight boxing champion
1961 Steven Weber, actor (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Wings)
1963 Jason Newsted, bassist (Metallica)
1965 Stacy Edwards, actress (Superbad, The Next Best Thing)
1966 Patrick Hannan, drummer (The Sundays)
1967 Evan Dando, singer (Lemonheads)
1968 Patsy Kensit, actress (Lethal Weapon 2, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Great Gatsby)
1969 Chastity Bono, singer/daughter of Sonny & Cher
1971 Fergal Lawler, drummer (The Cranberries)
1978 Rachel Roberts, model/actress (S1m0ne)
1990 Andrea Bowen, actress (Desperate Housewives)
Today's Death in History
1858 Matthew Perry, U.S. naval officer (opened Japan to the West) dies at 63
1868 Jesse Chisholm, American pioneer (Chisholm Trail) dies at 62
1915 William Willett, inventor (Daylight Saving Time) dies at 58
1981 E.Y. ‘Yip’ Harburg, lyricist (Somewhere Over the Rainbow, It’s Only a Paper Moon) dies at 82
1986 Richard Manuel, singer/composer/musician (The Band) dies at 42
1989 Tiny Grimes, jazz guitarist (Art Tatum, Charlie Parker) dies at 72
1992 Art Babbitt, Disney animator (Goofy) dies at 84
1994 John Candy, comedian/actor (Planes Trains and Automobiles, Summer Rental, Uncle Buck) dies at 43
1996 Minnie Pearl, comedian/musician (Grand Ol' Opry) dies at 83
1999 Harry A. Blackmun, Retired Supreme Court Justice, dies at 90
2001 Fred Lasswell, cartoonist (Barney Google and Snuffy Smith) dies at 84
Today in History
1634 Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts.
1681 England's King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land that later became Pennsylvania.
1789 The Constitution went into effect as the first Congress met in New York City.
1791 Vermont was admitted to the union as the 14th state.
1797 In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams was sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.
1837 The Illinois state legislature granted a city charter to Chicago.
1877 Emile Berliner invented the microphone.
1877 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
1880 Halftone engraving was used for the first time when the Daily Graphic was published in New York City.
1881 Eliza Ballou Garfield became the first mother of a U.S. President to live in the executive mansion.
1902 The American Automobile Association was founded in Chicago.
1917 Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
1925 The presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time as Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Washington D.C.
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president, pledging to lead the country out of the Great Depression.
1933 Frances Perkins became the first woman to serve in the Cabinet when she took over as Secretary of Labor.
1942 The Stage Door Canteen opened on West 44th Street in New York City.
1950 Walt Disney’s Cinderella was released.
1951 The U.S. Steel Hour on the NBC Radio Network presented Sir John Gielgud, starring in Hamlet.
1952 President Harry Truman dedicated the Courier, the first seagoing radio broadcasting station, in ceremonies in Washington, D.C.
1952 Actors Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married in North Hollywood, Calif.
1977 The first Cray-1 supercomputer was shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
1981 Lyricist E.Y. ‘Yip’ Harburg died in an auto accident in Hollywood, CA at the age of 82.
1985 The Food and Drug Administration approved a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
1985 Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care was published.
1987 President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.
1989 Time Incorporated and Warner Communications Incorporated announced plans to merge into the world’s largest media and entertainment conglomerate.
1993 Authorities announced the arrest of Mohammad Salameh, who was later convicted of playing a key role in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City.
1997 President Bill Clinton barred spending federal money on human cloning.
1998 The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also applied when both parties are the same sex.
2005 Martha Stewart, imprisoned for five months for her role in a stock scandal, left federal prison to start five months of home confinement.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
There’s Been a Change in Me - Eddy Arnold
1959
Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price
Donna - Ritchie Valens
Charlie Brown - The Coasters
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
1967
Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
Love is Here and Now You’re Gone - The Supremes
Baby I Need Your Lovin’ - Johnny Rivers
The Fugitive - Merle Haggard
1975
Best of My Love - The Eagles
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
It’s Time to Pay the Fiddler - Cal Smith
1983
Baby, Come to Me - Patti Austin with James Ingram
Shame on the Moon - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
Why Baby Why - Charley Pride
1991
All the Man that I Need - Whitney Houston
Someday - Mariah Carey
One More Try - Timmy -T-
Walk on Faith - Mike Reid
Quote of the Day
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Will Rogers, humorist & showman (1879 - 1935)
The 1985 edition of Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care was the revised edition. The original was published in 1946.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Spock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Spock
QUOTE(Lester Patrick @ Mar 4 2008, 04:43 PM) 
The 1985 edition of Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care was the revised edition. The original was published in 1946.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Spock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Spock
LP, I stand corrected -- thank you for finding -- and fixing -- that.
I thought that date sounded a little too recent.....
Today in History - March 5th
Today's Birthdays
1595 William Blackstone, New World settler (Boston, Massachusetts) died May 26, 1675
1893 Emmett J. Culligan, inventor (water-softening device) died in 1970
1898 Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China, died January 8, 1976
1908 Rex (Reginald Carey) Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr. Dolittle) died June 2, 1990
1927 Jack (John Joseph Edward) Cassidy, actor (The Eiger Sanction) killed in a fire Dec 12, 1976
1934 James B. Sikking, actor (Hill Street Blues, Doogie Howser, M.D., Outland)
1935 Paul Sand (Sanchez), actor (Gimme a Break, St. Elsewhere)
1936 Dean Stockwell, actor (Anchors Aweigh, Dune, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Lgend of Billie Jean, Quantum Leap)
1938 Fred ‘The Hammer’ Williamson, NFL cornerback/actor (Kansas City Chiefs; M*A*S*H, Hell Up in Harlem, From Dusk Till Dawn)
1946 Murray Head, actor/singer (One Night in Bangkok)
1946 Rocky (Robert) Bleier, Vietnam veteran/NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1946 Michael Warren, actor (Hill Street Blues)
1948 Eddy Grant, singer/songwriter (Electric Avenue)
1952 Alan Clark, keyboardist (Dire Straits)
1954 Marsha Warfield, actress/comedienne (Night Court, Empty Nest)
1955 Penn Jillette, magician/comedian (Penn and Teller)
1956 Teena Marie, singer (Lovergirl)
1958 Andy (Andrew Roy) Gibb, singer (I Just Want to be Your Everything, Shadow Dancing) died March 10, 1988
1962 Charlie and Craig Reid, singers (The Proclaimers)
1970 John Frusciante, guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1971 Evil Jared Hasselhoff, bassist (Bloodhound Gang)
1974 Eva Mendes, actress (Stuck on You, Ghost Rider, Hitch)
1974 Jill Ritchie, actress (Arrested Development)
1974 Kevin Connolly, actor (Entourage)
1975 Jolene Blalock, actress (Star Trek: Enterprise, Slow Burn)
1975 Niki Taylor, supermodel
1989 Jake Lloyd, actor (Star Wars: Episode I)
Today's Deaths in History
1953 Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (Peter and the Wolf) dies at 61
1953 Josef Stalin, Soviet dictator, dies at 73
1963 Patsy Cline, country music singer, dies in a plane crash at 30
1980 Jay Silverheels, actor (The Lone Ranger) dies at 67
1982 John Belushi, comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, Blues Brothers) dies of a drug overdose at 33
1984 William Powell, actor (The Thin Man series) dies at 91
1995 Vivian Stanshall, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) dies at 51
1996 Whit Bissell, actor (The Time Machine, The Manchurian Candidate, The Man from U.N.C.L.E) dies at 86
1999 Richard Kiley, actor (Phenomenon, Patch Adams) dies at 76
2004 Walt Gorney, actor (Friday the 13th series) dies at 91
Today in History
1750 King Richard III, the first Shakespearean play in America, was presented at the Nassau Street Theatre in New York City.
1770 The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people.
1821 James Monroe became the first President of the United States to be inaugurated on March 5th.
1861 The Stars and Bars was adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
1868 The Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.
1872 George Westinghouse patented the air brake.
1923 Old-age pension laws were enacted in the states of Montana and Nevada.
1924 Frank Caruana of Buffalo, New York, became the first bowler to roll two perfect games in a row and 29 strikes in succession.
1933 The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag.
1946 British statesman Winston Churchill referred to the Soviet Union's sphere of influence in Eastern Europe as an "iron curtain" in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
1960 Elvis Presley returned to civilian life after a two-year hitch in the U.S. Army.
1963 Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hankshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash at Camden, TN, near Nashville.
1969 Rock magazine Creem was published for the first time.
1970 A nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect after 43 nations ratified it.
1973 Roberta Flack received a gold record for Killing Me Softly with His Song.
1979 Detection equipment picked up a gamma ray burst originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
1984 The Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League signed quarterback Steve Young from Brigham Young University.
1985 Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders became the first National Hockey League player to score 50 goals in eight consecutive seasons.
1993 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was banned for life from racing by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) after he failed a dope test.
1997 Representatives of North Korea and South Korea met for first time in 25 years, for peace talks in New York.
1998 NASA announced that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon had found enough water to support a human colony.
2001 Vice President Dick Cheney underwent an angioplasty for a partially blocked artery.
2001 A student shot at other students at Santana High School in Santee, California, killing two and wounding thirteen.
2004 Martha Stewart was convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she'd unloaded her Imclone Systems Inc. stock just before the price plummeted.
2006 AT&T Inc. announced it was buying BellSouth Corp., a big step toward resurrecting the old Ma Bell telephone system.
Chart Toppers
1944
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen)
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs
Ration Blues - Louis Jordan
1952
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Wondering - Webb Pierce
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Handy Man - Jimmy Jones
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Skip a Rope - Henson Cargill
1976
Theme from S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles
All by Myself - Eric Carmen
Good Hearted Woman - Waylon & Willie
1984
Jump - Van Halen
99 Luftballons - Nena
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Woke Up in Love - Exile
Quote of the Day
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain, humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
Today's Birthdays
1595 William Blackstone, New World settler (Boston, Massachusetts) died May 26, 1675
1893 Emmett J. Culligan, inventor (water-softening device) died in 1970
1898 Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China, died January 8, 1976
1908 Rex (Reginald Carey) Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr. Dolittle) died June 2, 1990
1927 Jack (John Joseph Edward) Cassidy, actor (The Eiger Sanction) killed in a fire Dec 12, 1976
1934 James B. Sikking, actor (Hill Street Blues, Doogie Howser, M.D., Outland)
1935 Paul Sand (Sanchez), actor (Gimme a Break, St. Elsewhere)
1936 Dean Stockwell, actor (Anchors Aweigh, Dune, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Lgend of Billie Jean, Quantum Leap)
1938 Fred ‘The Hammer’ Williamson, NFL cornerback/actor (Kansas City Chiefs; M*A*S*H, Hell Up in Harlem, From Dusk Till Dawn)
1946 Murray Head, actor/singer (One Night in Bangkok)
1946 Rocky (Robert) Bleier, Vietnam veteran/NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1946 Michael Warren, actor (Hill Street Blues)
1948 Eddy Grant, singer/songwriter (Electric Avenue)
1952 Alan Clark, keyboardist (Dire Straits)
1954 Marsha Warfield, actress/comedienne (Night Court, Empty Nest)
1955 Penn Jillette, magician/comedian (Penn and Teller)
1956 Teena Marie, singer (Lovergirl)
1958 Andy (Andrew Roy) Gibb, singer (I Just Want to be Your Everything, Shadow Dancing) died March 10, 1988
1962 Charlie and Craig Reid, singers (The Proclaimers)
1970 John Frusciante, guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1971 Evil Jared Hasselhoff, bassist (Bloodhound Gang)
1974 Eva Mendes, actress (Stuck on You, Ghost Rider, Hitch)
1974 Jill Ritchie, actress (Arrested Development)
1974 Kevin Connolly, actor (Entourage)
1975 Jolene Blalock, actress (Star Trek: Enterprise, Slow Burn)
1975 Niki Taylor, supermodel
1989 Jake Lloyd, actor (Star Wars: Episode I)
Today's Deaths in History
1953 Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (Peter and the Wolf) dies at 61
1953 Josef Stalin, Soviet dictator, dies at 73
1963 Patsy Cline, country music singer, dies in a plane crash at 30
1980 Jay Silverheels, actor (The Lone Ranger) dies at 67
1982 John Belushi, comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, Blues Brothers) dies of a drug overdose at 33
1984 William Powell, actor (The Thin Man series) dies at 91
1995 Vivian Stanshall, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) dies at 51
1996 Whit Bissell, actor (The Time Machine, The Manchurian Candidate, The Man from U.N.C.L.E) dies at 86
1999 Richard Kiley, actor (Phenomenon, Patch Adams) dies at 76
2004 Walt Gorney, actor (Friday the 13th series) dies at 91
Today in History
1750 King Richard III, the first Shakespearean play in America, was presented at the Nassau Street Theatre in New York City.
1770 The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people.
1821 James Monroe became the first President of the United States to be inaugurated on March 5th.
1861 The Stars and Bars was adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
1868 The Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.
1872 George Westinghouse patented the air brake.
1923 Old-age pension laws were enacted in the states of Montana and Nevada.
1924 Frank Caruana of Buffalo, New York, became the first bowler to roll two perfect games in a row and 29 strikes in succession.
1933 The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag.
1946 British statesman Winston Churchill referred to the Soviet Union's sphere of influence in Eastern Europe as an "iron curtain" in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
1960 Elvis Presley returned to civilian life after a two-year hitch in the U.S. Army.
1963 Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hankshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash at Camden, TN, near Nashville.
1969 Rock magazine Creem was published for the first time.
1970 A nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect after 43 nations ratified it.
1973 Roberta Flack received a gold record for Killing Me Softly with His Song.
1979 Detection equipment picked up a gamma ray burst originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
1984 The Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League signed quarterback Steve Young from Brigham Young University.
1985 Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders became the first National Hockey League player to score 50 goals in eight consecutive seasons.
1993 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was banned for life from racing by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) after he failed a dope test.
1997 Representatives of North Korea and South Korea met for first time in 25 years, for peace talks in New York.
1998 NASA announced that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon had found enough water to support a human colony.
2001 Vice President Dick Cheney underwent an angioplasty for a partially blocked artery.
2001 A student shot at other students at Santana High School in Santee, California, killing two and wounding thirteen.
2004 Martha Stewart was convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she'd unloaded her Imclone Systems Inc. stock just before the price plummeted.
2006 AT&T Inc. announced it was buying BellSouth Corp., a big step toward resurrecting the old Ma Bell telephone system.
Chart Toppers
1944
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen)
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs
Ration Blues - Louis Jordan
1952
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Wondering - Webb Pierce
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Handy Man - Jimmy Jones
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Skip a Rope - Henson Cargill
1976
Theme from S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles
All by Myself - Eric Carmen
Good Hearted Woman - Waylon & Willie
1984
Jump - Van Halen
99 Luftballons - Nena
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Woke Up in Love - Exile
Quote of the Day
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain, humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
Today in History - March 6th
Today's Birthdays
1475 Michelangelo (de Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni), Renaissance artist, died Feb 18, 1564
1619 Cyrano De Bergerac, French soldier/author, died July 28, 1655
1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Moulton), poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese) died June 29, 1861
1885 Ring Lardner, sports reporter/humorist/writer, died Sep 25, 1933
1905 Bob Wills, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fiddler/composer/bandleader (Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys) died May 13, 1975
1906 Lou Costello (Louis Francis Cristillo), comedian/actor (Abbott & Costello) died Mar 3, 1959
1923 Ed McMahon, radio/TV announcer (The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson)
1924 William Webster, former FBI and CIA director
1925 Wes (John Leslie) Montgomery, jazz composer/guitarist, died June 15, 1968
1926 Alan Greenspan, economist (U.S. Federal Reserve Board)
1927 (Leroy) Gordon Cooper, U.S. astronaut (Mercury, Gemini projects) died Oct 4, 2004
1928 Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, author (Love in the Time of Cholera)
1936 Marion Barry Jr., former Washington D.C. mayor
1941 Willie (Wilver Dornel) Stargell, Baseball Hall-of-Fame outfielder/1st baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates) died April 9, 2001
1944 Dave Gilmour, singer/guitarist (Pink Floyd)
1944 Mary Wilson, singer (The Supremes)
1945 Hugh Grundy, drummer (The Zombies)
1947 Kiki Dee (Pauline Matthews), singer (Don’t Go Breaking My Heart)
1947 Rob Reiner, actor/director (All in the Family, When Harry Met Sally, This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride)
1953 Jacklyn Zeman, actress (General Hospital)
1959 Tom Arnold, actor (Roseanne, True Lies)
1964 D.L. Hughley, actor/comedian (The Hughleys, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)
1967 Connie Britton, actress (Spin City, 24, Friday Night Lights)
1968 Moira Kelly, actress (One Tree Hill, The West Wing, The Cutting Edge)
1969 Andrea Elson, actress (Alf)
1972 Shaquille O’Neal, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
1978 Sage Rosenfels, NFL quarterback (Houston Texans)
1981 Ellen Muth, actress (Dead Like Me)
Today's Deaths in History
1836 Davy Crockett, frontiersman, dies at the Alamo at 49
1836 William Barret Travis, lawyer/soldier, dies at the Alamo at 26
1836 Jim Bowie, pioneer/soldier, dies at the Alamo at 39
1842 Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, dies at 80
1888 Louisa May Alcott, novelist (Little Women) dies at 55
1932 John Philip Sousa, U.S. Marine band leader/composer (Stars & Stripes Forever) dies at 77
1935 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Retired Supreme Court Justice, dies at 93
1965 Margaret Dumont, actress (Marx Brothers films) dies at 82
1967 Nelson Eddy, singer/actor (Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life) dies at 65
1970 William Hopper, actor (Perry Mason) dies at 55
1973 Pearl S. Buck, writer/Nobel Prize laureate (The Good Earth) dies at 80
1982 Ayn Rand, Russian-American author (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged) dies at 77
1986 Georgia O'Keeffe, artist, dies at 98
2001 Kim Walker, actress (Heathers) dies at 32
2004 Frances Dee, actress (An American Tragedy, The Playboy of Paris) dies at 94
2005 Teresa Wright, actress (The Best Years of Our Lives, Shadow of a Doubt) dies at 86
2006 Kirby Puckett, Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder, dies at 45
2006 King Floyd, singer (Groove Me) dies at 61
2006 Dana Reeve, actress/wife of Christopher Reeve, dies at 44
2007 Ernest Gallo, winemaker, dies at 97
Today in History
1808 The first college orchestra was founded, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.
1820 The Missouri Compromise was signed into law by President James Monroe.
1834 The city of Toronto was incorporated.
1836 The 13-day seige of the Alamo ended with Santa Ana's defeat of the Texas Volunteers.
1853 Verdi's opera La Traviata premiered in Venice, Italy.
1857 The Supreme Court issued its decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, in which it ruled against a slave suing for his freedom and said Congress had no right to limit the expansion of slavery.
1899 Bayer registered "aspirin" as a trademark.
1927 Fritz Lang's Metropolis was released.
1933 A nationwide bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt went into effect.
1944 Heavy bombers staged the first American raid on Berlin during World War II.
1946 Ho Chi Minh signed an agreement with France which recognized Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1947 The USS The Newport News, the first air-conditioned naval ship, was launched from a shipbuilding yard at Newport News, VA.
1957 The former British African colonies of the Gold Coast and Togoland became the independent state of Ghana.
1962 Frank Sinatra recorded his final session for Capitol Records in Hollywood.
1964 Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gave Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali, meaning "beloved of Allah."
1964 Tom O’Hara ran the mile in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds, setting a world indoor record in Chicago, IL.
1981 Walter Cronkite, the dean of American television newscasters, closed the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite for the last time.
1982 San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 in three overtime periods to set the mark for the most points scored by two teams in National Basketball Association history.
1983 A woman in New Bedford, Mass., was gang-raped atop a pool table in a tavern; four men were later convicted.
1983 The United States Football League began its first season of pro football competition.
1985 Yul Brynner played his famous role as the king in The King and I for the 4,500th time.
1992 The Michelangelo computer virus began to affect computers.
1997 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.
1998 A Connecticut state lottery accountant shot to death three supervisors and the lottery chief before killing himself.
2000 Three white New York police officers were convicted of a cover-up in a police station attack on Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.
2006 Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation banning most abortions in South Dakota (the ban was rejected by the state's voters in November).
2007 Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
Chart Toppers
1945
Accentuate the Positive - Johnny Mercer
I Dream of You - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Freddy Stewart)
A Little on the Lonely Side - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Paul Allen)
I’m Losing My Mind Over You - Al Dexter
1953
Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Keep It a Secret - Jo Stafford
Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
1961
Pony Time - Chubby Checker
Surrender - Elvis Presley
Wheels - The String-A-Longs
Don’t Worry - Marty Robbins
1969
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Baby, Baby Don’t Cry - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
To Make Love Sweeter for You - Jerry Lee Lewis
1977
Love Theme from "A Star is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand
Fly like an Eagle - Steve Miller
I Like Dreamin’ - Kenny Nolan
Heart Healer - Mel Tillis
1985
Careless Whisper - Wham! featuring George Michael
Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
California Girls - David Lee Roth
Baby Bye Bye - Gary Morris
Quote of the Day
The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
Larry Hardiman
Today's Birthdays
1475 Michelangelo (de Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni), Renaissance artist, died Feb 18, 1564
1619 Cyrano De Bergerac, French soldier/author, died July 28, 1655
1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Moulton), poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese) died June 29, 1861
1885 Ring Lardner, sports reporter/humorist/writer, died Sep 25, 1933
1905 Bob Wills, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fiddler/composer/bandleader (Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys) died May 13, 1975
1906 Lou Costello (Louis Francis Cristillo), comedian/actor (Abbott & Costello) died Mar 3, 1959
1923 Ed McMahon, radio/TV announcer (The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson)
1924 William Webster, former FBI and CIA director
1925 Wes (John Leslie) Montgomery, jazz composer/guitarist, died June 15, 1968
1926 Alan Greenspan, economist (U.S. Federal Reserve Board)
1927 (Leroy) Gordon Cooper, U.S. astronaut (Mercury, Gemini projects) died Oct 4, 2004
1928 Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, author (Love in the Time of Cholera)
1936 Marion Barry Jr., former Washington D.C. mayor
1941 Willie (Wilver Dornel) Stargell, Baseball Hall-of-Fame outfielder/1st baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates) died April 9, 2001
1944 Dave Gilmour, singer/guitarist (Pink Floyd)
1944 Mary Wilson, singer (The Supremes)
1945 Hugh Grundy, drummer (The Zombies)
1947 Kiki Dee (Pauline Matthews), singer (Don’t Go Breaking My Heart)
1947 Rob Reiner, actor/director (All in the Family, When Harry Met Sally, This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride)
1953 Jacklyn Zeman, actress (General Hospital)
1959 Tom Arnold, actor (Roseanne, True Lies)
1964 D.L. Hughley, actor/comedian (The Hughleys, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)
1967 Connie Britton, actress (Spin City, 24, Friday Night Lights)
1968 Moira Kelly, actress (One Tree Hill, The West Wing, The Cutting Edge)
1969 Andrea Elson, actress (Alf)
1972 Shaquille O’Neal, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
1978 Sage Rosenfels, NFL quarterback (Houston Texans)
1981 Ellen Muth, actress (Dead Like Me)
Today's Deaths in History
1836 Davy Crockett, frontiersman, dies at the Alamo at 49
1836 William Barret Travis, lawyer/soldier, dies at the Alamo at 26
1836 Jim Bowie, pioneer/soldier, dies at the Alamo at 39
1842 Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, dies at 80
1888 Louisa May Alcott, novelist (Little Women) dies at 55
1932 John Philip Sousa, U.S. Marine band leader/composer (Stars & Stripes Forever) dies at 77
1935 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Retired Supreme Court Justice, dies at 93
1965 Margaret Dumont, actress (Marx Brothers films) dies at 82
1967 Nelson Eddy, singer/actor (Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life) dies at 65
1970 William Hopper, actor (Perry Mason) dies at 55
1973 Pearl S. Buck, writer/Nobel Prize laureate (The Good Earth) dies at 80
1982 Ayn Rand, Russian-American author (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged) dies at 77
1986 Georgia O'Keeffe, artist, dies at 98
2001 Kim Walker, actress (Heathers) dies at 32
2004 Frances Dee, actress (An American Tragedy, The Playboy of Paris) dies at 94
2005 Teresa Wright, actress (The Best Years of Our Lives, Shadow of a Doubt) dies at 86
2006 Kirby Puckett, Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder, dies at 45
2006 King Floyd, singer (Groove Me) dies at 61
2006 Dana Reeve, actress/wife of Christopher Reeve, dies at 44
2007 Ernest Gallo, winemaker, dies at 97
Today in History
1808 The first college orchestra was founded, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.
1820 The Missouri Compromise was signed into law by President James Monroe.
1834 The city of Toronto was incorporated.
1836 The 13-day seige of the Alamo ended with Santa Ana's defeat of the Texas Volunteers.
1853 Verdi's opera La Traviata premiered in Venice, Italy.
1857 The Supreme Court issued its decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, in which it ruled against a slave suing for his freedom and said Congress had no right to limit the expansion of slavery.
1899 Bayer registered "aspirin" as a trademark.
1927 Fritz Lang's Metropolis was released.
1933 A nationwide bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt went into effect.
1944 Heavy bombers staged the first American raid on Berlin during World War II.
1946 Ho Chi Minh signed an agreement with France which recognized Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1947 The USS The Newport News, the first air-conditioned naval ship, was launched from a shipbuilding yard at Newport News, VA.
1957 The former British African colonies of the Gold Coast and Togoland became the independent state of Ghana.
1962 Frank Sinatra recorded his final session for Capitol Records in Hollywood.
1964 Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gave Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali, meaning "beloved of Allah."
1964 Tom O’Hara ran the mile in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds, setting a world indoor record in Chicago, IL.
1981 Walter Cronkite, the dean of American television newscasters, closed the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite for the last time.
1982 San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 in three overtime periods to set the mark for the most points scored by two teams in National Basketball Association history.
1983 A woman in New Bedford, Mass., was gang-raped atop a pool table in a tavern; four men were later convicted.
1983 The United States Football League began its first season of pro football competition.
1985 Yul Brynner played his famous role as the king in The King and I for the 4,500th time.
1992 The Michelangelo computer virus began to affect computers.
1997 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.
1998 A Connecticut state lottery accountant shot to death three supervisors and the lottery chief before killing himself.
2000 Three white New York police officers were convicted of a cover-up in a police station attack on Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.
2006 Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation banning most abortions in South Dakota (the ban was rejected by the state's voters in November).
2007 Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
Chart Toppers
1945
Accentuate the Positive - Johnny Mercer
I Dream of You - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Freddy Stewart)
A Little on the Lonely Side - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Paul Allen)
I’m Losing My Mind Over You - Al Dexter
1953
Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Keep It a Secret - Jo Stafford
Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
1961
Pony Time - Chubby Checker
Surrender - Elvis Presley
Wheels - The String-A-Longs
Don’t Worry - Marty Robbins
1969
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Baby, Baby Don’t Cry - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
To Make Love Sweeter for You - Jerry Lee Lewis
1977
Love Theme from "A Star is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand
Fly like an Eagle - Steve Miller
I Like Dreamin’ - Kenny Nolan
Heart Healer - Mel Tillis
1985
Careless Whisper - Wham! featuring George Michael
Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
California Girls - David Lee Roth
Baby Bye Bye - Gary Morris
Quote of the Day
The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
Larry Hardiman
Today in History - March 7th
Today's Birthdays
1849 Luther Burbank, naturalist, died Apr 11, 1926
1875 Maurice Ravel, composer (Bolero) died Dec 28, 1937
1908 Anna Magnani, actress (The Rose Tattoo, The Miracle) died Sep 26, 1973
1917 Lee Young, jazz drummer (Nat King Cole Trio)
1925 Rene Gagnon, US Marine/Iwo Jima flag raiser, died October 12, 1979
1927 James Broderick, actor (Alice’s Restaurant, Dog Day Afternoon) died Nov 1, 1982
1932 Gene Shalit, film critic
1934 Willard Scott (Willard Herman Scott Jr.), weatherman (Today Show)
1938 Janet Guthrie, International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame driver (first woman in Indianapolis 500)
1940 Daniel J. Travanti, actor (Hill Street Blues)
1942 Tammy Faye Bakker (Tamara Faye LaValley), TV evangelist, died Jul 20, 2007
1942 Michael Eisner, former Walt Disney Co. CEO
1943 Chris White, bassist (The Zombies)
1945 John Heard, actor (Radio Flyer, Home Alone series, Big)
1946 Matthew Fisher, organist (Procol Harum)
1946 Peter Wolf (Blankfield), singer (J. Geils Band)
1950 Franco Harris, Pro Football Hall of Fame running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1952 Lynn Swann, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1952 Ernie Isley, R&B singer (The Isley Brothers)
1956 Bryan Cranston, actor (Malcolm in the Middle, Breaking Bad)
1960 Ivan Lendl, tennis champion
1962 Taylor Dayne, singer (Tell It to My Heart)
1964 Wanda Sykes, comedian
1964 Bret Easton Ellis, writer (The Rules Of Attraction, Less Than Zero)
1966 Paul Davis, keyboardist (Happy Mondays)
1967 Randy Guss, drummer (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
1971 Rachel Weisz, actress (The Mummy series, Stealing Beauty)
1971 Peter Sarsgaard, actor (Garden State, Jarhead)
1973 Sébastien Izambard, operatic pop singer (Il Divo)
1974 Jenna Fischer, actress (The Office)
1974 Hugo Ferreira, singer (Tantric)
1975 Audrey Marie Anderson, actress (The Unit)
1980 Laura Prepon, actress (That 70s Show, October Road)
Today's Deaths in History
0322 BC Aristotle, Greek philosopher, dies at 61
1967 Alice B. Toklas, companion to Gertrude Stein, dies at 89
1988 Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), actor (Lust in the Dust, Hairspray) dies at 42
1991 James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell, Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (Negro Leagues) dies at 87
1999 Stanley Kubrick, film director, dies at 70
2000 Charles Gray, British actor (Diamonds Are Forever, Rocky Horror Picture Show) dies at 71
2000 Pee Wee King, country songwriter/musician, dies at 86
2004 Paul Winfield, actor (City Confidential, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan) dies at 64
2005 Debra Hill, screenwriter/producer (Halloween series) dies at 54
2006 Gordon Parks, photographer (LIFE magazine) dies at 93
Today in History
1850 In a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union.
1854 Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine that stitches buttonholes.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell of Salem, MA received a patent for the telephone.
1911 Willis Farnsworth of Petaluma, CA patented the coin-operated locker.
1926 The first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York City and London.
1933 Charles Darrow created the game Monopoly.
1936 Adolf Hitler ordered German troops to march into the Rhineland, breaking the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact.
1939 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians recorded "Auld Lang Syne" for Decca Records.
1945 U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, during World War II.
1951 In Korea, United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway began an assault against Chinese forces, known as Operation Ripper.
1954 Russia defeated Canada 7-2 to capture the world ice-hockey title in Stockholm, Sweden, the first time that Russia participated in the ice-hockey competition.
1955 Peter Pan, with Mary Martin and Cyril Richard, was presented as a television special for the first time.
1955 Comedienne Phyllis Diller made her debut at the Purple Onion in San Francisco, CA.
1955 Baseball commissioner Ford Frick indicated that he was in favor of legalizing the spitball.
1965 State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Ala.
1975 The Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate in most cases, instead of the previously required two-thirds of senators present.
1985 The song "We Are the World" was played on the radio for the first time.
1987 ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titlist ever as he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round bout in Las Vegas.
1994 The Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that doesn't require permission from the copyright holder.
1996 Three U.S. servicemen were convicted in the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawa girl and sentenced by a Japanese court to up to seven years in prison.
2003 A four-day walkout by Broadway musicians began, forcing nearly every Broadway musical to cancel performances.
2004 An investiture ceremony was held in Concord, N.H., for V. Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop.
2007 Sex offender John Evander Couey was found guilty in Miami of kidnapping, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive.
Chart Toppers
1946
Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
Oh, What It Seemed to Be - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Marjorie Hughes)
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
Young-At-Heart - Frank Sinatra
Cross Over the Bridge - Patti Page
Slowly - Webb Pierce
1962
Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
Break It to Me Gently - Brenda Lee
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Travelin’ Band/Who’ll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton
It’s Just a Matter of Time - Sonny James
1978
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Emotion - Samantha Sang
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon & Willie
1986
Kyrie - Mr. Mister
Sara - Starship
Living in America - James Brown
You Can Dream of Me - Steve Wariner
Quote of the Day
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"
Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."
Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist (1922 - 2000)
Today's Birthdays
1849 Luther Burbank, naturalist, died Apr 11, 1926
1875 Maurice Ravel, composer (Bolero) died Dec 28, 1937
1908 Anna Magnani, actress (The Rose Tattoo, The Miracle) died Sep 26, 1973
1917 Lee Young, jazz drummer (Nat King Cole Trio)
1925 Rene Gagnon, US Marine/Iwo Jima flag raiser, died October 12, 1979
1927 James Broderick, actor (Alice’s Restaurant, Dog Day Afternoon) died Nov 1, 1982
1932 Gene Shalit, film critic
1934 Willard Scott (Willard Herman Scott Jr.), weatherman (Today Show)
1938 Janet Guthrie, International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame driver (first woman in Indianapolis 500)
1940 Daniel J. Travanti, actor (Hill Street Blues)
1942 Tammy Faye Bakker (Tamara Faye LaValley), TV evangelist, died Jul 20, 2007
1942 Michael Eisner, former Walt Disney Co. CEO
1943 Chris White, bassist (The Zombies)
1945 John Heard, actor (Radio Flyer, Home Alone series, Big)
1946 Matthew Fisher, organist (Procol Harum)
1946 Peter Wolf (Blankfield), singer (J. Geils Band)
1950 Franco Harris, Pro Football Hall of Fame running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1952 Lynn Swann, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1952 Ernie Isley, R&B singer (The Isley Brothers)
1956 Bryan Cranston, actor (Malcolm in the Middle, Breaking Bad)
1960 Ivan Lendl, tennis champion
1962 Taylor Dayne, singer (Tell It to My Heart)
1964 Wanda Sykes, comedian
1964 Bret Easton Ellis, writer (The Rules Of Attraction, Less Than Zero)
1966 Paul Davis, keyboardist (Happy Mondays)
1967 Randy Guss, drummer (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
1971 Rachel Weisz, actress (The Mummy series, Stealing Beauty)
1971 Peter Sarsgaard, actor (Garden State, Jarhead)
1973 Sébastien Izambard, operatic pop singer (Il Divo)
1974 Jenna Fischer, actress (The Office)
1974 Hugo Ferreira, singer (Tantric)
1975 Audrey Marie Anderson, actress (The Unit)
1980 Laura Prepon, actress (That 70s Show, October Road)
Today's Deaths in History
0322 BC Aristotle, Greek philosopher, dies at 61
1967 Alice B. Toklas, companion to Gertrude Stein, dies at 89
1988 Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), actor (Lust in the Dust, Hairspray) dies at 42
1991 James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell, Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (Negro Leagues) dies at 87
1999 Stanley Kubrick, film director, dies at 70
2000 Charles Gray, British actor (Diamonds Are Forever, Rocky Horror Picture Show) dies at 71
2000 Pee Wee King, country songwriter/musician, dies at 86
2004 Paul Winfield, actor (City Confidential, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan) dies at 64
2005 Debra Hill, screenwriter/producer (Halloween series) dies at 54
2006 Gordon Parks, photographer (LIFE magazine) dies at 93
Today in History
1850 In a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union.
1854 Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine that stitches buttonholes.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell of Salem, MA received a patent for the telephone.
1911 Willis Farnsworth of Petaluma, CA patented the coin-operated locker.
1926 The first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York City and London.
1933 Charles Darrow created the game Monopoly.
1936 Adolf Hitler ordered German troops to march into the Rhineland, breaking the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact.
1939 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians recorded "Auld Lang Syne" for Decca Records.
1945 U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, during World War II.
1951 In Korea, United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway began an assault against Chinese forces, known as Operation Ripper.
1954 Russia defeated Canada 7-2 to capture the world ice-hockey title in Stockholm, Sweden, the first time that Russia participated in the ice-hockey competition.
1955 Peter Pan, with Mary Martin and Cyril Richard, was presented as a television special for the first time.
1955 Comedienne Phyllis Diller made her debut at the Purple Onion in San Francisco, CA.
1955 Baseball commissioner Ford Frick indicated that he was in favor of legalizing the spitball.
1965 State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Ala.
1975 The Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate in most cases, instead of the previously required two-thirds of senators present.
1985 The song "We Are the World" was played on the radio for the first time.
1987 ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titlist ever as he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round bout in Las Vegas.
1994 The Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that doesn't require permission from the copyright holder.
1996 Three U.S. servicemen were convicted in the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawa girl and sentenced by a Japanese court to up to seven years in prison.
2003 A four-day walkout by Broadway musicians began, forcing nearly every Broadway musical to cancel performances.
2004 An investiture ceremony was held in Concord, N.H., for V. Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop.
2007 Sex offender John Evander Couey was found guilty in Miami of kidnapping, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive.
Chart Toppers
1946
Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
Oh, What It Seemed to Be - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Marjorie Hughes)
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
Young-At-Heart - Frank Sinatra
Cross Over the Bridge - Patti Page
Slowly - Webb Pierce
1962
Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
Break It to Me Gently - Brenda Lee
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Travelin’ Band/Who’ll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton
It’s Just a Matter of Time - Sonny James
1978
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Emotion - Samantha Sang
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon & Willie
1986
Kyrie - Mr. Mister
Sara - Starship
Living in America - James Brown
You Can Dream of Me - Steve Wariner
Quote of the Day
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"
Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."
Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist (1922 - 2000)
Today in History - March 8th
Today's Birthdays
1783 Hannah Van Buren, wife of Martin Van Buren, died Feb 5, 1819 (before he took office)
1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Supreme Court Justice, died Mar 6, 1935
1891 Sam Jaffe, actor (Ben Hur, The Day the Earth Stood Still) died March 24, 1984
1902 Louise Beavers, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame actress (The Jackie Robinson Story, Reap the Wild Wind), died Oct 26, 1962
1909 Claire Trevor (Wemlinger), actress (Key Largo, Marjorie Morningstar) died Apr 8, 2000
1921 Cyd Charisse (Tula Ellice Finklea), dancer/actress (Singin’ in the Rain, Silk Stockings)
1921 Alan Hale Jr., actor (Gilligan’s Island) died Jan 2, 1990
1922 Carl (Anthony) Furillo, ‘The Reading Rifle,’ MLB outfielder (Brooklyn Dodgers) died Jan 21, 1989
1936 Sue Ane Langdon (Lookoff), actress (Frankie and Johnny, A Guide for the Married Man)
1940 Susan Clark, actress (Airport 1975, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Babe)
1943 Lynn Redgrave, actress (Georgy Girl, Shine, Gods and Monsters)
1945 Mickey Dolenz, singer/drummer (The Monkees)
1946 Randy Meisner, singer/bassist (The Eagles)
1947 Mike Allsup, guitarist (Three Dog Night)
1947 Carole Bayer Sager, singer/songwriter (That’s What Friends are For, Groovy Kind of Love)
1948 Little Peggy March (Margret Annemarie Batavio), singer (I Will Follow Him)
1956 MaineRanger, board member
1957 Cynthia Rothrock, actress/martial artist
1957 Clive Burr, drummer (Iron Maiden)
1958 Gary Numan (Webb), singer/songwriter (Cars, Down in the Park)
1959 Aidan Quinn, actor (Legends of the Fall, Avalon, Desperately Seeking Susan)
1961 Camryn Manheim, actress (The Practice, The Road to Wellville)
1964 Peter Gill, drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
1968 Shawn Mullins, singer/songwriter (Lullaby)
1970 Andrea Parker, actress (The Pretender, Less Than Perfect)
1976 Jason Elam, NFL placekicker (Denver Broncos)
1976 Freddie Prinze Jr., actor (Scooby Doo, I Know What You Did Last Summer)
1976 Hines Ward, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1977 James Van Der Beek, actor (Dawson's Creek, Varsity Blues, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back)
1979 Tom Chaplin, singer (Keane)
1981 Timothy Jordan II, keyboardist/guitarist/songwriter (The All American Rejects) died December 13, 2005
1982 Kat Von D, Mexican-American tattoo artist
Today's Deaths in History
1874 Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States, dies at 74
1930 William Howard Taft, 27th President/former Chief Justice, dies at 72
1937 Howie Morenz, Hockey Hall of Fame center (NY Rangers) dies at 34
1973 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, keyboardist/vocalist (Grateful Dead) dies at 27
1993 Billy Eckstine, singer/bandleader (swing era) dies at 78
1998 Ray Nitschke, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers) dies at 61
1999 Joe DiMaggio, Baseball Hall of Famer (NY Yankees) dies at 84
1999 Peggy Cass, actress/comedian (Born Yesterday) dies at 74
2001 Edward Winter, actor (M*A*S*H) dies at 63
2004 Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front, dies at 55
2004 Robert Pastorelli, actor (Be Cool, Murphy Brown, Michael ) dies at 49
Today in History
1775 Thomas Paine's "African Slavery in America" was published, the first article in the United States calling for the emancipation of all slaves and the abolition of slavery.
1782 The Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
1817 The New York Stock Exchange was founded.
1855 A train passed over the first railway suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, NY.
1884 Susan B. Anthony addressed the U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote.
1887 The telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton.
1894 A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York.
1917 Rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg started Russia's "February Revolution."
1936 The first stock car race was held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1942 British bombers began a new style of air raid, using incendiary bombs to light the way for a nighttime attack on the Krupp armament works in Essen.
1946 The New York Journal American became the first commercial business to receive a helicopter license.
1953 A census bureau report indicated that 239,000 farmers had given up farming over the previous two years.
1957 The International Boxing Club was ruled a monopoly, in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law.
1962 The Beatles performed for the first time on the BBC in Great Britain.
1965 The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.
1968 Rock show promoter and impresario Bill Graham opened Fillmore East in New York City.
1971 ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier won a decision over Muhammad Ali, who had been previously undefeated, to win the wolrd heavyweight boxing crown.
1975 Olivia Newton-John reached the top spot on the pop charts with "Have You Never Been Mellow."
1980 The first festival of rock music kicked off in the Soviet Union.
1983 The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a nuclear weapons freeze with the Soviet Union, a move denounced by President Ronald Reagan.
1985 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that 407,700 Americans were millionaires, more than double the total of just five years before.
1999 The Clinton administration directed the firing of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory because of alleged security violations.
1999 The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
2001 The Republican-controlled House voted for an across-the-board tax cut of nearly $1 trillion over the next decade.
2004 Abul Abbas, the Palestinian guerrilla leader who planned the hijacking of the Achille Lauro passenger ship, died while in U.S. custody in Baghdad, Iraq.
2004 A new constitution was signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
2005 Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed in northern Chechnya during a raid by Russian forces.
Chart Toppers
1947
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
Managua, Nicaragua - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Don Rodney)
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
The Crazy Otto (Medley) - Johnny Maddox
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
Walk like a Man - The 4 Seasons
Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
You’re the Reason I’m Living - Bobby Darin
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
Mama’s Pearl - The Jackson 5
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
I’d Rather Love You - Charley Pride
1979
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Tragedy - Bee Gees
Golden Tears - Dave & Sugar
1987
Livin’ on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Jacob’s Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News
Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
Mornin’ Ride - Lee Greenwood
Quote of the Day
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.
Sir Frederick G. Banting, Canadian physician & physiologist (1891 - 1941)
Today's Birthdays
1783 Hannah Van Buren, wife of Martin Van Buren, died Feb 5, 1819 (before he took office)
1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Supreme Court Justice, died Mar 6, 1935
1891 Sam Jaffe, actor (Ben Hur, The Day the Earth Stood Still) died March 24, 1984
1902 Louise Beavers, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame actress (The Jackie Robinson Story, Reap the Wild Wind), died Oct 26, 1962
1909 Claire Trevor (Wemlinger), actress (Key Largo, Marjorie Morningstar) died Apr 8, 2000
1921 Cyd Charisse (Tula Ellice Finklea), dancer/actress (Singin’ in the Rain, Silk Stockings)
1921 Alan Hale Jr., actor (Gilligan’s Island) died Jan 2, 1990
1922 Carl (Anthony) Furillo, ‘The Reading Rifle,’ MLB outfielder (Brooklyn Dodgers) died Jan 21, 1989
1936 Sue Ane Langdon (Lookoff), actress (Frankie and Johnny, A Guide for the Married Man)
1940 Susan Clark, actress (Airport 1975, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Babe)
1943 Lynn Redgrave, actress (Georgy Girl, Shine, Gods and Monsters)
1945 Mickey Dolenz, singer/drummer (The Monkees)
1946 Randy Meisner, singer/bassist (The Eagles)
1947 Mike Allsup, guitarist (Three Dog Night)
1947 Carole Bayer Sager, singer/songwriter (That’s What Friends are For, Groovy Kind of Love)
1948 Little Peggy March (Margret Annemarie Batavio), singer (I Will Follow Him)
1956 MaineRanger, board member
1957 Cynthia Rothrock, actress/martial artist
1957 Clive Burr, drummer (Iron Maiden)
1958 Gary Numan (Webb), singer/songwriter (Cars, Down in the Park)
1959 Aidan Quinn, actor (Legends of the Fall, Avalon, Desperately Seeking Susan)
1961 Camryn Manheim, actress (The Practice, The Road to Wellville)
1964 Peter Gill, drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
1968 Shawn Mullins, singer/songwriter (Lullaby)
1970 Andrea Parker, actress (The Pretender, Less Than Perfect)
1976 Jason Elam, NFL placekicker (Denver Broncos)
1976 Freddie Prinze Jr., actor (Scooby Doo, I Know What You Did Last Summer)
1976 Hines Ward, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1977 James Van Der Beek, actor (Dawson's Creek, Varsity Blues, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back)
1979 Tom Chaplin, singer (Keane)
1981 Timothy Jordan II, keyboardist/guitarist/songwriter (The All American Rejects) died December 13, 2005
1982 Kat Von D, Mexican-American tattoo artist
Today's Deaths in History
1874 Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States, dies at 74
1930 William Howard Taft, 27th President/former Chief Justice, dies at 72
1937 Howie Morenz, Hockey Hall of Fame center (NY Rangers) dies at 34
1973 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, keyboardist/vocalist (Grateful Dead) dies at 27
1993 Billy Eckstine, singer/bandleader (swing era) dies at 78
1998 Ray Nitschke, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers) dies at 61
1999 Joe DiMaggio, Baseball Hall of Famer (NY Yankees) dies at 84
1999 Peggy Cass, actress/comedian (Born Yesterday) dies at 74
2001 Edward Winter, actor (M*A*S*H) dies at 63
2004 Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front, dies at 55
2004 Robert Pastorelli, actor (Be Cool, Murphy Brown, Michael ) dies at 49
Today in History
1775 Thomas Paine's "African Slavery in America" was published, the first article in the United States calling for the emancipation of all slaves and the abolition of slavery.
1782 The Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
1817 The New York Stock Exchange was founded.
1855 A train passed over the first railway suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, NY.
1884 Susan B. Anthony addressed the U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote.
1887 The telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton.
1894 A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York.
1917 Rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg started Russia's "February Revolution."
1936 The first stock car race was held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1942 British bombers began a new style of air raid, using incendiary bombs to light the way for a nighttime attack on the Krupp armament works in Essen.
1946 The New York Journal American became the first commercial business to receive a helicopter license.
1953 A census bureau report indicated that 239,000 farmers had given up farming over the previous two years.
1957 The International Boxing Club was ruled a monopoly, in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law.
1962 The Beatles performed for the first time on the BBC in Great Britain.
1965 The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.
1968 Rock show promoter and impresario Bill Graham opened Fillmore East in New York City.
1971 ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier won a decision over Muhammad Ali, who had been previously undefeated, to win the wolrd heavyweight boxing crown.
1975 Olivia Newton-John reached the top spot on the pop charts with "Have You Never Been Mellow."
1980 The first festival of rock music kicked off in the Soviet Union.
1983 The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a nuclear weapons freeze with the Soviet Union, a move denounced by President Ronald Reagan.
1985 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that 407,700 Americans were millionaires, more than double the total of just five years before.
1999 The Clinton administration directed the firing of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory because of alleged security violations.
1999 The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
2001 The Republican-controlled House voted for an across-the-board tax cut of nearly $1 trillion over the next decade.
2004 Abul Abbas, the Palestinian guerrilla leader who planned the hijacking of the Achille Lauro passenger ship, died while in U.S. custody in Baghdad, Iraq.
2004 A new constitution was signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
2005 Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed in northern Chechnya during a raid by Russian forces.
Chart Toppers
1947
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
Managua, Nicaragua - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Don Rodney)
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
The Crazy Otto (Medley) - Johnny Maddox
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
Walk like a Man - The 4 Seasons
Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
You’re the Reason I’m Living - Bobby Darin
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
Mama’s Pearl - The Jackson 5
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
I’d Rather Love You - Charley Pride
1979
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Tragedy - Bee Gees
Golden Tears - Dave & Sugar
1987
Livin’ on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Jacob’s Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News
Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
Mornin’ Ride - Lee Greenwood
Quote of the Day
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.
Sir Frederick G. Banting, Canadian physician & physiologist (1891 - 1941)
Today in History - March 9th
Today's Birthdays
1451 Amerigo Vespucci, explorer, died Feb 22, 1512
1902 Will Geer (William Auge Ghere), actor (In Cold Blood, The Waltons) died Apr 22, 1978
1918 Mickey Spillane (Frank Morrison Spillane), writer (Mike Hammer mysteries) died July 17, 2006
1923 James Buckley, U.S. Senator (R-New York)
1932 Keely Smith (Dorothy Jacqueline Keely), singer/former Mrs. Louis Prima (That Old Black Magic)
1933 Lloyd Price, singer/songwriter (Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Stagger Lee)
1934 Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut (first man in space) killed plane crash Mar 27, 1968
1937 Mickey Gilley, country singer (Don’t the Girls Get Prettier at Closing Time)
1940 Raul Julia (Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y Arcelay), actor (The Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman) died Oct 24, 1994
1942 Bert (Dagoberto Blanco) Campaneris, MLB shorstop (Oakland Athletics, California Angels, NY Yankees)
1942 Mark Lindsay, singer/songwriter (Paul Revere & The Raiders)
1942 John Cale, singer/songwriter (The Velvet Underground)
1943 Bobby Fischer, World Chess Champion, died January 17, 2008
1943 Charles Gibson, TV news host (Good Morning America, 20/20)
1945 Robin Trower, guitarist (Procol Harum)
1948 Jimmie Fadden, singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1948 Jeffrey Osborne, singer/drummer/songwriter (L.T.D.)
1958 Martin Fry, singer (ABC)
1960 Linda Fiorentino (Clorinda Fiorentino), actress (The Last Seduction, Vision Quest, Men in Black)
1964 Juliette Binoche, French actress (The English Patient, Chocolat)
1966 Brendan Canty, drummer (Fugazi)
1970 Shannon Leto, drummer (30 Seconds to Mars)
1971 Emmanuel Lewis, actor (Webster)
1972 Kerr Smith, actor (Dawson's Creek, CSI: NY)
1977 Yamila Diaz, Argentine supermodel (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue)
1977 Radek Dvořák, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1980 Matthew Gray Gubler, actor (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Criminal Minds)
1984 Julia Mancuso, Olympic Gold Medalist alpine skier
1986 Brittany Snow, actress (John Tucker Must Die, Hairspray)
1987 Bow Wow, rapper
Today's Deaths in History
1983 Faye Emerson, actress (Destination Tokyo) dies at 65
1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, artist/photographer, dies at 42
1991 Jim Hardin, MLB pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves) dies at 47
1992 Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, dies at 78
1994 Charles Bukowski, writer (The Poet Laureate of Skid Row) dies at 73
1994 Fernando Rey, Spanish-born actor (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) dies at 76
1996 George Burns, actor/singer/vaudevillian (Oh, God!) dies at 100
1997 The Notorious B.I.G., rapper, is shot to death at 24
2005 Chris LeDoux, country singer, dies at 56
2007 Brad Delp, singer/guitarist (Boston) dies at 55
Today in History
1796 Napoléon Bonaparte married his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
1832 Abraham Lincoln of New Salem, IL announced that he would run for political office for the first time.
1834 The French Foreign Legion was founded.
1841 The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Amistad case (concerning captive Africans who seized control of the slave-trading ship carrying them) that they had been taken into slavery illegally.
1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia, PA received a patent for the letter box.
1859 The National Association of Baseball Players adopted a rule that limited the size of bats to no more than 2-1/2" in diameter.
1862 The first battle between two ironclad warships, a five-hour battle near Hampton Roads, Virginia between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, resulted in a draw.
1932 The first Ford Flathead engine left the assembly line at Ford Motor Company.
1945 American B-29 bombers attacked Tokyo, Japan with incendiary bombs; the resulting fire storm killed more than 100,000 people.
1949 The first all-electric dining car was placed in service on the Illinois Central Railroad.
1954 WNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), New York, broadcast the first local color television commercials, for Castro Decorators of New York City.
1959 The Barbie doll made its debut.
1985 The most requested movie in history, Gone With The Wind, went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time.
1986 Bill Cosby broke Liberace’s long-standing record and earned the biggest box-office gross in the 54-year history of Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
1986 United States Navy divers found the largely intact but heavily-damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger with the bodies of all seven astronauts still inside.
1987 Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation for up to $1 billion dollars.
1990 Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.
1997 Rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie) was returning to his hotel in Los Angeles, California after an awards party when he was shot and killed.
2006 Liquid water was discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn.
2007 The US Justice Department released an internal audit that found that the FBI had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act, to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) - Perry Como
I Don’t Believe You You’ve Met My Baby - The Louvin Brothers
1964
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
She Loves You - The Beatles
Please Please Me - The Beatles
Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
1972
Without You - Nilsson
Hurting Each Other - Carpenters
Down by the Lazy River - The Osmonds
Bedtime Story - Tammy Wynette
1980
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
Desire - Andy Gibb
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson
1988
Father Figure - George Michael
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
Face to Face - Alabama
Quote of the Day
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
Arthur Koestler, British (Hungarian-born) author (1905 - 1983)
Today's Birthdays
1451 Amerigo Vespucci, explorer, died Feb 22, 1512
1902 Will Geer (William Auge Ghere), actor (In Cold Blood, The Waltons) died Apr 22, 1978
1918 Mickey Spillane (Frank Morrison Spillane), writer (Mike Hammer mysteries) died July 17, 2006
1923 James Buckley, U.S. Senator (R-New York)
1932 Keely Smith (Dorothy Jacqueline Keely), singer/former Mrs. Louis Prima (That Old Black Magic)
1933 Lloyd Price, singer/songwriter (Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Stagger Lee)
1934 Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut (first man in space) killed plane crash Mar 27, 1968
1937 Mickey Gilley, country singer (Don’t the Girls Get Prettier at Closing Time)
1940 Raul Julia (Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y Arcelay), actor (The Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman) died Oct 24, 1994
1942 Bert (Dagoberto Blanco) Campaneris, MLB shorstop (Oakland Athletics, California Angels, NY Yankees)
1942 Mark Lindsay, singer/songwriter (Paul Revere & The Raiders)
1942 John Cale, singer/songwriter (The Velvet Underground)
1943 Bobby Fischer, World Chess Champion, died January 17, 2008
1943 Charles Gibson, TV news host (Good Morning America, 20/20)
1945 Robin Trower, guitarist (Procol Harum)
1948 Jimmie Fadden, singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1948 Jeffrey Osborne, singer/drummer/songwriter (L.T.D.)
1958 Martin Fry, singer (ABC)
1960 Linda Fiorentino (Clorinda Fiorentino), actress (The Last Seduction, Vision Quest, Men in Black)
1964 Juliette Binoche, French actress (The English Patient, Chocolat)
1966 Brendan Canty, drummer (Fugazi)
1970 Shannon Leto, drummer (30 Seconds to Mars)
1971 Emmanuel Lewis, actor (Webster)
1972 Kerr Smith, actor (Dawson's Creek, CSI: NY)
1977 Yamila Diaz, Argentine supermodel (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue)
1977 Radek Dvořák, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1980 Matthew Gray Gubler, actor (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Criminal Minds)
1984 Julia Mancuso, Olympic Gold Medalist alpine skier
1986 Brittany Snow, actress (John Tucker Must Die, Hairspray)
1987 Bow Wow, rapper
Today's Deaths in History
1983 Faye Emerson, actress (Destination Tokyo) dies at 65
1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, artist/photographer, dies at 42
1991 Jim Hardin, MLB pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves) dies at 47
1992 Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, dies at 78
1994 Charles Bukowski, writer (The Poet Laureate of Skid Row) dies at 73
1994 Fernando Rey, Spanish-born actor (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) dies at 76
1996 George Burns, actor/singer/vaudevillian (Oh, God!) dies at 100
1997 The Notorious B.I.G., rapper, is shot to death at 24
2005 Chris LeDoux, country singer, dies at 56
2007 Brad Delp, singer/guitarist (Boston) dies at 55
Today in History
1796 Napoléon Bonaparte married his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
1832 Abraham Lincoln of New Salem, IL announced that he would run for political office for the first time.
1834 The French Foreign Legion was founded.
1841 The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Amistad case (concerning captive Africans who seized control of the slave-trading ship carrying them) that they had been taken into slavery illegally.
1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia, PA received a patent for the letter box.
1859 The National Association of Baseball Players adopted a rule that limited the size of bats to no more than 2-1/2" in diameter.
1862 The first battle between two ironclad warships, a five-hour battle near Hampton Roads, Virginia between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, resulted in a draw.
1932 The first Ford Flathead engine left the assembly line at Ford Motor Company.
1945 American B-29 bombers attacked Tokyo, Japan with incendiary bombs; the resulting fire storm killed more than 100,000 people.
1949 The first all-electric dining car was placed in service on the Illinois Central Railroad.
1954 WNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), New York, broadcast the first local color television commercials, for Castro Decorators of New York City.
1959 The Barbie doll made its debut.
1985 The most requested movie in history, Gone With The Wind, went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time.
1986 Bill Cosby broke Liberace’s long-standing record and earned the biggest box-office gross in the 54-year history of Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
1986 United States Navy divers found the largely intact but heavily-damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger with the bodies of all seven astronauts still inside.
1987 Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation for up to $1 billion dollars.
1990 Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.
1997 Rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie) was returning to his hotel in Los Angeles, California after an awards party when he was shot and killed.
2006 Liquid water was discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn.
2007 The US Justice Department released an internal audit that found that the FBI had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act, to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) - Perry Como
I Don’t Believe You You’ve Met My Baby - The Louvin Brothers
1964
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
She Loves You - The Beatles
Please Please Me - The Beatles
Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
1972
Without You - Nilsson
Hurting Each Other - Carpenters
Down by the Lazy River - The Osmonds
Bedtime Story - Tammy Wynette
1980
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
Desire - Andy Gibb
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson
1988
Father Figure - George Michael
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
Face to Face - Alabama
Quote of the Day
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
Arthur Koestler, British (Hungarian-born) author (1905 - 1983)
Today in History - March 10th
Today's Birthdays
1628 Marcello Malpighi, physician (microscope pioneer) died Nov 30, 1694
1888 Barry Fitzgerald (William Joseph Shields), actor (How Green Was My Valley, The Quiet Man) died Jan 14, 1961
1903 (Leon) Bix Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist, died Aug 6, 1931
1920 Jethro (Kenneth C. Burns), entertainer/musician (Homer & Jethro) died Feb 4, 1989
1928 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., died April 23, 1998
1937 Joe Viterelli, actor (Analyze This series, The Firm) died January 28, 2004
1940 David Rabe, playwright (Casualties of War)
1940 Dean Torrence, singer (Jan & Dean)
1940 Chuck Norris (Carlos Ray Norris ), karate champion/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade, Missing in Action, Walker Texas Ranger)
1945 Katharine Houghton (Grant), actress (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Night We Never Met)
1946 Jim Valvano, basketball coach (North Carolina State University) died April 28, 1993
1947 Tom Scholz, guitarist/keyboardist/singer (Boston)
1957 Shannon Tweed, actress/model/playmate (November 1981, PMOY 1982)
1957 Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda leader
1958 Sharon Stone, actress (Casino, Basic Instinct series, Total Recall, The Mighty)
1961 Laurel Clark, physician/astronaut, (Columbia) died February 1, 2003
1961 Pam Oliver, sportscaster (FOX Sports)
1963 Jeff Ament, bassist (Pearl Jam)
1963 Rick Rubin, record producer (Columbia Records)
1964 Neneh Cherry (Neneh Mariann Karlsson), songwriter/singer (Buffalo Stance)
1964 Prince Edward (Edward Antony Richard Louis) of England
1964 Jasmine Guy, actress (A Different World, Runaway)
1966 Edie Brickell, singer/Mrs. Paul Simon
1969 Paget Brewster, actress (Huff, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law)
1971 Timbaland, rapper
1972 Matt Kenseth, NASCAR driver
1973 Eva Herzigova, Czech model
1973 John LeCompt, guitarist (Evanescence)
1977 Shannon Miller, Olympic Gold Medal gymnast
1977 Bree Turner, dancer/actress (The Wedding Planner, Joe Dirt)
1977 Matt Rubano, bassist (Taking Back Sunday)
1977 Robin Thicke, singer
1983 Carrie Underwood, singer/TV personality (American Idol)
1984 Olivia Wilde, actress (The Black Donnellys, House MD)
Today's Deaths in History
1913 Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, dies at 92
1948 Zelda Fitzgerald, artist/wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, dies at 47
1984 June Marlowe, actress (Our Gang films) dies at 80
1986 Ray Milland, British actor (The Lost Weekend, Reap the Wild Wind) dies at 79
1988 Andy Gibb, singer, dies at 30
1996 Ross Hunter, film producer (Imitation of Life, Airport) dies at 75
1997 La Vern Baker, R&B singer, dies at 67
1998 Lloyd Bridges, actor (High Noon, Little Big Horn, Sahara, Airplane!) dies at 85
2004 Dave Blood (David Schulthise), bassist (The Dead Milkmen) commits suicide at 47
2005 Danny Joe Brown, singer (Molly Hatchet) dies at 53
2007 Richard Jeni, comedian, commits suicide at 49
Today in History
1791 John Stone patented the pile driver.
1804 A formal ceremony was conducted in St Louis to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
1849 Abraham Lincoln applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell sent the first clear telephone message: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you."
1880 The Salvation Army began its work in the United States.
1903 Harry C. Gammeter of Cleveland, OH patented the multigraph duplicating machine.
1913 William Knox rolled the first perfect 300 game in tournament competition in Toledo, OH.
1922 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in India to be tried for sedition.
1935 Nelson Eddy recorded "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" for Victor Records.
1941 The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would wear batting helmets during the 1941 baseball season.
1959 Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York City.
1965 Walter Matthau and Art Carney opened in The Odd Couple at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City.
1969 James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.
1982 The United States placed an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups.
1985 Dick Motta of the Dallas Mavericks became the fourth coach in the National Basketball Association to win 700 games in a career.
1987 The Holy See condemned the practice of surrogate motherhood, along with test-tube babies and artificial insemination.
1998 The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) announced that food stamps were issued to nearly 26,000 dead people in 1995-1996.
Chart Toppers
1949
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Powder Your Face with Sunshine - Evelyn Knight
Galway Bay - Bing Crosby
Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle - Eddy Arnold
1957
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Young Love - Sonny James
Round and Round - Perry Como
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
My Girl - The Temptations
The Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail - Buck Owens
1973
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack
Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
Love Train - O’Jays
’Till I Get It Right - Tammy Wynette
1981
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Do You Love as Good as You Look - The Bellamy Brothers
1989
Lost in Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
The Lover in Me - Sheena Easton
The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
I Still Believe in You - The Desert Rose Band
Quote of the Day
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
G. K. Chesterton, English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936)
Today's Birthdays
1628 Marcello Malpighi, physician (microscope pioneer) died Nov 30, 1694
1888 Barry Fitzgerald (William Joseph Shields), actor (How Green Was My Valley, The Quiet Man) died Jan 14, 1961
1903 (Leon) Bix Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist, died Aug 6, 1931
1920 Jethro (Kenneth C. Burns), entertainer/musician (Homer & Jethro) died Feb 4, 1989
1928 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., died April 23, 1998
1937 Joe Viterelli, actor (Analyze This series, The Firm) died January 28, 2004
1940 David Rabe, playwright (Casualties of War)
1940 Dean Torrence, singer (Jan & Dean)
1940 Chuck Norris (Carlos Ray Norris ), karate champion/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade, Missing in Action, Walker Texas Ranger)
1945 Katharine Houghton (Grant), actress (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Night We Never Met)
1946 Jim Valvano, basketball coach (North Carolina State University) died April 28, 1993
1947 Tom Scholz, guitarist/keyboardist/singer (Boston)
1957 Shannon Tweed, actress/model/playmate (November 1981, PMOY 1982)
1957 Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda leader
1958 Sharon Stone, actress (Casino, Basic Instinct series, Total Recall, The Mighty)
1961 Laurel Clark, physician/astronaut, (Columbia) died February 1, 2003
1961 Pam Oliver, sportscaster (FOX Sports)
1963 Jeff Ament, bassist (Pearl Jam)
1963 Rick Rubin, record producer (Columbia Records)
1964 Neneh Cherry (Neneh Mariann Karlsson), songwriter/singer (Buffalo Stance)
1964 Prince Edward (Edward Antony Richard Louis) of England
1964 Jasmine Guy, actress (A Different World, Runaway)
1966 Edie Brickell, singer/Mrs. Paul Simon
1969 Paget Brewster, actress (Huff, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law)
1971 Timbaland, rapper
1972 Matt Kenseth, NASCAR driver
1973 Eva Herzigova, Czech model
1973 John LeCompt, guitarist (Evanescence)
1977 Shannon Miller, Olympic Gold Medal gymnast
1977 Bree Turner, dancer/actress (The Wedding Planner, Joe Dirt)
1977 Matt Rubano, bassist (Taking Back Sunday)
1977 Robin Thicke, singer
1983 Carrie Underwood, singer/TV personality (American Idol)
1984 Olivia Wilde, actress (The Black Donnellys, House MD)
Today's Deaths in History
1913 Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, dies at 92
1948 Zelda Fitzgerald, artist/wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, dies at 47
1984 June Marlowe, actress (Our Gang films) dies at 80
1986 Ray Milland, British actor (The Lost Weekend, Reap the Wild Wind) dies at 79
1988 Andy Gibb, singer, dies at 30
1996 Ross Hunter, film producer (Imitation of Life, Airport) dies at 75
1997 La Vern Baker, R&B singer, dies at 67
1998 Lloyd Bridges, actor (High Noon, Little Big Horn, Sahara, Airplane!) dies at 85
2004 Dave Blood (David Schulthise), bassist (The Dead Milkmen) commits suicide at 47
2005 Danny Joe Brown, singer (Molly Hatchet) dies at 53
2007 Richard Jeni, comedian, commits suicide at 49
Today in History
1791 John Stone patented the pile driver.
1804 A formal ceremony was conducted in St Louis to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
1849 Abraham Lincoln applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell sent the first clear telephone message: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you."
1880 The Salvation Army began its work in the United States.
1903 Harry C. Gammeter of Cleveland, OH patented the multigraph duplicating machine.
1913 William Knox rolled the first perfect 300 game in tournament competition in Toledo, OH.
1922 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in India to be tried for sedition.
1935 Nelson Eddy recorded "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" for Victor Records.
1941 The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would wear batting helmets during the 1941 baseball season.
1959 Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York City.
1965 Walter Matthau and Art Carney opened in The Odd Couple at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City.
1969 James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.
1982 The United States placed an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups.
1985 Dick Motta of the Dallas Mavericks became the fourth coach in the National Basketball Association to win 700 games in a career.
1987 The Holy See condemned the practice of surrogate motherhood, along with test-tube babies and artificial insemination.
1998 The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) announced that food stamps were issued to nearly 26,000 dead people in 1995-1996.
Chart Toppers
1949
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Powder Your Face with Sunshine - Evelyn Knight
Galway Bay - Bing Crosby
Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle - Eddy Arnold
1957
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Young Love - Sonny James
Round and Round - Perry Como
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
My Girl - The Temptations
The Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail - Buck Owens
1973
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack
Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
Love Train - O’Jays
’Till I Get It Right - Tammy Wynette
1981
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Do You Love as Good as You Look - The Bellamy Brothers
1989
Lost in Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
The Lover in Me - Sheena Easton
The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
I Still Believe in You - The Desert Rose Band
Quote of the Day
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
G. K. Chesterton, English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936)
1791 John Stone patented the pile driver.....
They had WWE back then?
They had WWE back then?
QUOTE(Dunc @ Mar 10 2008, 01:46 PM)
1791 John Stone patented the pile driver.....
They had WWE back then?
They had WWE back then?
Yup - in the screengrab below, you can see one of John Stone's other dirty tricks:
Fortunately, this match ended on an upnote - John Stone fell victim to Admiral Half-Nelson's Impress-slam.
Today's Birthdays
1957 Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda leader
Happy Birthday you crazy old homicidal maniac.
1957 Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda leader
Happy Birthday you crazy old homicidal maniac.
Today in History - March 11th
Today's Birthdays
1785 John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, died April 4, 1861
1885 Sir Malcolm Campbell, auto racer (first to travel 300 mph in a car) died Dec 31, 1948
1898 Dorothy Gish, actress (Hearts of the World) died June 4, 1968
1903 Lawrence Welk, bandleader (The Lawrence Welk Show) died May 17, 1992
1916 Ezra Jack Keats, children's literature author (The Snowy Day) died May 6, 1983
1919 Mercer Ellington, songwriter/bandleader (only son of Duke Ellington) died Feb 8, 1996
1926 Reverend Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) died April 17, 1990
1931 Valerie French (Harrison), actress (The 27th Day) died Nov 3, 1990
1931 Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born entrepreneur (News Corporation)
1934 Sam Donaldson, broadcast journalist (Primetime Live)
1936 Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1943 Bob Plager, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1944 Ric Rothwell, drummer (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
1947 Mark Stein, keyboardist/singer (Vanilla Fudge)
1948 Dominique Sanda (Dominique Varaigne), actress (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis)
1950 Bobby McFerrin, jazz songwriter/singer (Don't Worry Be Happy)
1952 Douglas Adams, author (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series) died May 11, 2001
1952 Susan Richardson, actress (Eight is Enough)
1955 Jimmy Fortune, singer (Statler Brothers)
1956 Rob Paulsen, voice actor (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Animaniacs)
1957 Lady Chablis (Benjamin Edward Knox), transsexual entertainer (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
1957 Cheryl Lynn, R&B singer (Got to Be Real)
1958 Anissa Jones, actress (Family Affair) died August 28, 1976
1961 Bruce Watson, guitarist (Big Country)
1963 Alex Kingston, English actress (ER, Weapons of Mass Distraction)
1964 Peter Berg, actor/director/producer (Chicago Hope, Aspen Extreme, Friday Night Lights)
1964 Vinnie Paul, drummer (Pantera)
1965 Wallace Langham, actor (CSI)
1968 Lisa Loeb, singer/songwriter (Stay)
1969 Terrence Howard, actor (Crash, Four Brothers, Hustle & Flow, Get Rich or Die Tryin')
1971 Johnny Knoxville, television personality/actor (Jackass, The Ringer)
1971 Martin Ručinský, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
1979 Benji Madden, guitarist (Good Charlotte)
1979 Joel Madden, singer (Good Charlotte)
1981 David Anders, actor (Alias, Heroes)
1981 LeToya Luckett, singer (Destiny's Child)
1982 Thora Birch, actress (American Beauty, Ghost World)
1989 Anton Yelchin, Russian-born actor (Huff, House of D, Alpha Dog, Charlie Bartlett)
Today's Deaths in History
1847 Johnny Appleseed, pioneer agronomist, dies at 72
1931 F.W. Murnau, German film director (Nosferatu) dies at 42
1955 Oscar Mayer, meat packer, dies at 95
1957 Admiral Richard E. Byrd, explorer (South Pole) dies at 68
1958 Ole Kirk Christiansen, inventor (Legos) dies at 66
1970 Erle Stanley Gardner, novelist (Perry Mason) dies at 80
1971 Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies at 64
1986 Sonny Terry, blues musician, dies at 74
1992 Richard Brooks, film director (Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) dies at 79
1993 Dino Bravo, professional wrestler, dies at 43
1996 Vince Edwards, actor/director (Ben Casey) dies at 67
2002 James Tobin, economist, dies at 84
2006 Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (NY Rangers) dies at 75
2007 Betty Hutton, actress/singer (Incendiary Blonde, Annie Get Your Gun) dies at 86
Today in History
1702 The first regular English language newspaper, The Daily Courant, was published in London, England.
1791 Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the first person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office (he received four).
1824 The United States War Department created the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
1845 British baker Henry Jones invented self-raising flour.
1861 The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted.
1872 The Meiji Japanese government officially annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
1879 The Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (U.S. Amateur Lacrosse Association) was formed in Princeton, NJ.
1888 The Great Blizzard of 1888 began along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
1927 Samuel Roxy Rothafel opened the famous Roxy Theatre in New York City.
1930 Babe Ruth signed a two-year, $80,000 contract with the New York Yankees.
1948 Reginald Weir of New York City became the first black tennis player to participate in a U.S. Indoor Lawn Tennis Association tournament.
1964 Senator Carl Hayden broke the record for continuous service in the U.S. Senate, completing 37 years and seven days,
1968 Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for the single, "(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay."
1971 ABC, CBS and NBC were told by the FCC that a limited three-hour nightly program service, or ‘prime time,’ would begin in September, with network programs slotted between 8 and 11 p.m. on the East and West coasts, and an hour earlier in the Central and Mountain time zones.
1977 More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined negotiations.
1978 Bobby Hull of the Winnipeg Jets joined Gordie Howe in the record books, getting career goal 1,000 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques.
1986 Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a flatter, one-stick model.
1990 Lithuania declared itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1993 Janet Reno was confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
1997 An explosion at a nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Japan exposed 35 workers to low-level radioactive contamination in the worst nuclear accident in Japan's history.
2004 Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain killed 192 people.
2006 Michelle Bachelet was inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
Chart Toppers
1950
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
I Said My Pajamas - Tony Martin & Fran Warren
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bing Crosby
Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
Lollipop - The Chordettes
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
1966
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
Listen People - Herman’s Hermits
California Dreamin’ - The Mamas & The Papas
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
There Won’t Be Anymore - Charlie Rich
1982
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
Open Arms - Journey
I Love Rock ’N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had - Ed Bruce
1990
Escapade - Janet Jackson
Dangerous - Roxette
Roam - The B-52’s
Chains - Patty Loveless
Quote of the Day
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely
Today's Birthdays
1785 John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, died April 4, 1861
1885 Sir Malcolm Campbell, auto racer (first to travel 300 mph in a car) died Dec 31, 1948
1898 Dorothy Gish, actress (Hearts of the World) died June 4, 1968
1903 Lawrence Welk, bandleader (The Lawrence Welk Show) died May 17, 1992
1916 Ezra Jack Keats, children's literature author (The Snowy Day) died May 6, 1983
1919 Mercer Ellington, songwriter/bandleader (only son of Duke Ellington) died Feb 8, 1996
1926 Reverend Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) died April 17, 1990
1931 Valerie French (Harrison), actress (The 27th Day) died Nov 3, 1990
1931 Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born entrepreneur (News Corporation)
1934 Sam Donaldson, broadcast journalist (Primetime Live)
1936 Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1943 Bob Plager, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1944 Ric Rothwell, drummer (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
1947 Mark Stein, keyboardist/singer (Vanilla Fudge)
1948 Dominique Sanda (Dominique Varaigne), actress (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis)
1950 Bobby McFerrin, jazz songwriter/singer (Don't Worry Be Happy)
1952 Douglas Adams, author (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series) died May 11, 2001
1952 Susan Richardson, actress (Eight is Enough)
1955 Jimmy Fortune, singer (Statler Brothers)
1956 Rob Paulsen, voice actor (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Animaniacs)
1957 Lady Chablis (Benjamin Edward Knox), transsexual entertainer (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
1957 Cheryl Lynn, R&B singer (Got to Be Real)
1958 Anissa Jones, actress (Family Affair) died August 28, 1976
1961 Bruce Watson, guitarist (Big Country)
1963 Alex Kingston, English actress (ER, Weapons of Mass Distraction)
1964 Peter Berg, actor/director/producer (Chicago Hope, Aspen Extreme, Friday Night Lights)
1964 Vinnie Paul, drummer (Pantera)
1965 Wallace Langham, actor (CSI)
1968 Lisa Loeb, singer/songwriter (Stay)
1969 Terrence Howard, actor (Crash, Four Brothers, Hustle & Flow, Get Rich or Die Tryin')
1971 Johnny Knoxville, television personality/actor (Jackass, The Ringer)
1971 Martin Ručinský, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
1979 Benji Madden, guitarist (Good Charlotte)
1979 Joel Madden, singer (Good Charlotte)
1981 David Anders, actor (Alias, Heroes)
1981 LeToya Luckett, singer (Destiny's Child)
1982 Thora Birch, actress (American Beauty, Ghost World)
1989 Anton Yelchin, Russian-born actor (Huff, House of D, Alpha Dog, Charlie Bartlett)
Today's Deaths in History
1847 Johnny Appleseed, pioneer agronomist, dies at 72
1931 F.W. Murnau, German film director (Nosferatu) dies at 42
1955 Oscar Mayer, meat packer, dies at 95
1957 Admiral Richard E. Byrd, explorer (South Pole) dies at 68
1958 Ole Kirk Christiansen, inventor (Legos) dies at 66
1970 Erle Stanley Gardner, novelist (Perry Mason) dies at 80
1971 Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies at 64
1986 Sonny Terry, blues musician, dies at 74
1992 Richard Brooks, film director (Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) dies at 79
1993 Dino Bravo, professional wrestler, dies at 43
1996 Vince Edwards, actor/director (Ben Casey) dies at 67
2002 James Tobin, economist, dies at 84
2006 Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (NY Rangers) dies at 75
2007 Betty Hutton, actress/singer (Incendiary Blonde, Annie Get Your Gun) dies at 86
Today in History
1702 The first regular English language newspaper, The Daily Courant, was published in London, England.
1791 Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the first person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office (he received four).
1824 The United States War Department created the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
1845 British baker Henry Jones invented self-raising flour.
1861 The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted.
1872 The Meiji Japanese government officially annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
1879 The Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (U.S. Amateur Lacrosse Association) was formed in Princeton, NJ.
1888 The Great Blizzard of 1888 began along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
1927 Samuel Roxy Rothafel opened the famous Roxy Theatre in New York City.
1930 Babe Ruth signed a two-year, $80,000 contract with the New York Yankees.
1948 Reginald Weir of New York City became the first black tennis player to participate in a U.S. Indoor Lawn Tennis Association tournament.
1964 Senator Carl Hayden broke the record for continuous service in the U.S. Senate, completing 37 years and seven days,
1968 Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for the single, "(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay."
1971 ABC, CBS and NBC were told by the FCC that a limited three-hour nightly program service, or ‘prime time,’ would begin in September, with network programs slotted between 8 and 11 p.m. on the East and West coasts, and an hour earlier in the Central and Mountain time zones.
1977 More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined negotiations.
1978 Bobby Hull of the Winnipeg Jets joined Gordie Howe in the record books, getting career goal 1,000 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques.
1986 Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a flatter, one-stick model.
1990 Lithuania declared itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1993 Janet Reno was confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
1997 An explosion at a nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Japan exposed 35 workers to low-level radioactive contamination in the worst nuclear accident in Japan's history.
2004 Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain killed 192 people.
2006 Michelle Bachelet was inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
Chart Toppers
1950
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
I Said My Pajamas - Tony Martin & Fran Warren
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bing Crosby
Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
Lollipop - The Chordettes
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
1966
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
Listen People - Herman’s Hermits
California Dreamin’ - The Mamas & The Papas
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
There Won’t Be Anymore - Charlie Rich
1982
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
Open Arms - Journey
I Love Rock ’N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had - Ed Bruce
1990
Escapade - Janet Jackson
Dangerous - Roxette
Roam - The B-52’s
Chains - Patty Loveless
Quote of the Day
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely
Today in History - March 12th
Today's Birthdays
1806 Jane (Means Appleton) Pierce, First Lady, died Dec 2, 1863
1831 Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer, died November 27, 1901
1832 Charles Boycott, real estate agent (tenants refused to deal with him) died in 1897
1881 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, first President of Turkey, died November 10, 1938
1910 Roger L. Stevens, producer (West Side Story, Bus Stop) died Feb 2, 1998
1921 Gordon MacRae, actor (Oklahoma!, Carousel) died Jan 24, 1986
1922 Jack Kerouac, author (On the Road) died Oct 21, 1969
1923 Capt. Walter ‘Wally’ M. Shirra Jr., astronaut (Project Mercury, Gemini, Apollo)
1928 Edward Albee, playwright (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
1930 Bronco Horvath, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1931 Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Our Gang, Little Rascals) died October 10, 1980
1932 Barbara Feldon (Hall), actress (Get Smart, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)
1932 Andrew Young, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
1938 Lew Dewitt, singer (The Statler Brothers) died Aug 15, 1990
1938 Johnny Rutherford, Indy car race driver
1940 Al Jarreau, singer (Breakin’ Away, We’re in This Love Together)
1946 Liza Minnelli, singer/actress (Cabaret, Arthur)
1948 James Taylor, singer (You’ve Got a Friend, Handy Man, Fire & Rain)
1949 Mike Gibbins, drummer (Badfinger)
1949 Bill Payne, keyboardist (Little Feat)
1953 Carl Hiaasen, journalist/author (Basket Case, Sick Puppy)
1953 Ron Jeremy, porn star
1956 Steve Harris, bassist/songwriter (Iron Maiden)
1957 Marlon Jackson, singer (The Jackson Five)
1960 Courtney B. Vance, actor (Tuskegee Airmen, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Hunt for Red October)
1962 Darryl (Eugene) Strawberry, MLB outfielder (NY Mets, NY Yankees)
1965 Steve Levy, sports journalist (ESPN)
1968 Aaron Eckhart, actor (The Black Dahlia, The dark Knight)
1969 Graham Coxon, singer/songwriter/musician (Blur)
1970 John Nemechek, NASCAR driver, died March 21, 1997
1978 Claudio Sanchez, singer/guitarist (Coheed and Cambria)
1979 Pete Doherty, musician/singer (Babyshambles)
1986 Danny Jones, singer (McFly)
Today's Deaths in History
1914 George Westinghouse, entrepreneur/engineer, dies at 67
1925 Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary/politician, dies at 58
1929 Asa Griggs Candler, businessman (Coca-Cola) dies at 77
1955 Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist, dies at 34
1978 John Cazale, actor (The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon) dies at 42
1987 Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State) dies at 74
1989 Maurice Evans, English-born actor (Planet of the Apes) dies at 82
2001 Morton Downey, Jr., television talk show host, dies at 67
2001 Robert Ludlum, author (Bourne series) dies at 73
2003 Lynne Thigpen, actress (Godspell, Anger Management) dies at 54
Today in History
1884 The State of Mississippi authorized the first state-supported college for women.
1889 Almon B. Strowger received a patent for the automatic telephone system.
1894 Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time.
1912 The Girl Scouts of the USA was founded by Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia.
1918 Moscow became the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
1933 U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented his first "Fireside Chat" presidential address to the nation.
1935 Parimutual betting was legalized in Nebraska.
1951 Dennis the Menace appeared for the first time in 16 newspapers across the U.S.
1966 Bobby Hull of the Chicago Blackhawks became the first player in the National Hockey League to score 51 points in a single season.
1969 Paul McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman.
1985 Auto dealer Tom Benson and several investors bought the New Orleans Saints football team.
1985 Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics scored a club-record 60 points in a 126-116 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
1985 Former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announced that he planned to drop Secret Service protection and hire his own bodyguards.
1987 Both Coca-Cola and Boeing Company joined the rank and file of the Dow Jones industrials.
1993 Several bombs exploded in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
1993 North Korea announced plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refused to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites.
2004 Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea, was impeached by its national assembly, the first time in the nation's history this had happened.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
Be My Love - Mario Lanza
There’s Been a Change in Me - Eddy Arnold
1959
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Charlie Brown - The Coasters
Alvin’s Harmonica - David Seville & The Chipmunks
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
1967
Love is Here and Now You’re Gone - The Supremes
Baby I Need Your Lovin’ - Johnny Rivers
Penny Lane - The Beatles
The Fugitive - Merle Haggard
1975
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
Linda on My Mind - Conway Twitty
1983
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Shame on the Moon - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
The Rose - Conway Twitty
1991
Someday - Mariah Carey
One More Try - Timmy T
Show Me the Way - Styx
I’d Love You All Over Again - Alan Jackson
Quote of the Day
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
Today's Birthdays
1806 Jane (Means Appleton) Pierce, First Lady, died Dec 2, 1863
1831 Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer, died November 27, 1901
1832 Charles Boycott, real estate agent (tenants refused to deal with him) died in 1897
1881 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, first President of Turkey, died November 10, 1938
1910 Roger L. Stevens, producer (West Side Story, Bus Stop) died Feb 2, 1998
1921 Gordon MacRae, actor (Oklahoma!, Carousel) died Jan 24, 1986
1922 Jack Kerouac, author (On the Road) died Oct 21, 1969
1923 Capt. Walter ‘Wally’ M. Shirra Jr., astronaut (Project Mercury, Gemini, Apollo)
1928 Edward Albee, playwright (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
1930 Bronco Horvath, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1931 Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Our Gang, Little Rascals) died October 10, 1980
1932 Barbara Feldon (Hall), actress (Get Smart, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)
1932 Andrew Young, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
1938 Lew Dewitt, singer (The Statler Brothers) died Aug 15, 1990
1938 Johnny Rutherford, Indy car race driver
1940 Al Jarreau, singer (Breakin’ Away, We’re in This Love Together)
1946 Liza Minnelli, singer/actress (Cabaret, Arthur)
1948 James Taylor, singer (You’ve Got a Friend, Handy Man, Fire & Rain)
1949 Mike Gibbins, drummer (Badfinger)
1949 Bill Payne, keyboardist (Little Feat)
1953 Carl Hiaasen, journalist/author (Basket Case, Sick Puppy)
1953 Ron Jeremy, porn star
1956 Steve Harris, bassist/songwriter (Iron Maiden)
1957 Marlon Jackson, singer (The Jackson Five)
1960 Courtney B. Vance, actor (Tuskegee Airmen, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Hunt for Red October)
1962 Darryl (Eugene) Strawberry, MLB outfielder (NY Mets, NY Yankees)
1965 Steve Levy, sports journalist (ESPN)
1968 Aaron Eckhart, actor (The Black Dahlia, The dark Knight)
1969 Graham Coxon, singer/songwriter/musician (Blur)
1970 John Nemechek, NASCAR driver, died March 21, 1997
1978 Claudio Sanchez, singer/guitarist (Coheed and Cambria)
1979 Pete Doherty, musician/singer (Babyshambles)
1986 Danny Jones, singer (McFly)
Today's Deaths in History
1914 George Westinghouse, entrepreneur/engineer, dies at 67
1925 Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary/politician, dies at 58
1929 Asa Griggs Candler, businessman (Coca-Cola) dies at 77
1955 Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist, dies at 34
1978 John Cazale, actor (The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon) dies at 42
1987 Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State) dies at 74
1989 Maurice Evans, English-born actor (Planet of the Apes) dies at 82
2001 Morton Downey, Jr., television talk show host, dies at 67
2001 Robert Ludlum, author (Bourne series) dies at 73
2003 Lynne Thigpen, actress (Godspell, Anger Management) dies at 54
Today in History
1884 The State of Mississippi authorized the first state-supported college for women.
1889 Almon B. Strowger received a patent for the automatic telephone system.
1894 Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time.
1912 The Girl Scouts of the USA was founded by Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia.
1918 Moscow became the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
1933 U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented his first "Fireside Chat" presidential address to the nation.
1935 Parimutual betting was legalized in Nebraska.
1951 Dennis the Menace appeared for the first time in 16 newspapers across the U.S.
1966 Bobby Hull of the Chicago Blackhawks became the first player in the National Hockey League to score 51 points in a single season.
1969 Paul McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman.
1985 Auto dealer Tom Benson and several investors bought the New Orleans Saints football team.
1985 Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics scored a club-record 60 points in a 126-116 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
1985 Former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announced that he planned to drop Secret Service protection and hire his own bodyguards.
1987 Both Coca-Cola and Boeing Company joined the rank and file of the Dow Jones industrials.
1993 Several bombs exploded in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
1993 North Korea announced plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refused to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites.
2004 Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea, was impeached by its national assembly, the first time in the nation's history this had happened.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
Be My Love - Mario Lanza
There’s Been a Change in Me - Eddy Arnold
1959
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Charlie Brown - The Coasters
Alvin’s Harmonica - David Seville & The Chipmunks
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
1967
Love is Here and Now You’re Gone - The Supremes
Baby I Need Your Lovin’ - Johnny Rivers
Penny Lane - The Beatles
The Fugitive - Merle Haggard
1975
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
Linda on My Mind - Conway Twitty
1983
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Shame on the Moon - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
The Rose - Conway Twitty
1991
Someday - Mariah Carey
One More Try - Timmy T
Show Me the Way - Styx
I’d Love You All Over Again - Alan Jackson
Quote of the Day
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
Today in History - March 13th
Today's Birthdays
1733 Joseph Priestley, chemist (discovered oxygen) died Feb 6, 1804
1798 Abigail Fillmore (Powers), First Lady, died Mar 30, 1853
1813 Lorenzo Delmonico, restaurateur (Delmonico’s in NYC) died Sep 3, 1881
1855 Percival Lowell, astronomer (search for Pluto) died Nov 12, 1916
1910 Sammy Kaye, bandleader (Too Young, Harbor Lights) died June 2, 1987
1911 L. Ron Hubbard, author/founder (Church of Scientology) died Jan 24, 1986
1913 William Casey, former CIA director, died May 6, 1987
1929 Helen St. Aubin (Callaghan), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, died Dec 8, 1992
1933 Mike Stoller, record producer/songwriter (Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Up on the Roof, On Broadway)
1935 Leslie Parrish (Marjorie Helen), actress (The Manchurian Candidate, Sex and the Single Girl)
1939 Neil Sedaka, songwriter/singer (Calendar Girl, Bad Blood, Laughter in The Rain)
1949 Donny York, singer (Sha Na Na)
1950 William H. Macy, actor (Sports Night, Fargo, The Cooler, Pleasantville, Happy Texas)
1951 Fred Berry, actor/dancer (What's Happening!!) died October 21, 2003
1953 Deborah Raffin, actress (Foul Play, Noble House)
1955 Glenne Headly, actress (Mr. Holland’s Opus, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Purple Rose of Cairo)
1956 Dana Delany, actress (Desperate Housewives, China Beach)
1960 Adam Clayton, bassist (U2)
1971 Annabeth Gish, actress (Mystic Pizza, Double Jeopardy)
1973 David Draiman, singer/songwriter (Disturbed)
1976 Danny Masterson, actor (That 70s Show)
1979 Johan Santana, MLB pitcher (NY Mets)
1979 Spanky G, drummer (Bloodhound Gang)
1985 Emile Hirsch, actor (The Girl Next Door, Into the Wild, Speed Racer)
Today's Deaths in History
1901 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States, dies at 67
1906 Susan B. Anthony, suffragist, dies at 86
1938 Clarence S. Darrow, defense attorney, dies at 80
1964 Kitty Genovese, New Yorker, is stabbed to death at 28 while 38 witnesses did nothing
1988 John Holmes, porn star, dies of AIDS at 43
1996 Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (Three Colors) dies at 54
1999 Lee Falk, cartoonist (The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician) dies at 87
2006 Maureen Stapleton, actress (Johnny Dangerously, Cocoon series) dies at 80
2006 Peter Tomarken, game show host (Press Your Luck) dies at 63
Today in History
1781 The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
1852 The New York Lantern newspaper published an Uncle Sam cartoon for the first time.
1868 The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate.
1877 Chester Greenwood of Farmington, ME patented the earmuff.
1884 Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
1900 In France, the length of a workday for women and children was limited by law to 11 hours.
1923 Radio receivers were first advertised as having a concealed speaker, eliminating the need for headphones.
1925 A law went into effect in Tennessee prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
1933 Banks began to re-open after a holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1947 The musical Brigadoon opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City.
1964 38 neighbors ignored the screams of 28-year old Kitty Genovese as she was stabbed to death in Queens, New York.
1968 The Byrds received a gold record for their Greatest Hits album.
1969 Apollo 9 returned to Earth after a mission to test the lunar module that was used in the moon landings.
1970 The cover of LIFE magazine was featured the battle between long versus short skirts.
1972 The Merv Griffin Show debuted in syndication for Metromedia Television.
1976 The Four Seasons hit #1 in the country for the first time in 10 years with "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)."
1980 A jury in Winamac, Ind., found Ford Motor Co. innocent of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of three young women riding in a Ford Pinto.
1985 National Football League owners met in Phoenix, AZ and tabled a proposal that would have allowed transmitters and receivers in football helmets.
1987 Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris received the largest arbitration settlement in professional baseball as he was awarded $1.85 million for the 1988 season.
1988 Gallaudet University, a liberal arts college for the hearing-impaired, chose I. King Jordan to become the school's first deaf president.
1991 The United States Justice Department announced that Exxon agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
1996 A gunman opened fire on a class of kindergarteners at an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and one teacher before killing himself.
2005 Robert Iger was named to succeed Michael Eisner as chief executive of Walt Disney Co.
2005 Terry Ratzmann shot and killed six members and the minister at the Living Church of God in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.
Chart Toppers
1944
Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen)
No Love, No Nothin’ - Ella Mae Morse
Rosalita - Al Dexter
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Tell Me Why - The Four Aces
Please, Mr. Sun - Johnnie Ray
Wondering - Webb Pierce
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Wild One - Bobby Rydell
Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) - Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Take Me to Your World - Tammy Wynette
1976
December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons
All by Myself - Eric Carmen
Take It to the Limit - Eagles
The Roots of My Raising - Merle Haggard
1984
Jump - Van Halen
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell
Going, Going, Gone - Lee Greenwood
Quote of the Day
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
Philip K. Dick, science fiction author (1928 - 1982)
Today's Birthdays
1733 Joseph Priestley, chemist (discovered oxygen) died Feb 6, 1804
1798 Abigail Fillmore (Powers), First Lady, died Mar 30, 1853
1813 Lorenzo Delmonico, restaurateur (Delmonico’s in NYC) died Sep 3, 1881
1855 Percival Lowell, astronomer (search for Pluto) died Nov 12, 1916
1910 Sammy Kaye, bandleader (Too Young, Harbor Lights) died June 2, 1987
1911 L. Ron Hubbard, author/founder (Church of Scientology) died Jan 24, 1986
1913 William Casey, former CIA director, died May 6, 1987
1929 Helen St. Aubin (Callaghan), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, died Dec 8, 1992
1933 Mike Stoller, record producer/songwriter (Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Up on the Roof, On Broadway)
1935 Leslie Parrish (Marjorie Helen), actress (The Manchurian Candidate, Sex and the Single Girl)
1939 Neil Sedaka, songwriter/singer (Calendar Girl, Bad Blood, Laughter in The Rain)
1949 Donny York, singer (Sha Na Na)
1950 William H. Macy, actor (Sports Night, Fargo, The Cooler, Pleasantville, Happy Texas)
1951 Fred Berry, actor/dancer (What's Happening!!) died October 21, 2003
1953 Deborah Raffin, actress (Foul Play, Noble House)
1955 Glenne Headly, actress (Mr. Holland’s Opus, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Purple Rose of Cairo)
1956 Dana Delany, actress (Desperate Housewives, China Beach)
1960 Adam Clayton, bassist (U2)
1971 Annabeth Gish, actress (Mystic Pizza, Double Jeopardy)
1973 David Draiman, singer/songwriter (Disturbed)
1976 Danny Masterson, actor (That 70s Show)
1979 Johan Santana, MLB pitcher (NY Mets)
1979 Spanky G, drummer (Bloodhound Gang)
1985 Emile Hirsch, actor (The Girl Next Door, Into the Wild, Speed Racer)
Today's Deaths in History
1901 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States, dies at 67
1906 Susan B. Anthony, suffragist, dies at 86
1938 Clarence S. Darrow, defense attorney, dies at 80
1964 Kitty Genovese, New Yorker, is stabbed to death at 28 while 38 witnesses did nothing
1988 John Holmes, porn star, dies of AIDS at 43
1996 Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (Three Colors) dies at 54
1999 Lee Falk, cartoonist (The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician) dies at 87
2006 Maureen Stapleton, actress (Johnny Dangerously, Cocoon series) dies at 80
2006 Peter Tomarken, game show host (Press Your Luck) dies at 63
Today in History
1781 The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
1852 The New York Lantern newspaper published an Uncle Sam cartoon for the first time.
1868 The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate.
1877 Chester Greenwood of Farmington, ME patented the earmuff.
1884 Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
1900 In France, the length of a workday for women and children was limited by law to 11 hours.
1923 Radio receivers were first advertised as having a concealed speaker, eliminating the need for headphones.
1925 A law went into effect in Tennessee prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
1933 Banks began to re-open after a holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1947 The musical Brigadoon opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City.
1964 38 neighbors ignored the screams of 28-year old Kitty Genovese as she was stabbed to death in Queens, New York.
1968 The Byrds received a gold record for their Greatest Hits album.
1969 Apollo 9 returned to Earth after a mission to test the lunar module that was used in the moon landings.
1970 The cover of LIFE magazine was featured the battle between long versus short skirts.
1972 The Merv Griffin Show debuted in syndication for Metromedia Television.
1976 The Four Seasons hit #1 in the country for the first time in 10 years with "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)."
1980 A jury in Winamac, Ind., found Ford Motor Co. innocent of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of three young women riding in a Ford Pinto.
1985 National Football League owners met in Phoenix, AZ and tabled a proposal that would have allowed transmitters and receivers in football helmets.
1987 Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris received the largest arbitration settlement in professional baseball as he was awarded $1.85 million for the 1988 season.
1988 Gallaudet University, a liberal arts college for the hearing-impaired, chose I. King Jordan to become the school's first deaf president.
1991 The United States Justice Department announced that Exxon agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
1996 A gunman opened fire on a class of kindergarteners at an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and one teacher before killing himself.
2005 Robert Iger was named to succeed Michael Eisner as chief executive of Walt Disney Co.
2005 Terry Ratzmann shot and killed six members and the minister at the Living Church of God in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.
Chart Toppers
1944
Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen)
No Love, No Nothin’ - Ella Mae Morse
Rosalita - Al Dexter
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Tell Me Why - The Four Aces
Please, Mr. Sun - Johnnie Ray
Wondering - Webb Pierce
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Wild One - Bobby Rydell
Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) - Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Take Me to Your World - Tammy Wynette
1976
December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons
All by Myself - Eric Carmen
Take It to the Limit - Eagles
The Roots of My Raising - Merle Haggard
1984
Jump - Van Halen
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell
Going, Going, Gone - Lee Greenwood
Quote of the Day
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
Philip K. Dick, science fiction author (1928 - 1982)
Today in History - March 14th
Today's Birthdays
1804 Johann Strauss, Sr., Austrian composer (waltzes) died September 25, 1849
1833 Lucy Hobbs Taylor, D.D.S., first woman to receive a degree in dentistry, died Oct 3, 1910
1864 (John Luther) Casey Jones, railroad engineer (The Ballad of Casey Jones) killed in train crash Apr 30, 1900
1879 Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, died Apr 18, 1955
1912 Les Brown, bandleader (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) died Jan 4, 2001
1914 Lee Petty, NASCAR driver, died April 5, 2000
1918 Dennis Patrick, actor (Dark Shadows, Dallas) died October 13, 2002
1919 Max Shulman, novelist/playwright (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) died Aug 28, 1988
1920 Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace) died June 1, 2001
1928 Frank (Frederick) Borman II, Apollo astronaut/president of Eastern Airlines
1931 Phil Phillips (Baptiste), singer (Sea of Love)
1933 Michael Caine (Maurice Micklewhite), actor (Hannah and Her Sisters, Alfie, Educating Rita, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
1933 Quincy Jones, composer/bandleader/record producer/arranger
1934 Eugene (Andrew) Cernan, astronaut (Gemini, Apollo programs)
1941 Wolfgang Petersen, director (In the Line of Fire, Das Boot)
1942 Rita Tushingham, actress (Dr. Zhivago, A Taste of Honey)
1945 Walter Parazaider, musician (Chicago)
1945 Michael Martin Murphey, singer/songwriter (Wildfire)
1948 Billy Crystal, actor/comedian (City Slickers, Throw Mama from the Train, Soap, When Harry Met Sally)
1950 Rick Dees, disc jockey/singer (Disco Duck)
1951 Jerry Greenfield, co-founder (Ben & Jerry's ice cream)
1954 Adrian Zmed, actor (Grease 2, Bachelor Party)
1955 Boon Gould, guitarist (Level 42)
1959 Tamara Tunie, actress (The Devil's Advocate, CSI: NY)
1960 Kirby Puckett, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (Minnesota Twins) died March 6, 2006
1961 Penny Johnson Jerald, actress (24, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
1965 Kiana Tom, fitness guru/model
1969 Michael Bland, drummer (New Power Generation, Soul Asylum)
1979 Chris Klein, actor (American Pie movies)
1980 Mercedes McNab, actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Boston Public)
1982 Kate Maberly, actress (Finding Neverland)
1986 Jamie Bell, British actor (Billy Eliot)
Today's Deaths in History
1883 Karl Marx, political philosopher, dies at 64
1932 George Eastman, inventor/founder (Eastman Kodak) dies at 77
1973 Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie) dies at 72
1975 Susan Hayward, actress (Reap the Wild Wind, The Fighting Seabees) dies at 57
1976 Busby Berkeley, choreographer/director, dies at 80
1991 Doc Pomus, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame blues singer/songwriter, dies at 65
1991 Margery Sharp, children's author (The Rescuers series) dies at 86
1997 Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born director (From Here to Eternity, High Noon) dies at 89
1999 Kirk Alyn, actor (first to play Superman) dies at 88
2007 Gareth Hunt, English actor (Upstairs Downstairs, The New Avengers) dies at 65
Today in History
1743 The City of Boston conducted the first town meeting in Faneuil Hall.
1794 Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin.
1812 War Bonds were authorized by the United States government for the first time.
1889 Ferdinand von Zeppelin patented his "navigable balloon."
1923 Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. President to pay taxes and account for his income.
1936 The U.S. government began publishing The Federal Register.
1937 Fred Allen and Jack Benny met in "The Battle of the Century," exchanging torrid insults that were heard by the second largest audience in the history of radio.
1939 The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation.
1951 United Nations forces recaptured Seoul during the Korean War.
1958 The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the first gold record, Perry Como’s "Catch a Falling Star," recorded on RCA Victor Records.
1959 Elvis Presley released For LP Fans Only, the first LP ever issued without the artist’s name to be found anywhere on the cover.
1964 A jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
1967 The body of President John F. Kennedy was moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery.
1968 After two seasons on television, ABC-TV aired the last episode of Batman.
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin became the first woman jockey to win at Aqueduct Race Course in New York.
1972 The Cincinnati Royals announced plans to move the National Basketball Association franchise to Kansas City, MO.
1980 A plane crashed during an emergency landing near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
1985 Bill Cosby captured four People’s Choice Awards for The Cosby Show.
1993 An independent U.N.-sponsored commission released a report blaming the bulk of atrocities committed during El Salvador's civil war on the country's military.
1994 Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell resigned because of controversy over billings he'd charged while in private law practice.
1994 Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
1995 Astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket as he and two cosmonauts blasted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, headed for the Mir space station.
2002 The government charged the Arthur Andersen accounting firm with obstruction of justice, securing its first indictment in the collapse of Enron.
2004 Opposition Socialists scored a dramatic upset win in Spain's general election, unseating conservatives stung by charges they'd provoked the Madrid terror bombings by supporting the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
2004 Russian President Vladimir Putin captured more than 70 percent of the vote to win a second term in an election that European observers said fell short of democratic standards.
2005 A judge in San Francisco ruled that California's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional.
2005 About one million people rallied in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding Syrian withdrawal and the arrest of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's killers.
Chart Toppers
1945
Accentuate the Positive - Johnny Mercer
Saturday Night - Frank Sinatra
A Little on the Lonely Side - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Jimmy Brown)
I’m Losing My Mind Over You - Al Dexter
1953
Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Doggie in the Window - Patti Page
Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
1961
Pony Time - Chubby Checker
Surrender - Elvis Presley
Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis
Don’t Worry - Marty Robbins
1969
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Only the Lonely - Sonny James
1977
Love Theme from "A Star is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand
Fly like an Eagle - Steve Miller
I Like Dreamin’ - Kenny Nolan
She’s Just an Old Love Turned Memory - Charley Pride
1985
Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
The Heat is On - Glenn Frey
Material Girl - Madonna
My Only Love - The Statler Brothers
Quote of the Day
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
Cato the Elder, Roman orator & politician (234 BC - 149 BC)
Today's Birthdays
1804 Johann Strauss, Sr., Austrian composer (waltzes) died September 25, 1849
1833 Lucy Hobbs Taylor, D.D.S., first woman to receive a degree in dentistry, died Oct 3, 1910
1864 (John Luther) Casey Jones, railroad engineer (The Ballad of Casey Jones) killed in train crash Apr 30, 1900
1879 Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, died Apr 18, 1955
1912 Les Brown, bandleader (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) died Jan 4, 2001
1914 Lee Petty, NASCAR driver, died April 5, 2000
1918 Dennis Patrick, actor (Dark Shadows, Dallas) died October 13, 2002
1919 Max Shulman, novelist/playwright (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) died Aug 28, 1988
1920 Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace) died June 1, 2001
1928 Frank (Frederick) Borman II, Apollo astronaut/president of Eastern Airlines
1931 Phil Phillips (Baptiste), singer (Sea of Love)
1933 Michael Caine (Maurice Micklewhite), actor (Hannah and Her Sisters, Alfie, Educating Rita, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
1933 Quincy Jones, composer/bandleader/record producer/arranger
1934 Eugene (Andrew) Cernan, astronaut (Gemini, Apollo programs)
1941 Wolfgang Petersen, director (In the Line of Fire, Das Boot)
1942 Rita Tushingham, actress (Dr. Zhivago, A Taste of Honey)
1945 Walter Parazaider, musician (Chicago)
1945 Michael Martin Murphey, singer/songwriter (Wildfire)
1948 Billy Crystal, actor/comedian (City Slickers, Throw Mama from the Train, Soap, When Harry Met Sally)
1950 Rick Dees, disc jockey/singer (Disco Duck)
1951 Jerry Greenfield, co-founder (Ben & Jerry's ice cream)
1954 Adrian Zmed, actor (Grease 2, Bachelor Party)
1955 Boon Gould, guitarist (Level 42)
1959 Tamara Tunie, actress (The Devil's Advocate, CSI: NY)
1960 Kirby Puckett, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (Minnesota Twins) died March 6, 2006
1961 Penny Johnson Jerald, actress (24, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
1965 Kiana Tom, fitness guru/model
1969 Michael Bland, drummer (New Power Generation, Soul Asylum)
1979 Chris Klein, actor (American Pie movies)
1980 Mercedes McNab, actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Boston Public)
1982 Kate Maberly, actress (Finding Neverland)
1986 Jamie Bell, British actor (Billy Eliot)
Today's Deaths in History
1883 Karl Marx, political philosopher, dies at 64
1932 George Eastman, inventor/founder (Eastman Kodak) dies at 77
1973 Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie) dies at 72
1975 Susan Hayward, actress (Reap the Wild Wind, The Fighting Seabees) dies at 57
1976 Busby Berkeley, choreographer/director, dies at 80
1991 Doc Pomus, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame blues singer/songwriter, dies at 65
1991 Margery Sharp, children's author (The Rescuers series) dies at 86
1997 Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born director (From Here to Eternity, High Noon) dies at 89
1999 Kirk Alyn, actor (first to play Superman) dies at 88
2007 Gareth Hunt, English actor (Upstairs Downstairs, The New Avengers) dies at 65
Today in History
1743 The City of Boston conducted the first town meeting in Faneuil Hall.
1794 Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin.
1812 War Bonds were authorized by the United States government for the first time.
1889 Ferdinand von Zeppelin patented his "navigable balloon."
1923 Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. President to pay taxes and account for his income.
1936 The U.S. government began publishing The Federal Register.
1937 Fred Allen and Jack Benny met in "The Battle of the Century," exchanging torrid insults that were heard by the second largest audience in the history of radio.
1939 The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation.
1951 United Nations forces recaptured Seoul during the Korean War.
1958 The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the first gold record, Perry Como’s "Catch a Falling Star," recorded on RCA Victor Records.
1959 Elvis Presley released For LP Fans Only, the first LP ever issued without the artist’s name to be found anywhere on the cover.
1964 A jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
1967 The body of President John F. Kennedy was moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery.
1968 After two seasons on television, ABC-TV aired the last episode of Batman.
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin became the first woman jockey to win at Aqueduct Race Course in New York.
1972 The Cincinnati Royals announced plans to move the National Basketball Association franchise to Kansas City, MO.
1980 A plane crashed during an emergency landing near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
1985 Bill Cosby captured four People’s Choice Awards for The Cosby Show.
1993 An independent U.N.-sponsored commission released a report blaming the bulk of atrocities committed during El Salvador's civil war on the country's military.
1994 Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell resigned because of controversy over billings he'd charged while in private law practice.
1994 Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
1995 Astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket as he and two cosmonauts blasted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, headed for the Mir space station.
2002 The government charged the Arthur Andersen accounting firm with obstruction of justice, securing its first indictment in the collapse of Enron.
2004 Opposition Socialists scored a dramatic upset win in Spain's general election, unseating conservatives stung by charges they'd provoked the Madrid terror bombings by supporting the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
2004 Russian President Vladimir Putin captured more than 70 percent of the vote to win a second term in an election that European observers said fell short of democratic standards.
2005 A judge in San Francisco ruled that California's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional.
2005 About one million people rallied in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding Syrian withdrawal and the arrest of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's killers.
Chart Toppers
1945
Accentuate the Positive - Johnny Mercer
Saturday Night - Frank Sinatra
A Little on the Lonely Side - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Jimmy Brown)
I’m Losing My Mind Over You - Al Dexter
1953
Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Doggie in the Window - Patti Page
Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
1961
Pony Time - Chubby Checker
Surrender - Elvis Presley
Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis
Don’t Worry - Marty Robbins
1969
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Only the Lonely - Sonny James
1977
Love Theme from "A Star is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand
Fly like an Eagle - Steve Miller
I Like Dreamin’ - Kenny Nolan
She’s Just an Old Love Turned Memory - Charley Pride
1985
Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
The Heat is On - Glenn Frey
Material Girl - Madonna
My Only Love - The Statler Brothers
Quote of the Day
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
Cato the Elder, Roman orator & politician (234 BC - 149 BC)
Today is Pi Day! I almost forgot.
Today in History - March 15th
Rangerland Day
Today's Birthdays
1767 Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President, died June 8, 1845
1913 MacDonald Carey, actor (Days of Our Lives, Who is the Black Dahlia) died Mar 21, 1994
1915 Joe E. Ross, actor/comedian (Car 54 Where Are You?) died August 13, 1982
1916 Harry (Haag) James, trumpeter/bandleader (Sweet Georgia Brown) died July 5, 1983
1918 Punch Imlach, Hockey Hall of Fame coach/general manager (Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres) died December 1, 1987
1926 Norm Van Brocklin, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (LA Rams, Philadelphia Eagles) died May 2, 1983
1932 Alan (LaVern) Bean, astronaut (Apollo, Skylab missions)
1933 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice
1935 Judd Hirsch, actor (Taxi, Ordinary People, Independence Day)
1935 Jimmy (Lee) Swaggert, TV evangelist
1940 Phil Lesh (Chapman), bassist (Grateful Dead)
1941 Mike Love, singer/songwriter (The Beach Boys)
1944 David Costell, bassist (Gary Lewis & The Playboys)
1944 Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart), guitarist/singer (Sly & The Family Stone)
1946 Bobby (Lee) Bonds, MLB right fielder (SF Giants) died August 23, 2003
1946 Howard Scott, guitarist/singer (War)
1947 Ry (Ryland) Cooder, guitarist/songwriter
1954 Craig Wasson, actor (The Boys in Company C, Body Double)
1955 Dee Snider, singer (Twisted Sister)
1959 Fabio (Lanzoni), model
1959 Renny Harlin, film director (Deep Blue Sea, The Long Kiss Goodnight)
1962 Terence Trent D’Arby, singer/songwriter (Wishing Well)
1963 Bret Michaels, singer (Poison)
1964 Rockwell (Kennedy William Gordy), singer (Somebody’s Watching Me)
1968 Mark McGrath, singer (Sugar Ray)
1972 Mark Hoppus, bassist/singer (Blink-182)
1975 will.i.am, rapper/musician (Black Eyed Peas)
1975 Eva Longoria Parker, actress (Desperate Housewives)
1978 Sid Wilson, dj (Slipknot)
1982 Emily Kennard, actress (Napoleon Dynamite)
1983 Sean Biggerstaff, actor (Harry Potter movies)
Today's Deaths in History
0044 BC Roman Emperor Julius Caesar is assassinated at 56
1937 H. P. Lovecraft, writer (horror, fantasy, science fiction) dies at 46
1975 Aristotle Onassis, Greek Shipping magnate, dies at 69
1981 René Clair, French film director (Les Belles de nuit) dies at 82
1998 Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/writer, dies at 94
2001 Ann Sothern, actress (The Whales of August) dies at 92
2007 Charles Harrelson, hitman/father of Woody Harrelson, dies at 68
2007 Bowie Kuhn, MLB Commissioner, dies at 80
2007 Stuart Rosenberg, film director (Cool Hand Luke, Voyage of the Damned, The Amityville Horror) dies at 79
Today in History
0044 BC Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators.
1493 Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
1820 Maine became the 23rd of the United States of America.
1869 The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team in America, trounced Antioch 41-7.
1875 The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York City, John McCloskey, was named the first American cardinal by Pope Pius IX.
1906 Rolls-Royce Limited was incorporated.
1913 President Woodrow Wilson held the first open presidential news conference.
1919 The American Legion was founded in Paris.
1937 The first blood bank was established in Chicago, IL at the Cook County Hospital.
1945 Billboard magazine introduced a new feature, a record chart of top albums; the first #1 album was Nat King Cole's The King Cole Trio.
1948 Sir Laurence Olivier made the cover of LIFE magazine for his starring role in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
1954 CBS television inaugurated its Morning Show, hosted by Walter Cronkite.
1956 My Fair Lady opened on Broadway, running 6-1/2 years in 2,717 performances.
1965 Addressing a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for new legislation to guarantee every American's right to vote.
1968 LIFE magazine called Jimi Hendrix “the most spectacular guitarist in the world.”
1971 CBS television announced that it was dropping The Ed Sullivan Show from its program line-up after 23 years on the network.
1977 The first episode of Eight is Enough was aired on ABC-TV.
1977 The U.S. House of Representatives began a 90-day test to determine the feasibility of showing its sessions on TV.
1985 The first Internet domain name was registered (symbolics.com).
1987 Don Pooley made a hole in one during the final round of the Bay Hill classic, winning a million dollars for that one shot.
1989 The United States Department of Veterans Affairs was established.
1990 Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
2002 Andrea Yates of Houston was sentenced to life in prison for drowning her children in a bathtub (her conviction was later overturned and she was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a second trial).
2003 Hu Jintao was chosen to replace Jiang Zemin as the president of China.
2004 Martha Stewart resigned from the board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia 10 days after she was convicted in a stock scandal.
2005 Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers was convicted in New York of engineering the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history (he was later sentenced to 25 years in prison).
2007 Rangerland opened to the masses, nay, to the world, to great acclaim and the undying gratitiude of the multitudes.
Chart Toppers
1946
Oh, What It Seemed to Be - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Marjorie Hughes)
Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
I Get So Lonely - The Four Knights
Answer Me, My Love - Nat ‘King’ Cole
Slowly - Webb Pierce
1962
Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
Midnight in Moscow - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You - Connie Francis
Misery Loves Company - Porter Wagoner
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Travelin’ Band/Who’ll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Rapper - The Jaggerz
It’s Just a Matter of Time - Sonny James
1978
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon &
Willie
1986
Sara - Starship
These Dreams - Heart
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
I Could Get Used to You - Exile
Quote of the Day
Congrats, Rangerland! I’d stop by and bring you a cake, but I’m too busy getting blown by your girlfriend in my new Porsche.
Scott Gomez, as channeled by xcheck
Rangerland Day
Today's Birthdays
1767 Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President, died June 8, 1845
1913 MacDonald Carey, actor (Days of Our Lives, Who is the Black Dahlia) died Mar 21, 1994
1915 Joe E. Ross, actor/comedian (Car 54 Where Are You?) died August 13, 1982
1916 Harry (Haag) James, trumpeter/bandleader (Sweet Georgia Brown) died July 5, 1983
1918 Punch Imlach, Hockey Hall of Fame coach/general manager (Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres) died December 1, 1987
1926 Norm Van Brocklin, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (LA Rams, Philadelphia Eagles) died May 2, 1983
1932 Alan (LaVern) Bean, astronaut (Apollo, Skylab missions)
1933 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice
1935 Judd Hirsch, actor (Taxi, Ordinary People, Independence Day)
1935 Jimmy (Lee) Swaggert, TV evangelist
1940 Phil Lesh (Chapman), bassist (Grateful Dead)
1941 Mike Love, singer/songwriter (The Beach Boys)
1944 David Costell, bassist (Gary Lewis & The Playboys)
1944 Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart), guitarist/singer (Sly & The Family Stone)
1946 Bobby (Lee) Bonds, MLB right fielder (SF Giants) died August 23, 2003
1946 Howard Scott, guitarist/singer (War)
1947 Ry (Ryland) Cooder, guitarist/songwriter
1954 Craig Wasson, actor (The Boys in Company C, Body Double)
1955 Dee Snider, singer (Twisted Sister)
1959 Fabio (Lanzoni), model
1959 Renny Harlin, film director (Deep Blue Sea, The Long Kiss Goodnight)
1962 Terence Trent D’Arby, singer/songwriter (Wishing Well)
1963 Bret Michaels, singer (Poison)
1964 Rockwell (Kennedy William Gordy), singer (Somebody’s Watching Me)
1968 Mark McGrath, singer (Sugar Ray)
1972 Mark Hoppus, bassist/singer (Blink-182)
1975 will.i.am, rapper/musician (Black Eyed Peas)
1975 Eva Longoria Parker, actress (Desperate Housewives)
1978 Sid Wilson, dj (Slipknot)
1982 Emily Kennard, actress (Napoleon Dynamite)
1983 Sean Biggerstaff, actor (Harry Potter movies)
Today's Deaths in History
0044 BC Roman Emperor Julius Caesar is assassinated at 56
1937 H. P. Lovecraft, writer (horror, fantasy, science fiction) dies at 46
1975 Aristotle Onassis, Greek Shipping magnate, dies at 69
1981 René Clair, French film director (Les Belles de nuit) dies at 82
1998 Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/writer, dies at 94
2001 Ann Sothern, actress (The Whales of August) dies at 92
2007 Charles Harrelson, hitman/father of Woody Harrelson, dies at 68
2007 Bowie Kuhn, MLB Commissioner, dies at 80
2007 Stuart Rosenberg, film director (Cool Hand Luke, Voyage of the Damned, The Amityville Horror) dies at 79
Today in History
0044 BC Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators.
1493 Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
1820 Maine became the 23rd of the United States of America.
1869 The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team in America, trounced Antioch 41-7.
1875 The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York City, John McCloskey, was named the first American cardinal by Pope Pius IX.
1906 Rolls-Royce Limited was incorporated.
1913 President Woodrow Wilson held the first open presidential news conference.
1919 The American Legion was founded in Paris.
1937 The first blood bank was established in Chicago, IL at the Cook County Hospital.
1945 Billboard magazine introduced a new feature, a record chart of top albums; the first #1 album was Nat King Cole's The King Cole Trio.
1948 Sir Laurence Olivier made the cover of LIFE magazine for his starring role in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
1954 CBS television inaugurated its Morning Show, hosted by Walter Cronkite.
1956 My Fair Lady opened on Broadway, running 6-1/2 years in 2,717 performances.
1965 Addressing a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for new legislation to guarantee every American's right to vote.
1968 LIFE magazine called Jimi Hendrix “the most spectacular guitarist in the world.”
1971 CBS television announced that it was dropping The Ed Sullivan Show from its program line-up after 23 years on the network.
1977 The first episode of Eight is Enough was aired on ABC-TV.
1977 The U.S. House of Representatives began a 90-day test to determine the feasibility of showing its sessions on TV.
1985 The first Internet domain name was registered (symbolics.com).
1987 Don Pooley made a hole in one during the final round of the Bay Hill classic, winning a million dollars for that one shot.
1989 The United States Department of Veterans Affairs was established.
1990 Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
2002 Andrea Yates of Houston was sentenced to life in prison for drowning her children in a bathtub (her conviction was later overturned and she was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a second trial).
2003 Hu Jintao was chosen to replace Jiang Zemin as the president of China.
2004 Martha Stewart resigned from the board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia 10 days after she was convicted in a stock scandal.
2005 Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers was convicted in New York of engineering the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history (he was later sentenced to 25 years in prison).
2007 Rangerland opened to the masses, nay, to the world, to great acclaim and the undying gratitiude of the multitudes.
Chart Toppers
1946
Oh, What It Seemed to Be - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Marjorie Hughes)
Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
I Get So Lonely - The Four Knights
Answer Me, My Love - Nat ‘King’ Cole
Slowly - Webb Pierce
1962
Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
Midnight in Moscow - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You - Connie Francis
Misery Loves Company - Porter Wagoner
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Travelin’ Band/Who’ll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Rapper - The Jaggerz
It’s Just a Matter of Time - Sonny James
1978
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon &
Willie
1986
Sara - Starship
These Dreams - Heart
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
I Could Get Used to You - Exile
Quote of the Day
Congrats, Rangerland! I’d stop by and bring you a cake, but I’m too busy getting blown by your girlfriend in my new Porsche.
Scott Gomez, as channeled by xcheck
Today in History - March 16th
Today's Birthdays
1751 James Madison, 4th U.S. President, died June 28, 1836
1897 Conrad Nagel, actor (The Mysterious Lady, The Kiss) died Feb 24, 1970
1905 Marlin Perkins, naturalist (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) died June 14, 1986
1906 Henny (Henry) Youngman, comedian (“Take my wife ... please.”) died Feb 24, 1998
1911 Dr. Josef Mengele, accused Nazi war criminal (Auschwitz-Birkenau "Angel of Death") died February 7, 1979
1912 Pat Nixon (Ryan), former U.S. First Lady, died June 22, 1993
1916 Mercedes McCambridge, actress (All the King's Men, Cimarron) died March 2, 2004
1920 Leo McKern, actor (Ladyhawke, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Blue Lagoon, Ryan’s Daughter) died July 23, 2002
1926 Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch), comedian/actor (Martin and Lewis)
1927 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (New York) died Mar 26, 2003
1932 R. Walter Cunningham, astronaut (Apollo, Skylab)
1936 Fred Neil, singer/songwriter (Candy Man, Everybody's Talkin') died July 7, 2001
1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, director (The Last Emperor, Stealing Beauty, Last Tango in Paris)
1941 Chuck Woolery, game show host (Love Connection)
1942 Jerry Jeff Walker (Paul Crosby), country singer/guitarist (Mr. Bojangles)
1948 Michael Bruce, guitarist/keyboardist (Alice Cooper)
1949 Erik Estrada, actor (C.H.I.P.S.)
1949 Victor Garber, actor (Alias)
1950 Kate Nelligan, actress (Eye of the Needle, The Prince of Tides, Dracula, The Count of Monte Cristo)
1953 Isabelle Huppert, actress (Violette, Entré Nous)
1954 Nancy Wilson (Nancy Lamoureux Wilson), guitarist/singer (Heart)
1959 Flavor Flav, rapper (Public Enemy)
1961 Todd McFarlane, cartoonist/comic book writer/artist (Spawn)
1963 Jimmy DeGrasso, drummer (Megadeth)
1963 Kevin Smith, actor (Xena: Warrior Princess) died February 15, 2002
1967 Lauren Graham, actress (Gilmore Girls)
1971 Alan Tudyk, actor (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Firefly, Serenity, A Knight's Tale)
1978 Brooke Burns, actress (North Shore, Baywatch, Baywatch Hawaii)
1991 Wolfgang Van Halen, bassist (Van Halen)
Today's Deaths in History
1903 Judge Roy Bean, jurist ("The Law West of the Pecos") dies at 78
1936 Marguerite Durand, French journalist/feminist, dies at 72
1970 Tammi Terrell, R&B singer, dies at 24
1971 Thomas Dewey, presidential candidate, dies at 68
1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist/singer/songwriter, dies at 64
1983 Arthur Godfrey, actor/television host, dies at 79
1985 Eddie Shore, Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman (NY Americans) dies at 82
1996 Charlie Barnett, actor (DC Cab, Miami Vice) dies of AIDS at 41
2000 Thomas Ferebee, Army Air Corps bombardier (Enola Gay/Hiroshima) dies at 81
2006 David Feintuch, sci-fi author (Seafort Saga) dies at 61
Today in History
1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines, where he was killed by natives the following month.
1802 Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
1836 The Republic of Texas approved a constitution.
1850 The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was published for the first time.
1882 The U.S. Senate approved a treaty allowing the United States to join the Red Cross.
1915 The Federal Trade Commission began operation.
1916 The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing crossed the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
1926 Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1935 Adolf Hitler scrapped the Treaty of Versailles.
1942 Fats Waller recorded "The Jitterbug Waltz" in New York for Bluebird Records.
1950 Congress voted to remove federal taxes on oleomargarine.
1955 "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," by Bill Hayes, reached the number one spot on the pop music charts.
1958 The Ford Motor Company produced its 50 millionth automobile, a Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
1963 Peter, Paul and Mary released the single "Puff the Magic Dragon."
1964 Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were reinstated to the NFL after an 11-month suspension for betting on football games.
1968 U.S. troops gunned down hundreds of unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War.
1968 General Motors released its 100 millionth automobile, an Oldsmobile Toronado.
1984 William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by gunmen.
1985 Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, was abducted in Beirut.
1987 Bostonia magazine printed an English translation of Albert Einstein’s last high school report card.
1988 Former National Security Adviser John M. Poindexter, former White House aide Oliver L. North and two others were indicted on charges relating to the Iran-Contra affair.
1994 Figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty in Portland, Ore., to conspiracy for covering up the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
1995 Astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to visit the Russian space station Mir.
1998 The Vatican expressed remorse for the cowardice of some Christians during the Holocaust, but defended the actions of Pope Pius XII.
2000 Independent counsel Robert Ray said he had found no credible evidence that first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton or senior White House officials were involved in seeking the FBI background files of Republicans.
2002 Brittanie Cecil, 13, was struck by a flying hockey puck during an NHL game between the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets and the Calgary Flames; she died two days later.
2003 Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American college student, was killed when she was run over by a bulldozer while trying to block Israeli troops from demolishing a Palestinian home in Gaza.
2005 A judge in Redwood City, Calif., sent Scott Peterson to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci.
2005 A jury in Los Angeles acquitted actor Robert Blake of murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley (a civil court jury later ordered Blake to pay $30 million to Bakley's four children).
2006 The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council.
2006 Iraq's new parliament met briefly for the first time; lawmakers took the oath but did no business and adjourned after just 40 minutes.
Chart Toppers
1947
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
Managua, Nicaragua - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Don Rodney)
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
Walk like a Man - The 4 Seasons
Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics
You’re the Reason I’m Living - Bobby Darin
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
For All We Know - Carpenters
I’d Rather Love You - Charley Pride
1979
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Tragedy - Bee Gees
Heaven Knows - Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams
Golden Tears - Dave & Sugar
1987
Jacob’s Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News
Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
Let’s Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
Baby’s Got a New Baby - S-K-O
Quote of the Day
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
Paul Dirac, English physicist (1902 - 1984)
Today's Birthdays
1751 James Madison, 4th U.S. President, died June 28, 1836
1897 Conrad Nagel, actor (The Mysterious Lady, The Kiss) died Feb 24, 1970
1905 Marlin Perkins, naturalist (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) died June 14, 1986
1906 Henny (Henry) Youngman, comedian (“Take my wife ... please.”) died Feb 24, 1998
1911 Dr. Josef Mengele, accused Nazi war criminal (Auschwitz-Birkenau "Angel of Death") died February 7, 1979
1912 Pat Nixon (Ryan), former U.S. First Lady, died June 22, 1993
1916 Mercedes McCambridge, actress (All the King's Men, Cimarron) died March 2, 2004
1920 Leo McKern, actor (Ladyhawke, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Blue Lagoon, Ryan’s Daughter) died July 23, 2002
1926 Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch), comedian/actor (Martin and Lewis)
1927 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (New York) died Mar 26, 2003
1932 R. Walter Cunningham, astronaut (Apollo, Skylab)
1936 Fred Neil, singer/songwriter (Candy Man, Everybody's Talkin') died July 7, 2001
1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, director (The Last Emperor, Stealing Beauty, Last Tango in Paris)
1941 Chuck Woolery, game show host (Love Connection)
1942 Jerry Jeff Walker (Paul Crosby), country singer/guitarist (Mr. Bojangles)
1948 Michael Bruce, guitarist/keyboardist (Alice Cooper)
1949 Erik Estrada, actor (C.H.I.P.S.)
1949 Victor Garber, actor (Alias)
1950 Kate Nelligan, actress (Eye of the Needle, The Prince of Tides, Dracula, The Count of Monte Cristo)
1953 Isabelle Huppert, actress (Violette, Entré Nous)
1954 Nancy Wilson (Nancy Lamoureux Wilson), guitarist/singer (Heart)
1959 Flavor Flav, rapper (Public Enemy)
1961 Todd McFarlane, cartoonist/comic book writer/artist (Spawn)
1963 Jimmy DeGrasso, drummer (Megadeth)
1963 Kevin Smith, actor (Xena: Warrior Princess) died February 15, 2002
1967 Lauren Graham, actress (Gilmore Girls)
1971 Alan Tudyk, actor (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Firefly, Serenity, A Knight's Tale)
1978 Brooke Burns, actress (North Shore, Baywatch, Baywatch Hawaii)
1991 Wolfgang Van Halen, bassist (Van Halen)
Today's Deaths in History
1903 Judge Roy Bean, jurist ("The Law West of the Pecos") dies at 78
1936 Marguerite Durand, French journalist/feminist, dies at 72
1970 Tammi Terrell, R&B singer, dies at 24
1971 Thomas Dewey, presidential candidate, dies at 68
1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist/singer/songwriter, dies at 64
1983 Arthur Godfrey, actor/television host, dies at 79
1985 Eddie Shore, Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman (NY Americans) dies at 82
1996 Charlie Barnett, actor (DC Cab, Miami Vice) dies of AIDS at 41
2000 Thomas Ferebee, Army Air Corps bombardier (Enola Gay/Hiroshima) dies at 81
2006 David Feintuch, sci-fi author (Seafort Saga) dies at 61
Today in History
1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines, where he was killed by natives the following month.
1802 Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
1836 The Republic of Texas approved a constitution.
1850 The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was published for the first time.
1882 The U.S. Senate approved a treaty allowing the United States to join the Red Cross.
1915 The Federal Trade Commission began operation.
1916 The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing crossed the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
1926 Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1935 Adolf Hitler scrapped the Treaty of Versailles.
1942 Fats Waller recorded "The Jitterbug Waltz" in New York for Bluebird Records.
1950 Congress voted to remove federal taxes on oleomargarine.
1955 "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," by Bill Hayes, reached the number one spot on the pop music charts.
1958 The Ford Motor Company produced its 50 millionth automobile, a Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
1963 Peter, Paul and Mary released the single "Puff the Magic Dragon."
1964 Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were reinstated to the NFL after an 11-month suspension for betting on football games.
1968 U.S. troops gunned down hundreds of unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War.
1968 General Motors released its 100 millionth automobile, an Oldsmobile Toronado.
1984 William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by gunmen.
1985 Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, was abducted in Beirut.
1987 Bostonia magazine printed an English translation of Albert Einstein’s last high school report card.
1988 Former National Security Adviser John M. Poindexter, former White House aide Oliver L. North and two others were indicted on charges relating to the Iran-Contra affair.
1994 Figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty in Portland, Ore., to conspiracy for covering up the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
1995 Astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to visit the Russian space station Mir.
1998 The Vatican expressed remorse for the cowardice of some Christians during the Holocaust, but defended the actions of Pope Pius XII.
2000 Independent counsel Robert Ray said he had found no credible evidence that first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton or senior White House officials were involved in seeking the FBI background files of Republicans.
2002 Brittanie Cecil, 13, was struck by a flying hockey puck during an NHL game between the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets and the Calgary Flames; she died two days later.
2003 Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American college student, was killed when she was run over by a bulldozer while trying to block Israeli troops from demolishing a Palestinian home in Gaza.
2005 A judge in Redwood City, Calif., sent Scott Peterson to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci.
2005 A jury in Los Angeles acquitted actor Robert Blake of murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley (a civil court jury later ordered Blake to pay $30 million to Bakley's four children).
2006 The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council.
2006 Iraq's new parliament met briefly for the first time; lawmakers took the oath but did no business and adjourned after just 40 minutes.
Chart Toppers
1947
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
Managua, Nicaragua - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Don Rodney)
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
Walk like a Man - The 4 Seasons
Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics
You’re the Reason I’m Living - Bobby Darin
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
For All We Know - Carpenters
I’d Rather Love You - Charley Pride
1979
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Tragedy - Bee Gees
Heaven Knows - Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams
Golden Tears - Dave & Sugar
1987
Jacob’s Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News
Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
Let’s Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
Baby’s Got a New Baby - S-K-O
Quote of the Day
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
Paul Dirac, English physicist (1902 - 1984)
Today in History - March 17th
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Today's Birthdays
1777 Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Dred Scott decision) died Oct 12, 1864
1895 Shemp Howard, comic actor (3 Stooges) died Nov 22, 1955
1919 Nat ‘King’ Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles), jazz pianist/bandleader; died Feb 15, 1965
1936 Ken Mattingly, Apollo astronaut
1938 Rudolf Nureyev (Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev), Russian ballet dancer; died Jan 6, 1993
1938 Zola Taylor, R&B singer (The Platters) died April 30, 2007
1941 Paul Kantner, guitarist (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
1942 John Wayne Gacy, serial murderer; executed May 10, 1994
1944 John Sebastian, singer/songwriter (Lovin’ Spoonful)
1949 Patrick Duffy, actor (Dallas)
1951 Scott Gorham, guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1951 Kurt Russell, actor (Escape From New York, Death Proof)
1954 Lesley-Anne Down, actress (Dallas)
1955 Gary Sinise, actor/director/producer (CSI: NY)
1959 Mike Lindup, keyboardist/singer (Level 42)
1959 Danny Ainge, NBA player/coach (Boston Celtics)
1960 Vicki Lewis, actress (NewsRadio)
1960 Arye Gross, actor (Soul Man)
1961 Casey Siemaszko, actor (Three O'Clock High, Young Guns)
1961 Dana Reeve, actress/wife of Christopher Reeve; died March 6, 2006
1962 Roxy Petrucci, drummer (Vixen)
1964 Rob Lowe, actor (Youngblood)
1967 Van Conner, bassist (Screaming Trees, Valis)
1967 Billy Corgan, guitarist/singer (Smashing Pumpkins)
1968 Mathew St. Patrick, actor (Six Feet Under)
1969 Patricia Ford, Kaneohe Hawaii, model/actress (Playboy)
1972 Melissa Auf der Maur, rock musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
1972 Mia Hamm, soccer player
1973 Caroline Corr, rock musician (The Corrs)
1974 Marisa Coughlan, actress (Boston Legal)
Today's Deaths in History
0180 Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor, dies at 58
0493 Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, dies (age unknown)
1680 François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (Memoirs, Maximes) dies at 66
1782 Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (probability and statistics) dies at 82
1853 Christian Doppler, Austrian physician/mathematician (Doppler effect) dies at 49
1956 Fred Allen, actor/comedian, dies at 61
1965 Amos Alonzo Stagg, football coach/player (College Football Hall of Fame) dies at 102
1990 Ric Grech, bassist (Blind Faith, Traffic) dies at 43
1993 Helen Hayes, actress (First Lady of the American Theater) dies at 92
1996 Terry Stafford, singer (Suspicion) dies at 54
2004 J. J. Jackson, television personality (MTV VJ) dies at 62
2005 Andre Norton, sci-fi writer, dies at 93
2006 Oleg Cassini, fashion designer, dies at 92
Today in History
0493 According to tradition, St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, died in Saul.
1776 British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
1845 The rubber band was patented.
1870 The Massachusetts Legislature authorized the incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary (later Wellesley College).
1897 Motion pictures of a championship prize fight were taken for the first time as ‘Sunny’ Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out ‘Gentleman’ Jim Corbett for the world heavyweight title.
1906 President Theodore Roosevelt first used the term "muck-rake" as he criticized what he saw as the excesses of investigative journalism in a speech to the Gridiron Club in Washington.
1907 America’s first bowling tournament for ladies began in St. Louis, MO.
1910 The Camp Fire Girls organization was formed.
1941 The National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C.
1942 Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
1950 Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced they had created a new radioactive element, which they named "californium."
1963 Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics played his last regular season basketball game after 13 years in the National Basketball Association.
1966 A hydrogen bomb that had fallen from an American bomber over the Mediterranean Sea was located by a U.S. midget submarine.
1967 Snoopy and Charlie Brown, of the comic strip Peanuts, made the cover of LIFE magazine.
1969 Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel.
1970 Eddie Holman received a gold record for the single, "Hey There Lonely Girl."
1985 William Schroeder set a record for heart transplant patients as he reached his 113th day of life with the artificial organ.
1999 The International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members in the wake of a bribery scandal.
2003 Edging to the brink of war, President George W. Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country; Iraq rejected the ultimatum.
2003 British Cabinet Minister Robin Cook resigned over government plans for the war with Iraq.
2005 Baseball players Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa testified before Congress that they hadn't used steroids while Mark McGwire refused to say whether he had.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) - Perry Como
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
1964
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
She Loves You - The Beatles
Please Please Me - The Beatles
Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
1972
Without You - Nilsson
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Robert John
My Hang-Up is You - Freddie Hart
1980
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson
1988
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Too Gone Too Long - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
Stephen Jay Gould, author, naturalist, paleontologist, & popularizer of science (1941 - 2002)
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Today's Birthdays
1777 Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Dred Scott decision) died Oct 12, 1864
1895 Shemp Howard, comic actor (3 Stooges) died Nov 22, 1955
1919 Nat ‘King’ Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles), jazz pianist/bandleader; died Feb 15, 1965
1936 Ken Mattingly, Apollo astronaut
1938 Rudolf Nureyev (Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev), Russian ballet dancer; died Jan 6, 1993
1938 Zola Taylor, R&B singer (The Platters) died April 30, 2007
1941 Paul Kantner, guitarist (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
1942 John Wayne Gacy, serial murderer; executed May 10, 1994
1944 John Sebastian, singer/songwriter (Lovin’ Spoonful)
1949 Patrick Duffy, actor (Dallas)
1951 Scott Gorham, guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1951 Kurt Russell, actor (Escape From New York, Death Proof)
1954 Lesley-Anne Down, actress (Dallas)
1955 Gary Sinise, actor/director/producer (CSI: NY)
1959 Mike Lindup, keyboardist/singer (Level 42)
1959 Danny Ainge, NBA player/coach (Boston Celtics)
1960 Vicki Lewis, actress (NewsRadio)
1960 Arye Gross, actor (Soul Man)
1961 Casey Siemaszko, actor (Three O'Clock High, Young Guns)
1961 Dana Reeve, actress/wife of Christopher Reeve; died March 6, 2006
1962 Roxy Petrucci, drummer (Vixen)
1964 Rob Lowe, actor (Youngblood)
1967 Van Conner, bassist (Screaming Trees, Valis)
1967 Billy Corgan, guitarist/singer (Smashing Pumpkins)
1968 Mathew St. Patrick, actor (Six Feet Under)
1969 Patricia Ford, Kaneohe Hawaii, model/actress (Playboy)
1972 Melissa Auf der Maur, rock musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
1972 Mia Hamm, soccer player
1973 Caroline Corr, rock musician (The Corrs)
1974 Marisa Coughlan, actress (Boston Legal)
Today's Deaths in History
0180 Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor, dies at 58
0493 Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, dies (age unknown)
1680 François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (Memoirs, Maximes) dies at 66
1782 Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (probability and statistics) dies at 82
1853 Christian Doppler, Austrian physician/mathematician (Doppler effect) dies at 49
1956 Fred Allen, actor/comedian, dies at 61
1965 Amos Alonzo Stagg, football coach/player (College Football Hall of Fame) dies at 102
1990 Ric Grech, bassist (Blind Faith, Traffic) dies at 43
1993 Helen Hayes, actress (First Lady of the American Theater) dies at 92
1996 Terry Stafford, singer (Suspicion) dies at 54
2004 J. J. Jackson, television personality (MTV VJ) dies at 62
2005 Andre Norton, sci-fi writer, dies at 93
2006 Oleg Cassini, fashion designer, dies at 92
Today in History
0493 According to tradition, St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, died in Saul.
1776 British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
1845 The rubber band was patented.
1870 The Massachusetts Legislature authorized the incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary (later Wellesley College).
1897 Motion pictures of a championship prize fight were taken for the first time as ‘Sunny’ Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out ‘Gentleman’ Jim Corbett for the world heavyweight title.
1906 President Theodore Roosevelt first used the term "muck-rake" as he criticized what he saw as the excesses of investigative journalism in a speech to the Gridiron Club in Washington.
1907 America’s first bowling tournament for ladies began in St. Louis, MO.
1910 The Camp Fire Girls organization was formed.
1941 The National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C.
1942 Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
1950 Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced they had created a new radioactive element, which they named "californium."
1963 Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics played his last regular season basketball game after 13 years in the National Basketball Association.
1966 A hydrogen bomb that had fallen from an American bomber over the Mediterranean Sea was located by a U.S. midget submarine.
1967 Snoopy and Charlie Brown, of the comic strip Peanuts, made the cover of LIFE magazine.
1969 Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel.
1970 Eddie Holman received a gold record for the single, "Hey There Lonely Girl."
1985 William Schroeder set a record for heart transplant patients as he reached his 113th day of life with the artificial organ.
1999 The International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members in the wake of a bribery scandal.
2003 Edging to the brink of war, President George W. Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country; Iraq rejected the ultimatum.
2003 British Cabinet Minister Robin Cook resigned over government plans for the war with Iraq.
2005 Baseball players Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa testified before Congress that they hadn't used steroids while Mark McGwire refused to say whether he had.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) - Perry Como
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
1964
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
She Loves You - The Beatles
Please Please Me - The Beatles
Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
1972
Without You - Nilsson
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Robert John
My Hang-Up is You - Freddie Hart
1980
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson
1988
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Too Gone Too Long - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
Stephen Jay Gould, author, naturalist, paleontologist, & popularizer of science (1941 - 2002)
Today in History - March 18th
Today's Birthdays
1782 John Calhoun, U.S. Vice President, died Mar 31, 1850
1837 Grover Cleveland, 22nd/24th President of the United States, died June 24, 1908
1844 Nikolai (Nikolay Andreyevich) Rimsky-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumblebee) died June 21, 1908
1909 Ernest Gallo, winemaker, died March 6, 2007
1911 Smiley (Lester Alvin) Burnette, actor (King of the Cowboys) died Feb 16, 1967
1923 Andy Granatelli, auto racer (STP spokesman)
1926 Peter Graves, actor (Mission: Impossible TV series)
1927 George Plimpton, author (Paper Lion) died Sep 26, 2003
1932 John Updike, author (Witches of Eastwick)
1936 F.W. de Klerk, former South African president
1938 Charley Pride, country singer
1941 Wilson Pickett, singer (In the Midnight Hour, Mustang Sally) died Jan 19, 2006
1943 Kevin Dobson, actor (Knot's Landing)
1947 B.J. (Barrie James) Wilson, drummer (Procol Harum) died Oct 8, 1990
1950 Brad Dourif, actor (Deadwood)
1950 John Hartman, drummer (The Doobie Brothers)
1951 Ben Cohen, co-founder (Ben & Jerry's ice cream)
1959 Irene Cara, singer/actress (Fame)
1960 Richard Biggs, actor (Babylon 5) died May 22, 2004
1961 Thomas Ian Griffith, actor (Vampires)
1963 Vanessa Williams, singer/actress/Miss America (Ugly Betty)
1963 Jeff LaBar, guitarist (Cinderella)
1964 Bonnie Blair, Olympic gold medal speed skater
1966 Jerry Cantrell, rock musician (Alice in Chains)
1967 Miki Berenyi, rock musician (Lush)
1970 Queen Latifah, singer/actress (Beauty Shop)
1972 Dane Cook, actor/comedian (Employee of the Month)
1974 Stuart Zender, rock musician (Jamiroquai)
1979 Adam Levine, rock singer (Maroon 5)
1980 Sophia Myles, actress (Underworld series)
Today's Deaths in History
1947 William C. Durant, automobile pioneer (General Motors, Chevrolet) dies at 85
1969 Barbara Bates, film actress (All About Eve) dies at 43
1980 Erich Fromm, German-born psychologist/philosopher, dies at 79
1986 Bernard Malamud, writer (The Natural) dies at 71
1988 Billy Butterfield, jazz trumpeter, dies at 71
1990 Robin Harris, actor/comedian (Bébé's Kids) dies at 36
2001 John Phillips, guitarsit/singer/songwriter (The Mamas and the Papas) dies at 65
2002 Brittanie Cecil, hockey fan, dies at 13 after being hit in the head by a puck
2006 Bill Beutel, broadcast journalist (ABC) dies at 75
2008 Anthony Minghella, film director (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley) dies at 54
Today in History
1766 Britain repealed the Stamp Act.
1813 David Melville of Newport, Rhode Island patented the gas streetlight.
1850 American Express was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
1874 Hawaii signed a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
1893 Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledged to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; since 1926, it has been presented only to National Hockey League teams.
1902 Enrico Caruso recorded 10 arias for the Gramophone Company.
1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark used a shortwave transmitter to converse with a government radio post about six miles away in what's believed to have been the first broadcast by a "ham" operator.
1918 The first seagoing ship made of concrete was launched at Redwood City, CA.
1922 Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to prison in India for civil disobedience.
1931 Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor.
1940 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass during which the Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain.
1953 Major-league baseball announced the first team relocation since 1903 as the Boston Braves told of their plans to move west to Milwaukee, WI.
1954 RKO Pictures was sold, becoming the first motion picture studio to be owned by an individual (Howard Hughes bought the studios for $23,489,478).
1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii statehood bill.
1959 Bill Sharman of the Boston Celtics began what was to be the longest string of successful consecutive free throws (56 in a row) to set a new National Basketball Association record.
1965 Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov went on the first spacewalk.
1967 The Beatles received a gold record for their single "Penny Lane."
1970 Brook Benton received a gold record for the hit single, "Rainy Night in Georgia."
1974 Most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their embargo against the United States.
1985 The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) announced plans to merge with Capital Cities Communications to form Cap Cities/ABC.
1985 A pro football record was set by Denver and Houston of the USFL with a total of 112 passes thrown in the game.
1986 The U.S. Treasury Department announced that a clear, polyester thread was to be woven into bills in an effort to thwart counterfeiters.
2000 Taiwan ended more than a half century of Nationalist Party rule by electing opposition leader Chen Shui-bian president.
2002 Brittanie Cecil, 13, died two days after being hit in the head by a hockey puck during an NHL game between the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets and the Calgary Flames.
2003 Just hours before the United States began bombing Iraq, about $1 billion was taken from Iraq's Central Bank by Saddam Hussein and his family.
2005 Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube (she died 13 days later).
2005 Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland was sentenced to a year in prison and four months under house arrest for corruption.
Chart Toppers
1949
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Powder Your Face with Sunshine - Evelyn Knight
Cruising Down the River - The Russ Morgan Orchestra (vocal: The
Skyliners)
Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle - Eddy Arnold
1957
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Round and Round - Perry Como
Little Darlin’ - The Diamonds
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
The Birds and the Bees - Jewel Akens
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail - Buck Owens
1973
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack
Love Train - O’Jays
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
Teddy Bear Song - Barbara Fairchild
1981
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Woman - John Lennon
Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
1989
Lost in Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
Roni - Bobby Brown
From a Jack to a King - Ricky Van Shelton
Quote of the Day
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
Today's Birthdays
1782 John Calhoun, U.S. Vice President, died Mar 31, 1850
1837 Grover Cleveland, 22nd/24th President of the United States, died June 24, 1908
1844 Nikolai (Nikolay Andreyevich) Rimsky-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumblebee) died June 21, 1908
1909 Ernest Gallo, winemaker, died March 6, 2007
1911 Smiley (Lester Alvin) Burnette, actor (King of the Cowboys) died Feb 16, 1967
1923 Andy Granatelli, auto racer (STP spokesman)
1926 Peter Graves, actor (Mission: Impossible TV series)
1927 George Plimpton, author (Paper Lion) died Sep 26, 2003
1932 John Updike, author (Witches of Eastwick)
1936 F.W. de Klerk, former South African president
1938 Charley Pride, country singer
1941 Wilson Pickett, singer (In the Midnight Hour, Mustang Sally) died Jan 19, 2006
1943 Kevin Dobson, actor (Knot's Landing)
1947 B.J. (Barrie James) Wilson, drummer (Procol Harum) died Oct 8, 1990
1950 Brad Dourif, actor (Deadwood)
1950 John Hartman, drummer (The Doobie Brothers)
1951 Ben Cohen, co-founder (Ben & Jerry's ice cream)
1959 Irene Cara, singer/actress (Fame)
1960 Richard Biggs, actor (Babylon 5) died May 22, 2004
1961 Thomas Ian Griffith, actor (Vampires)
1963 Vanessa Williams, singer/actress/Miss America (Ugly Betty)
1963 Jeff LaBar, guitarist (Cinderella)
1964 Bonnie Blair, Olympic gold medal speed skater
1966 Jerry Cantrell, rock musician (Alice in Chains)
1967 Miki Berenyi, rock musician (Lush)
1970 Queen Latifah, singer/actress (Beauty Shop)
1972 Dane Cook, actor/comedian (Employee of the Month)
1974 Stuart Zender, rock musician (Jamiroquai)
1979 Adam Levine, rock singer (Maroon 5)
1980 Sophia Myles, actress (Underworld series)
Today's Deaths in History
1947 William C. Durant, automobile pioneer (General Motors, Chevrolet) dies at 85
1969 Barbara Bates, film actress (All About Eve) dies at 43
1980 Erich Fromm, German-born psychologist/philosopher, dies at 79
1986 Bernard Malamud, writer (The Natural) dies at 71
1988 Billy Butterfield, jazz trumpeter, dies at 71
1990 Robin Harris, actor/comedian (Bébé's Kids) dies at 36
2001 John Phillips, guitarsit/singer/songwriter (The Mamas and the Papas) dies at 65
2002 Brittanie Cecil, hockey fan, dies at 13 after being hit in the head by a puck
2006 Bill Beutel, broadcast journalist (ABC) dies at 75
2008 Anthony Minghella, film director (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley) dies at 54
Today in History
1766 Britain repealed the Stamp Act.
1813 David Melville of Newport, Rhode Island patented the gas streetlight.
1850 American Express was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
1874 Hawaii signed a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
1893 Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledged to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; since 1926, it has been presented only to National Hockey League teams.
1902 Enrico Caruso recorded 10 arias for the Gramophone Company.
1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark used a shortwave transmitter to converse with a government radio post about six miles away in what's believed to have been the first broadcast by a "ham" operator.
1918 The first seagoing ship made of concrete was launched at Redwood City, CA.
1922 Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to prison in India for civil disobedience.
1931 Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor.
1940 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass during which the Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain.
1953 Major-league baseball announced the first team relocation since 1903 as the Boston Braves told of their plans to move west to Milwaukee, WI.
1954 RKO Pictures was sold, becoming the first motion picture studio to be owned by an individual (Howard Hughes bought the studios for $23,489,478).
1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii statehood bill.
1959 Bill Sharman of the Boston Celtics began what was to be the longest string of successful consecutive free throws (56 in a row) to set a new National Basketball Association record.
1965 Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov went on the first spacewalk.
1967 The Beatles received a gold record for their single "Penny Lane."
1970 Brook Benton received a gold record for the hit single, "Rainy Night in Georgia."
1974 Most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their embargo against the United States.
1985 The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) announced plans to merge with Capital Cities Communications to form Cap Cities/ABC.
1985 A pro football record was set by Denver and Houston of the USFL with a total of 112 passes thrown in the game.
1986 The U.S. Treasury Department announced that a clear, polyester thread was to be woven into bills in an effort to thwart counterfeiters.
2000 Taiwan ended more than a half century of Nationalist Party rule by electing opposition leader Chen Shui-bian president.
2002 Brittanie Cecil, 13, died two days after being hit in the head by a hockey puck during an NHL game between the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets and the Calgary Flames.
2003 Just hours before the United States began bombing Iraq, about $1 billion was taken from Iraq's Central Bank by Saddam Hussein and his family.
2005 Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube (she died 13 days later).
2005 Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland was sentenced to a year in prison and four months under house arrest for corruption.
Chart Toppers
1949
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Powder Your Face with Sunshine - Evelyn Knight
Cruising Down the River - The Russ Morgan Orchestra (vocal: The
Skyliners)
Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle - Eddy Arnold
1957
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Round and Round - Perry Como
Little Darlin’ - The Diamonds
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
The Birds and the Bees - Jewel Akens
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail - Buck Owens
1973
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack
Love Train - O’Jays
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
Teddy Bear Song - Barbara Fairchild
1981
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Woman - John Lennon
Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
1989
Lost in Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
Roni - Bobby Brown
From a Jack to a King - Ricky Van Shelton
Quote of the Day
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
Today in History - March 19th
Today's Birthdays
1589 William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth Colony (sailed on the Mayflower) died May 19, 1657
1813 David Livingstone, missionary/explorer; died May 1, 1873
1848 Wyatt Earp, frontiersman/lawman (gunfight at O.K. Corral) died Jan 13, 1929
1860 William Jennings Bryan, Congressman/Democratic U.S. presidential nominee (Scopes trial) died July 26, 1925
1890 Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese leader; died Sept 2, 1969
1891 Earl Warren, governor of California/14th Chief Justice of the United States; died July 9, 1974
1894 (Jackie) ‘Moms’ Mabley (Loretta Mary Aiken), comedienne; died May 23, 1975
1904 John Sirica, U.S. federal judge (presided over Watergate trials and hearings) died Aug 14, 1992
1920 Tige Andrews, actor (The Mod Squad) died January 27, 2007
1928 Patrick McGoohan, actor/director (Danger Man, The Prisoner)
1933 Philip Roth, author (Portnoy's Complaint)
1933 Reneé Taylor, actress (Alfie)
1936 Ursula Andress, actress (Dr. No, Casino Royale)
1937 Clarence ''Frogman'' Henry, R&B singer
1939 Joe Kapp, NFL quarterback (Minnesota Vikings)
1944 Sirhan Sirhan, assassin (killed Bobby Kennedy)
1946 Ruth Pointer, singer (The Pointer Sisters)
1946 Paul Atkinson, guitarist (The Zombies) died Apr 1, 2004
1947 Glenn Close, actress (Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, The Big Chill)
1953 Ricky Wilson, guitarist (The B-52's) died October 12, 1985
1955 Bruce Willis, actor (Die Hard series)
1955 Derek Longmuir, drummer (The Bay City Rollers)
1958 Andy Reid, football coach (Philadelphia Eagles)
1974 Vida Guerra, model (Maxim magazine)
1976 Zach Lind, rock musician (Jimmy Eat World)
Today's Deaths in History
1943 Frank Nitti, gangster (Al Capone gang) dies at 55
1950 Edgar Rice Burroughs, author (Tarzan) dies at 74
1974 Anne Klein, fashion designer, dies at 50
1982 Randy Rhoads, guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne) dies at 25
1990 Andrew Wood, singer (Mother Love Bone) dies at 24
2005 John De Lorean, automobile engineer, dies at 80
2007 Calvert DeForest, actor (Larry "Bud" Melman) dies at 85
2007 Luther Ingram, R&B singer/songwriter, dies at 69
Today in History
1776 The first documented return of the swallows to San Jaun Capistrano.
1831 The first bank robbery in America was reported, as the City Bank of New York City lost $245,000.
1915 Pluto was photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet.
1917 The Supreme Court upheld the eight-hour work day for railroads.
1918 Congress approved daylight-saving time.
1928 Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll left WGN radio in Chicago to head across town to WMAQ radio, where they changed the name of their show to Amos & Andy.
1931 Nevada legalized gambling.
1945 Kamikaze planes attacked the carrier USS Franklin off Japan, killing about 800 people.
1945 Adolf Hitler issued his so-called "Nero Decree" ordering the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands.
1949 The American Museum of Atomic Energy opened in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
1951 The Caine Mutiny, a novel by Herman Wouk, was published for the first time.
1953 The Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time, with comedian Bob Hope serving as host.
1954 The first televised prize fight shown in living color; Joey Giardello knocked out Willie Troy in round seven of a scheduled 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1954 The first rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, NM.
1962 Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album was released.
1976 Buckingham Palace announced the separation of Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years of marriage.
1977 The staff of WJM-TV had a going-away party, as the last episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show was broadcast.
1979 The U.S. House of Representatives began televising its day-to-day business.
1985 IBM announced that it was planning to stop making the PCjr consumer-oriented computer.
1987 Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry organization amid a sex-and-money scandal involving a former church secretary, Jessica Hahn.
1988 Two British soldiers were shot to death after they were dragged from a car and beaten by mourners attending an Irish Republican Army funeral in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1990 Latvia's political opposition claimed victory in the republic's first free elections in 50 years.
1995 After giving up an attempt to become a major league baseball player, Michael Jodan returned to pro basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls.
2001 California officials declared a power alert, ordering the first of two days of rolling blackouts.
2002 Operation Anaconda ended after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
2003 Mahmoud Abbas accepted the new position of Palestinian prime minister.
2003 An American-led coalition launched a war against Iraq, beginning with the launch of U.S. cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs aimed at Saddam Hussein near Baghdad.
Chart Toppers
1950
I Said My Pajamas - Tony Martin & Fran Warren
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
Dinner with Drac (Part 1) - John Zacherle
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
1966
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones
Nowhere Man - The Beatles
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
Dark Lady - Cher
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
There Won’t Be Anymore - Charlie Rich
1982
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
Open Arms - Journey
I Love Rock ’N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Blue Moon with Heartache - Roseanne Cash
1990
Escapade - Janet Jackson
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Roam - The B-52’s
Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
Bob Hope, actor & comedian (1903 - 2003)
Today's Birthdays
1589 William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth Colony (sailed on the Mayflower) died May 19, 1657
1813 David Livingstone, missionary/explorer; died May 1, 1873
1848 Wyatt Earp, frontiersman/lawman (gunfight at O.K. Corral) died Jan 13, 1929
1860 William Jennings Bryan, Congressman/Democratic U.S. presidential nominee (Scopes trial) died July 26, 1925
1890 Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese leader; died Sept 2, 1969
1891 Earl Warren, governor of California/14th Chief Justice of the United States; died July 9, 1974
1894 (Jackie) ‘Moms’ Mabley (Loretta Mary Aiken), comedienne; died May 23, 1975
1904 John Sirica, U.S. federal judge (presided over Watergate trials and hearings) died Aug 14, 1992
1920 Tige Andrews, actor (The Mod Squad) died January 27, 2007
1928 Patrick McGoohan, actor/director (Danger Man, The Prisoner)
1933 Philip Roth, author (Portnoy's Complaint)
1933 Reneé Taylor, actress (Alfie)
1936 Ursula Andress, actress (Dr. No, Casino Royale)
1937 Clarence ''Frogman'' Henry, R&B singer
1939 Joe Kapp, NFL quarterback (Minnesota Vikings)
1944 Sirhan Sirhan, assassin (killed Bobby Kennedy)
1946 Ruth Pointer, singer (The Pointer Sisters)
1946 Paul Atkinson, guitarist (The Zombies) died Apr 1, 2004
1947 Glenn Close, actress (Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, The Big Chill)
1953 Ricky Wilson, guitarist (The B-52's) died October 12, 1985
1955 Bruce Willis, actor (Die Hard series)
1955 Derek Longmuir, drummer (The Bay City Rollers)
1958 Andy Reid, football coach (Philadelphia Eagles)
1974 Vida Guerra, model (Maxim magazine)
1976 Zach Lind, rock musician (Jimmy Eat World)
Today's Deaths in History
1943 Frank Nitti, gangster (Al Capone gang) dies at 55
1950 Edgar Rice Burroughs, author (Tarzan) dies at 74
1974 Anne Klein, fashion designer, dies at 50
1982 Randy Rhoads, guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne) dies at 25
1990 Andrew Wood, singer (Mother Love Bone) dies at 24
2005 John De Lorean, automobile engineer, dies at 80
2007 Calvert DeForest, actor (Larry "Bud" Melman) dies at 85
2007 Luther Ingram, R&B singer/songwriter, dies at 69
Today in History
1776 The first documented return of the swallows to San Jaun Capistrano.
1831 The first bank robbery in America was reported, as the City Bank of New York City lost $245,000.
1915 Pluto was photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet.
1917 The Supreme Court upheld the eight-hour work day for railroads.
1918 Congress approved daylight-saving time.
1928 Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll left WGN radio in Chicago to head across town to WMAQ radio, where they changed the name of their show to Amos & Andy.
1931 Nevada legalized gambling.
1945 Kamikaze planes attacked the carrier USS Franklin off Japan, killing about 800 people.
1945 Adolf Hitler issued his so-called "Nero Decree" ordering the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands.
1949 The American Museum of Atomic Energy opened in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
1951 The Caine Mutiny, a novel by Herman Wouk, was published for the first time.
1953 The Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time, with comedian Bob Hope serving as host.
1954 The first televised prize fight shown in living color; Joey Giardello knocked out Willie Troy in round seven of a scheduled 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1954 The first rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, NM.
1962 Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album was released.
1976 Buckingham Palace announced the separation of Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years of marriage.
1977 The staff of WJM-TV had a going-away party, as the last episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show was broadcast.
1979 The U.S. House of Representatives began televising its day-to-day business.
1985 IBM announced that it was planning to stop making the PCjr consumer-oriented computer.
1987 Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry organization amid a sex-and-money scandal involving a former church secretary, Jessica Hahn.
1988 Two British soldiers were shot to death after they were dragged from a car and beaten by mourners attending an Irish Republican Army funeral in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1990 Latvia's political opposition claimed victory in the republic's first free elections in 50 years.
1995 After giving up an attempt to become a major league baseball player, Michael Jodan returned to pro basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls.
2001 California officials declared a power alert, ordering the first of two days of rolling blackouts.
2002 Operation Anaconda ended after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
2003 Mahmoud Abbas accepted the new position of Palestinian prime minister.
2003 An American-led coalition launched a war against Iraq, beginning with the launch of U.S. cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs aimed at Saddam Hussein near Baghdad.
Chart Toppers
1950
I Said My Pajamas - Tony Martin & Fran Warren
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
Dinner with Drac (Part 1) - John Zacherle
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
1966
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones
Nowhere Man - The Beatles
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
Dark Lady - Cher
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
There Won’t Be Anymore - Charlie Rich
1982
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
Open Arms - Journey
I Love Rock ’N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Blue Moon with Heartache - Roseanne Cash
1990
Escapade - Janet Jackson
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Roam - The B-52’s
Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
Bob Hope, actor & comedian (1903 - 2003)
Today in History – March 20th
Today's Birthdays
1828 Henrik Ibsen, dramatist (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) died May 23, 1906
1882 René Coty, President of France (1953-58) died November 22, 1962
1902 Edgar Buchanan, actor (Petticoat Junction) died April 4, 1979
1904 Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box) died Aug 18, 1990
1906 Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) died June 3, 1975
1908 Sir Michael Redgrave, actor (Browning Version) died Mar 21, 1985
1918 Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild) died May 2, 1984
1920 Werner Klemperer, actor (Hogan's Heroes) died December 6, 2000
1922 Carl Reiner, comedian/actor (2000 Year Old Man)
1922 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray) died Mar 24, 1990
1925 John D Erlichman, politician (Nixon aide, Watergate conspirator) died February 14, 1999
1928 Mr. Rogers (Fred McFeely), children's television host (Mr. Roger's Neighborhood) died Feb 27, 2003
1931 Hal Linden (Harold Lipshitz), actor (Barney Miller)
1935 Ted Bessell, actor (That Girl, Gomer Pyle) died October 6, 1996
1937 Jerry Reed, singer/actor (Smokey & the Bandit, When You're Hot You're Hot)
1945 Pat Riley, NBA star/coach (LA Lakers, New York Knicks)
1947 Carl Palmer, drummer (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
1948 Bobby Orr, Parry Sound Ontario, Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman (Boston Bruins)
1948 Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams)
1950 William Hurt, actor (Altered States, The Big Chill, Broadcast News)
1951 Guy Perry, guitarist/vocalist (The Motels)
1951 Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1955 Billy Sheehan, rock bassist (Mr. Big)
1957 Spike Lee, director (Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
1957 Theresa Russell, actress (Black Widow)
1958 Holly Hunter, actress (The Piano, Broadcast News, The Firm, Raising Arizona)
1959 Sting, professional wrestler
1961 Slim Jim Phantom, drummer (Stray Cats)
1963 Kathy Ireland, model/actress (Necessary Roughness)
1966 Jessica Lundy, actress (Party of Five)
1968 Liza Snyder, actress (Yes Dear)
1970 Michael Rapaport, actor (Cop Land, Boston Public, Zebrahead)
1971 Alexander Chaplin, actor (Spin City)
1972 Alexander Kapranos, singer/guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
1973 Jane March, actress (The Lover)
1976 Chester Bennington, singer (Linkin Park)
1982 Nick Wheeler, guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
Today's Deaths in History
1934 Queen Emma of the Netherlands dies at 75
1972 Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Bus Stop), dies at 50
1974 Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62
1974 Edward Platt, actor (Get Smart), dies at 58
1987 Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
1991 Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window and dies at 4
1998 George Howard, jazz saxophonist, dies at 42
2004 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands dies at 94
Today in History
1816 The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed its right to review state court decisions.
1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin published (Boston).
1914 The first international figure-skating tournament was held in US, New Haven.
1916 Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity.
1922 The USS Langley was commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
1934 Babe Didrickson pitched a hitless inning for the Philadelphia A's in an exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers.
1935 Your Hit Parade made its debut on radio.
1969 Beatle John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.
1969 US President Nixon proclaimed he would end the Vietnam War in 1970.
1973 Roberto Clemente was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death.
1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was convicted of armed robbery for her part in a San Francisco bank holdup.
1982 Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" went #1 for the first of seven weeks.
1984 The Senate rejected an amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools.
1985 Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
1987 The Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of AZT, a drug shown to prolong the lives of some AIDS patients.
1989 Baseball announced Reds manager Pete Rose was under investigation for betting on baseball.
1990 Los Angeles Lakers retired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33.
1991 Michael Jackson signed a $65M, six album deal with Sony records.
1991 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage a fetus.
1993 An Irish Republican Army bomb exploded in Warrington, England, killing 3-year-old Johnathan Ball and 12-year-old Tim Parry.
1995 The Beatles' song, "Free as a Bird," was released, the first Beatles single since their 1970 breakup.
1995 A doomsday cult released sarin nerve gas in five Tokyo subway stations, killing 12 people and injuring more than 5,500.
1996 A jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their millionaire parents.
1997 Liggett Group, the maker of Chesterfield cigarettes, settled 22 state lawsuits by admitting the industry markets cigarettes to teenagers and agreeing to warn on every pack that smoking is addictive.
1999 Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain became the first aviators to fly a hot-air balloon around the world nonstop.
2002 Arthur Andersen pleaded innocent to charges it had shredded documents and deleted computer files related to Enron.
2003 U.S. and British forces invaded Iraq from Kuwait.
2004 The U.S. military charged six soldiers with abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
Be My Love - Mario Lanza
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
The Rhumba Boogie - Hank Snow
1959
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Charlie Brown - The Coasters
Alvin’s Harmonica - David Seville & The Chipmunks
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
1967
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Happy Together - The Turtles
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & The Papas
The Fugitive - Merle Haggard
1975
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
1983
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Shame on the Moon - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
I Wouldn’t Change You If I Could - Ricky Skaggs
1991
Someday - Mariah Carey
One More Try - Timmy T
Show Me the Way - Styx
I’d Love You All Over Again - Alan Jackson
Quote of the Day
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Will Durant, historian (1885 - 1981)
Today's Birthdays
1828 Henrik Ibsen, dramatist (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) died May 23, 1906
1882 René Coty, President of France (1953-58) died November 22, 1962
1902 Edgar Buchanan, actor (Petticoat Junction) died April 4, 1979
1904 Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box) died Aug 18, 1990
1906 Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) died June 3, 1975
1908 Sir Michael Redgrave, actor (Browning Version) died Mar 21, 1985
1918 Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild) died May 2, 1984
1920 Werner Klemperer, actor (Hogan's Heroes) died December 6, 2000
1922 Carl Reiner, comedian/actor (2000 Year Old Man)
1922 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray) died Mar 24, 1990
1925 John D Erlichman, politician (Nixon aide, Watergate conspirator) died February 14, 1999
1928 Mr. Rogers (Fred McFeely), children's television host (Mr. Roger's Neighborhood) died Feb 27, 2003
1931 Hal Linden (Harold Lipshitz), actor (Barney Miller)
1935 Ted Bessell, actor (That Girl, Gomer Pyle) died October 6, 1996
1937 Jerry Reed, singer/actor (Smokey & the Bandit, When You're Hot You're Hot)
1945 Pat Riley, NBA star/coach (LA Lakers, New York Knicks)
1947 Carl Palmer, drummer (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
1948 Bobby Orr, Parry Sound Ontario, Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman (Boston Bruins)
1948 Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams)
1950 William Hurt, actor (Altered States, The Big Chill, Broadcast News)
1951 Guy Perry, guitarist/vocalist (The Motels)
1951 Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1955 Billy Sheehan, rock bassist (Mr. Big)
1957 Spike Lee, director (Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
1957 Theresa Russell, actress (Black Widow)
1958 Holly Hunter, actress (The Piano, Broadcast News, The Firm, Raising Arizona)
1959 Sting, professional wrestler
1961 Slim Jim Phantom, drummer (Stray Cats)
1963 Kathy Ireland, model/actress (Necessary Roughness)
1966 Jessica Lundy, actress (Party of Five)
1968 Liza Snyder, actress (Yes Dear)
1970 Michael Rapaport, actor (Cop Land, Boston Public, Zebrahead)
1971 Alexander Chaplin, actor (Spin City)
1972 Alexander Kapranos, singer/guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
1973 Jane March, actress (The Lover)
1976 Chester Bennington, singer (Linkin Park)
1982 Nick Wheeler, guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
Today's Deaths in History
1934 Queen Emma of the Netherlands dies at 75
1972 Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Bus Stop), dies at 50
1974 Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62
1974 Edward Platt, actor (Get Smart), dies at 58
1987 Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
1991 Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window and dies at 4
1998 George Howard, jazz saxophonist, dies at 42
2004 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands dies at 94
Today in History
1816 The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed its right to review state court decisions.
1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin published (Boston).
1914 The first international figure-skating tournament was held in US, New Haven.
1916 Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity.
1922 The USS Langley was commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
1934 Babe Didrickson pitched a hitless inning for the Philadelphia A's in an exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers.
1935 Your Hit Parade made its debut on radio.
1969 Beatle John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.
1969 US President Nixon proclaimed he would end the Vietnam War in 1970.
1973 Roberto Clemente was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death.
1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was convicted of armed robbery for her part in a San Francisco bank holdup.
1982 Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" went #1 for the first of seven weeks.
1984 The Senate rejected an amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools.
1985 Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
1987 The Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of AZT, a drug shown to prolong the lives of some AIDS patients.
1989 Baseball announced Reds manager Pete Rose was under investigation for betting on baseball.
1990 Los Angeles Lakers retired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33.
1991 Michael Jackson signed a $65M, six album deal with Sony records.
1991 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage a fetus.
1993 An Irish Republican Army bomb exploded in Warrington, England, killing 3-year-old Johnathan Ball and 12-year-old Tim Parry.
1995 The Beatles' song, "Free as a Bird," was released, the first Beatles single since their 1970 breakup.
1995 A doomsday cult released sarin nerve gas in five Tokyo subway stations, killing 12 people and injuring more than 5,500.
1996 A jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their millionaire parents.
1997 Liggett Group, the maker of Chesterfield cigarettes, settled 22 state lawsuits by admitting the industry markets cigarettes to teenagers and agreeing to warn on every pack that smoking is addictive.
1999 Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain became the first aviators to fly a hot-air balloon around the world nonstop.
2002 Arthur Andersen pleaded innocent to charges it had shredded documents and deleted computer files related to Enron.
2003 U.S. and British forces invaded Iraq from Kuwait.
2004 The U.S. military charged six soldiers with abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
Be My Love - Mario Lanza
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
The Rhumba Boogie - Hank Snow
1959
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Charlie Brown - The Coasters
Alvin’s Harmonica - David Seville & The Chipmunks
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
1967
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Happy Together - The Turtles
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & The Papas
The Fugitive - Merle Haggard
1975
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
1983
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Shame on the Moon - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
I Wouldn’t Change You If I Could - Ricky Skaggs
1991
Someday - Mariah Carey
One More Try - Timmy T
Show Me the Way - Styx
I’d Love You All Over Again - Alan Jackson
Quote of the Day
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Will Durant, historian (1885 - 1981)
Today in History - March 21st
Today's Birthdays
1685 Johann Sebastian Bach, composer; died July 28, 1750
1839 Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mountain) died March 28, 1881
1869 Florenz Ziegfeld, producer (Ziegfield Follies) died July 22, 1932
1910 Julio Gallo, vintner (Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery) died May 2, 1993
1929 Jules Bergman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV) died February 11, 1987
1930 James Coco, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death) died Feb 25, 1987
1940 Solomon Burke, soul singer (Cry to Me)
1946 Timothy Dalton, actor (Living Daylights, License to Kill)
1949 Eddie Money, rock singer (Two Tickets to Paradise)
1950 Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist (Supertramp)
1951 Russell Thompkins Jr, soul singer (Stylistics)
1953 Robert "Shotgun" Johnson, drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band)
1958 Brad Hall, Santa Barbara CA, comedian (Saturday Night Live)
1958 Gary Oldman, actor (The Professional, The Fifth Element, Immortal Beloved, Dracula, Batman Begins)
1960 Robert Sweet, drummer (Stryper)
1961 Shawn Lane, guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas) died September 26, 2003
1962 Matthew Broderick, actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)
1962 Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne/actress (A League of Their Own)
1963 Sharon June Howe Pederson, guitarist (Vixen)
1965 Cynthia Geary, actress (Northern Exposure)
1967 Jonas "Joker" Berggren, singer (Ace of Base)
1968 Andrew Copeland, guitarist/singer (Sister Hazel)
1968 Jaye Davidson, actor (The Crying Game, Stargate)
1972 Vanessa Branch, actress (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Orbit Gum commercials)
1974 Laura Allen, actress (Mona Lisa Smile)
1978 Kevin Federline, dancer/ex-Mr. Britney Spears
1980 Deryck Whibley, guitarist/singer (Sum 41)
1985 Adrian Peterson, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
Today's Deaths in History
1617 Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, dies at 22
1974 Candy Darling (James Slattery), female impersonator, dies at 29
1982 Harry H Corbett, British actor (Jabberwacky), dies at 57
1984 Shauna Grant, adult film star, commits suicide at 20
1985 Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr. Chips), dies at 77
1987 Dean Paul Martin, actor (Misfits of Science), dies at 35 in a plane crash
1987 Robert Preston, actor (Music Man, The Last Starfighter), dies at 68
1991 Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies at 81
1991 Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46
1992 John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies at 78
1994 Dack Rambo, actor (Dallas), dies of AIDS at 52
1995 Norman Schwartz, record producer, dies at 66
1995 Connie Kreski, playmate (January 1968, PMOY 1969) dies at 48
2005 Bobby Short, cabaret/lounge singer, dies at 80
Today in History
1791 Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire became first commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy
1891 A Hatfield married a McCoy, ending a long feud in West Virginia which started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years.
1918 Germany launched the Somme offensive during World War I, hoping to break through the Allied line before American reinforcements could arrive.
1939 Kate Smith recorded "God Bless America," written in 1918 by Irving Berlin, for Victor Records.
1946 UN sets up a temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College in the Bronx.
1947 President Truman signed Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States.
1952 Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena; 25,000 attend first rock & roll concert ever.
1961 Art Modell purchased the Cleveland Browns for a then-record $3,925,000.
1961 The Beatles made their first appearance at the Cavern Club.
1963 Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay was closed on the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. began his march from Selma to Montgomery, AL.
1966 Supreme Court reversed a Massachusetts ruling that Fanny Hill was obscene.
1969 John & Yoko staged their first bed-in for peace at the Amsterdam Hilton.
1970 The Beatles' "Let It Be" entered the Billboard charts at number six, the highest debuting position ever for a record to date.
1970 Vinko Bogataj crashed during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image became the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
1972 US Supreme Court ruled that states can't require one-year residency to vote.
1980 On the TV show Dallas, JR was shot.
1980 President Jimmy Carter announced the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
1983 The only known typo appeared on Time magazine's cover (control=contol), all the issues were recalled.
1984 Part of Central Park was named Strawberry Fields, honoring John Lennon.
1984 A Soviet submarine crashed into the USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan.
1985 Arthur Ashe was named to International Tennis Hall of Fame.
1989 Randall Dale Adams, whose conviction for killing a police officer was overturned after the documentary The Thin Blue Line challenged evidence, was released from a Texas prison.
1989 Sports Illustrated reported allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.
1994 Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.
1995 New Jersey officially dedicated the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295.
2000 A divided Supreme Court ruled the government lacked authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug.
2005 Armed with a new law rushed through Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents pleaded with a judge to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube re-inserted (the judge later refused).
2005 Jeff Weise shot and killed seven people at Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Minnesota before committing suicide.
Chart Toppers
1944
Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen
Poinciana - Bing Crosby
They Took the Stars Out of Heaven - Floyd Tillman
1952
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Wheel of Fortune - Kay Starr
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
(When You Feel like You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There - Carl Smith
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Wild One - Bobby Rydell
Puppy Love - Paul Anka
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
A World of Our Own - Sonny James
1976
December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Lonely Night (Angel Face) - Captain & Tennille
Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet) - Tom T. Hall
1984
Jump - Van Halen
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell
Elizabeth - The Statler Brothers
Quote of the Day
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West, actress (1892 - 1980)
Today's Birthdays
1685 Johann Sebastian Bach, composer; died July 28, 1750
1839 Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mountain) died March 28, 1881
1869 Florenz Ziegfeld, producer (Ziegfield Follies) died July 22, 1932
1910 Julio Gallo, vintner (Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery) died May 2, 1993
1929 Jules Bergman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV) died February 11, 1987
1930 James Coco, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death) died Feb 25, 1987
1940 Solomon Burke, soul singer (Cry to Me)
1946 Timothy Dalton, actor (Living Daylights, License to Kill)
1949 Eddie Money, rock singer (Two Tickets to Paradise)
1950 Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist (Supertramp)
1951 Russell Thompkins Jr, soul singer (Stylistics)
1953 Robert "Shotgun" Johnson, drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band)
1958 Brad Hall, Santa Barbara CA, comedian (Saturday Night Live)
1958 Gary Oldman, actor (The Professional, The Fifth Element, Immortal Beloved, Dracula, Batman Begins)
1960 Robert Sweet, drummer (Stryper)
1961 Shawn Lane, guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas) died September 26, 2003
1962 Matthew Broderick, actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)
1962 Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne/actress (A League of Their Own)
1963 Sharon June Howe Pederson, guitarist (Vixen)
1965 Cynthia Geary, actress (Northern Exposure)
1967 Jonas "Joker" Berggren, singer (Ace of Base)
1968 Andrew Copeland, guitarist/singer (Sister Hazel)
1968 Jaye Davidson, actor (The Crying Game, Stargate)
1972 Vanessa Branch, actress (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Orbit Gum commercials)
1974 Laura Allen, actress (Mona Lisa Smile)
1978 Kevin Federline, dancer/ex-Mr. Britney Spears
1980 Deryck Whibley, guitarist/singer (Sum 41)
1985 Adrian Peterson, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
Today's Deaths in History
1617 Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, dies at 22
1974 Candy Darling (James Slattery), female impersonator, dies at 29
1982 Harry H Corbett, British actor (Jabberwacky), dies at 57
1984 Shauna Grant, adult film star, commits suicide at 20
1985 Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr. Chips), dies at 77
1987 Dean Paul Martin, actor (Misfits of Science), dies at 35 in a plane crash
1987 Robert Preston, actor (Music Man, The Last Starfighter), dies at 68
1991 Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies at 81
1991 Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46
1992 John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies at 78
1994 Dack Rambo, actor (Dallas), dies of AIDS at 52
1995 Norman Schwartz, record producer, dies at 66
1995 Connie Kreski, playmate (January 1968, PMOY 1969) dies at 48
2005 Bobby Short, cabaret/lounge singer, dies at 80
Today in History
1791 Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire became first commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy
1891 A Hatfield married a McCoy, ending a long feud in West Virginia which started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years.
1918 Germany launched the Somme offensive during World War I, hoping to break through the Allied line before American reinforcements could arrive.
1939 Kate Smith recorded "God Bless America," written in 1918 by Irving Berlin, for Victor Records.
1946 UN sets up a temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College in the Bronx.
1947 President Truman signed Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States.
1952 Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena; 25,000 attend first rock & roll concert ever.
1961 Art Modell purchased the Cleveland Browns for a then-record $3,925,000.
1961 The Beatles made their first appearance at the Cavern Club.
1963 Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay was closed on the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. began his march from Selma to Montgomery, AL.
1966 Supreme Court reversed a Massachusetts ruling that Fanny Hill was obscene.
1969 John & Yoko staged their first bed-in for peace at the Amsterdam Hilton.
1970 The Beatles' "Let It Be" entered the Billboard charts at number six, the highest debuting position ever for a record to date.
1970 Vinko Bogataj crashed during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image became the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
1972 US Supreme Court ruled that states can't require one-year residency to vote.
1980 On the TV show Dallas, JR was shot.
1980 President Jimmy Carter announced the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
1983 The only known typo appeared on Time magazine's cover (control=contol), all the issues were recalled.
1984 Part of Central Park was named Strawberry Fields, honoring John Lennon.
1984 A Soviet submarine crashed into the USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan.
1985 Arthur Ashe was named to International Tennis Hall of Fame.
1989 Randall Dale Adams, whose conviction for killing a police officer was overturned after the documentary The Thin Blue Line challenged evidence, was released from a Texas prison.
1989 Sports Illustrated reported allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.
1994 Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.
1995 New Jersey officially dedicated the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295.
2000 A divided Supreme Court ruled the government lacked authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug.
2005 Armed with a new law rushed through Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents pleaded with a judge to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube re-inserted (the judge later refused).
2005 Jeff Weise shot and killed seven people at Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Minnesota before committing suicide.
Chart Toppers
1944
Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen
Poinciana - Bing Crosby
They Took the Stars Out of Heaven - Floyd Tillman
1952
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Wheel of Fortune - Kay Starr
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
(When You Feel like You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There - Carl Smith
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Wild One - Bobby Rydell
Puppy Love - Paul Anka
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
A World of Our Own - Sonny James
1976
December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Lonely Night (Angel Face) - Captain & Tennille
Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet) - Tom T. Hall
1984
Jump - Van Halen
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell
Elizabeth - The Statler Brothers
Quote of the Day
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West, actress (1892 - 1980)
Today in History – March 22nd
Today's Birthdays
1887 Chico (Leonard) Marx, comedian (The Marx Brothers) died Oct 11, 1961
1908 Louis L'Amour, writer (The Quick and the Dead) died June 10, 1988
1912 Karl Malden (Mladen Sekulovich), actor (Streets of San Francisco)
1917 Virginia Grey, actress (The Rose Tattoo) died July 31, 2004
1920 Ross Martin (Martin Rosenblatt), actor (The Wild Wild West) died July 3, 1981
1923 Marcel Marceau (Mangel), mime, died Sept 22, 2007
1924 Bill Wendell (William Joseph Wenzel, Jr.), announcer (Tonight Show) died Apr 14, 1999
1930 Pat Robertson (Marion Gordon Robinson), TV evangelist
1930 Stephen Sondheim, composer (Send in the Clowns)
1931 William Shatner, actor (Boston Legal, Star Trek)
1935 M. (Michael) Emmet Walsh, actor (Blade Runner)
1940 Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (Tne Killing Fields) murdered February 25, 1996
1943 George Benson, guitarist/singer (This Masquerade, On Broadway)
1943 Keith Relf, singer (The Yardbirds) died May 14, 1976
1944 Jeremy Clyde, singer (Chad & Jeremy)
1947 Harry Vanda, guitarist (The Easybeats)
1947 James Patterson, writer (Along Came a Spider)
1948 Randy Hobbs, bassist (The McCoys)
1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer (Jesus Christ Superstar, Phantom of the Opera)
1948 Wolf Blitzer, TV newsman
1952 Bob Costas (Robert Quinlan), sportscaster
1955 Lena Olin, actress (Romeo is Bleeding, Chocolat)
1957 Stephanie Mills, singer/actress (The Wiz)
1959 Carlton Cuse, TV writer/executive (Lost)
1959 Matthew Modine, actor (Memphis Belle, Vision Quest, Weeds)
1972 Elvis Stojko, figure skater
1972 Cory Lidle, pitcher (NY Yankees) died Oct 11, 2006
1975 Cole Hauser, actor (Pitch Black)
1976 Reese Witherspoon, actress (Legally Blonde series, Sweet Home Alabama, Pleasantville)
1977 Joey Porter, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1980 Shannon Bex, singer (Danity Kane)
1985 Katie Stuart, actress (X2: X-Men United)
Today's Deaths in History
1832 Johann Wolfgang Goethe, playwright/poet (Faust) dies at 82
1978 Karl Wallenda, patriarch of high-wire daredevil family, falls to his death at 73
1986 Mark Dinning, singer (Teen Angel) dies at 52
1994 Walt Lantz, animator (Woody Woodpecker) dies at 94
1994 Dan Hartman, singer (I Can Dream About You) dies at 43 of AIDS
1999 David Strickland, actor (Suddenly Susan) commits suicide at 29
2001 William Hanna, animation guru (Hanna-Barbera) dies at 90
2003 Denise Lynn Roberts, stuntwoman (Titanic) dies at 41
Today in History
1622 Algonquian Indians killed 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.
1630 The first legislation to prohibit gambling was enacted in Boston, Massachusetts.
1765 Britain enacted the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies.
1894 Hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game was played as the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association defeated the Ottawa Capitals 3-1 in Montreal.
1895 In what is generally regarded as the first public display of a movie projected onto a screen, Auguste and Louis Lumiere showed their first movie to an invited audience in Paris.
1933 During Prohibition, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.
1948 The Voice of Firestone became the first commercial radio program to be carried simultaneously on both AM and FM radio stations.
1956 Perry Como became the first major TV variety-show host to book a rock and roll act on his program (Carl Perkins sang "Blue Suede Shoes").
1963 The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, was released in Great Britain.
1965 Bob Dylan's album Bringing It All Back Home," his first featuring electric guitar, was released.
1969 UCLA defeated Purdue 92-72 to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball championship, the first team to win three consecutive championships, all under legendary head coach John Wooden.
1972 Congress sent the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification.
1978 Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of The Flying Wallendas high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1980 Pink Floyd started a 4-week run in the #1 slot on the pop charts with their smash, "Another Brick in the Wall" (when they received their gold record, they opened it and put it on the stereo, hearing not their song but "Flowers on the Wall," by the Statler Brothers).
1981 RCA put its Selectravision laser disc players on the market.
1984 Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California were charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school (the charges were later dropped as completely unfounded).
1987 A barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, left Islip, N.Y., on a six-month journey in search of a place to unload; the barge was turned away by several states and three countries before space was found back in Islip.
1990 A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge of oil.
1991 High school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of manipulating her student-lover into killing her husband, was convicted in Exeter, N.H., of murder-conspiracy.
1993 The Intel Corporation shipped the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
1995 Colin Ferguson was sentenced to life in prison for killing six people on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993.
1997 Tara Lipinski of the United States became the youngest women's world figure skating champion at age 14 years, 10 months.
2004 Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.
2006 The Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent cease-fire with Spain.
Chart Toppers
1945
A Little on the Lonely Side - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra
Accentuate the Positive - Johnny Mercer
y Dreams are Getting Better All the Time - The Pied Pipers
There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder - Jimmie Davis
1953
Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Doggie in the Window - Patti Page
Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
1961
Surrender - Elvis Presley
Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Shirelles
Don’t Worry - Marty Robbins
1969
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Traces - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Indian Giver - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
Only the Lonely - Sonny James
1977
Love Theme from "A Star is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand
Fly like an Eagle - Steve Miller
Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Southern Nights - Glen Campbell
1985
Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
The Heat is On - Glenn Frey
Material Girl - Madonna
Crazy for Your Love - Exile
Quote of the Day
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
Michael Pritchard
Today's Birthdays
1887 Chico (Leonard) Marx, comedian (The Marx Brothers) died Oct 11, 1961
1908 Louis L'Amour, writer (The Quick and the Dead) died June 10, 1988
1912 Karl Malden (Mladen Sekulovich), actor (Streets of San Francisco)
1917 Virginia Grey, actress (The Rose Tattoo) died July 31, 2004
1920 Ross Martin (Martin Rosenblatt), actor (The Wild Wild West) died July 3, 1981
1923 Marcel Marceau (Mangel), mime, died Sept 22, 2007
1924 Bill Wendell (William Joseph Wenzel, Jr.), announcer (Tonight Show) died Apr 14, 1999
1930 Pat Robertson (Marion Gordon Robinson), TV evangelist
1930 Stephen Sondheim, composer (Send in the Clowns)
1931 William Shatner, actor (Boston Legal, Star Trek)
1935 M. (Michael) Emmet Walsh, actor (Blade Runner)
1940 Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (Tne Killing Fields) murdered February 25, 1996
1943 George Benson, guitarist/singer (This Masquerade, On Broadway)
1943 Keith Relf, singer (The Yardbirds) died May 14, 1976
1944 Jeremy Clyde, singer (Chad & Jeremy)
1947 Harry Vanda, guitarist (The Easybeats)
1947 James Patterson, writer (Along Came a Spider)
1948 Randy Hobbs, bassist (The McCoys)
1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer (Jesus Christ Superstar, Phantom of the Opera)
1948 Wolf Blitzer, TV newsman
1952 Bob Costas (Robert Quinlan), sportscaster
1955 Lena Olin, actress (Romeo is Bleeding, Chocolat)
1957 Stephanie Mills, singer/actress (The Wiz)
1959 Carlton Cuse, TV writer/executive (Lost)
1959 Matthew Modine, actor (Memphis Belle, Vision Quest, Weeds)
1972 Elvis Stojko, figure skater
1972 Cory Lidle, pitcher (NY Yankees) died Oct 11, 2006
1975 Cole Hauser, actor (Pitch Black)
1976 Reese Witherspoon, actress (Legally Blonde series, Sweet Home Alabama, Pleasantville)
1977 Joey Porter, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1980 Shannon Bex, singer (Danity Kane)
1985 Katie Stuart, actress (X2: X-Men United)
Today's Deaths in History
1832 Johann Wolfgang Goethe, playwright/poet (Faust) dies at 82
1978 Karl Wallenda, patriarch of high-wire daredevil family, falls to his death at 73
1986 Mark Dinning, singer (Teen Angel) dies at 52
1994 Walt Lantz, animator (Woody Woodpecker) dies at 94
1994 Dan Hartman, singer (I Can Dream About You) dies at 43 of AIDS
1999 David Strickland, actor (Suddenly Susan) commits suicide at 29
2001 William Hanna, animation guru (Hanna-Barbera) dies at 90
2003 Denise Lynn Roberts, stuntwoman (Titanic) dies at 41
Today in History
1622 Algonquian Indians killed 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.
1630 The first legislation to prohibit gambling was enacted in Boston, Massachusetts.
1765 Britain enacted the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies.
1894 Hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game was played as the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association defeated the Ottawa Capitals 3-1 in Montreal.
1895 In what is generally regarded as the first public display of a movie projected onto a screen, Auguste and Louis Lumiere showed their first movie to an invited audience in Paris.
1933 During Prohibition, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.
1948 The Voice of Firestone became the first commercial radio program to be carried simultaneously on both AM and FM radio stations.
1956 Perry Como became the first major TV variety-show host to book a rock and roll act on his program (Carl Perkins sang "Blue Suede Shoes").
1963 The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, was released in Great Britain.
1965 Bob Dylan's album Bringing It All Back Home," his first featuring electric guitar, was released.
1969 UCLA defeated Purdue 92-72 to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball championship, the first team to win three consecutive championships, all under legendary head coach John Wooden.
1972 Congress sent the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification.
1978 Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of The Flying Wallendas high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1980 Pink Floyd started a 4-week run in the #1 slot on the pop charts with their smash, "Another Brick in the Wall" (when they received their gold record, they opened it and put it on the stereo, hearing not their song but "Flowers on the Wall," by the Statler Brothers).
1981 RCA put its Selectravision laser disc players on the market.
1984 Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California were charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school (the charges were later dropped as completely unfounded).
1987 A barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, left Islip, N.Y., on a six-month journey in search of a place to unload; the barge was turned away by several states and three countries before space was found back in Islip.
1990 A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge of oil.
1991 High school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of manipulating her student-lover into killing her husband, was convicted in Exeter, N.H., of murder-conspiracy.
1993 The Intel Corporation shipped the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
1995 Colin Ferguson was sentenced to life in prison for killing six people on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993.
1997 Tara Lipinski of the United States became the youngest women's world figure skating champion at age 14 years, 10 months.
2004 Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.
2006 The Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent cease-fire with Spain.
Chart Toppers
1945
A Little on the Lonely Side - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra
Accentuate the Positive - Johnny Mercer
y Dreams are Getting Better All the Time - The Pied Pipers
There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder - Jimmie Davis
1953
Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Doggie in the Window - Patti Page
Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
1961
Surrender - Elvis Presley
Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Shirelles
Don’t Worry - Marty Robbins
1969
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Traces - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Indian Giver - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
Only the Lonely - Sonny James
1977
Love Theme from "A Star is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand
Fly like an Eagle - Steve Miller
Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Southern Nights - Glen Campbell
1985
Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
The Heat is On - Glenn Frey
Material Girl - Madonna
Crazy for Your Love - Exile
Quote of the Day
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
Michael Pritchard
Today in History - March 23rd
Today's Birthdays
1908 Joan Crawford [Lucille Fay LeSueur], actress (What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?) died May 10, 1977
1910 Akira Kurosawa, director (The Seven Samurai) died September 6, 1998
1912 Werner von Braun, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars) died June 16, 1977
1929 Roger Bannister, England, first to run a 4-minute mile (May 6, 1954)
1932 Don Marshall, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1937 Craig Breedlove, auto-racing champion (Spirit of America)
1938 Christopher Glenn, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch) died October 17, 2006
1942 Jimmy Miller, drummer (Motorhead) died October 22, 1994
1949 Ric Ocasek, singer (Cars)
1952 Patricia Richardson, actress (Home Improvement)
1953 Chaka Khan [Yvette Marie Stevens], singer (I Feel For You)
1953 Louie Anderson, comedian/actor (Coming to America)
1954 Moses Malone, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia '76ers)
1957 Amanda Plummer, actress (So I Married An Axe Murderer, The Fisher King, Pulp Fiction)
1959 Catherine Keener, actress (Being John Malkovich, The 40-Year Old Virgin)
1960 Terry Sweeney, writer/comedian (Saturday Night Live)
1964 Hope Davis, actress (About Schmidt)
1965 Richard Grieco, actor (21 Jump Street)
1966 Marin Hinkle, actress (Two and a Half Men)
1968 Damon Albarn, singer/songwriter (Blur, Gorillaz)
1973 Jason Kidd, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks)
1976 Keri Russell, actress (Mickey Mouse Club, Lottery, Daddy Girls)
1976 Michelle Monaghan, actress (Mission: Impossible III)
1978 Nicholle Tom, Hinsdale IL, actress (The Nanny)
1978 Perez Hilton, blogger
1985 Maurice Jones-Drew, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1990 Eugenie, Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguson
Today's Deaths in History
1964 Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, M) dies at 59
1967 Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61
1973 Ken Maynard, actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), dies at 77
1982 Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient, dies
1991 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
1995 Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash at 41
Today in History
1743 George Frideric Händel's oratorio "Messiah" premiered in London.
1775 Patrick Henry proclaimed "Give me liberty or give me death" at St John's Church, Richmond, Virginia.
1806 Lewis & Clark reached the Pacific coast.
1839 The first recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] occurred in Boston's Morning Post.
1857 Elisha Otis' first elevator was installed at 488 Broadway, New York.
1868 The University of California was founded in Oakland, California.
1903 Wright brothers obtained a patent for their airplane.
1912 The Dixie Cup was invented.
1925 Tennessee became the first state to outlaw teaching the theory of evolution.
1929 The first telephone was installed in White House.
1940 The first radio broadcast of Truth or Consequences took place on on CBS.
1942 The U.S. moved native-born people of Japanese ancestry into detention centers.
1965 Gemini 3 was launched, the first U.S. 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young).
1973 Yoko Ono was granted permanent residence in U.S.
1976 International Bill of Rights went into effect with 35 nations ratifying that document.
1981 The Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions.
1981 CBS Television announced plans to reduce Captain Kangaroo to a 30-minute show each weekday morning.
1983 US President Ronald Reagan introduced the "Star Wars" plan (SDI).
1985 Billy Joel wed supermodel Christie Brinkley.
1989 2 Utah scientists claimed to have produced fusion at room temperature.
1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood was ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound & pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill.
1994 Howard Stern formally announced his Libertarian run for New York Governor.
1994 Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke Gordie Howe's National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal.
1998 The movie Titanic won 11 Academy Awards, including best picture, best director and best song, to tie the record set by 1959's Ben-Hur.
2001 Russia's orbiting Mir space station ended its 15-year odyssey with a fiery plunge into the South Pacific.
2003 A U.S. Army maintenance convoy was ambushed in Iraq; 11 soldiers were killed and seven were captured, including Pfc. Jessica Lynch.
2005 A federal appeals court refused to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube and the Florida Legislature decided not to intervene in the epic struggle over the brain-damaged woman; Schiavo's parents filed a request with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Chart Toppers
1946
Oh, What It Seemed to Be - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Marjorie Hughes)
Personality - Johnny Mercer
Day by Day - Frank Sinatra
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
Cross Over the Bridge - Patti Page
Wanted - Perry Como
Slowly - Webb Pierce
1962
Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
Midnight in Moscow - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You - Connie Francis
That’s My Pa - Sheb Wooley
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
The Rapper - The Jaggerz
Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board
The Fightin’ Side of Me - Merle Haggard
1978
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon & Willie
1986
These Dreams - Heart
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
What’s a Memory like You (Doing in a Love like This) - John Schneider
Quote of the Day
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy, Russian mystic & novelist (1828 - 1910)
Today's Birthdays
1908 Joan Crawford [Lucille Fay LeSueur], actress (What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?) died May 10, 1977
1910 Akira Kurosawa, director (The Seven Samurai) died September 6, 1998
1912 Werner von Braun, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars) died June 16, 1977
1929 Roger Bannister, England, first to run a 4-minute mile (May 6, 1954)
1932 Don Marshall, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1937 Craig Breedlove, auto-racing champion (Spirit of America)
1938 Christopher Glenn, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch) died October 17, 2006
1942 Jimmy Miller, drummer (Motorhead) died October 22, 1994
1949 Ric Ocasek, singer (Cars)
1952 Patricia Richardson, actress (Home Improvement)
1953 Chaka Khan [Yvette Marie Stevens], singer (I Feel For You)
1953 Louie Anderson, comedian/actor (Coming to America)
1954 Moses Malone, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia '76ers)
1957 Amanda Plummer, actress (So I Married An Axe Murderer, The Fisher King, Pulp Fiction)
1959 Catherine Keener, actress (Being John Malkovich, The 40-Year Old Virgin)
1960 Terry Sweeney, writer/comedian (Saturday Night Live)
1964 Hope Davis, actress (About Schmidt)
1965 Richard Grieco, actor (21 Jump Street)
1966 Marin Hinkle, actress (Two and a Half Men)
1968 Damon Albarn, singer/songwriter (Blur, Gorillaz)
1973 Jason Kidd, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks)
1976 Keri Russell, actress (Mickey Mouse Club, Lottery, Daddy Girls)
1976 Michelle Monaghan, actress (Mission: Impossible III)
1978 Nicholle Tom, Hinsdale IL, actress (The Nanny)
1978 Perez Hilton, blogger
1985 Maurice Jones-Drew, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1990 Eugenie, Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguson
Today's Deaths in History
1964 Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, M) dies at 59
1967 Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61
1973 Ken Maynard, actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), dies at 77
1982 Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient, dies
1991 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
1995 Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash at 41
Today in History
1743 George Frideric Händel's oratorio "Messiah" premiered in London.
1775 Patrick Henry proclaimed "Give me liberty or give me death" at St John's Church, Richmond, Virginia.
1806 Lewis & Clark reached the Pacific coast.
1839 The first recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] occurred in Boston's Morning Post.
1857 Elisha Otis' first elevator was installed at 488 Broadway, New York.
1868 The University of California was founded in Oakland, California.
1903 Wright brothers obtained a patent for their airplane.
1912 The Dixie Cup was invented.
1925 Tennessee became the first state to outlaw teaching the theory of evolution.
1929 The first telephone was installed in White House.
1940 The first radio broadcast of Truth or Consequences took place on on CBS.
1942 The U.S. moved native-born people of Japanese ancestry into detention centers.
1965 Gemini 3 was launched, the first U.S. 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young).
1973 Yoko Ono was granted permanent residence in U.S.
1976 International Bill of Rights went into effect with 35 nations ratifying that document.
1981 The Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions.
1981 CBS Television announced plans to reduce Captain Kangaroo to a 30-minute show each weekday morning.
1983 US President Ronald Reagan introduced the "Star Wars" plan (SDI).
1985 Billy Joel wed supermodel Christie Brinkley.
1989 2 Utah scientists claimed to have produced fusion at room temperature.
1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood was ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound & pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill.
1994 Howard Stern formally announced his Libertarian run for New York Governor.
1994 Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke Gordie Howe's National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal.
1998 The movie Titanic won 11 Academy Awards, including best picture, best director and best song, to tie the record set by 1959's Ben-Hur.
2001 Russia's orbiting Mir space station ended its 15-year odyssey with a fiery plunge into the South Pacific.
2003 A U.S. Army maintenance convoy was ambushed in Iraq; 11 soldiers were killed and seven were captured, including Pfc. Jessica Lynch.
2005 A federal appeals court refused to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube and the Florida Legislature decided not to intervene in the epic struggle over the brain-damaged woman; Schiavo's parents filed a request with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Chart Toppers
1946
Oh, What It Seemed to Be - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Marjorie Hughes)
Personality - Johnny Mercer
Day by Day - Frank Sinatra
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
Cross Over the Bridge - Patti Page
Wanted - Perry Como
Slowly - Webb Pierce
1962
Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
Midnight in Moscow - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You - Connie Francis
That’s My Pa - Sheb Wooley
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
The Rapper - The Jaggerz
Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board
The Fightin’ Side of Me - Merle Haggard
1978
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon & Willie
1986
These Dreams - Heart
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
What’s a Memory like You (Doing in a Love like This) - John Schneider
Quote of the Day
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy, Russian mystic & novelist (1828 - 1910)
Today in History - March 24th
Today's Birthdays
1874 Harry Houdini, magician/escape artist, died Oct 31, 1926
1887 Fatty (Roscoe Conkling) Arbuckle, actor (Fatty Keystone Comedies) died June 29, 1933
1909 Clyde Barrow, criminal (Bonnie & Clyde) shot and killed May 23, 1934
1910 Richard (Nicholas Peter) Conte, actor (The Godfather) died Apr 15, 1975
1911 Joseph Barbera, cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera) died December 18, 2006
1915 Gorgeous George, professional wrestler, died December 26, 1963
1923 Murray Hamilton, actor (Jaws) died September 1, 1986
1924 Norman Fell (Feld), actor, (Three’s Company) died Dec 14, 1998
1928 Vanessa Brown (Smylla Brind), actress (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir) died May 21, 1999
1930 (Terence Steven) Steve McQueen, actor (The Great Escape, Bullitt) died Nov 7, 1980
1940 Bob Mackie, fashion/costume designer
1942 Jesus (Maria Rojas) Alou, baseball (SF Giants, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, NY Mets)
1944 R. Lee Ermey, U.S. Marine/actor (Full Metal Jacket, Boys in Company C)
1946 Lee Oskar (Oskar Hansen), harmonica (War)
1946 Klaus Dinger, drummer/guitarist (Kraftwerk)
1949 Nick Lowe, guitarist/singer (Rockpile)
1951 Dougie Thomson, bassist (Supertramp)
1951 Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
1954 Robert Carradine, actor (Revenge of the Nerds series)
1954 Donna Pescow, actress (Policewoman Centerfold)
1960 Kelly LeBrock, actress (Weird Science, The Woman in Red)
1960 Nena, German singer (99 Luftbaloons)
1962 Star Jones, TV personality (The View)
1970 Lara Flynn Boyle, actress (Twin Peaks, Las Vegas, Wayne's World)
1970 Sharon Corr, pop musician (The Corrs)
1974 Alyson Hannigan, actress (American Pie series)
1976 Peyton Manning, NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts)
1990 Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress (The Whale Rider)
Today's Deaths in History
1603 Elizabeth I Tudor [Maiden Queen], queen (1558-1603), dies at 69
1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75
1905 Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77
1976 Bernard L Montgomery, British General who defeated Rommel, dies at 88
1984 Sam Jaffe, actor (Ben Casey), dies at 93
1990 An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at 70
1990 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray), dies at 68
1993 John Hersey, Pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies at 78
1994 Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88
1997 Harold Melvin, R&B singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) dies at 57
Today in History
1765 Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
1868 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was formed.
1882 Professor Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis germ in Berlin, Germany.
1932 Belle Baker hosted a radio variety show from a moving train, a first for radio broadcasting.
1941 Glenn Miller began work on his first motion picture for 20th Century Fox, entitled Sun Valley Serenade.
1944 In occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that killed 32 German soldiers.
1949 The first Academy Awards (Oscars) were handed out.
1955 The Tennessee Williams play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opened on Broadway.
1958 Elvis Presley reported to local draft board 86 in Memphis, TN.
1960 A U.S. appeals court ruled that the novel, Lady Chatterly’s Lover, was not obscene and could be sent through the mail.
1973 Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon was released.
1973 Professional track debuted with Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile run at the International Track Association meet held in Los Angeles, CA.
1980 Capitol Records released some rare Beatles tracks, including stereo versions of "Penny Lane" and "She Loves You," sung by the group in German, under the title, "Sie Liebt Dich."
1980 Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was shot to death by gunmen as he celebrated Mass in San Salvador, El Salvador.
1985 Actress Jacqueline Bisset made her television debut in Forbidden, a Home Box Office (HBO) presentation.
1988 Former national security aides Oliver L. North and John M. Poindexter pleaded innocent to Iran-Contra charges.
1989 At four minutes past midnight, the Exxon Valdez, a 987-foot supertanker loaded with 1,264,155 barrels of North Slope crude oil, ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11.2 million gallons of oil.
1995 The House of Representatives passed a welfare reform package calling for the most profound changes in social programs since the New Deal.
1998 A 13-year-old boy and his 11-year-old cousin opened fire outside their school in Jonesboro, Ark., killing four students and a teacher and injuring 10.
1999 NATO launched airstrikes against Yugoslavia, the first time the alliance had attacked a sovereign country.
2002 Halle Berry became the first black performer to win a best actress Oscar, for her work in Monster's Ball.
2005 The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal from the parents of Terri Schiavo to have a feeding tube reinserted into the severely brain-damaged woman.
Chart Toppers
1947
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
Managua, Nicaragua - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Stuart Wade)
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup - Nat ‘King’ Cole
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics
The End of the World - Skeeter Davis
He’s So Fine - The Chiffons
Still - Bill Anderson
1971
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
She’s a Lady - Tom Jones
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - The Temptations
I’d Rather Love You - Charley Pride
1979
Tragedy - Bee Gees
What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
Heaven Knows - Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams
I Just Fall in Love Again - Anne Murray
1987
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Let’s Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
I’d Still Be Loving You - Restless Heart
Quote of the Day
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain, author & wit (1835 - 1910)
Today's Birthdays
1874 Harry Houdini, magician/escape artist, died Oct 31, 1926
1887 Fatty (Roscoe Conkling) Arbuckle, actor (Fatty Keystone Comedies) died June 29, 1933
1909 Clyde Barrow, criminal (Bonnie & Clyde) shot and killed May 23, 1934
1910 Richard (Nicholas Peter) Conte, actor (The Godfather) died Apr 15, 1975
1911 Joseph Barbera, cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera) died December 18, 2006
1915 Gorgeous George, professional wrestler, died December 26, 1963
1923 Murray Hamilton, actor (Jaws) died September 1, 1986
1924 Norman Fell (Feld), actor, (Three’s Company) died Dec 14, 1998
1928 Vanessa Brown (Smylla Brind), actress (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir) died May 21, 1999
1930 (Terence Steven) Steve McQueen, actor (The Great Escape, Bullitt) died Nov 7, 1980
1940 Bob Mackie, fashion/costume designer
1942 Jesus (Maria Rojas) Alou, baseball (SF Giants, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, NY Mets)
1944 R. Lee Ermey, U.S. Marine/actor (Full Metal Jacket, Boys in Company C)
1946 Lee Oskar (Oskar Hansen), harmonica (War)
1946 Klaus Dinger, drummer/guitarist (Kraftwerk)
1949 Nick Lowe, guitarist/singer (Rockpile)
1951 Dougie Thomson, bassist (Supertramp)
1951 Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
1954 Robert Carradine, actor (Revenge of the Nerds series)
1954 Donna Pescow, actress (Policewoman Centerfold)
1960 Kelly LeBrock, actress (Weird Science, The Woman in Red)
1960 Nena, German singer (99 Luftbaloons)
1962 Star Jones, TV personality (The View)
1970 Lara Flynn Boyle, actress (Twin Peaks, Las Vegas, Wayne's World)
1970 Sharon Corr, pop musician (The Corrs)
1974 Alyson Hannigan, actress (American Pie series)
1976 Peyton Manning, NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts)
1990 Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress (The Whale Rider)
Today's Deaths in History
1603 Elizabeth I Tudor [Maiden Queen], queen (1558-1603), dies at 69
1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75
1905 Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77
1976 Bernard L Montgomery, British General who defeated Rommel, dies at 88
1984 Sam Jaffe, actor (Ben Casey), dies at 93
1990 An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at 70
1990 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray), dies at 68
1993 John Hersey, Pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies at 78
1994 Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88
1997 Harold Melvin, R&B singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) dies at 57
Today in History
1765 Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
1868 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was formed.
1882 Professor Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis germ in Berlin, Germany.
1932 Belle Baker hosted a radio variety show from a moving train, a first for radio broadcasting.
1941 Glenn Miller began work on his first motion picture for 20th Century Fox, entitled Sun Valley Serenade.
1944 In occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that killed 32 German soldiers.
1949 The first Academy Awards (Oscars) were handed out.
1955 The Tennessee Williams play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opened on Broadway.
1958 Elvis Presley reported to local draft board 86 in Memphis, TN.
1960 A U.S. appeals court ruled that the novel, Lady Chatterly’s Lover, was not obscene and could be sent through the mail.
1973 Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon was released.
1973 Professional track debuted with Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile run at the International Track Association meet held in Los Angeles, CA.
1980 Capitol Records released some rare Beatles tracks, including stereo versions of "Penny Lane" and "She Loves You," sung by the group in German, under the title, "Sie Liebt Dich."
1980 Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was shot to death by gunmen as he celebrated Mass in San Salvador, El Salvador.
1985 Actress Jacqueline Bisset made her television debut in Forbidden, a Home Box Office (HBO) presentation.
1988 Former national security aides Oliver L. North and John M. Poindexter pleaded innocent to Iran-Contra charges.
1989 At four minutes past midnight, the Exxon Valdez, a 987-foot supertanker loaded with 1,264,155 barrels of North Slope crude oil, ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11.2 million gallons of oil.
1995 The House of Representatives passed a welfare reform package calling for the most profound changes in social programs since the New Deal.
1998 A 13-year-old boy and his 11-year-old cousin opened fire outside their school in Jonesboro, Ark., killing four students and a teacher and injuring 10.
1999 NATO launched airstrikes against Yugoslavia, the first time the alliance had attacked a sovereign country.
2002 Halle Berry became the first black performer to win a best actress Oscar, for her work in Monster's Ball.
2005 The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal from the parents of Terri Schiavo to have a feeding tube reinserted into the severely brain-damaged woman.
Chart Toppers
1947
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
Managua, Nicaragua - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Stuart Wade)
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup - Nat ‘King’ Cole
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics
The End of the World - Skeeter Davis
He’s So Fine - The Chiffons
Still - Bill Anderson
1971
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
She’s a Lady - Tom Jones
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - The Temptations
I’d Rather Love You - Charley Pride
1979
Tragedy - Bee Gees
What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
Heaven Knows - Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams
I Just Fall in Love Again - Anne Murray
1987
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Let’s Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
I’d Still Be Loving You - Restless Heart
Quote of the Day
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain, author & wit (1835 - 1910)
Today in History - March 25th
Today's Birthdays
1867 Arturo Toscanini, conductor, died January 16, 1957
1871 John Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore) died March 6, 1941
1881 Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) died September 26, 1945
1908 David Lean, film director (Dr Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, A Passage to India, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations) died Apr 16, 1991
1911 Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, died January 3, 1967
1920 Howard Cosell (Cohen), sportscaster, died Apr 23, 1995
1921 Nancy Kelly, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James) died January 2, 1995
1922 Eileen Ford, modeling agency head (Ford Modeling Agency)
1928 James A Lovell Jr, USN/astronaut (Gemini, Apollo programs)
1932 Gene Shalit, movie critic (Today)
1934 Gloria Steinem, feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine)
1934 Johnny Burnette, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16) died August 14, 1964
1938 Hoyt Axton, Duncan OK, singer/songwriter/actor (Black Stallion, Gremlins) died October 26, 1999
1940 Anita Bryant, Miss Oklahoma-America/singer
1942 Aretha Franklin, singer (Respect, Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, Think)
1942 Paul Michael Glaser, actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Starsky & Hutch)
1942 Richard O'Brien, actor/writer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
1944 Frank Oz, muppetteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
1946 Bonnie Bedelia (Culkin), actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel)
1947 Sir Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight), singer/songwriter (Rocketman, Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie & The Jets, Daniel, Philadelphia Freedom)
1948 Michael Stanley, singer/guitarist/songwriter (Michael Stanley Band)
1950 Chuck Greenberg, jazz composer/musician (Shadowfax) died Sept 4, 1995
1951 Bob Pelander, keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band)
1951 Maisie Williams, singer (Boney M)
1953 Mary Gross, actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Club Paradise, Feds)
1956 Matthew Garber, actor (Mary Poppins) died June 13, 1977
1960 Haywood Nelson, actor (What's Happening)
1960 Steve Norman, saxophonist (Spandau Ballet)
1960 Brenda Strong, actress (Desperate Housewives)
1962 Marcia Cross, actress (Desperate Housewives)
1964 Lisa Gay Hamilton, actress (The Practice)
1965 Sarah Jessica Parker, actress (Square Pegs, LA Story, Sex and the City)
1966 Jeff Healey, blues/rock guitarist/singer (Angel Eyes, Confidence Man) died March 2, 2008
1966 Tom Glavine, MLB pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1969 Cathy Dennis, singer/songwriter (C'mon and Get My Love)
1971 Cammi Granato, ice hockey forward (1998 Olympics)
1971 Sheryl Swoopes, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
1976 Juvenile, rapper
1982 Danica Patrick, Indy car racer
1984 Katherine McPhee, singer/television personality (American Idol)
1987 Jason Castro, singer/television personality (American Idol)
Today's Deaths in History
1918 Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies at 55
1973 Edward Steichen, pioneer of American photography, dies at 92
1975 King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, shot to death by his nephew at 69
1978 Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at 85
1988 Robert Joffrey, dancer/choreographer, dies of AIDS at 58
1992 Nancy Walker, actress (Rhoda), dies at 69
1999 Cal Ripken, Sr., MLB manager (Baltimore Orioles) dies at 63
2005 Paul Henning, TV producer/writer (Beverly Hillbillies) dies at 93
2006 Buck Owens, country singer/television personality (Hee Haw) dies at 76
Today in History
1306 Robert the Bruce became King of Scotland.
1634 Maryland was founded by English colonists sent by the second Lord Baltimore.
1655 Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was discovered by Christian Huygens.
1807 Britain abolished its slave trade.
1811 Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from the University of Oxford for his publication of the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
1894 Jacob S. Coxey began leading an "army" of the unemployed from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to demand help from the federal government.
1911 A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. factory in New York City killed 146 workers, most of them young immigrant women.
1913 The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.
1947 A coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill., killed 111 people.
1957 The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community.
1965 The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their first Bed-In for Peace during their honeymoon, in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.
1975 King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew with a history of mental illness.
1988 Robert E. Chambers Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in New York City's so-called "preppie murder case."
1990 Fire raced through an illegal social club in New York City, killing 87 people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants.
1992 Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth from the Mir space station after a 10-month stay, during which his native country, the Soviet Union, ceased to exist.
1994 American troops completed their withdrawal from Somalia.
1996 An 81-day standoff by the antigovernment Freemen began at a ranch near Jordan, Montana.
1996 The redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.
1998 President Bill Clinton acknowledged during his Africa tour that "we did not act quickly enough" to stop the slaughter of 1 million Rwandans four years earlier.
2002 A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, killing as many as 1,000 people.
2004 Congress passed a law making it a separate offense to harm a fetus during a violent federal crime.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
A Tear Fell - Teresa Brewer
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
1964
She Loves You - The Beatles
Fun Fun Fun - The Beach Boys
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
1972
A Horse with No Name - America
Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
My Hang-Up is You - Freddie Hart
1980
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl - Spinners
Him - Rupert Holmes
Why Don’t You Spend the Night - Ronnie Milsap
1988
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Life Turned Her that Way - Ricky Van Shelton
Quote of the Day
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
John Burroughs, essayist & naturalist (1837 - 1921)
Today's Birthdays
1867 Arturo Toscanini, conductor, died January 16, 1957
1871 John Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore) died March 6, 1941
1881 Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) died September 26, 1945
1908 David Lean, film director (Dr Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, A Passage to India, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations) died Apr 16, 1991
1911 Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, died January 3, 1967
1920 Howard Cosell (Cohen), sportscaster, died Apr 23, 1995
1921 Nancy Kelly, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James) died January 2, 1995
1922 Eileen Ford, modeling agency head (Ford Modeling Agency)
1928 James A Lovell Jr, USN/astronaut (Gemini, Apollo programs)
1932 Gene Shalit, movie critic (Today)
1934 Gloria Steinem, feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine)
1934 Johnny Burnette, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16) died August 14, 1964
1938 Hoyt Axton, Duncan OK, singer/songwriter/actor (Black Stallion, Gremlins) died October 26, 1999
1940 Anita Bryant, Miss Oklahoma-America/singer
1942 Aretha Franklin, singer (Respect, Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, Think)
1942 Paul Michael Glaser, actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Starsky & Hutch)
1942 Richard O'Brien, actor/writer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
1944 Frank Oz, muppetteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
1946 Bonnie Bedelia (Culkin), actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel)
1947 Sir Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight), singer/songwriter (Rocketman, Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie & The Jets, Daniel, Philadelphia Freedom)
1948 Michael Stanley, singer/guitarist/songwriter (Michael Stanley Band)
1950 Chuck Greenberg, jazz composer/musician (Shadowfax) died Sept 4, 1995
1951 Bob Pelander, keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band)
1951 Maisie Williams, singer (Boney M)
1953 Mary Gross, actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Club Paradise, Feds)
1956 Matthew Garber, actor (Mary Poppins) died June 13, 1977
1960 Haywood Nelson, actor (What's Happening)
1960 Steve Norman, saxophonist (Spandau Ballet)
1960 Brenda Strong, actress (Desperate Housewives)
1962 Marcia Cross, actress (Desperate Housewives)
1964 Lisa Gay Hamilton, actress (The Practice)
1965 Sarah Jessica Parker, actress (Square Pegs, LA Story, Sex and the City)
1966 Jeff Healey, blues/rock guitarist/singer (Angel Eyes, Confidence Man) died March 2, 2008
1966 Tom Glavine, MLB pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1969 Cathy Dennis, singer/songwriter (C'mon and Get My Love)
1971 Cammi Granato, ice hockey forward (1998 Olympics)
1971 Sheryl Swoopes, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
1976 Juvenile, rapper
1982 Danica Patrick, Indy car racer
1984 Katherine McPhee, singer/television personality (American Idol)
1987 Jason Castro, singer/television personality (American Idol)
Today's Deaths in History
1918 Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies at 55
1973 Edward Steichen, pioneer of American photography, dies at 92
1975 King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, shot to death by his nephew at 69
1978 Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at 85
1988 Robert Joffrey, dancer/choreographer, dies of AIDS at 58
1992 Nancy Walker, actress (Rhoda), dies at 69
1999 Cal Ripken, Sr., MLB manager (Baltimore Orioles) dies at 63
2005 Paul Henning, TV producer/writer (Beverly Hillbillies) dies at 93
2006 Buck Owens, country singer/television personality (Hee Haw) dies at 76
Today in History
1306 Robert the Bruce became King of Scotland.
1634 Maryland was founded by English colonists sent by the second Lord Baltimore.
1655 Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was discovered by Christian Huygens.
1807 Britain abolished its slave trade.
1811 Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from the University of Oxford for his publication of the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
1894 Jacob S. Coxey began leading an "army" of the unemployed from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to demand help from the federal government.
1911 A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. factory in New York City killed 146 workers, most of them young immigrant women.
1913 The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.
1947 A coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill., killed 111 people.
1957 The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community.
1965 The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their first Bed-In for Peace during their honeymoon, in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.
1975 King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew with a history of mental illness.
1988 Robert E. Chambers Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in New York City's so-called "preppie murder case."
1990 Fire raced through an illegal social club in New York City, killing 87 people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants.
1992 Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth from the Mir space station after a 10-month stay, during which his native country, the Soviet Union, ceased to exist.
1994 American troops completed their withdrawal from Somalia.
1996 An 81-day standoff by the antigovernment Freemen began at a ranch near Jordan, Montana.
1996 The redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.
1998 President Bill Clinton acknowledged during his Africa tour that "we did not act quickly enough" to stop the slaughter of 1 million Rwandans four years earlier.
2002 A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, killing as many as 1,000 people.
2004 Congress passed a law making it a separate offense to harm a fetus during a violent federal crime.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
A Tear Fell - Teresa Brewer
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
1964
She Loves You - The Beatles
Fun Fun Fun - The Beach Boys
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
1972
A Horse with No Name - America
Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
My Hang-Up is You - Freddie Hart
1980
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl - Spinners
Him - Rupert Holmes
Why Don’t You Spend the Night - Ronnie Milsap
1988
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Life Turned Her that Way - Ricky Van Shelton
Quote of the Day
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
John Burroughs, essayist & naturalist (1837 - 1921)
Today in History - March 26th
Today's Birthdays
1871 Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole, Kingdom of Hawai‘i, died January 7, 1922
1874 Robert Frost, poet, died Jan 29, 1963
1875 Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, died July 19, 1965
1880 Duncan Hines, author/traveler/cake-mix mogul, died Mar 15, 1959
1911 Tennessee (Thomas Lanier) Williams playwright (A Streetcar Named Desire) died Feb 24, 1983
1914 William Westmoreland, U.S. Army General (head of U.S. forces in Vietnam 1964-1968) died July 18, 2005
1916 Sterling Hayden (Sterling Relyea Walter), actor (The Asphalt Jungle) died May 23, 1986
1919 Strother Martin Jr., actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slap Shot) died Aug 1, 1980
1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, former Supreme Court Justice
1931 Leonard Nimoy, actor (Star Trek)
1934 Alan Arkin, actor (Little Miss Sunshine)
1940 James Caan, actor (Rollerball, The Godfather, Mickey Blue Eyes)
1940 Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman (D-CA) Speaker of the House
1942 Erica Jong, author (Fear of Flying)
1943 Bob Woodward, journalist (Watergate scandal)
1944 Diana Ross, singer (Supremes)
1948 Steven Tyler, singer (Aerosmith)
1948 Richard Tandy, bassist/keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra)
1949 Vicki Lawrence, singer/actress (The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia)
1949 Fran Sheehan, bassist (Boston)
1950 Teddy Pendergrass, R&B singer
1950 Martin Short, actor/comedian (Inner Space, Jiminy Glick)
1954 Curtis Sliwa, founder (Guardian Angels)
1957 Leeza Gibbons, TV personality (Entertainment Tonight, PM Magazine)
1960 Jennifer Grey, actress (Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
1962 Richard Coles, musician (Communards)
1964 Ulf Samuelsson, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers)
1966 Michael Imperioli, actor (The Sopranos)
1968 Kenny Chesney, country singer
1968 James Iha, keyboardist (Smashing Pumpkins)
1973 T.R. Knight, actor (Grey's Anatomy)
1973 Marshall Faulk, running back (St Louis Rams)
1976 Amy Smart, actress (Starsky & Hutch, Varsity Blues)
1982 Devery Henderson, NFL Wide Receiver (New Orleans Saints)
1985 Keira Knightley, actress (Pirates of the Caribbean series)
2233 James T Kirk, Captain of the Enterprise (Star Trek)
Today's Deaths in History
1649 John Winthrop, Puritan & first Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 62
1827 Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, dies at 56
1892 Walt Whitman, poet (Leaves of Grass) dies at 72
1959 Raymond T Chandler, detective writer (Long Goodbye) dies at 71
1973 Noel Coward, English playwright (Private Letters), dies at 73
1990 Roy "Halston" Frowick, fashion designer, dies of AIDs at 68
1995 Eazy-E, rapper (Eric Wright), dies at 31
1996 Edmund S Muskie, Vice Presidential candidate, dies at 81
1997 Marshall Applewhite, cult leader (Heaven's Gate) dies at 65
2003 Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., dies at 76
2004 Jan Berry, singer (Jan and Dean) dies at 62
2005 Paul Hester, rock drummer (Crowded House) commits suicide at 46
2006 Paul Dana, IRL driver, dies in a crash at 30
Today in History
1804 The Louisiana Purchase was divided into the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana.
1885 The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. of Rochester, N.Y., manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.
1936 The first telescope with a 200-inch-diameter, reflecting mirror was shipped from Corning, New York to Mt. Palomar Observatory in California.
1951 The U.S. Air Force flag was approved.
1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announced a new vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis.
1956 Red Buttons made his debut as a television actor in a presentation of Studio One on CBS television.
1964 The musical Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand, opened on Broadway.
1969 Marcus Welby, M.D., a TV movie, was seen on ABC for the first time.
1971 William Conrad starred as Cannon on CBS-TV for the first time.
1971 East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.
1974 David Essex received a gold record for the hit, "Rock On."
1975 Tommy, the film based on the rock opera by the group The Who, premiered in London.
1977 Elvis Costello releases his first record, "Less Than Zero."
1979 The Camp David peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.
1982 Groundbreaking ceremonies took place in Washington, D.C., for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1987 The National Federation of High School Associations adopted the college distance three-point shot, with a perimeter of 21 feet from the center of the backboard.
1992 A judge in Indianapolis sentenced former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson to six years in prison for raping a Miss Black America contestant.
1992 The New York Rangers clinched their first NHL regular season championship in 50 years.
1997 The bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate techno-religious cult who had committed suicide were found inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
1999 Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for giving a lethal injection to an ailing man whose death was shown on 60 Minutes.
2000 Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.
2002 Arthur Andersen chief executive Joseph Berardino resigned, bowing to mounting pressure as a result of the accounting firm's role in the Enron scandal.
2005 The Taiwanese government called on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China.
Chart Toppers
1949
Cruising Down the River - The Blue Barron Orchestra (vocal: ensemble)
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Powder Your Face with Sunshine - Evelyn Knight
Tennessee Saturday Night - Red Foley
1957
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Little Darlin’ - The Diamonds
Party Doll - Buddy Knox
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
The Birds and the Bees - Jewel Akens
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail - Buck Owens
1973
Love Train - O’Jays
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) - Gladys
Knight & The Pips
Teddy Bear Song - Barbara Fairchild
1981
Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Woman - John Lennon
The Best of Times - Styx
Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground - Willie Nelson
1989
The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
Eternal Flame - Bangles
Girl You Know It’s True - Milli Vanilli
New Fool at an Old Game - Reba McEntire
Quote of the Day
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers, humorist & showman (1879 - 1935)
Today's Birthdays
1871 Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole, Kingdom of Hawai‘i, died January 7, 1922
1874 Robert Frost, poet, died Jan 29, 1963
1875 Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, died July 19, 1965
1880 Duncan Hines, author/traveler/cake-mix mogul, died Mar 15, 1959
1911 Tennessee (Thomas Lanier) Williams playwright (A Streetcar Named Desire) died Feb 24, 1983
1914 William Westmoreland, U.S. Army General (head of U.S. forces in Vietnam 1964-1968) died July 18, 2005
1916 Sterling Hayden (Sterling Relyea Walter), actor (The Asphalt Jungle) died May 23, 1986
1919 Strother Martin Jr., actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slap Shot) died Aug 1, 1980
1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, former Supreme Court Justice
1931 Leonard Nimoy, actor (Star Trek)
1934 Alan Arkin, actor (Little Miss Sunshine)
1940 James Caan, actor (Rollerball, The Godfather, Mickey Blue Eyes)
1940 Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman (D-CA) Speaker of the House
1942 Erica Jong, author (Fear of Flying)
1943 Bob Woodward, journalist (Watergate scandal)
1944 Diana Ross, singer (Supremes)
1948 Steven Tyler, singer (Aerosmith)
1948 Richard Tandy, bassist/keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra)
1949 Vicki Lawrence, singer/actress (The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia)
1949 Fran Sheehan, bassist (Boston)
1950 Teddy Pendergrass, R&B singer
1950 Martin Short, actor/comedian (Inner Space, Jiminy Glick)
1954 Curtis Sliwa, founder (Guardian Angels)
1957 Leeza Gibbons, TV personality (Entertainment Tonight, PM Magazine)
1960 Jennifer Grey, actress (Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
1962 Richard Coles, musician (Communards)
1964 Ulf Samuelsson, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers)
1966 Michael Imperioli, actor (The Sopranos)
1968 Kenny Chesney, country singer
1968 James Iha, keyboardist (Smashing Pumpkins)
1973 T.R. Knight, actor (Grey's Anatomy)
1973 Marshall Faulk, running back (St Louis Rams)
1976 Amy Smart, actress (Starsky & Hutch, Varsity Blues)
1982 Devery Henderson, NFL Wide Receiver (New Orleans Saints)
1985 Keira Knightley, actress (Pirates of the Caribbean series)
2233 James T Kirk, Captain of the Enterprise (Star Trek)
Today's Deaths in History
1649 John Winthrop, Puritan & first Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 62
1827 Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, dies at 56
1892 Walt Whitman, poet (Leaves of Grass) dies at 72
1959 Raymond T Chandler, detective writer (Long Goodbye) dies at 71
1973 Noel Coward, English playwright (Private Letters), dies at 73
1990 Roy "Halston" Frowick, fashion designer, dies of AIDs at 68
1995 Eazy-E, rapper (Eric Wright), dies at 31
1996 Edmund S Muskie, Vice Presidential candidate, dies at 81
1997 Marshall Applewhite, cult leader (Heaven's Gate) dies at 65
2003 Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., dies at 76
2004 Jan Berry, singer (Jan and Dean) dies at 62
2005 Paul Hester, rock drummer (Crowded House) commits suicide at 46
2006 Paul Dana, IRL driver, dies in a crash at 30
Today in History
1804 The Louisiana Purchase was divided into the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana.
1885 The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. of Rochester, N.Y., manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.
1936 The first telescope with a 200-inch-diameter, reflecting mirror was shipped from Corning, New York to Mt. Palomar Observatory in California.
1951 The U.S. Air Force flag was approved.
1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announced a new vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis.
1956 Red Buttons made his debut as a television actor in a presentation of Studio One on CBS television.
1964 The musical Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand, opened on Broadway.
1969 Marcus Welby, M.D., a TV movie, was seen on ABC for the first time.
1971 William Conrad starred as Cannon on CBS-TV for the first time.
1971 East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.
1974 David Essex received a gold record for the hit, "Rock On."
1975 Tommy, the film based on the rock opera by the group The Who, premiered in London.
1977 Elvis Costello releases his first record, "Less Than Zero."
1979 The Camp David peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.
1982 Groundbreaking ceremonies took place in Washington, D.C., for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1987 The National Federation of High School Associations adopted the college distance three-point shot, with a perimeter of 21 feet from the center of the backboard.
1992 A judge in Indianapolis sentenced former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson to six years in prison for raping a Miss Black America contestant.
1992 The New York Rangers clinched their first NHL regular season championship in 50 years.
1997 The bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate techno-religious cult who had committed suicide were found inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
1999 Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for giving a lethal injection to an ailing man whose death was shown on 60 Minutes.
2000 Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.
2002 Arthur Andersen chief executive Joseph Berardino resigned, bowing to mounting pressure as a result of the accounting firm's role in the Enron scandal.
2005 The Taiwanese government called on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China.
Chart Toppers
1949
Cruising Down the River - The Blue Barron Orchestra (vocal: ensemble)
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Powder Your Face with Sunshine - Evelyn Knight
Tennessee Saturday Night - Red Foley
1957
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Little Darlin’ - The Diamonds
Party Doll - Buddy Knox
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
The Birds and the Bees - Jewel Akens
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail - Buck Owens
1973
Love Train - O’Jays
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) - Gladys
Knight & The Pips
Teddy Bear Song - Barbara Fairchild
1981
Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Woman - John Lennon
The Best of Times - Styx
Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground - Willie Nelson
1989
The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
Eternal Flame - Bangles
Girl You Know It’s True - Milli Vanilli
New Fool at an Old Game - Reba McEntire
Quote of the Day
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers, humorist & showman (1879 - 1935)
Today in History – March 27th
Today's Birthdays
1813 Nathaniel Currier, lithographer (Currier & Ives) died Nov 20, 1888
1845 Wilhelm Roentgen (Röntgen), scientist (discovered x-rays) died Feb 10, 1923
1863 Sir Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce) died April 22, 1933
1868 Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday to You) died May 25, 1946
1899 Gloria Swanson (Gloria May Josephine Svensson), actress (Sunset Boulevard) died Apr 4, 1983
1914 Richard Denning (Denninger), actor (Hawaii Five-O) died Oct 11, 1998
1914 Snooky Lanson (Roy Landman), singer (By the Light of the Silvery Moon) died July 2, 1990
1924 Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer (Broken-Hearted Melody) died Apr 3, 1990
1931 David Janssen (David Harold Meyer), actor (The Fugitive, The Green Berets) died Feb 13, 1980
1939 Cale Yarborough, NASCAR driver
1940 Austin Pendleton, actor (My Cousin Vinny)
1941 Bunny Sigler, R&B singer (Staple Singers)
1942 Michael York (York-Johnson), actor (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery)
1947 Tom Sullivan, Boston MA, blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear)
1950 Tony Banks, keyboards (Genesis)
1952 Maria Schneider, actress (Last Tango in Paris)
1957 Billy MacKenzie, rock vocalist (The Associates) died January 22, 1997
1958 Bart Connor, Olympic Gold Medal gymnast
1958 Shaun Cassidy, rocker/actor (Hardy Boys)
1959 Andrew Farriss, keyboardist (INXS)
1963 Dave Koz, jazz saxophonist
1963 Randall Cunningham, NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings)
1963 Quentin Tarantino, screenwriter/actor (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)
1967 Talisa Soto [Miriam], actress (License to Kill)
1970 Mariah Carey, singer (Emotion)
1970 Elizabeth Mitchell, actress (Lost, The Santa Clause series)
1971 Nathan Fillion, actor (Desperate Housewives, Firefly, Serenity)
1975 Stacy Ferguson, singer (Black-Eyed Peas)
1984 Emily Ann Lloyd, actress (Apollo 13)
Today's Deaths in History
1926 Georges Vézina, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (Montreal Canadiens) dies at 39
1968 Yuri Gagarin, first man to orbit Earth, dies in plane crash at 34
1972 M.C. Escher, graphic artist, dies at 73
1977 Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place) dies at 41
1991 Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry) dies of cancer at 64
1992 James E Webb, former head of NASA, dies at 84
2000 Ian Dury, punk singer (Ian Dury & the Blockheads), dies at 57
2002 Billy Wilder, film writer/director (Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard) dies at 95
2002 Milton Berle, entertainer, dies at 93
2002 Dudley Moore, actor (Arthur) dies at 66
2006 Dan Curtis, television producer/director (The Night Stalker, Dark Shadows) dies at 78
Today in History
1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida.
1794 President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy.
1912 First Lady Helen (Nellie) Taft, wife of U.S. President William Howard Taft, and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese Ambassador, planted the first two cherry trees in Washington D.C.
1917 The Seattle Metropolitans, of the Pacific Coast League of Canada, defeated the Montreal Canadiens to become the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup.
1931 Charlie Chaplin received France's distinguished Legion of Honor.
1931 New York Giant’s Manager John McGraw told reporters that night baseball would never supplant baseball in its natural setting, under a warm sun.
1933 Polythene was discovered by Reginald Gibson & Eric William Fawcett.
1939 Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball tournament with a 46-33 victory over Ohio State in Evanston, Ill.
1945 Ella Fitzgerald and the Delta Rhythm Boys recorded the classic, "It’s Only a Paper Moon" for Decca Records.
1945 Iwo Jima was occupied, after 22,000 Japanese & 6,000 US servicemen were killed.
1952 Sun Records of Memphis began releasing records.
1955 Steve McQueen made his network TV debut on Goodyear Playhouse.
1958 CBS Laboratories announced a new stereophonic record that was playable on ordinary LP phonographs (monaural).
1962 Jacques Plante tied an NHL record, winning his 6th Vezina Trophy.
1964 The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 struck South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
1971 UCLA became the first team ever to win five consecutive NCAA basketball titles.
1972 Adolph Rupp of the University of Kentucky retired after 42 years of coaching the Wildcats.
1977 A KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on the Canary Island of Tenerife, killing 582 people.
1979 The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that cops can't randomly stop cars.
1980 Mount St Helens became active after 123 years of dormancy.
1985 Billy Dee Williams received a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1996 An Israeli court convicted Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's confessed assassin of murder, then sentenced former law student Yigal Amir to life in prison.
1997 Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., met with James Earl Ray, the man in prison for the assassination of the civil rights leader; Ray denied having anything to do with the shooting, to which King replied, "I believe you."
1998 The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer, to fight male impotence.
2001 California regulators approved electricity rate hikes of up to 46 percent.
2002 A suicide bomber killed 29 Israelis during a Passover Seder in Netanya, Israel.
2003 Serbian police killed two major suspects in the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
2006 Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified at his federal trial that he was supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
2007 NFL owners voted 30-2 to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool.
Chart Toppers
1950
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
There’s No Tomorrow - Tony Martin
If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Tequila - The Champs
Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
1966
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones
Nowhere Man - The Beatles
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Dark Lady - Cher
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor
There’s a Honky Tonk Angel (Who’ll Take Me Back In) - Conway Twitty
1982
I Love Rock ’N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Open Arms - Journey
We Got the Beat - Go-Go’s
She Left Love All Over Me - Razzy Bailey
1990
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Love Will Lead You Back - Taylor Dayne
I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins
Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
Dorothy Parker, author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)
Today's Birthdays
1813 Nathaniel Currier, lithographer (Currier & Ives) died Nov 20, 1888
1845 Wilhelm Roentgen (Röntgen), scientist (discovered x-rays) died Feb 10, 1923
1863 Sir Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce) died April 22, 1933
1868 Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday to You) died May 25, 1946
1899 Gloria Swanson (Gloria May Josephine Svensson), actress (Sunset Boulevard) died Apr 4, 1983
1914 Richard Denning (Denninger), actor (Hawaii Five-O) died Oct 11, 1998
1914 Snooky Lanson (Roy Landman), singer (By the Light of the Silvery Moon) died July 2, 1990
1924 Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer (Broken-Hearted Melody) died Apr 3, 1990
1931 David Janssen (David Harold Meyer), actor (The Fugitive, The Green Berets) died Feb 13, 1980
1939 Cale Yarborough, NASCAR driver
1940 Austin Pendleton, actor (My Cousin Vinny)
1941 Bunny Sigler, R&B singer (Staple Singers)
1942 Michael York (York-Johnson), actor (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery)
1947 Tom Sullivan, Boston MA, blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear)
1950 Tony Banks, keyboards (Genesis)
1952 Maria Schneider, actress (Last Tango in Paris)
1957 Billy MacKenzie, rock vocalist (The Associates) died January 22, 1997
1958 Bart Connor, Olympic Gold Medal gymnast
1958 Shaun Cassidy, rocker/actor (Hardy Boys)
1959 Andrew Farriss, keyboardist (INXS)
1963 Dave Koz, jazz saxophonist
1963 Randall Cunningham, NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings)
1963 Quentin Tarantino, screenwriter/actor (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)
1967 Talisa Soto [Miriam], actress (License to Kill)
1970 Mariah Carey, singer (Emotion)
1970 Elizabeth Mitchell, actress (Lost, The Santa Clause series)
1971 Nathan Fillion, actor (Desperate Housewives, Firefly, Serenity)
1975 Stacy Ferguson, singer (Black-Eyed Peas)
1984 Emily Ann Lloyd, actress (Apollo 13)
Today's Deaths in History
1926 Georges Vézina, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (Montreal Canadiens) dies at 39
1968 Yuri Gagarin, first man to orbit Earth, dies in plane crash at 34
1972 M.C. Escher, graphic artist, dies at 73
1977 Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place) dies at 41
1991 Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry) dies of cancer at 64
1992 James E Webb, former head of NASA, dies at 84
2000 Ian Dury, punk singer (Ian Dury & the Blockheads), dies at 57
2002 Billy Wilder, film writer/director (Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard) dies at 95
2002 Milton Berle, entertainer, dies at 93
2002 Dudley Moore, actor (Arthur) dies at 66
2006 Dan Curtis, television producer/director (The Night Stalker, Dark Shadows) dies at 78
Today in History
1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida.
1794 President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy.
1912 First Lady Helen (Nellie) Taft, wife of U.S. President William Howard Taft, and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese Ambassador, planted the first two cherry trees in Washington D.C.
1917 The Seattle Metropolitans, of the Pacific Coast League of Canada, defeated the Montreal Canadiens to become the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup.
1931 Charlie Chaplin received France's distinguished Legion of Honor.
1931 New York Giant’s Manager John McGraw told reporters that night baseball would never supplant baseball in its natural setting, under a warm sun.
1933 Polythene was discovered by Reginald Gibson & Eric William Fawcett.
1939 Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball tournament with a 46-33 victory over Ohio State in Evanston, Ill.
1945 Ella Fitzgerald and the Delta Rhythm Boys recorded the classic, "It’s Only a Paper Moon" for Decca Records.
1945 Iwo Jima was occupied, after 22,000 Japanese & 6,000 US servicemen were killed.
1952 Sun Records of Memphis began releasing records.
1955 Steve McQueen made his network TV debut on Goodyear Playhouse.
1958 CBS Laboratories announced a new stereophonic record that was playable on ordinary LP phonographs (monaural).
1962 Jacques Plante tied an NHL record, winning his 6th Vezina Trophy.
1964 The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 struck South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
1971 UCLA became the first team ever to win five consecutive NCAA basketball titles.
1972 Adolph Rupp of the University of Kentucky retired after 42 years of coaching the Wildcats.
1977 A KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on the Canary Island of Tenerife, killing 582 people.
1979 The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that cops can't randomly stop cars.
1980 Mount St Helens became active after 123 years of dormancy.
1985 Billy Dee Williams received a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1996 An Israeli court convicted Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's confessed assassin of murder, then sentenced former law student Yigal Amir to life in prison.
1997 Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., met with James Earl Ray, the man in prison for the assassination of the civil rights leader; Ray denied having anything to do with the shooting, to which King replied, "I believe you."
1998 The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer, to fight male impotence.
2001 California regulators approved electricity rate hikes of up to 46 percent.
2002 A suicide bomber killed 29 Israelis during a Passover Seder in Netanya, Israel.
2003 Serbian police killed two major suspects in the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
2006 Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified at his federal trial that he was supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
2007 NFL owners voted 30-2 to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool.
Chart Toppers
1950
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
There’s No Tomorrow - Tony Martin
If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Tequila - The Champs
Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
1966
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones
Nowhere Man - The Beatles
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Dark Lady - Cher
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor
There’s a Honky Tonk Angel (Who’ll Take Me Back In) - Conway Twitty
1982
I Love Rock ’N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Open Arms - Journey
We Got the Beat - Go-Go’s
She Left Love All Over Me - Razzy Bailey
1990
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Love Will Lead You Back - Taylor Dayne
I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins
Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
Dorothy Parker, author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)
Today in History - March 28th
Today's Birthdays
1868 Maxim Gorki (Aleksei Peshikov), Russian writer (Mother) died June 18, 1936
1899 August A. Busch Jr., beer magnate/St. Louis Cardinals owner; died Sep 29, 1989
1905 Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) died June 14, 1986
1907 Irving (Paul) ‘Swifty’ Lazar, Hollywood talent agent to the stars; died Dec 30, 1993
1912 Arthur Bertram Chandler, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space) died June 6, 1984
1914 Edmund S. (Sixtus) Muskie, Maine governor/senator; died Mar 26, 1996
1921 Dirk Bogarde, actor (A Bridge Too Far); died May 8, 1999
1924 Freddie Bartholomew (Frederick Llewellyn March), actor (Captains Courageous); died Jan 23, 1992
1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor under President Carter
1941 Alf Clausen, orchestra conductor (The Simpsons)
1944 Ken Howard, actor (The White Shadow)
1945 Chuck Portz, bassist (The Turtles)
1948 Dianne Wiest, actress (Hannah and Her Sisters)
1948 John Evans (Evan), rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
1949 Milan Williams, keyboards/drums/trombone/guitar (Commodores) died July 9, 2006
1955 Reba (Nell) McEntire, country singer/actress
1964 Salt (Cheryl James), rapper/singer (Salt-N-Pepa)
1965 Jeff Beukeboom, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers)
1967 Tracey Needham, actress (Veronica Mars)
1968 Iris Chang, author (The Rape of Nanking) committed suicide Nov. 9, 2004
1969 Brett Ratner, producer/director (Rush Hour series)
1970 Vince Vaughn, actor (Swingers, Wedding Crashers)
1975 Shanna Moakler, playmate/actress (December 2001; Pacific Blue)
1976 David Keuning, guitarist (The Killers)
1981 Julia Styles, actress (Bourne series)
2003 Emma Gretzky, daughter of Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones
Today's Deaths in History
0193 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), is assassinated at 66
1881 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42
1941 Virginia (Adeline) Woolf-Stephen, author, commits suicide at 59
1943 Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
1953 James Francis Thorpe, decathlete (1912 Olympic Gold Medalist), dies at 64
1958 William Christopher Handy, US conductor/composer (St Louis Blues), dies at 84
1969 Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th President/General (WWII), dies in Washington DC at 78
1974 Dorothy Fields, singer (The Way You Look Tonight), dies at 68
1979 Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
1980 Jesse Owens, track star (1936 Olympic Gold Medalist), dies at 66
1985 Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97
1987 Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82
1987 Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr Who), dies at 56
1994 Albert Goldman, US biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66
1995 Hugh Edward R. O'Connor, actor/son of Carroll O'Connor, ODs at 32
2004 Peter Ustinov, actor (Quo Vadis) dies at 82
2006 Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense, dies at 88
Today in History
1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented a device we commonly call the washing machine.
1865 Outdoor advertising legislation was enacted in New York State, banning “painting on stones, rocks and trees.”
1891 The first world championship for amateur weightlifters was held in London.
1898 The Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen, and therefore could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1922 Bradley A. Fiske of Washington, D.C. patented a microfilm reading device.
1930 The names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara, respectively.
1944 WQXR radio in New York City, owned by The New York Times newspaper, banned singing commercials from its airwaves.
1963 Sonny Werblin announced that the New York Titans of the American Football League were changing their name to the New York Jets.
1967 Raymond Burr starred in a TV movie titled Ironside.
1974 The group Blue Swede received a gold record for the single, "Hooked on a Feeling."
1974 A streaker ran onto the set of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (he was arrested, but released, for “lack of evidence,” said Johnny.)
1979 A series of accidents that began at 4 a.m. at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, brought the nuclear power plant close to a uranium core meltdown.
1981 Blondie, featuring Debbie Harry, received a gold record for the tune, "Rapture."
1985 Roger Waters of Pink Floyd made radio history as his Radio City Music Hall concert in New York was broadcast live using a new high-tech sound system called ‘holophonics.’
1986 More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties (even Muzak) played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.
1990 President George H. W. Bush posthumously awarded Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
2000 In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court sharply curtailed police power to rely on tips to stop and search people.
2002 The Arab League agreed on a peace plan that offered Israel normal relations in exchange for a full withdrawal from war-won lands and a Palestinian state.
2003 In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attacked British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
2006 More than one million people poured into streets across France and strikers disrupted air, rail and bus travel in the largest nationwide protest over a youth labor law.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
Be My Love - Mario Lanza
Mockingbird Hill -Patti Page
The Rhumba Boogie - Hank Snow
1959
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Tragedy - Thomas Wayne
Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
1967
Happy Together - The Turtles
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & The Papas
There’s a Kind of Hush - Herman’s Hermits
I Won’t Come in While He’s There - Jim Reeves
1975
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
Lovin’ You - Minnie Riperton
Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
1983
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
Hungry like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Swingin’ - John Anderson
1991
One More Try - Timmy T
Coming Out of the Dark - Gloria Estafan
This House - Tracie Spencer
Loving Blind - Clint Black
Quote of the Day
Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.
William Feather (1908 - 1976)
Today's Birthdays
1868 Maxim Gorki (Aleksei Peshikov), Russian writer (Mother) died June 18, 1936
1899 August A. Busch Jr., beer magnate/St. Louis Cardinals owner; died Sep 29, 1989
1905 Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) died June 14, 1986
1907 Irving (Paul) ‘Swifty’ Lazar, Hollywood talent agent to the stars; died Dec 30, 1993
1912 Arthur Bertram Chandler, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space) died June 6, 1984
1914 Edmund S. (Sixtus) Muskie, Maine governor/senator; died Mar 26, 1996
1921 Dirk Bogarde, actor (A Bridge Too Far); died May 8, 1999
1924 Freddie Bartholomew (Frederick Llewellyn March), actor (Captains Courageous); died Jan 23, 1992
1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor under President Carter
1941 Alf Clausen, orchestra conductor (The Simpsons)
1944 Ken Howard, actor (The White Shadow)
1945 Chuck Portz, bassist (The Turtles)
1948 Dianne Wiest, actress (Hannah and Her Sisters)
1948 John Evans (Evan), rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
1949 Milan Williams, keyboards/drums/trombone/guitar (Commodores) died July 9, 2006
1955 Reba (Nell) McEntire, country singer/actress
1964 Salt (Cheryl James), rapper/singer (Salt-N-Pepa)
1965 Jeff Beukeboom, NHL defenseman (New York Rangers)
1967 Tracey Needham, actress (Veronica Mars)
1968 Iris Chang, author (The Rape of Nanking) committed suicide Nov. 9, 2004
1969 Brett Ratner, producer/director (Rush Hour series)
1970 Vince Vaughn, actor (Swingers, Wedding Crashers)
1975 Shanna Moakler, playmate/actress (December 2001; Pacific Blue)
1976 David Keuning, guitarist (The Killers)
1981 Julia Styles, actress (Bourne series)
2003 Emma Gretzky, daughter of Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones
Today's Deaths in History
0193 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), is assassinated at 66
1881 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42
1941 Virginia (Adeline) Woolf-Stephen, author, commits suicide at 59
1943 Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
1953 James Francis Thorpe, decathlete (1912 Olympic Gold Medalist), dies at 64
1958 William Christopher Handy, US conductor/composer (St Louis Blues), dies at 84
1969 Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th President/General (WWII), dies in Washington DC at 78
1974 Dorothy Fields, singer (The Way You Look Tonight), dies at 68
1979 Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
1980 Jesse Owens, track star (1936 Olympic Gold Medalist), dies at 66
1985 Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97
1987 Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82
1987 Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr Who), dies at 56
1994 Albert Goldman, US biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66
1995 Hugh Edward R. O'Connor, actor/son of Carroll O'Connor, ODs at 32
2004 Peter Ustinov, actor (Quo Vadis) dies at 82
2006 Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense, dies at 88
Today in History
1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented a device we commonly call the washing machine.
1865 Outdoor advertising legislation was enacted in New York State, banning “painting on stones, rocks and trees.”
1891 The first world championship for amateur weightlifters was held in London.
1898 The Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen, and therefore could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1922 Bradley A. Fiske of Washington, D.C. patented a microfilm reading device.
1930 The names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara, respectively.
1944 WQXR radio in New York City, owned by The New York Times newspaper, banned singing commercials from its airwaves.
1963 Sonny Werblin announced that the New York Titans of the American Football League were changing their name to the New York Jets.
1967 Raymond Burr starred in a TV movie titled Ironside.
1974 The group Blue Swede received a gold record for the single, "Hooked on a Feeling."
1974 A streaker ran onto the set of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (he was arrested, but released, for “lack of evidence,” said Johnny.)
1979 A series of accidents that began at 4 a.m. at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, brought the nuclear power plant close to a uranium core meltdown.
1981 Blondie, featuring Debbie Harry, received a gold record for the tune, "Rapture."
1985 Roger Waters of Pink Floyd made radio history as his Radio City Music Hall concert in New York was broadcast live using a new high-tech sound system called ‘holophonics.’
1986 More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties (even Muzak) played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.
1990 President George H. W. Bush posthumously awarded Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
2000 In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court sharply curtailed police power to rely on tips to stop and search people.
2002 The Arab League agreed on a peace plan that offered Israel normal relations in exchange for a full withdrawal from war-won lands and a Palestinian state.
2003 In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attacked British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
2006 More than one million people poured into streets across France and strikers disrupted air, rail and bus travel in the largest nationwide protest over a youth labor law.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
Be My Love - Mario Lanza
Mockingbird Hill -Patti Page
The Rhumba Boogie - Hank Snow
1959
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Tragedy - Thomas Wayne
Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
1967
Happy Together - The Turtles
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & The Papas
There’s a Kind of Hush - Herman’s Hermits
I Won’t Come in While He’s There - Jim Reeves
1975
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
Lovin’ You - Minnie Riperton
Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
1983
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
Hungry like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Swingin’ - John Anderson
1991
One More Try - Timmy T
Coming Out of the Dark - Gloria Estafan
This House - Tracie Spencer
Loving Blind - Clint Black
Quote of the Day
Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.
William Feather (1908 - 1976)
Today in History- March 29th
Today's Birthdays
1790 John Tyler, 10th President of the United States, died Jan 18, 1862
1867 Cy Young, Baseball Hall of Famer, died Nov 4, 1955
1875 Lou Hoover (Henry), First Lady, died Jan 7, 1944
1914 Phil Foster (Feldman), stand-up comedian/actor (Laverne & Shirley) died July 8, 1985
1916 Eugene J McCarthy, Senator (D-MN, 1968 Presidential Candidate)
1918 Pearl (Mae) Bailey, jazz singer/actress, died Aug 17, 1990
1918 Sam Walton, businessman (Wal-Mart, Sam's Club) died April 5, 1992
1927 John McLaughlin, TV host (The McLaughlin Group)
1937 Billy Carter, brother of President Jimmy Carter
1938 Duane Rupp, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1940 Raymond Davis, singer (Funkadelic) July 5, 2005
1943 Eric Idle, comedian/actor (Monty Python)
1943 John Major, former British prime minister
1943 Vangelis, composer (Chariots of Fire)
1944 Terry Jacks, songwriter/singer (Seasons in the Sun)
1946 Billy Thorpe, guitarist/singer (Children of the Sun) died Feb. 28, 2007
1947 Bobby Kimball, singer (Toto)
1948 Bud Cort, actor (Harold and Maude)
1949 Michael Brecker, jazz musician (The Brecker Brothers) January 13, 2007
1954 Karen Anne Quinlan, comatose patient (right to die case) died June 11, 1985
1955 Christopher Lawford, actor (Terminator 3)
1956 Kurt Thomas, gymnast
1956 Patty Donahue, singer (The Waitresses) died December 9, 1996
1957 Christopher Lambert, actor (Highlander)
1959 Perry Farrell, rock singer (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
1959 Marina Sirtis, actress (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1960 Annabella Sciorra, actress (Sopranos)
1961 Amy Sedaris, comedian/actress (Strangers with Candy)
1963 Elle Macpherson, supermodel
1963 M.C. Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), singer/rapper (U Can’t Touch This)
1964 Jill Goodacre Connick, model (Victoria's Secret)
1967 John Popper, harmonica player/singer (Blues Traveler)
1968 Lucy Lawless, actress (Xena: Warrior Princess)
1969 James Atkin, rock musician (EMF)
1976 Jennifer Capriati, tennis champion
Today's Deaths in History
1848 John Jacob Astor, businessman (fur trading, real estate) dies at 84
1980 (Annunzio Paolo) Mantovani, orchestra leader, dies at 74
1986 Harry Ritz, actor (3 Musketeers), dies at 79
1991 Lee Atwater, political strategist (Republican), dies at 40
1992 Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana, dies at 68
1992 Paul (G J von) Henreid, actor (Casablanca), dies at 84
1995 Baltimora, pop singer (Tarzan Boy) dies at 37 of AIDS
1995 Antony Hamilton, actor (Mission Impossible) dies at 42
1996 Bill Goldsworthy, NHL forward (NY Rangers) dies of AIDS at 51
2005 Johnnie Cochran, OJ Defense Attorney, dies at 67
2005 Mitch Hedberg, actor/writer (non sequiturs) dies at 37 of an overdose
Today in History
1847 U.S. forces led by Gen. Winfield Scott occupied the city of Veracruz after its Mexican defenders capitulated.
1848 For the first time in recorded history, Niagara Falls stopped flowing as an ice jam in the Niagara River above the rim of the falls caused the water to stop.
1867 The British Parliament passed the North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada.
1871 The Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria.
1882 The Knights of Columbus was chartered in Connecticut.
1886 Dr John Pemberton brewed the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
1914 Seven papers joined together to distribute the first newspaper rotogravure section (photo section).
1943 Rationing of meat, butter and cheese began during World War II.
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union.
1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I opened on Broadway.
1961 The 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in presidential elections.
1962 Jack Paar hosted NBC's Tonight Show for the final time.
1967 The first nationwide strike in the 30-year history of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) began, lasting for 13 days.
1971 Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of murdering at least 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre (he spent three years under house arrest).
1971 A jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders (the sentences were later commuted).
1973 The last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America's direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
1973 After recording "On the Cover of 'Rolling Stone,'" Dr. Hook finally got a group shot on the cover of Jann Wenner’s popular rock magazine.
1973 Hommy, the Puerto Rican version of the rock opera Tommy, opened in New York City.
1974 Eight Ohio National Guardsmen were indicted on charges stemming from the shooting deaths of four students at Kent State University (they were later acquitted).
1982 The oldest soap opera on network television, Search for Tomorrow, jumped from CBS, where it grew in popularity for 30 years, to the daytime schedule on NBC.
1992 Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton acknowledged experimenting with marijuana "a time or two" while attending Oxford University, adding, "I didn't inhale and I didn't try it again."
1999 Wayne Gretzky of the New York Rangers scored the last of his National Hockey League record 894 goals in a home game against the New York Islanders.
1999 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time, at 10,006.78.
2002 Israel declared Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat an enemy and sent tanks and armored personnel carriers to fully isolate him in his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
2004 The Republic of Ireland became the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
2006 Hamas formally took over the Palestinian government, with Ismail Haniyeh sworn in as the new prime minister.
2006 The U.N. Security Council demanded that Iran suspend uranium enrichment.
Chart Toppers
1944
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty
Kallen
Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs
Poinciana - Bing Crosby
So Long Pal - Al Dexter
1952
Wheel of Fortune - Kay Starr
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Please, Mr. Sun - Johnnie Ray
(When You Feel like You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There - Carl Smith
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Wild One - Bobby Rydell
Puppy Love - Paul Anka
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
La - La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics
A World of Our Own - Sonny James
1976
December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Lonely Night (Angel Face) - Captain & Tennille
Til the Rivers All Run Dry - Don Williams
1984
Jump - Van Halen
Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) - Alabama
Quote of the Day
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader & clergyman (1929 - 1968)
Today's Birthdays
1790 John Tyler, 10th President of the United States, died Jan 18, 1862
1867 Cy Young, Baseball Hall of Famer, died Nov 4, 1955
1875 Lou Hoover (Henry), First Lady, died Jan 7, 1944
1914 Phil Foster (Feldman), stand-up comedian/actor (Laverne & Shirley) died July 8, 1985
1916 Eugene J McCarthy, Senator (D-MN, 1968 Presidential Candidate)
1918 Pearl (Mae) Bailey, jazz singer/actress, died Aug 17, 1990
1918 Sam Walton, businessman (Wal-Mart, Sam's Club) died April 5, 1992
1927 John McLaughlin, TV host (The McLaughlin Group)
1937 Billy Carter, brother of President Jimmy Carter
1938 Duane Rupp, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1940 Raymond Davis, singer (Funkadelic) July 5, 2005
1943 Eric Idle, comedian/actor (Monty Python)
1943 John Major, former British prime minister
1943 Vangelis, composer (Chariots of Fire)
1944 Terry Jacks, songwriter/singer (Seasons in the Sun)
1946 Billy Thorpe, guitarist/singer (Children of the Sun) died Feb. 28, 2007
1947 Bobby Kimball, singer (Toto)
1948 Bud Cort, actor (Harold and Maude)
1949 Michael Brecker, jazz musician (The Brecker Brothers) January 13, 2007
1954 Karen Anne Quinlan, comatose patient (right to die case) died June 11, 1985
1955 Christopher Lawford, actor (Terminator 3)
1956 Kurt Thomas, gymnast
1956 Patty Donahue, singer (The Waitresses) died December 9, 1996
1957 Christopher Lambert, actor (Highlander)
1959 Perry Farrell, rock singer (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
1959 Marina Sirtis, actress (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1960 Annabella Sciorra, actress (Sopranos)
1961 Amy Sedaris, comedian/actress (Strangers with Candy)
1963 Elle Macpherson, supermodel
1963 M.C. Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), singer/rapper (U Can’t Touch This)
1964 Jill Goodacre Connick, model (Victoria's Secret)
1967 John Popper, harmonica player/singer (Blues Traveler)
1968 Lucy Lawless, actress (Xena: Warrior Princess)
1969 James Atkin, rock musician (EMF)
1976 Jennifer Capriati, tennis champion
Today's Deaths in History
1848 John Jacob Astor, businessman (fur trading, real estate) dies at 84
1980 (Annunzio Paolo) Mantovani, orchestra leader, dies at 74
1986 Harry Ritz, actor (3 Musketeers), dies at 79
1991 Lee Atwater, political strategist (Republican), dies at 40
1992 Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana, dies at 68
1992 Paul (G J von) Henreid, actor (Casablanca), dies at 84
1995 Baltimora, pop singer (Tarzan Boy) dies at 37 of AIDS
1995 Antony Hamilton, actor (Mission Impossible) dies at 42
1996 Bill Goldsworthy, NHL forward (NY Rangers) dies of AIDS at 51
2005 Johnnie Cochran, OJ Defense Attorney, dies at 67
2005 Mitch Hedberg, actor/writer (non sequiturs) dies at 37 of an overdose
Today in History
1847 U.S. forces led by Gen. Winfield Scott occupied the city of Veracruz after its Mexican defenders capitulated.
1848 For the first time in recorded history, Niagara Falls stopped flowing as an ice jam in the Niagara River above the rim of the falls caused the water to stop.
1867 The British Parliament passed the North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada.
1871 The Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria.
1882 The Knights of Columbus was chartered in Connecticut.
1886 Dr John Pemberton brewed the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
1914 Seven papers joined together to distribute the first newspaper rotogravure section (photo section).
1943 Rationing of meat, butter and cheese began during World War II.
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union.
1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I opened on Broadway.
1961 The 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in presidential elections.
1962 Jack Paar hosted NBC's Tonight Show for the final time.
1967 The first nationwide strike in the 30-year history of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) began, lasting for 13 days.
1971 Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of murdering at least 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre (he spent three years under house arrest).
1971 A jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders (the sentences were later commuted).
1973 The last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America's direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
1973 After recording "On the Cover of 'Rolling Stone,'" Dr. Hook finally got a group shot on the cover of Jann Wenner’s popular rock magazine.
1973 Hommy, the Puerto Rican version of the rock opera Tommy, opened in New York City.
1974 Eight Ohio National Guardsmen were indicted on charges stemming from the shooting deaths of four students at Kent State University (they were later acquitted).
1982 The oldest soap opera on network television, Search for Tomorrow, jumped from CBS, where it grew in popularity for 30 years, to the daytime schedule on NBC.
1992 Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton acknowledged experimenting with marijuana "a time or two" while attending Oxford University, adding, "I didn't inhale and I didn't try it again."
1999 Wayne Gretzky of the New York Rangers scored the last of his National Hockey League record 894 goals in a home game against the New York Islanders.
1999 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time, at 10,006.78.
2002 Israel declared Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat an enemy and sent tanks and armored personnel carriers to fully isolate him in his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
2004 The Republic of Ireland became the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
2006 Hamas formally took over the Palestinian government, with Ismail Haniyeh sworn in as the new prime minister.
2006 The U.N. Security Council demanded that Iran suspend uranium enrichment.
Chart Toppers
1944
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty
Kallen
Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs
Poinciana - Bing Crosby
So Long Pal - Al Dexter
1952
Wheel of Fortune - Kay Starr
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Please, Mr. Sun - Johnnie Ray
(When You Feel like You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There - Carl Smith
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Wild One - Bobby Rydell
Puppy Love - Paul Anka
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
La - La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics
A World of Our Own - Sonny James
1976
December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Lonely Night (Angel Face) - Captain & Tennille
Til the Rivers All Run Dry - Don Williams
1984
Jump - Van Halen
Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) - Alabama
Quote of the Day
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader & clergyman (1929 - 1968)
Today in History - March 30th
Today's Birthdays
1674 Jethro Tull, agricultural writer (Basildon) died Feb 21, 1741
1853 Vincent van Gogh, post-impressionist artist (Sunflowers) died July 29, 1890
1880 Sean O'Casey, playwright (Playboy of the Western World) died Sept 18, 1964
1894 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin) died February 9, 1977
1913 Frankie Laine (Frank Paul LoVecchio), singer (That’s My Desire) died Feb 6, 2007
1914 Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee), blues musician (Down & Out Blues) died June 1, 1948
1929 Richard Dysart, actor (L.A. Law)
1930 Peter Marshall, game show host (Hollywood Squares)
1930 John Astin, actor (Addams Family)
1937 Warren Beatty, actor (Bulworth, Heaven Can Wait)
1941 Graeme Edge, rock musician (The Moody Blues)
1945 Eric Clapton, rock/blues guitar legend (Slowhand)
1948 Dave Ball, rock musician (Procul Harum)
1948 Jim Dandy Mangrum, rock singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
1950 Robbie Coltrane, actor (Nuns on the Run)
1950 Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (The Fixx)
1950 Grady Little, MLB manager (LA Dodgers)
1955 Randy Van Warmer, singer (Just When I Needed You Most) died January 12, 2004
1957 Paul Reiser, actor/comedian (Mad About You)
1962 MC Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), rapper
1964 Ian Ziering, actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
1964 Tracy Chapman, folk/rock singer (Fast Car)
1966 Joey Castillo, drummer (Queens of the Stone Age)
1968 Celine Dion, singer
1968 Donna D'Errico, actress/playmate (September 1995; Baywatch)
1970 Secretariat, race horse (1973 Triple Crown)
1971 Mark Consuelos, soap opera actor/Mr. Kelly Ripa
1979 Norah Jones, pop/rock singer/musician (Don't Know Why)
1984 Santonio Holmes, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Today's Deaths in History
1840 Beau Brummell, English celebrity and dandy, dies at 61
1955 Harl McDonald, composer (Santa Fé Trail), dies at 55
1966 Maxfield Parrish, painter, dies at 95
1968 Bobby Driscoll, actor (Treasure Island, Peter Pan) dies at 31
1981 Dewitt Wallace, publisher (Reader's Digest), dies at 91
1985 Harold Peary, actor (Blondie), dies of heart attack at 76
1986 James Cagney, actor (White Heat) dies at 86
2002 Elizabeth, Queen Mother of England, dies at age 101
2003 Michael Jeter, actor (The Green Mile) dies at 50 of AIDS
2004 Alistair Cooke, journalist/TV personality, dies at 95
2005 Derrick Plourde, drummer (The Ataris) dies at 33
2006 Red Hickey, NFL coach (San Francisco 49ers) dies at 89
2008 Dith Pran, photographer (The Killing Fields) dies at 65
Today in History
0239 BC The First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet occurred.
1533 Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
1822 Florida became a U.S. territory.
1842 Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while a patient was anesthetized by ether.
1858 Hymen Lipman patented a pencil with an attached eraser.
1867 Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."
1870 The 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, was declared in effect.
1870 Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1909 The Queensboro Bridge, linking the New York boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, opened.
1923 The Audubon Ballroom in New York City was the scene of the first dance marathon.
1932 Amelia Earhart became first woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic.
1945 The Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II.
1948 Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin ordered all road and rail access to Berlin, Germany blocked.
1951 Remington Rand delivered the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
1953 Albert Einstein announced his revised Unified Field Theory.
1964 One of television’s best known game shows, Jeopardy, aired on NBC-TV for the first time.
1967 The cover photo of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was photographed.
1971 The Bee Gees received a gold record for the single, "Lonely Days."
1974 John Denver reached the top spot on the music charts with his hit, "Sunshine on My Shoulders."
1975 Ron Lalonde scored the first hat trick by a Washington Capital.
1981 President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr (also wounded were White House press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a District of Columbia police officer).
1983 Basketball player Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics set a regular season Celtic scoring record as he pumped in 53 points.
1987 Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers brought $39.85 million, more than triple the record for an auctioned painting.
1995 Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical condemning abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human laws could legitimize.
1998 German automaker BMW bought Rolls-Royce for $570 million.
1999 A jury in Portland, Ore., ordered Philip Morris to pay $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades.
2006 American reporter Jill Carroll, a freelancer for The Christian Science Monitor, was released after 82 days as a hostage in Iraq.
Chart Toppers
1945
My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time - The Pied Pipers
A Little on the Lonely Side - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Paul
Allen)
Accentuate the Positive - Johnny Mercer
Shame on You - Spade Cooley
1953
Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Pretend - Nat King Cole
Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
1961
Surrender - Elvis Presley
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Shirelles
Apache - Jorgen Ingmann
Don’t Worry - Marty Robbins
1969
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Traces - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Time of the Season - The Zombies
Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass - Buck Owens
1977
Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Dancing Queen - Abba
Don’t Give Up on Us - David Soul
Southern Nights - Glen Campbell
1985
One More Night - Phil Collins
Lovergirl - Teena Marie
We are the World - USA for Africa
Seven Spanish Angels - Ray Charles with Willie Nelson
Quote of the Day
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Douglas Adams, English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
Today's Birthdays
1674 Jethro Tull, agricultural writer (Basildon) died Feb 21, 1741
1853 Vincent van Gogh, post-impressionist artist (Sunflowers) died July 29, 1890
1880 Sean O'Casey, playwright (Playboy of the Western World) died Sept 18, 1964
1894 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin) died February 9, 1977
1913 Frankie Laine (Frank Paul LoVecchio), singer (That’s My Desire) died Feb 6, 2007
1914 Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee), blues musician (Down & Out Blues) died June 1, 1948
1929 Richard Dysart, actor (L.A. Law)
1930 Peter Marshall, game show host (Hollywood Squares)
1930 John Astin, actor (Addams Family)
1937 Warren Beatty, actor (Bulworth, Heaven Can Wait)
1941 Graeme Edge, rock musician (The Moody Blues)
1945 Eric Clapton, rock/blues guitar legend (Slowhand)
1948 Dave Ball, rock musician (Procul Harum)
1948 Jim Dandy Mangrum, rock singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
1950 Robbie Coltrane, actor (Nuns on the Run)
1950 Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (The Fixx)
1950 Grady Little, MLB manager (LA Dodgers)
1955 Randy Van Warmer, singer (Just When I Needed You Most) died January 12, 2004
1957 Paul Reiser, actor/comedian (Mad About You)
1962 MC Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), rapper
1964 Ian Ziering, actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
1964 Tracy Chapman, folk/rock singer (Fast Car)
1966 Joey Castillo, drummer (Queens of the Stone Age)
1968 Celine Dion, singer
1968 Donna D'Errico, actress/playmate (September 1995; Baywatch)
1970 Secretariat, race horse (1973 Triple Crown)
1971 Mark Consuelos, soap opera actor/Mr. Kelly Ripa
1979 Norah Jones, pop/rock singer/musician (Don't Know Why)
1984 Santonio Holmes, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Today's Deaths in History
1840 Beau Brummell, English celebrity and dandy, dies at 61
1955 Harl McDonald, composer (Santa Fé Trail), dies at 55
1966 Maxfield Parrish, painter, dies at 95
1968 Bobby Driscoll, actor (Treasure Island, Peter Pan) dies at 31
1981 Dewitt Wallace, publisher (Reader's Digest), dies at 91
1985 Harold Peary, actor (Blondie), dies of heart attack at 76
1986 James Cagney, actor (White Heat) dies at 86
2002 Elizabeth, Queen Mother of England, dies at age 101
2003 Michael Jeter, actor (The Green Mile) dies at 50 of AIDS
2004 Alistair Cooke, journalist/TV personality, dies at 95
2005 Derrick Plourde, drummer (The Ataris) dies at 33
2006 Red Hickey, NFL coach (San Francisco 49ers) dies at 89
2008 Dith Pran, photographer (The Killing Fields) dies at 65
Today in History
0239 BC The First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet occurred.
1533 Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
1822 Florida became a U.S. territory.
1842 Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while a patient was anesthetized by ether.
1858 Hymen Lipman patented a pencil with an attached eraser.
1867 Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."
1870 The 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, was declared in effect.
1870 Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1909 The Queensboro Bridge, linking the New York boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, opened.
1923 The Audubon Ballroom in New York City was the scene of the first dance marathon.
1932 Amelia Earhart became first woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic.
1945 The Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II.
1948 Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin ordered all road and rail access to Berlin, Germany blocked.
1951 Remington Rand delivered the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
1953 Albert Einstein announced his revised Unified Field Theory.
1964 One of television’s best known game shows, Jeopardy, aired on NBC-TV for the first time.
1967 The cover photo of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was photographed.
1971 The Bee Gees received a gold record for the single, "Lonely Days."
1974 John Denver reached the top spot on the music charts with his hit, "Sunshine on My Shoulders."
1975 Ron Lalonde scored the first hat trick by a Washington Capital.
1981 President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr (also wounded were White House press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a District of Columbia police officer).
1983 Basketball player Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics set a regular season Celtic scoring record as he pumped in 53 points.
1987 Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers brought $39.85 million, more than triple the record for an auctioned painting.
1995 Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical condemning abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human laws could legitimize.
1998 German automaker BMW bought Rolls-Royce for $570 million.
1999 A jury in Portland, Ore., ordered Philip Morris to pay $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades.
2006 American reporter Jill Carroll, a freelancer for The Christian Science Monitor, was released after 82 days as a hostage in Iraq.
Chart Toppers
1945
My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time - The Pied Pipers
A Little on the Lonely Side - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Paul
Allen)
Accentuate the Positive - Johnny Mercer
Shame on You - Spade Cooley
1953
Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Pretend - Nat King Cole
Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
1961
Surrender - Elvis Presley
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Shirelles
Apache - Jorgen Ingmann
Don’t Worry - Marty Robbins
1969
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Traces - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Time of the Season - The Zombies
Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass - Buck Owens
1977
Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Dancing Queen - Abba
Don’t Give Up on Us - David Soul
Southern Nights - Glen Campbell
1985
One More Night - Phil Collins
Lovergirl - Teena Marie
We are the World - USA for Africa
Seven Spanish Angels - Ray Charles with Willie Nelson
Quote of the Day
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Douglas Adams, English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
QUOTE(Giac @ Mar 29 2008, 01:10 PM)
1963 M.C. Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), singer/rapper (U Can’t Touch This)
QUOTE(Giac @ Mar 30 2008, 01:12 PM)
1962 MC Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), rapper
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Hammer's born-again. I thought that everyone knew that.
Today in History - March 31st
Today's Birthdays
1596 Rene Descartes, ‘Father of modern philosophy’ (I think, therefore I am); died Feb 11, 1650
1732 Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (Father of the Symphony) died May 31, 1809
1878 Jack Johnson, boxing champion, died June 10, 1946
1922 Richard (Paul) Kiley, actor (The Thorn Birds); died Mar 5, 1999
1927 William Daniels actor (St Elsewhere)
1927 Cesar Chavez, labor leader (National Farm Workers Association); died Apr 23, 1993
1928 Gordie Howe, Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Detroit Red Wings)
1929 Liz Claiborne, fashion designer, died June 26, 2007
1934 Richard Chamberlain, actor (The Thorn Birds)
1934 Shirley Jones, actress/singer (The Partridge Family)
1935 Herb Alpert, musician (The Tijuana Brass)
1938 Bill Hicke, NHL right wing (NY Rangers) died July 18, 2005
1940 Patrick Leahy U.S. Senator, (D-Vt.)
1943 Christopher Walken, actor (The Dead Zone, Balls of Fury, Pulp Fiction)
1944 Rod Allen (Rodney Bainbridge), bassist/singer (The Fortunes)
1944 Mick Ralphs, guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
1945 Gabe Kaplan, actor/comedian (Welcome Back Kotter)
1948 Rhea Perlman, actress (Cheers)
1948 Al Gore, former Vice President
1950 Ed Marinaro, running back/actor (Minnesota Vikings, Hill Street Blues)
1953 Sean Hopper, keyboardist/singer (Huey Lewis and the News)
1955 Angus Young, guitarist (AC/DC)
1957 Marc McClure, actor (Back to the Future series)
1958 Tony Cox, actor (Bad Santa, Me Myself & Irene)
1959 Ali McMordie, bassist (Stiff Little Fingers)
1960 Mark Tuinei, tackle (Dallas Cowboys) died May 6, 1999
1963 Paul Mercurio, Australian actor/dancer (Strictly Ballroom, Exit to Eden)
1965 William McNamara, actor (Copycat)
1971 Ewan McGregor, actor (Star Wars series)
1971 Pavel Bure, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
Today's Deaths in History
1631 John Donne, English poet (metaphysical poet) dies at 59
1727 Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician/physicist, dies at 84
1855 Charlotte Bronte, author (Jane Eyre) dies at 38
1931 Knute Rockne, athlete (Win one for the Gipper) dies at 43
1945 Anne Frank, German-born diarist, dies at 15
1969 Conrad Hilton, Jr, heir to hotel fortune, dies at 42
1980 Jesse Owens, Olympic Gold Medalist (track), dies at 66
1981 Enid Bagnold, writer (National Velvet) dies at 91
1986 O'Kelly Isley, Jr., singer (The Isley Brothers) dies at 48
1993 Brandon Lee, actor/son of Bruce Lee, dies ar 28 from an accidental gunshot wound while filming The Crow
1995 Selena, tejana singer, is shot to death at 23
1996 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer/songwriter/guitarist (The Gun Club) dies at 37
1998 Bella Abzug, activist/Congresswoman, dies at 77
1998 Tim Flock, NASCAR driver, dies at 73
2004 Buddy Arnold, screenwriter (Jackie Gleason Show) dies at 88
2006 Angela Devi, model, commits suicide at 30
Today in History
1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling those Jews unwilling to convert to Christianity.
1854 Commodore Matthew Perry signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
1889 French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower to mark its completion.
1900 The W.E. Roach Company was the first automobile company to advertise in a national magazine (The Saturday Evening Post).
1917 The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.
1918 Daylight saving time went into effect throughout the United States for the first time.
1923 The first U.S. dance marathon was held in New York City.
1930 The Motion Pictures Production Code was instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next 38 years.
1943 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! opened on Broadway.
1945 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.
1949 Newfoundland entered the confederation as Canada's 10th province.
1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson made a surprise announcement that he would not run for another term in office.
1968 Tony Jacklin became the first Englishman to win a modern-day U.S. golf tournament when he won the Greater Jacksonville Open.
1970 A bankruptcy referee granted the owner of the Seattle Pilots permission to sell the major-league baseball franchise to investors in Milwaukee, WI.
1972 Swimmer Mark Spitz was presented the Amateur Athletic Union’s coveted Sullivan Award as the outstanding amateur athlete of 1971.
1976 The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that coma patient Karen Anne Quinlan could be disconnected from her respirator (Quinlan remained comatose and died in 1985).
1992 The U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya, branding it a terrorist state for shielding six men accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 and a French airliner.
1992 The USS Missouri (BB-63), the last active United States Navy Battleship, was decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
1995 Singer Selena, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club.
1995 Baseball players agreed to end a 232-day strike after a judge granted a preliminary injunction against club owners.
1998 Netscape released the code base of its browser under an open-source license agreement; the project was given the code name Mozilla and would eventually be spun off into the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.
1999 Four New York City police officers were charged with murder for killing Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant, in a hail of bullets (the officers were acquited in 2000).
2004 Four American civilian contractors were killed in Fallujah, Iraq; frenzied crowds dragged their burned, mutilated bodies and strung two of them from a bridge.
2004 Air America, intended as a liberal voice in network talk radio, made its debut on five stations.
2005 Terri Schiavo died at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a right-to-die dispute that engulfed the courts, Congress and the White House.
Chart Toppers
1946
Oh, What It Seemed to Be - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Marjorie
Hughes)
Day by Day - Frank Sinatra
Personality - Johnny Mercer
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
Wanted - Perry Como
Answer Me, My Love - Nat ‘King’ Cole
Slowly - Webb Pierce
1962
Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You - Connie Francis
Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares
Dream Baby - Roy Orbison
She’s Got You - Patsy Cline
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Let It Be - The Beatles
Instant Karma (We All Shine On) - John Ono Lennon
The Fightin’ Side of Me - Merle Haggard
1978
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon &
Willie
1986
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. - John Cougar Mellencamp
Kiss - Prince & The Revolution
Don’t Underestimate My Love for You - Lee Greenwood
Quote of the Day
The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.
Lewis Thomas, author, biologist, physician (1913 - 1993)
Today's Birthdays
1596 Rene Descartes, ‘Father of modern philosophy’ (I think, therefore I am); died Feb 11, 1650
1732 Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (Father of the Symphony) died May 31, 1809
1878 Jack Johnson, boxing champion, died June 10, 1946
1922 Richard (Paul) Kiley, actor (The Thorn Birds); died Mar 5, 1999
1927 William Daniels actor (St Elsewhere)
1927 Cesar Chavez, labor leader (National Farm Workers Association); died Apr 23, 1993
1928 Gordie Howe, Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Detroit Red Wings)
1929 Liz Claiborne, fashion designer, died June 26, 2007
1934 Richard Chamberlain, actor (The Thorn Birds)
1934 Shirley Jones, actress/singer (The Partridge Family)
1935 Herb Alpert, musician (The Tijuana Brass)
1938 Bill Hicke, NHL right wing (NY Rangers) died July 18, 2005
1940 Patrick Leahy U.S. Senator, (D-Vt.)
1943 Christopher Walken, actor (The Dead Zone, Balls of Fury, Pulp Fiction)
1944 Rod Allen (Rodney Bainbridge), bassist/singer (The Fortunes)
1944 Mick Ralphs, guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
1945 Gabe Kaplan, actor/comedian (Welcome Back Kotter)
1948 Rhea Perlman, actress (Cheers)
1948 Al Gore, former Vice President
1950 Ed Marinaro, running back/actor (Minnesota Vikings, Hill Street Blues)
1953 Sean Hopper, keyboardist/singer (Huey Lewis and the News)
1955 Angus Young, guitarist (AC/DC)
1957 Marc McClure, actor (Back to the Future series)
1958 Tony Cox, actor (Bad Santa, Me Myself & Irene)
1959 Ali McMordie, bassist (Stiff Little Fingers)
1960 Mark Tuinei, tackle (Dallas Cowboys) died May 6, 1999
1963 Paul Mercurio, Australian actor/dancer (Strictly Ballroom, Exit to Eden)
1965 William McNamara, actor (Copycat)
1971 Ewan McGregor, actor (Star Wars series)
1971 Pavel Bure, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
Today's Deaths in History
1631 John Donne, English poet (metaphysical poet) dies at 59
1727 Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician/physicist, dies at 84
1855 Charlotte Bronte, author (Jane Eyre) dies at 38
1931 Knute Rockne, athlete (Win one for the Gipper) dies at 43
1945 Anne Frank, German-born diarist, dies at 15
1969 Conrad Hilton, Jr, heir to hotel fortune, dies at 42
1980 Jesse Owens, Olympic Gold Medalist (track), dies at 66
1981 Enid Bagnold, writer (National Velvet) dies at 91
1986 O'Kelly Isley, Jr., singer (The Isley Brothers) dies at 48
1993 Brandon Lee, actor/son of Bruce Lee, dies ar 28 from an accidental gunshot wound while filming The Crow
1995 Selena, tejana singer, is shot to death at 23
1996 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer/songwriter/guitarist (The Gun Club) dies at 37
1998 Bella Abzug, activist/Congresswoman, dies at 77
1998 Tim Flock, NASCAR driver, dies at 73
2004 Buddy Arnold, screenwriter (Jackie Gleason Show) dies at 88
2006 Angela Devi, model, commits suicide at 30
Today in History
1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling those Jews unwilling to convert to Christianity.
1854 Commodore Matthew Perry signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
1889 French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower to mark its completion.
1900 The W.E. Roach Company was the first automobile company to advertise in a national magazine (The Saturday Evening Post).
1917 The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.
1918 Daylight saving time went into effect throughout the United States for the first time.
1923 The first U.S. dance marathon was held in New York City.
1930 The Motion Pictures Production Code was instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next 38 years.
1943 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! opened on Broadway.
1945 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.
1949 Newfoundland entered the confederation as Canada's 10th province.
1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson made a surprise announcement that he would not run for another term in office.
1968 Tony Jacklin became the first Englishman to win a modern-day U.S. golf tournament when he won the Greater Jacksonville Open.
1970 A bankruptcy referee granted the owner of the Seattle Pilots permission to sell the major-league baseball franchise to investors in Milwaukee, WI.
1972 Swimmer Mark Spitz was presented the Amateur Athletic Union’s coveted Sullivan Award as the outstanding amateur athlete of 1971.
1976 The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that coma patient Karen Anne Quinlan could be disconnected from her respirator (Quinlan remained comatose and died in 1985).
1992 The U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya, branding it a terrorist state for shielding six men accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 and a French airliner.
1992 The USS Missouri (BB-63), the last active United States Navy Battleship, was decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
1995 Singer Selena, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club.
1995 Baseball players agreed to end a 232-day strike after a judge granted a preliminary injunction against club owners.
1998 Netscape released the code base of its browser under an open-source license agreement; the project was given the code name Mozilla and would eventually be spun off into the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.
1999 Four New York City police officers were charged with murder for killing Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant, in a hail of bullets (the officers were acquited in 2000).
2004 Four American civilian contractors were killed in Fallujah, Iraq; frenzied crowds dragged their burned, mutilated bodies and strung two of them from a bridge.
2004 Air America, intended as a liberal voice in network talk radio, made its debut on five stations.
2005 Terri Schiavo died at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a right-to-die dispute that engulfed the courts, Congress and the White House.
Chart Toppers
1946
Oh, What It Seemed to Be - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Marjorie
Hughes)
Day by Day - Frank Sinatra
Personality - Johnny Mercer
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
Wanted - Perry Como
Answer Me, My Love - Nat ‘King’ Cole
Slowly - Webb Pierce
1962
Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You - Connie Francis
Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares
Dream Baby - Roy Orbison
She’s Got You - Patsy Cline
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Let It Be - The Beatles
Instant Karma (We All Shine On) - John Ono Lennon
The Fightin’ Side of Me - Merle Haggard
1978
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon &
Willie
1986
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. - John Cougar Mellencamp
Kiss - Prince & The Revolution
Don’t Underestimate My Love for You - Lee Greenwood
Quote of the Day
The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.
Lewis Thomas, author, biologist, physician (1913 - 1993)
QUOTE(Sed @ Mar 30 2008, 02:34 PM)
Hammer's born-again. I thought that everyone knew that.
Here's the opposite: Jesse Owens is listed as having died twice--on the 28th and the 31st!
QUOTE(Lester Patrick @ Mar 31 2008, 05:15 PM)
Here's the opposite: Jesse Owens is listed as having died twice--on the 28th and the 31st!
Cut me some friggin' slack, guys -- I'm on vacation and not paying as much attention to this stuff.
Today in History - April 1st
Today's Birthdays
1815 Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor; died July 30, 1898
1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer; died March 28, 1943
1883 Lon (Leonidas F.) Chaney, actor (The Hunchback of Notre Dame); died Aug 26, 1930
1885 Wallace (Fitzgerald) Beery, actor (The Champ); died Apr 15, 1949
1920 Toshiro Mifune, actor (Samurai series); died Dec 24, 1997
1929 Jane Powell, actress (Royal Wedding)
1932 Debbie Reynolds, actress (Singin' in the Rain)
1932 Gordon Jump, actor (WKRP in Cincinnati); died Sep 22, 2003
1938 Ali MacGraw, actress (Love Story)
1939 Rudolph Isley, R&B singer (The Isley Brothers)
1939 Phil Niekro, Baseball Hall of Famer
1942 Phil Margo, singer (The Tokens)
1945 Johny Barbata, drummer (The Turtles)
1946 Ronnie Lane, guitarist (Small faces, Faces) died June 4, 1997
1948 Jimmy Cliff, reggae singer
1949 Gil Scott-Heron, jazz keyboardist
1950 Billy Currie, keyboardist (Ultravox)
1950 Samuel Alito, Supreme Court Justice
1951 John Abizaid, U.S. Army General (US Central Command)
1952 Annette O'Toole, actress (Smallville, One on One, Stephen King's It)
1953 Barry Sonnenfeld, film director (Men in Black series)
1954 Jeff Porcaro, percussionist (Toto) died Aug 5, 1992
1961 Mark White, guitarist (ABC)
1962 Patricia Morrison, guitarist/vocalist (Sisters of Mercy)
1966 Traci Lind, actress (The Road to Wellville)
1970 Sung Hi Lee, model/actress (Lost, The Girl Next Door)
1971 Method Man, rapper
1976 Renee Chen, actress; died July 23, 1982 during filming of Twlight Zone: The Movie.
1980 Bijou Phillips, singer/actress (Almost Famous)
1983 Sean Taylor, NFL safety (Washington Redskins) shot and killed November 27, 2007
Today's Deaths in History
1917 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer, dies at 48
1945 William Fairbanks, actor, dies at 50
1946 Noah Beery, actor, dies at 64
1976 Max Ernst, German artist (Dadaism, Surrealism) dies at 84
1984 Marvin Gaye, R&B singer, is shot to death at 45
1991 Martha Graham, choreographer, dies at 96
1993 Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR driver, is killed in a plane crash at 38
1996 John McSherry, MLB umpire, dies at 51
2003 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor, commits suicide at 46
2005 Jack Keller, songwriter (Bewitched theme) dies at 68
2007 Herb Carneal, sports broadcaster (Minnesota Twins) dies at 83
Today in History
1760 The first reference to April Fool's Day appeared in Poor Robin's Almanack: “The first of April, some do say, is set apart for All Fools’ Day, but why the people call it so, nor I nor they themselves do know.”
1789 The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City.
1826 Samuel Morey of Oxford, New Hampshire patented the internal combustion engine.
1853 Cincinnati, Ohio, became the first U.S. city to pay its firefighters a regular salary.
1891 The Wrigley Company was founded in Chicago, Illinois
1918 The Royal Air Force was established in Britain.
1930 Leo Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs broke the altitude record for a catch by catching a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles, CA.
1931 Pitcher Jackie Mitchell was signed by the Chattanooga Baseball Club, making her the first woman in organized baseball.
1933 Nazi Germany began persecuting Jews with a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses.
1939 The United States recognized the Franco government in Spain following the end of the Spanish Civil War.
1945 American forces invaded Okinawa during World War II.
1946 Tidal waves struck the Hawaiian Islands, killing more than 170 people.
1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
1956 Chet Huntley began his successful news career with NBC.
1957 All of Great Britain was fooled by England’s famous newscaster, Richard Dimbleby; as he was wrapping up the day’s news on Panorama, the BBC’s current affairs program, he reported about the “spring spaghetti crop in southern Switzerland,” with the filmed report showed some ten pounds of spaghetti being picked from a tree.
1960 The first weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
1963 The daily TV serial, General Hospital, began its long and popular run on ABC-TV.
1970 President Richard Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and TV.
1976 Apple Computer was formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
1979 Nickelodeon went on the air.
1985 George Plimpton played an April Fool’s joke on readers of Sports Illustrated, introducing the entire nation to Sidd Finch, a 28-year-old aspiring monk, who could throw a 168 mph fastball.
1985 Unranked Villanova defeated top-rated Georgetown 66-64 to win the NCAA basketball championship.
1987 In his first major speech on the epidemic, President Ronald Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1."
1987 Steve Newman became the first man to walk solo around the world.
1996 Baseball umpire John McSherry died after collapsing during a game between the Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos.
1999 A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with originating the "Melissa" e-mail virus, which infected more than 1 million computers worldwide and caused more than $80 million in damage (David Smith served just 20 months in federal prison in exchange for helping the FBI track down the authors of other computer viruses).
2001 A United States Navy EP-3E plane collided with a Chinese People's Liberation Army fighter jet; the crew made an emergency landing in Hainan, People's Republic of China, and was detained.
2001 Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested on corruption charges after a 26-hour armed standoff with police at his Belgrade villa.
2003 American troops rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch from a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, where she had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed nine days earlier.
2004 Google introduced its Gmail product to the public.
Chart Toppers
1947
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
How are Things in Glocca Morra - Buddy Clark
Managua, Nicaragua - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Don
Rodney)
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado
Dance with Me Henry (Wallflower) - Georgia Gibbs
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
He’s So Fine - The Chiffons
South Street - The Orlons
Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
Still - Bill Anderson
1971
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - The Temptations
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
After the Fire is Gone - Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
1979
Tragedy - Bee Gees
What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
I Just Fall in Love Again - Anne Murray
1987
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - Genesis
Small Town Girl - Steve Wariner
Quote of the Day
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 - 1881)
Today's Birthdays
1815 Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor; died July 30, 1898
1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer; died March 28, 1943
1883 Lon (Leonidas F.) Chaney, actor (The Hunchback of Notre Dame); died Aug 26, 1930
1885 Wallace (Fitzgerald) Beery, actor (The Champ); died Apr 15, 1949
1920 Toshiro Mifune, actor (Samurai series); died Dec 24, 1997
1929 Jane Powell, actress (Royal Wedding)
1932 Debbie Reynolds, actress (Singin' in the Rain)
1932 Gordon Jump, actor (WKRP in Cincinnati); died Sep 22, 2003
1938 Ali MacGraw, actress (Love Story)
1939 Rudolph Isley, R&B singer (The Isley Brothers)
1939 Phil Niekro, Baseball Hall of Famer
1942 Phil Margo, singer (The Tokens)
1945 Johny Barbata, drummer (The Turtles)
1946 Ronnie Lane, guitarist (Small faces, Faces) died June 4, 1997
1948 Jimmy Cliff, reggae singer
1949 Gil Scott-Heron, jazz keyboardist
1950 Billy Currie, keyboardist (Ultravox)
1950 Samuel Alito, Supreme Court Justice
1951 John Abizaid, U.S. Army General (US Central Command)
1952 Annette O'Toole, actress (Smallville, One on One, Stephen King's It)
1953 Barry Sonnenfeld, film director (Men in Black series)
1954 Jeff Porcaro, percussionist (Toto) died Aug 5, 1992
1961 Mark White, guitarist (ABC)
1962 Patricia Morrison, guitarist/vocalist (Sisters of Mercy)
1966 Traci Lind, actress (The Road to Wellville)
1970 Sung Hi Lee, model/actress (Lost, The Girl Next Door)
1971 Method Man, rapper
1976 Renee Chen, actress; died July 23, 1982 during filming of Twlight Zone: The Movie.
1980 Bijou Phillips, singer/actress (Almost Famous)
1983 Sean Taylor, NFL safety (Washington Redskins) shot and killed November 27, 2007
Today's Deaths in History
1917 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer, dies at 48
1945 William Fairbanks, actor, dies at 50
1946 Noah Beery, actor, dies at 64
1976 Max Ernst, German artist (Dadaism, Surrealism) dies at 84
1984 Marvin Gaye, R&B singer, is shot to death at 45
1991 Martha Graham, choreographer, dies at 96
1993 Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR driver, is killed in a plane crash at 38
1996 John McSherry, MLB umpire, dies at 51
2003 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor, commits suicide at 46
2005 Jack Keller, songwriter (Bewitched theme) dies at 68
2007 Herb Carneal, sports broadcaster (Minnesota Twins) dies at 83
Today in History
1760 The first reference to April Fool's Day appeared in Poor Robin's Almanack: “The first of April, some do say, is set apart for All Fools’ Day, but why the people call it so, nor I nor they themselves do know.”
1789 The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City.
1826 Samuel Morey of Oxford, New Hampshire patented the internal combustion engine.
1853 Cincinnati, Ohio, became the first U.S. city to pay its firefighters a regular salary.
1891 The Wrigley Company was founded in Chicago, Illinois
1918 The Royal Air Force was established in Britain.
1930 Leo Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs broke the altitude record for a catch by catching a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles, CA.
1931 Pitcher Jackie Mitchell was signed by the Chattanooga Baseball Club, making her the first woman in organized baseball.
1933 Nazi Germany began persecuting Jews with a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses.
1939 The United States recognized the Franco government in Spain following the end of the Spanish Civil War.
1945 American forces invaded Okinawa during World War II.
1946 Tidal waves struck the Hawaiian Islands, killing more than 170 people.
1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
1956 Chet Huntley began his successful news career with NBC.
1957 All of Great Britain was fooled by England’s famous newscaster, Richard Dimbleby; as he was wrapping up the day’s news on Panorama, the BBC’s current affairs program, he reported about the “spring spaghetti crop in southern Switzerland,” with the filmed report showed some ten pounds of spaghetti being picked from a tree.
1960 The first weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
1963 The daily TV serial, General Hospital, began its long and popular run on ABC-TV.
1970 President Richard Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and TV.
1976 Apple Computer was formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
1979 Nickelodeon went on the air.
1985 George Plimpton played an April Fool’s joke on readers of Sports Illustrated, introducing the entire nation to Sidd Finch, a 28-year-old aspiring monk, who could throw a 168 mph fastball.
1985 Unranked Villanova defeated top-rated Georgetown 66-64 to win the NCAA basketball championship.
1987 In his first major speech on the epidemic, President Ronald Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1."
1987 Steve Newman became the first man to walk solo around the world.
1996 Baseball umpire John McSherry died after collapsing during a game between the Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos.
1999 A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with originating the "Melissa" e-mail virus, which infected more than 1 million computers worldwide and caused more than $80 million in damage (David Smith served just 20 months in federal prison in exchange for helping the FBI track down the authors of other computer viruses).
2001 A United States Navy EP-3E plane collided with a Chinese People's Liberation Army fighter jet; the crew made an emergency landing in Hainan, People's Republic of China, and was detained.
2001 Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested on corruption charges after a 26-hour armed standoff with police at his Belgrade villa.
2003 American troops rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch from a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, where she had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed nine days earlier.
2004 Google introduced its Gmail product to the public.
Chart Toppers
1947
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
How are Things in Glocca Morra - Buddy Clark
Managua, Nicaragua - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Don
Rodney)
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis
1955
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado
Dance with Me Henry (Wallflower) - Georgia Gibbs
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
He’s So Fine - The Chiffons
South Street - The Orlons
Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
Still - Bill Anderson
1971
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - The Temptations
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
After the Fire is Gone - Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
1979
Tragedy - Bee Gees
What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
I Just Fall in Love Again - Anne Murray
1987
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - Genesis
Small Town Girl - Steve Wariner
Quote of the Day
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 - 1881)
Today in History - April 2nd
Today's Birthdays
0742 Charlemagne, first Holy Roman emperor (800-14) died Jan 28, 0814
1725 Giovanni Casanova, philanderer/writer (History of My Life) died June 4, 1798
1805 Hans Christian Andersen, author (The Little Mermaid) died Aug 4, 1875
1840 Emile Zola, novelist (J’accuse) died Sep 29, 1902
1875 Walter Chrysler, auto manufacturer (Chrysler Corporation) died Aug 18, 1940
1908 Buddy Ebsen (Christian Rudolph Ebsen), actor (The Beverly Hillbillies) died July 6, 2003
1914 Sir Alec Guinness (Alec Guinness de Cuffe), actor (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Star Wars) died Aug 5, 2000
1920 Jack (John Randolph) Webb, director/actor (Dragnet, The DI) died Dec 23, 1982
1939 Marvin (Pentz) Gaye, Jr., singer (Let's Get It On) died April 1, 1984
1946 Kurt Winter, rock musician (The Guess Who) died December 14, 1997
1947 Emmylou Harris, country/rock singer
1949 Pamela Reed, actress (Kindergarten Cop)
1952 David Robinson, drummer (The Cars)
1952 Leon Wilkerson, bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) died July 27, 2001
1953 Debralee Scott, actress (Police Academy) died Apr 5, 2005
1954 Gregory Abbott, R&B singer (Shake You Down)
1959 Victoria Jackson, comedian/actress (UHF, Saturday Night Live)
1961 Chris Meloni, actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit)
1961 Keren Woodward, singer (Bananarama)
1961 Chris Meloni, actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit)
1963 Sia and Shane Barbi, models (The Barbi Twins)
1964 Jana Marie Hupp, actress (Ed)
1965 Rodney King, bad driver/police beating victim
1966 Bill Romanowski, linebacker/actor (Oakland Raiders, The Longest Yard)
1967 Greg Camp, guitarist (Smash Mouth)
1967 Renée Estevez, actress/daughter of Martin Sheen
1969 Tony Fredianelli, guitarist (Third Eye Blind)
1973 Roselyn Sanchez, actress (Without a Trace)
1975 Adam Rodriguez, actor (CSI: Miami)
1979 Jesse Carmichael, pop/rock musician (Maroon 5)
1980 Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver/owner, died in a plance cash October 24, 2004
1981 Bethany Joy Galeotti, actress (One Tree Hill)
1988 Jesse Plemons, actor (Friday Night Lights)
Today's Deaths in History
1872 Samuel F.B. Morse, developer of the electric telegraph, dies at 80
1966 C. S. Forester, English author (The African Queen) dies at 66
1972 Gil Hodges, manager (New York Mets), dies of heart attack at 57
1974 Georges Pompidou, French President, dies at 62
1976 Ray Teal, actor (Bonanza), dies at 74
1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1997 Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
1998 Rob Pilatus, lip-syncher (Milli Vanilli) commits suicide at 32
2003 Edwin Starr, singer (War) dies at 61
2004 Richard Fiske, US Marine Pearl Harbor survivor, dies in Honolulu at 82
2005 Pope John Paul II dies at 84
Today in History
1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida.
1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint.
1860 The first Italian Parliament met at Turin.
1865 Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.
1872 G.B. Brayton of Boston, MA received a patent for the gas-powered street car.
1889 Charles Hall patented aluminum.
1896 Madison Square Garden in New York City hosted the season premiere of the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
1902 The first motion picture theatre opened in Los Angeles (The Electric Theatre).
1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy."
1917 The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin, took her seat as a representative from Montana.
1932 Aviator Charles Lindbergh, through an intermediary, paid $50,000 ransom in a New York cemetery to a man who promised to return his kidnapped son (the child was found dead the following month; the ransom money was eventually traced to Bruno Hauptmann, who was executed for the crime).
1942 Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "American Patrol" for Victor Records.
1956 The Edge of Night and [/i]As the World Turns[/i] were seen for the first time on CBS-TV.
1968 The science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey had its world premiere in Washington, D.C.
1969 The Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association signed Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) for a reported $1,400,000 five-year contract.
1972 Actor Charlie Chaplin returned to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
1972 Actor Burt Reynolds appeared naked in Cosmopolitan magazine.
1977 Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Duke Ellington, "Sir Duke," was released.
1978 Dallas was seen for the first time on CBS-TV.
1982 Argentina seized the disputed Falkland Islands from Britain.
1984 John Thompson became the first black coach to lead his team to the NCAA college basketball championship as Georgetown’s Hoyas defeated Houston 84-7.
1985 The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the 45-second shot clock for men’s basketball, to begin in the 1986 season.
1992 Mob boss John Gotti was convicted in New York of murder and racketeering.
2002 Israel seized control of Bethlehem; Palestinian gunmen forced their way into the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, beginning a 39-day standoff.
2005 Pope John Paul II, who helped topple communism in Europe and left a deeply conservative stamp on the church that he led for 26 years, died in his Vatican apartment at age 84.
2007 In its first case on climate change, the Supreme Court declared in a 5-4 ruling that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig
Anytime - Eddy Arnold
1956
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
1964
She Loves You - The Beatles
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Suspicion - Terry Stafford
Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
1972
A Horse with No Name - America
Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
My Hang-Up is You - Freddie Hart
1980
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl - Spinners
Call Me - Blondie
I’d Love to Lay You Down - Conway Twitty
1988
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
I Want Her - Keith Sweat
Love Will Find Its Way to You - Reba McEntire
Quote of the Day
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
P. J. O'Rourke, humorist & political commentator (1947 - )
Today's Birthdays
0742 Charlemagne, first Holy Roman emperor (800-14) died Jan 28, 0814
1725 Giovanni Casanova, philanderer/writer (History of My Life) died June 4, 1798
1805 Hans Christian Andersen, author (The Little Mermaid) died Aug 4, 1875
1840 Emile Zola, novelist (J’accuse) died Sep 29, 1902
1875 Walter Chrysler, auto manufacturer (Chrysler Corporation) died Aug 18, 1940
1908 Buddy Ebsen (Christian Rudolph Ebsen), actor (The Beverly Hillbillies) died July 6, 2003
1914 Sir Alec Guinness (Alec Guinness de Cuffe), actor (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Star Wars) died Aug 5, 2000
1920 Jack (John Randolph) Webb, director/actor (Dragnet, The DI) died Dec 23, 1982
1939 Marvin (Pentz) Gaye, Jr., singer (Let's Get It On) died April 1, 1984
1946 Kurt Winter, rock musician (The Guess Who) died December 14, 1997
1947 Emmylou Harris, country/rock singer
1949 Pamela Reed, actress (Kindergarten Cop)
1952 David Robinson, drummer (The Cars)
1952 Leon Wilkerson, bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) died July 27, 2001
1953 Debralee Scott, actress (Police Academy) died Apr 5, 2005
1954 Gregory Abbott, R&B singer (Shake You Down)
1959 Victoria Jackson, comedian/actress (UHF, Saturday Night Live)
1961 Chris Meloni, actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit)
1961 Keren Woodward, singer (Bananarama)
1961 Chris Meloni, actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit)
1963 Sia and Shane Barbi, models (The Barbi Twins)
1964 Jana Marie Hupp, actress (Ed)
1965 Rodney King, bad driver/police beating victim
1966 Bill Romanowski, linebacker/actor (Oakland Raiders, The Longest Yard)
1967 Greg Camp, guitarist (Smash Mouth)
1967 Renée Estevez, actress/daughter of Martin Sheen
1969 Tony Fredianelli, guitarist (Third Eye Blind)
1973 Roselyn Sanchez, actress (Without a Trace)
1975 Adam Rodriguez, actor (CSI: Miami)
1979 Jesse Carmichael, pop/rock musician (Maroon 5)
1980 Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver/owner, died in a plance cash October 24, 2004
1981 Bethany Joy Galeotti, actress (One Tree Hill)
1988 Jesse Plemons, actor (Friday Night Lights)
Today's Deaths in History
1872 Samuel F.B. Morse, developer of the electric telegraph, dies at 80
1966 C. S. Forester, English author (The African Queen) dies at 66
1972 Gil Hodges, manager (New York Mets), dies of heart attack at 57
1974 Georges Pompidou, French President, dies at 62
1976 Ray Teal, actor (Bonanza), dies at 74
1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1997 Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
1998 Rob Pilatus, lip-syncher (Milli Vanilli) commits suicide at 32
2003 Edwin Starr, singer (War) dies at 61
2004 Richard Fiske, US Marine Pearl Harbor survivor, dies in Honolulu at 82
2005 Pope John Paul II dies at 84
Today in History
1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida.
1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint.
1860 The first Italian Parliament met at Turin.
1865 Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.
1872 G.B. Brayton of Boston, MA received a patent for the gas-powered street car.
1889 Charles Hall patented aluminum.
1896 Madison Square Garden in New York City hosted the season premiere of the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
1902 The first motion picture theatre opened in Los Angeles (The Electric Theatre).
1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy."
1917 The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin, took her seat as a representative from Montana.
1932 Aviator Charles Lindbergh, through an intermediary, paid $50,000 ransom in a New York cemetery to a man who promised to return his kidnapped son (the child was found dead the following month; the ransom money was eventually traced to Bruno Hauptmann, who was executed for the crime).
1942 Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "American Patrol" for Victor Records.
1956 The Edge of Night and [/i]As the World Turns[/i] were seen for the first time on CBS-TV.
1968 The science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey had its world premiere in Washington, D.C.
1969 The Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association signed Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) for a reported $1,400,000 five-year contract.
1972 Actor Charlie Chaplin returned to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
1972 Actor Burt Reynolds appeared naked in Cosmopolitan magazine.
1977 Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Duke Ellington, "Sir Duke," was released.
1978 Dallas was seen for the first time on CBS-TV.
1982 Argentina seized the disputed Falkland Islands from Britain.
1984 John Thompson became the first black coach to lead his team to the NCAA college basketball championship as Georgetown’s Hoyas defeated Houston 84-7.
1985 The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the 45-second shot clock for men’s basketball, to begin in the 1986 season.
1992 Mob boss John Gotti was convicted in New York of murder and racketeering.
2002 Israel seized control of Bethlehem; Palestinian gunmen forced their way into the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, beginning a 39-day standoff.
2005 Pope John Paul II, who helped topple communism in Europe and left a deeply conservative stamp on the church that he led for 26 years, died in his Vatican apartment at age 84.
2007 In its first case on climate change, the Supreme Court declared in a 5-4 ruling that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
Chart Toppers
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig
Anytime - Eddy Arnold
1956
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
1964
She Loves You - The Beatles
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Suspicion - Terry Stafford
Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
1972
A Horse with No Name - America
Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
My Hang-Up is You - Freddie Hart
1980
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl - Spinners
Call Me - Blondie
I’d Love to Lay You Down - Conway Twitty
1988
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
I Want Her - Keith Sweat
Love Will Find Its Way to You - Reba McEntire
Quote of the Day
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
P. J. O'Rourke, humorist & political commentator (1947 - )
Today in History - April 3rd
Today's Birthdays
1783 Washington Irving, author (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) died Nov 28, 1859
1822 Edward Everett Hale, clergyman/author (Man without a Country) died June 10, 1909
1823 William M. (Marcy) ‘Boss’ Tweed, political boss (New York City) died in prison Apr 12, 1878
1893 Leslie Howard (Stainer), actor (Gone with the Wind) died June 1, 1943
1894 Dooley Wilson, actor (Casablanca) died May 30, 1953
1898 George Jessel, comedian/actor (Valley of the Dolls) died May 24, 1981
1898 Henry R. Luce, publisher (Time, Fortune, Life) died Feb 28, 1967
1904 Iron Eyes Cody, actor (The Crying Indian) died Jan 4, 1999
1924 Marlon Brando, actor (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) died July 1, 2004
1924 Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff), singer (Que Sera Sera)
1926 Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Mercury 4, Gemini 3) died Jan 27, 1967 in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire
1929 Miyoshi Umeki, actress (Flower Drum Song, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father) died August 28, 2007
1930 Helmut Kohl, Chancellor (Federal Republic of Germany 1982-1998)
1934 Jane Goodall, anthropologist (studied chimpanzees)
1934 John Muckler, NHL head coach (New York Rangers)
1938 Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (Spinners, Parliament) died July 14, 1984
1941 Jan Berry, songwriter/singer (Jan and Dean) died Mar 26, 2004
1942 Marsha Mason, actress (The Goodbye Girl)
1942 (Carson) Wayne Newton, singer (Danke Shoen)
1942 Billy Joe Royal, singer (Down in the Boondocks)
1943 Jonathan Lynn, actor/director (My Cousin Vinny)
1944 Tony Orlando (Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis), singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
1944 Barry Pritchard, guitarist/singer (The Fortunes) died Jan 11, 1999
1945 Richard Manuel, rock pianist/singer (The Band) died Mar 4, 1986
1949 Lyle Alzado, NFL (Los Angeles Raiders) died May 14, 1992
1955 Mick Mars, guitarist (Motley Crue)
1958 Alec Baldwin (Alexander Rae Baldwin III), actor (The Hunt for Red October)
1959 David Hyde Pierce, actor (Fraiser)
1961 Eddie Murphy, comedian/actor (Beverly Hills Cop series)
1962 Mike Ness, rock guitarist (Social Distortion)
1963 Criss Oliva, guitarist (Savatage) died October 17, 1993
1968 Sebastian Bach (Bierk), lead singer (Skid Row)
1968 Charlotte Coleman, actress (4 Weddings and a Funeral) died Nov 14, 2001
1970 James MacDonough, rock musician (Megadeth)
1971 Picabo Street, skiing champion (1984 Olympic Gold)
1972 Jennie Garth, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1982 Cobie Smulders, actress (How I Met Your Mother)
1986 Amanda Bynes, actress (What a Girl Wants)
Today's Deaths in History
1882 Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34 in St Joseph, MO, by Robert Ford
1936 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby kidnapper/killer, executed at 36
1943 Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Casablanca) dies at 50
1950 Carter G. Woodson, "father of black history," dies in Washington, D.C. at 74
1950 Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Mack the Knife), dies at 50
1962 Benny "The Kid" Paret, boxer, dies at 25 from injuries sustained in a match
1977 Leslie Stuart, actor (The Profiteers) dies at 117
1982 Warren Oates, actor (Stripes), dies at 53
1988 Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates), dies at 81
1990 Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
1990 Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69
1991 Graham Greene, novelist (The Quiet American) dies at 86
1996 Ronald Harmon Brown, Secretary of Commerce, dies at 54
2002 Roy Huggins, screenwriter (The Fugitive) dies at 87
Today in History
1860 Pony Express delivery service begins in St. Joseph, MO.
1865 Union forces occupied the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.
1882 Outlaw Jesse James was shot to death in St. Joseph, Mo., by Robert Ford, a member of his gang.
1922 Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1933 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House.
1936 Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted in Trenton, N.J., for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1946 Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
1948 President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which allocated more than $5 billion in aid to help 16 European countries recover from World War II.
1949 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted on radio in an NBC program that ran until 1952.
1953 TV Guide was published for the first time.
1965 Bob Dylan appeared on the pop music charts for the first time as Subterranean Homesick Blues entered the Top 40 at number 39.
1968 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech to a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn., less than 24 hours before he was assassinated.
1968 North Vietnam agreed to meet with U.S. representatives to set up preliminary peace talks.
1975 Bobby Fischer was stripped of the world chess title for refusing to defend it.
1979 Jane Byrne became the first female mayor in Chicago’s history.
1982 John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the The NBC Nightly News.
1985 The famed Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood closed after 57 years.
1996 An Air Force jetliner carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashed in Croatia, killing all 35 people aboard.
1996 Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was arrested.
1998 The Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 9,000 for the first time.
2000 A federal judge in Washington ruled that Microsoft Corp. had violated U.S. antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on competitors during the race to link Americans to the Internet.
2004 Surrounded by police, five suspects in the Madrid railway bombings blew themselves up in a building outside the Spanish capital, also killing a special forces agent.
2006 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty before an international war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone, denying he'd helped destabilize West Africa through killings, sexual slavery and sending children into combat.
Chart Toppers
1949
Cruising Down the River - The Russ Morgan Orchestra (vocal: The Skyliners)
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Vaughn Monroe
Candy Kisses - George Morgan
1957
Little Darlin’ - The Diamonds
All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
Gone - Ferlin Husky
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
I’m Telling You Now - Freddie & The Dreamers
Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
King of the Road - Roger Miller
1973
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) – Gladys Knight & The Pips
Keep Me in Mind - Lynn Anderson
1981
Rapture - Blondie
Woman - John Lennon
The Best of Times - Styx
Texas Women - Hank Williams, Jr.
1989
Eternal Flame - Bangles
Girl You Know It’s True - Milli Vanilli
The Look - Roxette
Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye - George Strait
Quote of the Day
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British mystery author & physician (1859 - 1930)
Today's Birthdays
1783 Washington Irving, author (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) died Nov 28, 1859
1822 Edward Everett Hale, clergyman/author (Man without a Country) died June 10, 1909
1823 William M. (Marcy) ‘Boss’ Tweed, political boss (New York City) died in prison Apr 12, 1878
1893 Leslie Howard (Stainer), actor (Gone with the Wind) died June 1, 1943
1894 Dooley Wilson, actor (Casablanca) died May 30, 1953
1898 George Jessel, comedian/actor (Valley of the Dolls) died May 24, 1981
1898 Henry R. Luce, publisher (Time, Fortune, Life) died Feb 28, 1967
1904 Iron Eyes Cody, actor (The Crying Indian) died Jan 4, 1999
1924 Marlon Brando, actor (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) died July 1, 2004
1924 Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff), singer (Que Sera Sera)
1926 Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Mercury 4, Gemini 3) died Jan 27, 1967 in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire
1929 Miyoshi Umeki, actress (Flower Drum Song, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father) died August 28, 2007
1930 Helmut Kohl, Chancellor (Federal Republic of Germany 1982-1998)
1934 Jane Goodall, anthropologist (studied chimpanzees)
1934 John Muckler, NHL head coach (New York Rangers)
1938 Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (Spinners, Parliament) died July 14, 1984
1941 Jan Berry, songwriter/singer (Jan and Dean) died Mar 26, 2004
1942 Marsha Mason, actress (The Goodbye Girl)
1942 (Carson) Wayne Newton, singer (Danke Shoen)
1942 Billy Joe Royal, singer (Down in the Boondocks)
1943 Jonathan Lynn, actor/director (My Cousin Vinny)
1944 Tony Orlando (Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis), singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
1944 Barry Pritchard, guitarist/singer (The Fortunes) died Jan 11, 1999
1945 Richard Manuel, rock pianist/singer (The Band) died Mar 4, 1986
1949 Lyle Alzado, NFL (Los Angeles Raiders) died May 14, 1992
1955 Mick Mars, guitarist (Motley Crue)
1958 Alec Baldwin (Alexander Rae Baldwin III), actor (The Hunt for Red October)
1959 David Hyde Pierce, actor (Fraiser)
1961 Eddie Murphy, comedian/actor (Beverly Hills Cop series)
1962 Mike Ness, rock guitarist (Social Distortion)
1963 Criss Oliva, guitarist (Savatage) died October 17, 1993
1968 Sebastian Bach (Bierk), lead singer (Skid Row)
1968 Charlotte Coleman, actress (4 Weddings and a Funeral) died Nov 14, 2001
1970 James MacDonough, rock musician (Megadeth)
1971 Picabo Street, skiing champion (1984 Olympic Gold)
1972 Jennie Garth, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1982 Cobie Smulders, actress (How I Met Your Mother)
1986 Amanda Bynes, actress (What a Girl Wants)
Today's Deaths in History
1882 Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34 in St Joseph, MO, by Robert Ford
1936 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby kidnapper/killer, executed at 36
1943 Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Casablanca) dies at 50
1950 Carter G. Woodson, "father of black history," dies in Washington, D.C. at 74
1950 Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Mack the Knife), dies at 50
1962 Benny "The Kid" Paret, boxer, dies at 25 from injuries sustained in a match
1977 Leslie Stuart, actor (The Profiteers) dies at 117
1982 Warren Oates, actor (Stripes), dies at 53
1988 Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates), dies at 81
1990 Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
1990 Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69
1991 Graham Greene, novelist (The Quiet American) dies at 86
1996 Ronald Harmon Brown, Secretary of Commerce, dies at 54
2002 Roy Huggins, screenwriter (The Fugitive) dies at 87
Today in History
1860 Pony Express delivery service begins in St. Joseph, MO.
1865 Union forces occupied the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.
1882 Outlaw Jesse James was shot to death in St. Joseph, Mo., by Robert Ford, a member of his gang.
1922 Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1933 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House.
1936 Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted in Trenton, N.J., for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1946 Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
1948 President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which allocated more than $5 billion in aid to help 16 European countries recover from World War II.
1949 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted on radio in an NBC program that ran until 1952.
1953 TV Guide was published for the first time.
1965 Bob Dylan appeared on the pop music charts for the first time as Subterranean Homesick Blues entered the Top 40 at number 39.
1968 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech to a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn., less than 24 hours before he was assassinated.
1968 North Vietnam agreed to meet with U.S. representatives to set up preliminary peace talks.
1975 Bobby Fischer was stripped of the world chess title for refusing to defend it.
1979 Jane Byrne became the first female mayor in Chicago’s history.
1982 John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the The NBC Nightly News.
1985 The famed Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood closed after 57 years.
1996 An Air Force jetliner carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashed in Croatia, killing all 35 people aboard.
1996 Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was arrested.
1998 The Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 9,000 for the first time.
2000 A federal judge in Washington ruled that Microsoft Corp. had violated U.S. antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on competitors during the race to link Americans to the Internet.
2004 Surrounded by police, five suspects in the Madrid railway bombings blew themselves up in a building outside the Spanish capital, also killing a special forces agent.
2006 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty before an international war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone, denying he'd helped destabilize West Africa through killings, sexual slavery and sending children into combat.
Chart Toppers
1949
Cruising Down the River - The Russ Morgan Orchestra (vocal: The Skyliners)
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Vaughn Monroe
Candy Kisses - George Morgan
1957
Little Darlin’ - The Diamonds
All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
Gone - Ferlin Husky
There You Go - Johnny Cash
1965
Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
I’m Telling You Now - Freddie & The Dreamers
Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
King of the Road - Roger Miller
1973
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) – Gladys Knight & The Pips
Keep Me in Mind - Lynn Anderson
1981
Rapture - Blondie
Woman - John Lennon
The Best of Times - Styx
Texas Women - Hank Williams, Jr.
1989
Eternal Flame - Bangles
Girl You Know It’s True - Milli Vanilli
The Look - Roxette
Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye - George Strait
Quote of the Day
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British mystery author & physician (1859 - 1930)
Today in History - April 4th
Today's Birthdays
1821 Linus Yale, inventor (Yale Infallible Bank Lock and cylinder lock) died Dec 25, 1868
1884 Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Admiral (Pearl harbor) died April 18, 1943 in a plane crash
1895 Arthur Murray (Moses Teichman), dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Studios) died Mar 3, 1991
1906 John Cameron Swayze, newsman/commercial spokesman (NBC; Timex) died Aug 15, 1995
1906 Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction) died Oct 13, 1968
1908 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author (Cheaper By the Dozen) died Nov 4, 2006
1914 Marguerite Duras, French writer (The Lover) died March 3, 1996
1915 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), blues singer/guitarist; died Apr 30, 1983
1922 Elmer Bernstein, Academy Award-winning composer (film scores) died Aug 18, 2004
1924 Gil (Gilbert Raymond) Hodges, baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers, LA Dodgers, NY Mets) died Apr 2, 1972
1928 Maya Angelou, poet
1932 Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho series) died Sep 12, 1992
1932 Clive Davis, record industry mogul
1938 Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, Yale University president/Baseball Commissioner; died Sept 1, 1989
1942 Kitty Kelley, biographer (Nancy Reagan, Jackie O, His Way)
1944 Craig T. Nelson, actor (Poltergeist, Blades of Glory)
1948 Berry Oakley, bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) died Nov 11, 1972
1950 Christine Lahti, actress (…And Justice for All, Chicago Hope)
1952 Dave Hill, guitarist (Slade)
1952 Gary Moore, guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1956 David E. Kelley, writer/producer (Ally McBeal)
1960 Hugo Weaving, actor (Matrix series, Lord of the Rings series)
1962 Craig Adams, bassist (The Cult, The Sisters of Mercy)
1963 Jack Del Rio, NFL coach (Jaguars)
1964 David Cross, actor/comedian (Mr Show)
1964 Anthony Clark, comedian/actor (Yes Dear, Boston Common)
1965 Robert Downey Jr., actor (Less Than Zero, Iron Man)
1966 Nancy McKeon, actress (Facts of Life)
1970 Barry Pepper, actor (*61, Saving Private Ryan)
1971 Josh Todd, singer (Buckcherry)
1972 Magnus Sveningsson, bassist (The Cardigans)
1973 David Blaine, magician/illusionist
1976 James Roday, actor (Psych)
1977 Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist (Killswitch Engage)
1979 Heath Ledger, actor (A Knight's Tale, Brokeback Mountain) died January 22, 2008
1979 Natasha Lyonne, actress (Slums of Beverly Hills, American Pie series)
1991 Jamie Lynn Spears, actress/Britney's kid sister
Today's Deaths in History
1841 William Henry Harrison, US President, dies in office at 68
1929 Karl Benz, German engine designer/inventor/automobile engineer, dies at 84
1931 Andre Michelin, CEO (Michelin Tires), dies at 78
1968 Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader, assassinated at 39
1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Congressman, D-NY), dies at 63
1979 Edgar Buchanan, actor (Petticoat Junction), dies at 77
1980 Red Sovine, country singer (Teddy Bear) dies at 62
1981 Brad Johnson, actor (Death Valley Days) dies at 56
1983 Gloria Swanson, actress (Sunset Boulevard) dies at 86
1999 Early Wynn, Washington Senators pitcher, dies at 79
2007 Bob Clark, film director (Porky's series) dies at 67
Today in History
1818 Congress decided the U.S. flag would consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star to be added for every new state.
1841 President William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia one month after his inauguration, becoming the first U.S. president to die in office.
1850 The city of Los Angeles was incorporated.
1859 Daniel Emmett introduced "I Wish I was in Dixie’s Land" (later named Dixie) in New York City.
1945 U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.
1949 Twelve nations, including the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty.
1964 The Beatles set an all-time record on the Top 100 chart of Billboard magazine with all five of the top songs (Can’t Buy Me Love, Twist and Shout, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, and Please Please Me)
1967 Johnny Carson quit The Tonight Show (he returned three weeks later with an additional $30,000 a week).
1968 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death as he stood on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.; the killing sparked a wave of riots across the country.
1973 The World Trade Center in New York was officially dedicated.
1974 Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves tied Babe Ruth's career home run record by hitting his 714th round-tripper in Cincinnati.
1975 A U.S. Air Force transport plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crashed shortly after takeoff from Saigon, killing more than 130 people, most of them children.
1981 Henry Cisneros became the first Mexican-American elected mayor of a major U.S. city: San Antonio, Texas.
1984 Bob Bell retired as Bozo the Clown on WGN-TV in Chicago, IL.
1991 Sen. John Heinz, R-Penn., and six other people were killed when a helicopter collided with Heinz's plane over a schoolyard in Merion, Pa.
1994 Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark founded Netscape Communications Corporation under the name Mosaic Communications Corporation.
2003 U.S. forces seized Saddam International Airport outside Baghdad.
2003 Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the 18th major league baseball player to hit 500 career homers, connecting for a solo shot in a 10-9 loss to Cincinnati.
2006 The Iraq tribunal announced new criminal charges against Saddam Hussein and six others, accusing them of genocide and crimes against humanity stemming from a 1980s crackdown against Kurds.
2007 Radio host Don Imus made offensive on-air remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. Despite a subsequent apology, Imus was fired by CBS Radio and cable network MSNBC.
Chart Toppers
1950
If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
Dearie - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Kenny Gardner Trio)
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams
1958
Tequila - The Champs
He’s Got the Whole World (In His Hands) - Laurie London
Lollipop - Chordettes
Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson
1966
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers
Daydream - The Lovin’ Spoonful
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede
Bennie & The Jets - Elton John
Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) - Tanya Tucker
1982
I Love Rock ’N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
We Got the Beat - Go-Go’s
Make a Move on Me - Olivia Newton-John
Bobbie Sue - The Oak Ridge Boys
1990
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Love Will Lead You Back - Taylor Dayne
I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins
Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer (1882 - 1974)
Today's Birthdays
1821 Linus Yale, inventor (Yale Infallible Bank Lock and cylinder lock) died Dec 25, 1868
1884 Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Admiral (Pearl harbor) died April 18, 1943 in a plane crash
1895 Arthur Murray (Moses Teichman), dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Studios) died Mar 3, 1991
1906 John Cameron Swayze, newsman/commercial spokesman (NBC; Timex) died Aug 15, 1995
1906 Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction) died Oct 13, 1968
1908 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author (Cheaper By the Dozen) died Nov 4, 2006
1914 Marguerite Duras, French writer (The Lover) died March 3, 1996
1915 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), blues singer/guitarist; died Apr 30, 1983
1922 Elmer Bernstein, Academy Award-winning composer (film scores) died Aug 18, 2004
1924 Gil (Gilbert Raymond) Hodges, baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers, LA Dodgers, NY Mets) died Apr 2, 1972
1928 Maya Angelou, poet
1932 Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho series) died Sep 12, 1992
1932 Clive Davis, record industry mogul
1938 Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, Yale University president/Baseball Commissioner; died Sept 1, 1989
1942 Kitty Kelley, biographer (Nancy Reagan, Jackie O, His Way)
1944 Craig T. Nelson, actor (Poltergeist, Blades of Glory)
1948 Berry Oakley, bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) died Nov 11, 1972
1950 Christine Lahti, actress (…And Justice for All, Chicago Hope)
1952 Dave Hill, guitarist (Slade)
1952 Gary Moore, guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1956 David E. Kelley, writer/producer (Ally McBeal)
1960 Hugo Weaving, actor (Matrix series, Lord of the Rings series)
1962 Craig Adams, bassist (The Cult, The Sisters of Mercy)
1963 Jack Del Rio, NFL coach (Jaguars)
1964 David Cross, actor/comedian (Mr Show)
1964 Anthony Clark, comedian/actor (Yes Dear, Boston Common)
1965 Robert Downey Jr., actor (Less Than Zero, Iron Man)
1966 Nancy McKeon, actress (Facts of Life)
1970 Barry Pepper, actor (*61, Saving Private Ryan)
1971 Josh Todd, singer (Buckcherry)
1972 Magnus Sveningsson, bassist (The Cardigans)
1973 David Blaine, magician/illusionist
1976 James Roday, actor (Psych)
1977 Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist (Killswitch Engage)
1979 Heath Ledger, actor (A Knight's Tale, Brokeback Mountain) died January 22, 2008
1979 Natasha Lyonne, actress (Slums of Beverly Hills, American Pie series)
1991 Jamie Lynn Spears, actress/Britney's kid sister
Today's Deaths in History
1841 William Henry Harrison, US President, dies in office at 68
1929 Karl Benz, German engine designer/inventor/automobile engineer, dies at 84
1931 Andre Michelin, CEO (Michelin Tires), dies at 78
1968 Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader, assassinated at 39
1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Congressman, D-NY), dies at 63
1979 Edgar Buchanan, actor (Petticoat Junction), dies at 77
1980 Red Sovine, country singer (Teddy Bear) dies at 62
1981 Brad Johnson, actor (Death Valley Days) dies at 56
1983 Gloria Swanson, actress (Sunset Boulevard) dies at 86
1999 Early Wynn, Washington Senators pitcher, dies at 79
2007 Bob Clark, film director (Porky's series) dies at 67
Today in History
1818 Congress decided the U.S. flag would consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star to be added for every new state.
1841 President William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia one month after his inauguration, becoming the first U.S. president to die in office.
1850 The city of Los Angeles was incorporated.
1859 Daniel Emmett introduced "I Wish I was in Dixie’s Land" (later named Dixie) in New York City.
1945 U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.
1949 Twelve nations, including the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty.
1964 The Beatles set an all-time record on the Top 100 chart of Billboard magazine with all five of the top songs (Can’t Buy Me Love, Twist and Shout, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, and Please Please Me)
1967 Johnny Carson quit The Tonight Show (he returned three weeks later with an additional $30,000 a week).
1968 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death as he stood on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.; the killing sparked a wave of riots across the country.
1973 The World Trade Center in New York was officially dedicated.
1974 Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves tied Babe Ruth's career home run record by hitting his 714th round-tripper in Cincinnati.
1975 A U.S. Air Force transport plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crashed shortly after takeoff from Saigon, killing more than 130 people, most of them children.
1981 Henry Cisneros became the first Mexican-American elected mayor of a major U.S. city: San Antonio, Texas.
1984 Bob Bell retired as Bozo the Clown on WGN-TV in Chicago, IL.
1991 Sen. John Heinz, R-Penn., and six other people were killed when a helicopter collided with Heinz's plane over a schoolyard in Merion, Pa.
1994 Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark founded Netscape Communications Corporation under the name Mosaic Communications Corporation.
2003 U.S. forces seized Saddam International Airport outside Baghdad.
2003 Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the 18th major league baseball player to hit 500 career homers, connecting for a solo shot in a 10-9 loss to Cincinnati.
2006 The Iraq tribunal announced new criminal charges against Saddam Hussein and six others, accusing them of genocide and crimes against humanity stemming from a 1980s crackdown against Kurds.
2007 Radio host Don Imus made offensive on-air remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. Despite a subsequent apology, Imus was fired by CBS Radio and cable network MSNBC.
Chart Toppers
1950
If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
Dearie - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Kenny Gardner Trio)
Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams
1958
Tequila - The Champs
He’s Got the Whole World (In His Hands) - Laurie London
Lollipop - Chordettes
Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson
1966
The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers
Daydream - The Lovin’ Spoonful
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
1974
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede
Bennie & The Jets - Elton John
Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) - Tanya Tucker
1982
I Love Rock ’N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
We Got the Beat - Go-Go’s
Make a Move on Me - Olivia Newton-John
Bobbie Sue - The Oak Ridge Boys
1990
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Love Will Lead You Back - Taylor Dayne
I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins
Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer (1882 - 1974)
Today in History - April 5th
Today's Birthdays
1588 Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) died Dec 4, 1679
1827 Joseph Lister, British surgeon/inventor (Listerine mouthwash) died Feb 10, 1912
1856 Booker T. Washington, educator/black leader/author (Up from Slavery) died Nov 14, 1915
1871 Glenn "Pop" Warner, football coach; died Sept 7, 1954
1900 Spencer Tracy, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) died June 10, 1967
1901 Melvyn Douglas, actor (Ghost Story) died Aug 4, 1981
1908 Bette Davis (All About Eve) died Oct 6, 1989
1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, film producer (James Bond) died June 27, 1996
1916 Gregory Peck, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird) died June 12, 2003
1920 Arthur Hailey, author (Airport) died November 24, 2004
1926 Roger Corman, director (Little Shop of Horrors)
1928 Tony Williams, singer (The Platters) died Aug 14, 1992
1933 Frank Gorshin, impressionist/actor (Batman) died May 17, 2005
1934 Stanley Turrentine, jazz tenor sax, died September 12, 2000
1937 Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State/U.S. Army General (Gulf War)
1939 Ronnie White, singer (Smokey Robinson & Miracles) died August 26, 1995
1941 Michael Moriarty, actor (Courage Under Fire, Law & Order)
1942 Allan Clarke, rock vocalist (Hollies)
1943 Max Gail, actor (Barney Miller)
1944 Dave Holland, guitarist (Judas Priest)
1949 Dr. Judith A. Resnik, electrical engineer/astronaut died Jan 28, 1986 in the space shuttle Challenger explosion
1950 Agnetha Faltskog, singer (Abba)
1952 Mitch Pileggi, actor (The X-Files)
1954 Stan Ridgway, rock singer (Wall of Voodoo)
1962 Lana Clarkson, actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) shot and killed February 3, 2003
1964 Christopher "Kid" Reid, rapper/actor (Kid 'n Play)
1966 Mike McCready, guitarist (Pearl Jam)
1968 Paula Cole, singer (Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?)
1971 Krista Allen, actress (Smallville)
1973 Pharrell Williams, music producer
1976 Ike Hilliard, NFL wide receiver (New York Giants)
Today's Deaths in History
1946 Vincent Millie Youmans, composer (Tea for Two) dies from tuberculosis at 47
1964 Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army General (Pacific-WWII), dies at 84
1975 Chiang Kai-shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87
1976 Howard Hughes, millionaire filmmaker/industrialist, dies at 71
1981 Bob "Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat), dies at 36
1982 Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 71
1983 Danny Rapp, singer (Danny & the Juniors) dies at 41
1991 John Tower (Senator R-TX), dies in a plane crash at 65
1992 Sam Walton, founder (Wal-Mart) dies at 74
1994 Kurt Cobain, rock singer (Nirvana) commits suicide at 27
1997 Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80
1998 Cozy Powell, rock drummer (Whitesnake) dies at 50 in a car crash
2000 Lee Petty, patriarch of the NASCAR racing family, dies at 86
2002 Layne Staley, singer (Alice in Chains) dies at 34
2003 Pompeo Posar, Playboy photographer, dies at 83
2005 Debralee Scott, actress (Police Academy series) dies at 52
2005 Saul Bellow, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 89
2006 Gene Pitney, singer (Only Love Can Break a Heart) dies at 66
2007 Mark St. John, guitarist (Kiss) dies at 51
2007 Darryl Stingley, NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots) dies at 55
Today in History
1614 Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
1792 George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.
1887 British historian Lord Acton wrote in a letter, "All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
1887 Teacher Anne Sullivan taught her blind and deaf pupil, Helen Keller, the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
1895 Playwright Oscar Wilde lost his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry, who had accused the writer of homosexual practices.
1923 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, OH began the first regular production of balloon tires.
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
1954 Elvis Presley recorded his debut single, "That's All Right."
1955 Richard J. Daley was elected mayor of Chicago, IL.
1966 Timothy Leary spoke at New York’s Town Hall and compared LSD to a microscope saying that the drug “is to psychology what the microscope is to biology.”
1982 Record World magazine ceased publication and filed for bankruptcy protection.
1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar become the all-time NBA regular season scoring leader, breaking previous mark of 31,419 points held by Wilt Chamberlain.
1987 The FOX Broadcasting Company, under the direction of media and publishing baron Rupert Murdoch, started with two Sunday night offerings: Married......With Children and The Tracey Ullman Show.
1993 The Florida Marlins play their first game, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3.
1993 The Colorado Rockies play their first game, losing to the New York Mets 3-0.
1999 Libya surrendered two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland to a U.N. representative.
2006 Katie Couric announced she was leaving NBC's Today show to become anchor of The CBS Evening News.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
Mockingbird Hill -Patti Page
Aba Daba Honeymoon - Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter
The Rhumba Boogie - Hank Snow
1959
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods
It’s Just a Matter of Time - Brook Benton
When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) - Johnny Horton
1967
Happy Together - The Turtles
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & The Papas
Somethin’ Stupid - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra
Walk Through This World with Me - George Jones
1975
Lovin’ You - Minnie Riperton
Philadelphia Freedom - The Elton John Band
No No Song/Snookeroo - Ringo Starr
I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind - Johnny Rodriguez
1983
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
Hungry like the Wolf - Duran Duran
When I’m Away from You - The Bellamy Brothers
1991
Coming Out of the Dark - Gloria Estafan
This House - Tracie Spencer
Hold You Tight - Tara Kemp
Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House - Garth Brooks
Quote of the Day
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
Ogden Nash, US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
Today's Birthdays
1588 Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) died Dec 4, 1679
1827 Joseph Lister, British surgeon/inventor (Listerine mouthwash) died Feb 10, 1912
1856 Booker T. Washington, educator/black leader/author (Up from Slavery) died Nov 14, 1915
1871 Glenn "Pop" Warner, football coach; died Sept 7, 1954
1900 Spencer Tracy, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) died June 10, 1967
1901 Melvyn Douglas, actor (Ghost Story) died Aug 4, 1981
1908 Bette Davis (All About Eve) died Oct 6, 1989
1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, film producer (James Bond) died June 27, 1996
1916 Gregory Peck, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird) died June 12, 2003
1920 Arthur Hailey, author (Airport) died November 24, 2004
1926 Roger Corman, director (Little Shop of Horrors)
1928 Tony Williams, singer (The Platters) died Aug 14, 1992
1933 Frank Gorshin, impressionist/actor (Batman) died May 17, 2005
1934 Stanley Turrentine, jazz tenor sax, died September 12, 2000
1937 Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State/U.S. Army General (Gulf War)
1939 Ronnie White, singer (Smokey Robinson & Miracles) died August 26, 1995
1941 Michael Moriarty, actor (Courage Under Fire, Law & Order)
1942 Allan Clarke, rock vocalist (Hollies)
1943 Max Gail, actor (Barney Miller)
1944 Dave Holland, guitarist (Judas Priest)
1949 Dr. Judith A. Resnik, electrical engineer/astronaut died Jan 28, 1986 in the space shuttle Challenger explosion
1950 Agnetha Faltskog, singer (Abba)
1952 Mitch Pileggi, actor (The X-Files)
1954 Stan Ridgway, rock singer (Wall of Voodoo)
1962 Lana Clarkson, actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) shot and killed February 3, 2003
1964 Christopher "Kid" Reid, rapper/actor (Kid 'n Play)
1966 Mike McCready, guitarist (Pearl Jam)
1968 Paula Cole, singer (Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?)
1971 Krista Allen, actress (Smallville)
1973 Pharrell Williams, music producer
1976 Ike Hilliard, NFL wide receiver (New York Giants)
Today's Deaths in History
1946 Vincent Millie Youmans, composer (Tea for Two) dies from tuberculosis at 47
1964 Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army General (Pacific-WWII), dies at 84
1975 Chiang Kai-shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87
1976 Howard Hughes, millionaire filmmaker/industrialist, dies at 71
1981 Bob "Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat), dies at 36
1982 Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 71
1983 Danny Rapp, singer (Danny & the Juniors) dies at 41
1991 John Tower (Senator R-TX), dies in a plane crash at 65
1992 Sam Walton, founder (Wal-Mart) dies at 74
1994 Kurt Cobain, rock singer (Nirvana) commits suicide at 27
1997 Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80
1998 Cozy Powell, rock drummer (Whitesnake) dies at 50 in a car crash
2000 Lee Petty, patriarch of the NASCAR racing family, dies at 86
2002 Layne Staley, singer (Alice in Chains) dies at 34
2003 Pompeo Posar, Playboy photographer, dies at 83
2005 Debralee Scott, actress (Police Academy series) dies at 52
2005 Saul Bellow, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 89
2006 Gene Pitney, singer (Only Love Can Break a Heart) dies at 66
2007 Mark St. John, guitarist (Kiss) dies at 51
2007 Darryl Stingley, NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots) dies at 55
Today in History
1614 Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
1792 George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.
1887 British historian Lord Acton wrote in a letter, "All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
1887 Teacher Anne Sullivan taught her blind and deaf pupil, Helen Keller, the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
1895 Playwright Oscar Wilde lost his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry, who had accused the writer of homosexual practices.
1923 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, OH began the first regular production of balloon tires.
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
1954 Elvis Presley recorded his debut single, "That's All Right."
1955 Richard J. Daley was elected mayor of Chicago, IL.
1966 Timothy Leary spoke at New York’s Town Hall and compared LSD to a microscope saying that the drug “is to psychology what the microscope is to biology.”
1982 Record World magazine ceased publication and filed for bankruptcy protection.
1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar become the all-time NBA regular season scoring leader, breaking previous mark of 31,419 points held by Wilt Chamberlain.
1987 The FOX Broadcasting Company, under the direction of media and publishing baron Rupert Murdoch, started with two Sunday night offerings: Married......With Children and The Tracey Ullman Show.
1993 The Florida Marlins play their first game, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3.
1993 The Colorado Rockies play their first game, losing to the New York Mets 3-0.
1999 Libya surrendered two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland to a U.N. representative.
2006 Katie Couric announced she was leaving NBC's Today show to become anchor of The CBS Evening News.
Chart Toppers
1951
If - Perry Como
Mockingbird Hill -Patti Page
Aba Daba Honeymoon - Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter
The Rhumba Boogie - Hank Snow
1959
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods
It’s Just a Matter of Time - Brook Benton
When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) - Johnny Horton
1967
Happy Together - The Turtles
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & The Papas
Somethin’ Stupid - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra
Walk Through This World with Me - George Jones
1975
Lovin’ You - Minnie Riperton
Philadelphia Freedom - The Elton John Band
No No Song/Snookeroo - Ringo Starr
I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind - Johnny Rodriguez
1983
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
Hungry like the Wolf - Duran Duran
When I’m Away from You - The Bellamy Brothers
1991
Coming Out of the Dark - Gloria Estafan
This House - Tracie Spencer
Hold You Tight - Tara Kemp
Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House - Garth Brooks
Quote of the Day
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
Ogden Nash, US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
Today in History – April 6th
Today's Birthdays
1483 Raphael Santi, artist (Marriage of the Virgin) died Apr 6, 1520
1884 Walter Huston (Houghston), actor (Treasure of the Sierra Madre) died Apr 7, 1950
1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, aircraft pioneer; died Dec 23, 1939
1892 Donald Wills Douglas, aircraft pioneer (McDonnell Douglas) died Feb1, 1981
1892 Lowell Thomas, pioneer broadcast journalist; died Aug 29, 1981
1928 Joi Lansing (Joyce Wassmansdoff), actress (Singin’ in the Rain) died Aug 7, 1972
1931 Ivan Dixon, actor (Hogan's Heroes) died March 16, 2008
1937 Merle Haggard, country singer/songwriter (Okie from Muskogee)
1937 Billy Dee (December) Williams, actor (Brian’s Song, Star Wars series)
1941 Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, American drag racer
1942 Barry Levinson, director/screenwriter (Rain Man, The Natural)
1944 Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam), singer (The Mamas and the Papas)
1944 John Stax, bassist (The Pretty Things)
1946 Danny Kortchmar, session guitarist/producer, songwriter
1947 John Ratzenberger, actor (Cheers)
1952 Marilu Henner (Mary Lucy Denise Pudlowski), actress (Taxi)
1955 Michael Rooker, actor (Days of Thunder)
1962 Stan Cullimore, songwriter/guitar (The Housemartins)
1964 Johnny Dee, drummer (Britny Fox)
1965 Frank Black, singer/musician (The Pixies)
1969 Paul Rudd, actor (The 40-Year Old Virgin)
1970 Olaf Kolzig, NHL goaltender (Washington Capitals)
1972 Jason Hervey, actor (The Wonder Years)
1973 Markku Lappalainen, bassist (Hoobastank)
1975 Zach Braff, actor/screenwriter/director (Scrubs, Garden State)
1976 Candace Cameron Bure, actress (Full House)
1983 Diora Baird, actress (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning)
Today's Deaths in History
1199 Richard I the Lionheart, King of England, dies at 41
1520 Raphael Santi, artist, dies on his 37th birthday
1970 Samuel Sheppard, physician (subject of The Fugitive) dies at 46
1971 Igor Stravinsky, composer, dies at 88
1992 Isaac Asimov, science fiction writer (I, Robot) dies at 72
1996 Greer Garson, actress (The Singing Nun) dies at 91
1995 Tammy Wynette, the First Lady of Country Music (Stand By Your Man), dies at 55
1997 Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Washington redskins) dies at 84
1998 Wendy O. Williams, punk singer (The Plasmatics) commits suicide at 48
2003 David Bloom, NBC journalist, killed at 39 while covering the invasion of Iraq
2004 Niki Sullivan, guitarist (The Crickets) dies at 66
2005 Prince Rainier of Monaco dies at 81
Today in History
1862 The Civil War battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee as Confederate forces launched a surprise attack against Union troops, who beat back the Confederates the next day.
1896 The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.
1909 Commodore Robert Peary and Matthew H. Henson, Peary’s servant, became the first men to reach the North Pole.
1916 Charlie Chaplin signed a movie contract with the Mutual Film Corporation.
1917 Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany.
1927 William P. MacCracken, Jr. earned license number ‘1’ when the Department of Commerce issued the first aviator’s license.
1931 Little Orphan Annie, the comic strip character developed by Harold Gray, came to life on the NBC Blue network.
1945 This is Your FBI debuted on ABC radio.
1947 The first Tony Awards were presented for theatrical achievements.
1956 Capitol Tower, the home of Capitol Records in Hollywood, CA, was dedicated.
1957 Trolley cars in New York City completed their final runs.
1958 Arnold Palmer won his first major pro golf tournament by capturing the Masters in Augusta, GA.
1959 Hal Holbrook opened in the critically acclaimed, off-Broadway presentation of Mark Twain Tonight.
1973 The Stylistics received a gold record for their ballad hit, "Break Up to Make Up."
1974 The first concert film featuring a soundtrack in quadraphonic sound opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre (Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones).
1983 Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."
1987 Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis said on ABC's "Nightline" that blacks "may not have some of the necessities" to hold managerial jobs in major-league baseball (Campanis resigned two days later).
1994 Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun announced his retirement.
1994 The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash near Rwanda's capital.
1998 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time.
1998 Pakistan successfully tested a medium-range missile capable of striking neighboring India.
2001 Algerian national Ahmed Ressam, accused of bringing explosives into the United States days before the millennium celebrations, was convicted twice in the same day - first in France for belonging to a group supporting Islamic militants, then in Los Angeles on terror charges.
2001 Pacific Gas and Electric filed for bankruptcy.
2004 Jordan's military court convicted eight Muslim militants and sentenced them to death for the 2002 killing of U.S. aid official Laurence Foley in a terror conspiracy linked to al-Qaida.
2004 The University of Connecticut became the first school to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball titles in the same season as the women's team beat Tennessee 70-61 for their third consecutive championship.
Chart Toppers
1944
It’s Love, Love, Love - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Skip Nelson)
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen)
I Love You - Bing Crosby
Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry - Al Dexter
1952
Wheel of Fortune - Kay Starr
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Please, Mr. Sun - Johnnie Ray
(When You Feel like You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There - Carl Smith
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Puppy Love - Paul Anka
Sink the Bismarck - Johnny Horton
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Young Girl - The Union Gap
La - La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics
How Long Will My Baby Be Gone - Buck Owens
1976
Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
Sweet Thing - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
You’ll Lose a Good Thing - Freddy Fender
1984
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) - Phil Collins
Let’s Stop Talkin’ About It - Janie Fricke
Quote of the Day
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
Evan Esar, Humorist (1899 - 1995)
Today's Birthdays
1483 Raphael Santi, artist (Marriage of the Virgin) died Apr 6, 1520
1884 Walter Huston (Houghston), actor (Treasure of the Sierra Madre) died Apr 7, 1950
1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, aircraft pioneer; died Dec 23, 1939
1892 Donald Wills Douglas, aircraft pioneer (McDonnell Douglas) died Feb1, 1981
1892 Lowell Thomas, pioneer broadcast journalist; died Aug 29, 1981
1928 Joi Lansing (Joyce Wassmansdoff), actress (Singin’ in the Rain) died Aug 7, 1972
1931 Ivan Dixon, actor (Hogan's Heroes) died March 16, 2008
1937 Merle Haggard, country singer/songwriter (Okie from Muskogee)
1937 Billy Dee (December) Williams, actor (Brian’s Song, Star Wars series)
1941 Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, American drag racer
1942 Barry Levinson, director/screenwriter (Rain Man, The Natural)
1944 Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam), singer (The Mamas and the Papas)
1944 John Stax, bassist (The Pretty Things)
1946 Danny Kortchmar, session guitarist/producer, songwriter
1947 John Ratzenberger, actor (Cheers)
1952 Marilu Henner (Mary Lucy Denise Pudlowski), actress (Taxi)
1955 Michael Rooker, actor (Days of Thunder)
1962 Stan Cullimore, songwriter/guitar (The Housemartins)
1964 Johnny Dee, drummer (Britny Fox)
1965 Frank Black, singer/musician (The Pixies)
1969 Paul Rudd, actor (The 40-Year Old Virgin)
1970 Olaf Kolzig, NHL goaltender (Washington Capitals)
1972 Jason Hervey, actor (The Wonder Years)
1973 Markku Lappalainen, bassist (Hoobastank)
1975 Zach Braff, actor/screenwriter/director (Scrubs, Garden State)
1976 Candace Cameron Bure, actress (Full House)
1983 Diora Baird, actress (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning)
Today's Deaths in History
1199 Richard I the Lionheart, King of England, dies at 41
1520 Raphael Santi, artist, dies on his 37th birthday
1970 Samuel Sheppard, physician (subject of The Fugitive) dies at 46
1971 Igor Stravinsky, composer, dies at 88
1992 Isaac Asimov, science fiction writer (I, Robot) dies at 72
1996 Greer Garson, actress (The Singing Nun) dies at 91
1995 Tammy Wynette, the First Lady of Country Music (Stand By Your Man), dies at 55
1997 Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Washington redskins) dies at 84
1998 Wendy O. Williams, punk singer (The Plasmatics) commits suicide at 48
2003 David Bloom, NBC journalist, killed at 39 while covering the invasion of Iraq
2004 Niki Sullivan, guitarist (The Crickets) dies at 66
2005 Prince Rainier of Monaco dies at 81
Today in History
1862 The Civil War battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee as Confederate forces launched a surprise attack against Union troops, who beat back the Confederates the next day.
1896 The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.
1909 Commodore Robert Peary and Matthew H. Henson, Peary’s servant, became the first men to reach the North Pole.
1916 Charlie Chaplin signed a movie contract with the Mutual Film Corporation.
1917 Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany.
1927 William P. MacCracken, Jr. earned license number ‘1’ when the Department of Commerce issued the first aviator’s license.
1931 Little Orphan Annie, the comic strip character developed by Harold Gray, came to life on the NBC Blue network.
1945 This is Your FBI debuted on ABC radio.
1947 The first Tony Awards were presented for theatrical achievements.
1956 Capitol Tower, the home of Capitol Records in Hollywood, CA, was dedicated.
1957 Trolley cars in New York City completed their final runs.
1958 Arnold Palmer won his first major pro golf tournament by capturing the Masters in Augusta, GA.
1959 Hal Holbrook opened in the critically acclaimed, off-Broadway presentation of Mark Twain Tonight.
1973 The Stylistics received a gold record for their ballad hit, "Break Up to Make Up."
1974 The first concert film featuring a soundtrack in quadraphonic sound opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre (Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones).
1983 Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."
1987 Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis said on ABC's "Nightline" that blacks "may not have some of the necessities" to hold managerial jobs in major-league baseball (Campanis resigned two days later).
1994 Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun announced his retirement.
1994 The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash near Rwanda's capital.
1998 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time.
1998 Pakistan successfully tested a medium-range missile capable of striking neighboring India.
2001 Algerian national Ahmed Ressam, accused of bringing explosives into the United States days before the millennium celebrations, was convicted twice in the same day - first in France for belonging to a group supporting Islamic militants, then in Los Angeles on terror charges.
2001 Pacific Gas and Electric filed for bankruptcy.
2004 Jordan's military court convicted eight Muslim militants and sentenced them to death for the 2002 killing of U.S. aid official Laurence Foley in a terror conspiracy linked to al-Qaida.
2004 The University of Connecticut became the first school to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball titles in the same season as the women's team beat Tennessee 70-61 for their third consecutive championship.
Chart Toppers
1944
It’s Love, Love, Love - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Skip Nelson)
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen)
I Love You - Bing Crosby
Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry - Al Dexter
1952
Wheel of Fortune - Kay Starr
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Please, Mr. Sun - Johnnie Ray
(When You Feel like You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There - Carl Smith
1960
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Puppy Love - Paul Anka
Sink the Bismarck - Johnny Horton
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1968
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Young Girl - The Union Gap
La - La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics
How Long Will My Baby Be Gone - Buck Owens
1976
Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
Sweet Thing - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
You’ll Lose a Good Thing - Freddy Fender
1984
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) - Phil Collins
Let’s Stop Talkin’ About It - Janie Fricke
Quote of the Day
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
Evan Esar, Humorist (1899 - 1995)
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