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Old 03-17-2009, 11:37 PM   #1
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1881
Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opened in Madison Square Gardens.



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Old 03-18-2009, 10:07 PM   #2
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March 19th

1920
The United States Senate voted down signing the Treaty of Versailles for the second time.

1931
Nevada state legislature legalized gambling.

1945
Kamikaze planes attacked the U.S. carrier Franklin off Japan, killing about 800 people.

1953
The Academy Awards were first televised.

1954
Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in color.

1954
Willie Mosconi sets the world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, OH. The record still stands as of today.

1962
Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album was released.

1982
Guitar legend Randy Rhoads died in a plane accident while on tour with Ozzy, he was 25.

1985
"Spin Magazine" began publishing.

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.

1997
Artist Willem de Kooning died at age 92.

2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom is launched with air strikes on Baghdad, the beginning of the war with Iraq (March 20 in Iraq).

2003
Mahmoud Abbas became prime minister of Palestine. He would later succeed Yasir Arafat as head of the PLO and president of the Palestinian Authority.

2008
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke died at age 90.

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76 Philip Roth Author
76 Renee Taylor Actress
73 Ursula Andress Actress
63 Ruth Pointer Singer (The Pointer Sisters)
62 Glenn Close Actress
57 Harvey Weinstein Movie producer
54 Bruce Willis Actor
51 Andy Reid Football coach
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35 Vida Guerra Cuban-born model, actress, and singer
33 Zach Lind Rock musician (Jimmy Eat World)
30 Abby Brammell Actress ("The Unit")
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20 Craig Lamar Traylor Actor ("Malcolm in the Middle")

83 Thomas McKean 3/19/1734 - 6/24/1817 American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence
80 Wyatt Earp 3/19/1848 - 1/13/1929 American frontiersman; became lawman and gambler
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Old 03-18-2009, 11:03 PM   #3
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March 19th

1995
After giving up an attempt to become a major league baseball player, Michael Jordan returned to pro basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls.


2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom is launched with air strikes on Baghdad, the beginning of the war with Iraq (March 20 in Iraq).


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March 20th

1413
England's King Henry IV died.

1602
The Dutch East India Company was established. During its 196-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.

1727
English physicist/astronomer Sir Isaac Newton died in London at age 84.

1760
The "Great Fire" of Boston, Massachusetts destroys 349 buildings.

1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published.

1916
Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

1969
John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.

1985
Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod.

1991
Eric Clapton's 4 year old son, Conor, died after falling from a 53rd story New York City apartment window.

1995
Two members of the Japanese cult Aum Sinrikyo released poisonous gas in a Tokyo subway stop during rush hour, killing 12 people and sending over 5,000 to the hospital for treatment.

1995
Professional wrestler Big John Studd died from cancer at age 47.

1996
A jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their millionaire parents. (They are serving life without parole.)

1999
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first to fly a hot-air balloon nonstop around the world.

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64 Pat Riley Basketball player and coach
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59 William Hurt Actor
55 Mike Francesa Sports talk show host
52 Amy Aquino Actress
52 Vanessa Bell Calloway Actress
52 Spike Lee Director
52 Theresa Russell Actress
51 Holly Hunter Actress
50 Sting Professional wrestler
46 Kathy Ireland Model
46 David Thewlis Actor
41 Liza Snyder Actress ("Yes, Dear")
39 Michael Rapaport Actor
38 Alexander Chaplin Actor
33 Chester Bennington Rock singer (Linkin Park)
31 Michael Genadry Actor
30 Bianca Lawson Actress
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74 Fred Rogers 3/20/1928 - 2/27/2003 American educator, minister, songwriter, and television host. Rogers was the host of the television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, in production from 1968 to 2001. Rogers was also an ordained Presbyterian minister.
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1916
Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.



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Old 03-22-2009, 11:08 PM   #6
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1775
Patrick Henry declared "Give me liberty, or give me death."

1806
Lewis and Clark began their return journey east.

1919
Benito Mussolini founded his own party in Italy, the Fasci di Combattimento.

1952
Bill Mosienkp (Chicago Black Hawks) scored the fastest hat trick in NHL history. He scored 3 goals in 21 seconds.

1983
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proposed a space-based missile defense system called the Strategic Defense Initiative or “Star Wars.”

1994
Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke Gordie Howe's National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal.

1998
The motion picture epic “Titanic” won 11 Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards, tying it with “Ben-Hur” for the most ever.

2001
Russia's Mir space station ended its 15-year orbit of the Earth, splashing down in the South Pacific.

2003
A U.S. Army convoy was ambushed in Iraq with 11 killed and seven captured, including Pfc. Jessica Lynch.

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60 Ric Ocasek Rock musician (The Cars)
56 Chaka Khan R&B singer
54 Moses Malone Basketball Hall of Famer
52 Amanda Plummer Actress
50 seagarsmoker Cigar Asylum Inmate
45 Hope Davis Actress
45 John Pinette Comedian
44 Richard Grieco Actor
44 Kevin Griffin Country musician (Yankee Grey)
43 Marin Hinkle Actress ("Two and a Half Men," "Once and Again")
39 Melissa Errico Actress, singer
36 Jason Kidd Basketball player
33 Michelle Monaghan Actress
33 Keri Russell Actress
31 Paul Martin Country singer (Marshall Dyllon)
31 Nicholle Tom Actress
31 Perez Hilton Television personality and blogger

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March 23rd


1952
Bill Mosienko (Chicago Black Hawks) scored the fastest hat trick in NHL history. He scored 3 goals in 21 seconds.
I know, no cigar, but how often to I have a chance to post a picture of one of my all-time faves?



1983
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proposed a space-based missile defense system called the Strategic Defense Initiative or “Star Wars.”

Another "no cigar"....sorry, had to do it. I posted him with a pipe recently.

1994
Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke Gordie Howe's National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal.


1998
The motion picture epic “Titanic” won 11 Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards, tying it with “Ben-Hur” for the most ever.
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1603
Queen Elizabeth I died at age 69 after ruling England for more than 40 years.

1765
Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.

1882
Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus.

1958
Rock 'n' roll star Elvis Presley joined the U.S. army for two years.

1962
Benny "Kid" Paret was knocked into unconsciousness in a boxing match with Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden. He died 10 days later. It was the first televised "death in the ring."

1971
The Boston Patriots changed their name to the New England Patriots.

1973
The album "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd was released.

1981
"Nightline" with Ted Koppel premiered.

1989
In one of worst oil spills in recent history, the tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground and released 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound.

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58 Dougie Thomson Rock musician (Supertramp)
58 Tommy Hilfiger Fashion designer
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55 Robert Carradine Actor
55 Donna Pescow Actress
49 Kelly LeBrock Actress
47 Star Jones TV personality
44 The Undertaker Professional wrestler
39 Lara Flynn Boyle Actress
36 Jim Parsons Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")
35 Alyson Hannigan Actress ("How I Met Your Mother", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", American Pie movies)
33 Peyton Manning Football player
29 Benj Gershman Rock musician (O.A.R.)
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19 Keisha Castle-Hughes Actress ("The Whale Rider")
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61 Georgius Agricola 3/24/1494 - 11/21/1555 German scholar and scientist known as the "father of mineralogy"
72 Rufus King 3/24/1755 - 4/29/1827 American founding father; helped frame the Constitution
62 William Morris 3/24/1834 - 10/3/1896 English designer, craftsman and poet
53 Harry Houdini 3/24/1874 - 10/31/1926 American magician and escape artist
46 Fatty Arbuckle 3/24/1887 - 6/29/1933 American silent film actor
80 George Sisler 3/24/1893 - 3/26/1973 Hall of Fame Baseball player
25 Clyde Barrow 3/24/1909 - 5/23/1934 American small-time robber
48 Gorgeous George 3/24/1915 - 12/26/1963 American professional wrestler
74 Norman Fell 3/24/1924 - 12/14/1998 American actor most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers.
50 Steve McQueen 3/24/1930 - 11/7/1980 American movie actor nicknamed "The King of Cool."
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1958
Rock 'n' roll star Elvis Presley joined the U.S. army for two years.


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1634
Maryland was founded by settlers sent by the late Lord Baltimore.

1655
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.

1668
The first horse race in America took place.

1894
Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, DC.

1911
A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.

1913
The Palace Theatre opened in New York City.

1931
The Scottsboro boys were arrested in Alabama.

1934
Horton Smith won the first Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.

1965
The 25,000-person Alabama Freedom March to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks, led by Martin Luther King Jr., ended its journey from Selma on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.

1970
The Concorde made its first supersonic flight.

1994
U.S. troops withdrew from Somalia.

1995
Boxer Mike Tyson was released from jail after serving 3 years.

1996
The redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.

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62 Elton John Rock singer-musician
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56 Mary Gross Actress, comedian
54 Lee Mazzilli Baseball player
51 James McDaniel Actor
49 Brenda Strong Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
48 Fred Goss Actor
48 John Stockwell Actor, writer, director
47 Marcia Cross Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
45 Lisa Gay Hamilton Actress
44 Sarah Jessica Parker Actress ("Sex in the City")
43 Tom Glavine Baseball player
30 Lee Pace Actor ("Pushing Daisies")
29 Jbailey Cigar Asylum Inmate
27 Sean Faris Actor
27 Danica Patrick Auto racer
25 Katherine McPhee Singer ("American Idol")
22 Jason Castro Singer ("American Idol")

55 Jack Ruby 3/25/1911 - 1/3/1967 Murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
77 Howard Cosell 3/25/1918 - 4/23/1995 American sports journalist
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1827
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died at age 56 in Vienna, Austria.

1830
The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.

1885
The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. of Rochester, N.Y., manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.

1892
Poet Walt Whitman died at age 72.

1934
Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom.

1945
The battle of Iwo Jima ended; about 22,000 Japanese troops were killed or captured in the fighting and more than 4,500 U.S. troops were killed.

1964
The musical "Funny Girl," starring Barbra Streisand, opened on Broadway.

1971
East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.

1982
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial took place in Washington, DC.

1992
A judge in Indianapolis sentenced former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson to six years in prison for raping a Miss Black America contestant.

1995
Rapper Eazy-E of N.W.A died from AIDS at 31 years old.

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."

1999
The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.

2000
Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.

2006
In Scotland, the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.

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69 Nancy Pelosi House Speaker
66 Bob Woodward Journalist
65 Diana Ross Singer
63 Johnny Crawford Actor
61 Steven Tyler Rock singer (Aerosmith)
60 Vicki Lawrence Singer, actress
60 Ernest Thomas Actor
59 Ronnie McDowell Country singer
59 Martin Short Actor, comedian
57 Monte Yoho Rock musician (Outlaws)
54 Dean Dillon Country singer
53 Charly McClain Country singer
52 Leeza Gibbons TV personality
49 Marcus Allen Football Hall of Famer
49 Jennifer Grey Actress ("Dirty Dancing")
49 Smokin Gator Cigar Asylum Inmate
47 John Stockton Basketball player
43 Michael Imperioli Actor ("The Sopranos", "Life on Mars")
41 Kenny Chesney Country singer
41 James Iha Rock musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
36 T.R. Knight Actor ("Grey's Anatomy")
35 TRicker Cigar Asylum Inmate
34 Juvenile Rapper
33 Amy Smart Actress
32 Bianca Kajlich Actress
27 Hardcz Cigar Asylum Inmate
24 Keira Knightley Actress

88 Robert Frost 3/26/1874 - 1/29/1963 American poet known for his depictions of New England rural life
71 Tennessee Williams 3/26/1911 - 2/25/1983 American dramatist and author
79 Gordon Tiffault 3/26/1917 - 8/1/1996 WWII Vet, grandfather & best friend of MedicCook
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1892
Poet Walt Whitman died at age 72.


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1513
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida.

1794
Congress authorizes the construction of six frigates, including the Constitution (Old Ironsides), for the U.S. Navy.

1866
President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill which later became the 14th amendment.

1884
The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.

1917
The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup.

1939
Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball tournament with a 46-33 victory over Ohio State in Evanston, Ill.

1964
A 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 117 and producing a 50-foot tsunami that traveled over 8,000 miles.

1977
Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s collided on a runway in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. The 542 people killed is the highest ever for an aviation disaster.

1998
The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer, to fight male impotence.

2002
Comedian Milton Berle died at age 93.

2002
Actor, comedian & musician Dudley Moore died at age 66.

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67 Michael York Actor
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57 Maria Schneider Actress
50 Andrew Farriss Rock musician (INXS)
46 Quentin Tarantino Director
45 Derrick McKenzie Rock musician (Jamiroquai)
42 Talisa Soto Actress
40 Pauley Perrette Actress
39 Brendan Hill Rock musician (Blues Traveler)
39 Elizabeth Mitchell Actress
39 Mariah Carey Singer
38 Nathan Fillion Actor ("Firefly")
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34 Fergie Singer (Black Eyed Peas)
26 Jokermann Cigar Asylum Inmate
25 Emily Ann Lloyd Actress
21 Brenda Song Actress
14 Taylor Atelian Actress ("According to Jim")
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70 Sir Henry Royce 3/27/1863 - 4/22/1933 English industrialist; a founder of Rolls-Royce Ltd.
50 Miller Huggins 3/27/1879 - 9/25/1929 Baseball Hall of Famer, nicknamed "Mighty Mite", was a baseball player and manager. He managed the powerhouse New York Yankee teams of the 1920s and won six American League pennants and three World Series championships.
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1797
Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.

1939
The Spanish Civil War ended.

1941
Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf drowned herself near her home in England at age 59.

1943
Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff died at age 70.

1969
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 78.

1979
Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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66 Conchata Ferrell Actress
65 Ken Howard Actor ("The White Shadow")
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1822
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1842
Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation.

1856
The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War.

1858
Hymen Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser.

1867
A treaty for the purchase of Alaska from Russia for the sum of 7.2 million, approximately two cents an acre, was submitted to the U.S. Senate.

1870
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race.

1870
Texas was readmitted to the Union.

1909
The Queensboro Bridge, linking the New York boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, opened.

1964
The game show Jeopardy debuted on television.

1981
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1986
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2002
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59 Robbie Coltrane Actor
52 Paul Reiser Actor, comedian ("Mad About You")
46 MC Hammer Rapper
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1727
Sir Isaac Newton an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian and one of the most influential men in human history died at 84.

1850
John C. Calhoun the 7th Vice President of the United States died at age 68.

1889
The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened.

1917
The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands.

1918
Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States.

1943
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opened on Broadway.

1949
Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province.

1959
The Dalai Lama, fleeing Chinese repression of an uprising in Tibet, arrived at the Indian border and was granted political asylum.

1968
President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not run for re-election.

1985
The first Wrestlemania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE, performed in Maddison Sq Gardens in New York

1993
Brandon Bruce Lee son of Bruce Lee was accidental shot and killed during the filming of 'The Crow', he was 28.

1995
Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, is shot by the president of her fan club in Corpus Christi, Texas.

1995
Major League Baseball players agreed to end the sport’s longest strike in history after a judge ordered a preliminary injunction against team owners.

2005
Terry Schiavo died 13 days after her feeding tube was removed.

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75 Shirley Jones Actress ("The Partridge Family")
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64 Gabe Kaplan Actor, comedian ("Welcome Back Kotter")
61 Rhea Perlman Actress ("Cheers")
61 Al Gore Former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner and self proclaimed inventor of the internet
59 Ed Marinaro Actor ("Hill Street Blues")
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