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People on March 7th: birthdates

Raquel Alessi: 1983 (is 29 in 2012, 30 in 2013)
Actress, Miss March
Andrey Marie Anderson: 1975 (is 37 in 2012, 38 in 2013)
Actress
Hamilton Bohannon: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Singer, Songwriter, Drummer, Disco Stomp
Bill Brochtrup: 1963 (is 49 in 2012, 50 in 2013)
TV Actor, NYPD Blue's John Irvin
Paul Cattermole: 1977 (is 35 in 2012, 36 in 2013)
Pop Singer, of S Club 7
Bryan Cranston: 1956 (is 56 in 2012, 57 in 2013)
Actor, Malcolm in the Middle's Hal
Cameron Daddo: 1965 (is 47 in 2012, 48 in 2013)
TV/Stage Actor, Game Show Host, Singer, Australian, Models Inc.'s Brian Peterson
Richard Darbyshire: 1960 (is 52 in 2012, 53 in 2013)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, British, of Living In A Box (not Mar 8)
Paul Davis: 1966 (is 46 in 2012, 47 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Keyboardist, of Happy Mondays
Julia DeMato: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
Singer, American Idol Finalist #10 (2003)
Michael Eisner: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Film Executive, ex-Disney Prod. Chairman & CEO
Mary Beth Evans: 1961 (is 51 in 2012, 52 in 2013)
Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Kayla Johnson, General Hospital's Katherine Crawford Bell, As The World Turns's Sierra Esteban Montgomery
T. J Fantini: 1980 (is 32 in 2012, 33 in 2013)
Singer, of MMC
Hugo Ferreira: 1974 (is 38 in 2012, 39 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Tantric
Magnus Paulin Ferrell: 2004 (is 8 in 2012, 9 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Viveca Paulin and Will's son
Jenna Fischer: 1974 (is 38 in 2012, 39 in 2013)
Actress, The Office's Pam Beesly
Matthew Fisher: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Keyboardist, Pianist, Songwriter, English, b. in London; of Procol Harum
Matt Frenette: 1954 (is 58 in 2012, 59 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Drummer, Canadian, of Loverboy
Chad Gabriel: 1975 (is 37 in 2012, 38 in 2013)
Actor, Hang Time's Danny Melon
Denyce Graves: 1964 (is 48 in 2012, 49 in 2013)
Opera Singer
J. William Grimes: 1941 (is 71 in 2012, 72 in 2013)
Businessperson, chairman & CEO of ESPN
Randy Guss: 1967 (is 45 in 2012, 46 in 2013)
Modern Rock Musician, of Toad the Wet Sprocket
Jennifer Hammon: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Port Charles' Karen Wexler Cates
Jennifer Harmmon: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Port Charles' Karen Wexler
Jennifer Harmon: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Port Charles' Dr. Karen Wexler Cates
James Harris: 2002 (is 10 in 2012, 11 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Peta Wilson and Damian's son
John Heard: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, b. in Washington, DC; Home Alone, Kate & Allie's Max McArdle, The Client's Roy Foltrigg, The Sopranos' Detective Vin Makazian; some say 1945 or 1948; Margot Kidder's ex-; some say b. Mar 8
Ernie Isley: 1951 (is 61 in 2012, 62 in 2013)?
HALL OF FAMER, Pop Singer, of The Isley Brothers (their younger brother who joined later on); some say b. Mar 7, 1952 (is 60 in 2012)
Sebastien Izambard: 1973 (is 39 in 2012, 40 in 2013)
Singer, Classical singer
Jessica Jiminez: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Guiding Light's Catalina Quesada
Richard Lawson: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actor, Soap Actor, Poltergeist, Molly Dodd, Chicago Story, Dynasty's Nick Kimball, All My Children's Lucas Barnes
Donna Loren: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
Singer, Actress, The Dr. Pepper Girl 60s, Beach Blanket Bingo
John Malone: 1941 (is 71 in 2012, 72 in 2013)
Businessperson, Executive, T.C.I. C.E.O. (M.O.U.S.E.) ha ha!
Marion Marlowe: 1929 (is 83 in 2012, 84 in 2013)
Singer, Actress, of Arthur Godfrey & His Friends
Andrew Masset: yr unknown
Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives' Larry Welch, One Life to Live's Gov. Harrison Brooks
Rik Mayall: 1958 (is 54 in 2012, 55 in 2013)
Comedian
Donna Murphy: 1958 (is 54 in 2012, 55 in 2013)?
Actress, Spiderman 2; some say b. Mar 7, 1959 (is 53 in 2012)
Chrystee Pharris: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Passions' Simone Russell; MarLN: Larkin
Mark Pinter: 1950 (is 62 in 2012, 63 in 2013)
TV/Soap Actor, Another World's Grant Harrison, All My Children's Roger Smythe, Guiding Light's Brad Green
Laura Prepon: 1980 (is 32 in 2012, 33 in 2013)
Actress, That 70's Show's Donna Pinciotti
Jennifer Roszell: 1966 (is 46 in 2012, 47 in 2013)
Soap Actress, Guiding Light's Eleni Cooper
Jennifer Russell: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Guiding Light's Eleni
Peter Sarsgaard: 1971 (is 41 in 2012, 42 in 2013)
Movie Actor, Boys Don't Cry, Garden State, Kinsey, Jarhead
Willard Herman Scott: 1934 (is 78 in 2012, 79 in 2013)
Weatherman, b. in Alexandria, VA; Hogan Family's Peter Poole, of Today Show; some say May 7; once played Bozo the Clown
Nick Searcy: 1959 (is 53 in 2012, 54 in 2013)
Actor
Jules Shear: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Musician, soloist; NOT in Squeeze
Lord Snowdon: 1930 (is 82 in 2012, 83 in 2013)
Photographer, English, b. in London; RN:Anthony Armstrong Jones, aka Earl of Snowdon; Princess Margaret's ex-
Lewis J. Stadlen: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
TV/Stage Actor, Benson's John Taylor, Minnie's Boys' Groucho Marx
Wanda Sykes: 1964 (is 48 in 2012, 49 in 2013)
Actress, Wanda at Large's Wanda Hawkins, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Leon Frank Sylvers: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Sylvers
Chris Taylor-White: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Bassist, British, of The Zombies
TJ Thyne: 1975 (is 37 in 2012, 38 in 2013)
Actor
Daniel J. Travanti: 1940 (is 72 in 2012, 73 in 2013)
TV/Stage Actor, b. in Kenosha, Wis.; Othello, General Hospital 1979, Hill St. Blues' Captain Frank Furillo, Adam, Missing Persons' Lt. Ray McAuliffe
Ryder Dylan Treadway: 2006 (is 6 in 2012, 7 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Monica and Ty's son
Rachel Weisz: 1971 (is 41 in 2012, 42 in 2013)
Actress, English, About a Boy, The Mummy, The Constant Gardener
Chris White: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Performer, of The Zombies
Peter Wolf: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, Rock & Roll Musician, Music Producer, Songwriter, Radio Disc Jock, b. in Boston; RLN:Blankfield; J. Geils Band lead; soloist; Faye Dunaway's hubby '75-9

People on March 7th: birth anniversaries

Tammy Faye Bakker: 1942=d.Jul 20, 2007 (was 65)
TV Hostess, LN:Messner; Jim's ex-wife; ex-PTL Club
Lola Beltran: 1932=d.Mar 24, 1996 (was 64)
Singer, Actress, Mexican, recorded 78 albums and in over 60 Mexican movies
John Bratton: 1831=d.1898
General, Physician, Old Reliable Brig Gen'l of Confederate Army
James Joseph Broderick: 1930=d.Nov 1, 1982 (was 52)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Charlestown, NH; Brenner's Off. Ernie Brenner, Family's Doug Lawrence; Matthew's dad
Luther Burbank: 1849=d.Apr 11, 1926 (was 77)
Scientist, Naturalist, Author, Horticulturist, b. in Lancaster, Mass.
Morton da Costa: 1914=d.Jan 29, 1989 (was 74)
Stage Producer/Director, Music Man, No Time for Sargeants, Auntie Mame
Henry Draper: 1837=d.Nov 20, 1882 (was 45)
Astronomer, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)
Nat Gonella: 1908=d.Aug 6, 1998 (was 90)
Jazz Performer, Trumpeter, English
Sir John F. W. Herschel: 1792=d.Aug 25, 1882 (was 90)
Astronomer, English, discovered Uranus, added over 500 nebulae and clusters of stars to those already known.
Stephen Hopkins: 1707=d.Jul 13, 1785 (was 78)
Judge/Jurist, Educator, Governor, Merchant, Declaration of Independence signer
King Kamehameha III Of Hawaii: 1813=d.Dec 15, 1854 (was 41)
King, ruled 1825-1854
Anne Kristen: 1937=d.Aug 7, 1996 (was 59)
Actress
Sir Edwin Landseer: 1802=d.Oct 1, 1873 (was 71)
Painter, Sculptor, British
Arthur Lee: 1945=d.Aug 3, 2006 (was 61)
Rock & Roll Singer, Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Love
Joseph Lee: 1862=d.Jul 28, 1937 (was 75)
Inventor, pioneered playgrounds for kids
Alessandro Manzoni: 1785=d.May 22, 1873 (was 88)
Poet, Novelist, Italian
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk: 1850=d.Sep 14, 1937 (was 87)
Statesman, Philosopher, Writer, MN:Garrigue; chief founder and first president of Czechoslovakia (1918-35), born in Goding, Moravia, Austrian Empire.
Joseph Niepce: 1765=d.Jul 5, 1833 (was 68)
Inventor, French, photography
Liam O'Brien: 1913=d.Mar 24, 1996 (was 83)
TV/Movie Producer, Miami Vice, Police Story, motion pictures
Pope Clement XIII: 1693=d.Feb 2, 1769
Pope, pope 1758-69
Maurice Joseph Ravel: 1875=d.Dec 28, 1937 (was 62)
Composer, French, b. in Cibourne; Bolero; d. in Paris
Heinz Ruehmann: 1902=d.Oct 4, 1994 (was 92)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, German
Alan Sues: 1926=d.Dec 1, 2011 (was 85)
Comedian, Sportscaster, Laugh In's sportscaster Big Al & big blond nut
Townes Van Zandt: 1944=d.Jan 1, 1997 (was 52)
Singer, Songwriter, belived to be b. Mar 7, not June 7
Lee Young: 1914=d.Jul 31, 2008 (was 94)
Drummer, Jazz Performer, Lester's brother

People on March 7th: death anniversaries

Jack Anglin: 1963 (was 46)/b.May 13, 1916
Country Singer/Guitarist, of Johnnie and Jack
St. Thomas Aquinas: 1274 (was 48)/b.1225
Theologian, Philosopher, Italian
Aristotle: 322B.C./b.384B.C.
Philosopher, Scientist, Greek, Gay
Barney Balaban: 1971 (was 83)/b.Jun 8, 1887
Film Executive, Paramount Pictures Prez
Nicholas Biddle: 1778 (was 27)/b.Sep 10, 1750
Naval Officer, Captain in the Continental Army
Francois Blanchard: 1809 (was 55)/b.Jul 4, 1753
Balloonist, French, FMN:Jean-Pierre-; made the first balloon flights in England and U.S.A.
Ben Blue: 1975 (was 73)/b.Sep 12, 1901
Movie/Stage Actor, Comedian, Dancer, Vaudevillan, Canadian, RN:Benjamin Bernstein
Jimmy Boyd: 2009 (was 69)/b.Jan 9, 1940
Actor, Singer, Date with the Angels, Bachelor Father's Howard Meechim, sang "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus".
Robert Bray: 1983 (was 65)/b.Oct 23, 1917
Actor, Lassie's Corey Stuart
Aristide Briand: 1932 (was 69)/b.Mar 28, 1862
Head of State, French
Frankie Carle: 2001 (was 97)/b.Mar 25, 1903
Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, RN:Francis Nunzio Carlone
Divine: 1988 (was 42)/b.Oct 19, 1945
TV/Movie Actor, TV/Movie Actress, Singer, Transvestite, Pink Flamingo, resembled a blown-up Dolly Parton; RN:Glen Harris Milston
Julian Eltinge: 1941 (was 57)/b.May 14, 1883
Actor, Female Impersonator, Vaudevillan
Lowell Fulson: 1999 (was 77)/b.Mar 31, 1921
Blues Singer, Country Singer, Guitarist, linking figure between classic blues and R&B
Yisrael Galili: 1995 (was 72)/b.yr unknown
Inventor, the man who invented the Galil submachine gun and helped create Israel's famed Uzi submachine gun
John Gnagy: 1981 (was 74)/b.Jan 13, 1907
TV Host, Artist, Art instructor; You Are an Artist
Charles Gray: 2000 (was 71)/b.Aug 29, 1928
Actor, English, Gunslinger, Rawhide's Clay Forrester, You Only Live Twice, For Your Eyes Only, Diamonds Are Forever. Taught the world to "Time Warp" in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Will H. Hays: 1954 (was 74)/b.Nov 5, 1879
Film Executive, a czar of the movie industry
James Bryan Herrick: 1954 (was 92)/b.Aug 11, 1861
Physician, the first to observe and describe sickle-cell anemia.
Jacob K. Javits: 1986 (was 81)/b.May 18, 1904
Senator
Pee Wee King: 2000 (was 86)/b.Feb 18, 1914
Country Singer, Bandleader, Composer/Songwriter, Accordionist, Violinist, b. in Abrams, Wis.; RN:Julius Frank Kuczynski
Stanley Kubrick: 1999 (was 70)/b.Jul 26, 1928
Movie Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, Jewish, b. in New York City; Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut
Edward Levi: 2000 (was 88)/b.Jun 26, 1911
Professor
Robert R. Livingston: 1988 (was 79)/b.Dec 9, 1908
Movie Actor, RN:Robert E. Randall; the "Unmasked" Lone Ranger
Edwin Markham: 1940 (was 87)/b.Apr 23, 1852
Poet, first winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937
Mike Millward: 1966 (was 23)/b.May 9, 1942
Singer, Rhythm Guitarist, British, of The Fourmost
Gordon Parks: 2006 (was 93)/b.Nov 30, 1912
Movie Director, Author, Photographer, Novelist, Screen/Scriptwriter
Antoninus Pius: 161 (was 74)/b.Sep 19, 86A.D.
King, Roman emperor from AD 138 to 161.
Pope Innocent XIII: 1724 (was 68)/b.May 13, 1655
Pope, Pope 1721-1724
Sergei Prokofiev: 1953 (was 61)/b.Apr 23, 1891
Composer, Russian, Musician, MN:Sergeevich; Romeo & Juliet; Peter & the Wolf; d. Mar 5?
Leonie Rysanek: 1998 (was 71)/b.Nov 14, 1926
Soprano, Austrian, not b. 1928; gave over 2,100 performances on the world's leading opera stages
George Schick: 1985 (was 76)/b.Apr 5, 1908
Conductor, Chicago Symphony
Willie Smith: 1967 (was 56)/b.Nov 25, 1910
Jazz Performer, Alto-sax, Clarinetist, Singer, Arranger, Reeds, of Duke Ellington band
Paul Winfield: 2004 (was 62)/b.May 22, 1941
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Los Angeles; Julia's Paul Cameron, Roots, The Blue & the Gray, 227's Julian C. Barlow, Family Matters; some say b. 1940

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In 1583, the day is proclaimed Thomas Aquinas Day.

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Government and Politics on March 7th

In 1644, Massachusetts established the first two-chamber legislature in the colonies.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on March 7th

In 1793, during the French Revolutionary Wars, France declared war on Spain.

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Royalty and Religious events on March 7th

In 1530, King Henry VIII's request for a divorce was turned down by the Pope. Henry then declared that he, not the Pope, was the supreme head of England's church.

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Human Achievement and Science events on March 7th

In 1778, Capt. James Cook first sighted the Oregon coast at Yaquina Bay.

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Arts and Prose events on March 7th

In 1985, 27 years ago, Following five decades of publication and chronicling social and consumer issues, "Commonwealth" magazine ceased publication.

Weird and Other events on March 7th

In 1921, 03 x 07 = 21

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My events on March 7th

In 1983, D.T. bought the videogame system ColecoVision, which claimed to make obsolence obsolete. It too is obsolete.

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"difference between a house and a home - a family."

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"It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others"

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"Now that I've given up hope I feel much better"

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"Frequently returned Christmas gift: Hickory Farms Cologne"

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"The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map. - Murphy's Military Laws"

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"To define recursion, we must first define recursion"

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"I found out who the spirit was that designed the Winchester Mystery House. Helen Keller."

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"you use the "O" on the stop sign in front of your house to sight in your new rifle."

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"DIMP (dimp) n. A person who insults you in a cheap department store by asking, "Do you work here?""

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"What's Your Invention?: Pat Tent"

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"COMMUTER TAX ON NEW YORKERS KILLED IN NEW JERSEY"

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"You have ever stayed up all night coding...For fun"

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"Cpu - C3po's mother"

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"Scrotum: Small planet near Uranus."

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"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is... ...that it is comprehensible, at least in part"

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"What's Hannibal's idea of a romantic dinner? Eating Johnny Mathis!"

Today's They Do It...
"PRINCE CHARLES does it in succession"

Today's Old Never Die...
"OLD TRUCK DRIVERS never die; they just get a new Peterbilt"

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"Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art., The Adventues of Tom Sawyer"

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"French culture"

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"smile..people will wonder what you've been up to."

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