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People on March 8th: birthdates

Cooper Alan: 1987 (is 25 in 2012, 26 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Jennifer O'Neill & Richard's son
Mike Allsup: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Three Dog Night
Cheryl Baker: 1954 (is 58 in 2012, 59 in 2013)
Rockabilly Singer, British, of Bucks Fizz
Jim Bouton: 1939 (is 73 in 2012, 74 in 2013)
Sportscaster, Actor, MLB Pitcher, Writer, Ball Four author & star
Clive Burr: 1957 (is 55 in 2012, 56 in 2013)
Heavy Metal Drummer, Singer, English, of Iron Maiden
Tom Chaplin: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, of Keane
Susan Clark: 1940 (is 72 in 2012, 73 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actress, Canadian, b. in Ontario; Webster's Katherine Calder-Young Papadapolis; some say 1944
George Coleman: 1935 (is 77 in 2012, 78 in 2013)
Tenor-sax
Gaz Coombes: 1976 (is 36 in 2012, 37 in 2013)
Music Figure, of Supergrass
Kristinia DeBarge: 1990 (is 22 in 2012, 23 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Richard Derbyshire: 1960 (is 52 in 2012, 53 in 2013)
Singer, Songwriter, English, of Living in a Box
Micky Dolenz: 1945 (is 67 in 2012, 68 in 2013)
TV Actor, Rock & Roll Singer, Rock & Roll Drummer, Cartoon Voicist, b. in Los Angeles; George's son; Circus Boy's Corky, The Monkees' Micky; RFN:George Michael, aka LN:Braddock, Hanna-Barbera cartoons
Jimmy Dormire: 1960 (is 52 in 2012, 53 in 2013)
Country Musician, of Confederate Railroad
Ralph Ellis: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, Rhythm Guitarist, British, of The Swinging Bluejeans
Mel Galley: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Whitesnake
Peter "Pedro" "Ged" Gill: 1960 (is 52 in 2012, 53 in 2013)?
Rock & Roll Drummer, British, of Frankie Goes to Hollywood; some say b. Jan 8, 1963 (is 49 in 2012), b. Jan 8, 1964 (is 48 in 2012), or b. Mar 8, 1964 (is 48 in 2012)
Nicole Stone Henton: 2004 (is 8 in 2012, 9 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Michelle Delaney and John's daughter
Lester Holt: 1959 (is 53 in 2012, 54 in 2013)
Newscaster
Dick Hyman: 1927 (is 85 in 2012, 86 in 2013)
Pianist, Conductor/Composer, Arranger, Organist
Judy Johnson: 1928 (is 84 in 2012, 85 in 2013)
Singer, Your Show of Shows reg
Boris Kodjoe: 1973 (is 39 in 2012, 40 in 2013)
Actor, Soul Food
Dave Lambert: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, British, of The Strawbs
Sue Ane Langdon: 1936 (is 76 in 2012, 77 in 2013)
TV Actress, Soap Actress, Bachelor Father's Kitty Marsh, Jackie Gleason Show reg, Arnie, General Hospital's Marge
Leon: 1963 (is 49 in 2012, 50 in 2013)
Actor
Camryn Manheim: 1961 (is 51 in 2012, 52 in 2013)
Actor, The Practice's Ellenor Frutt; some say b. 1964
Milo Jacob Manheim: 2001 (is 11 in 2012, 12 in 2013)?
Celebrity Son, Camryn Manheim and a mystery father's son; some say b. Mar 6, 2001 (is 11 in 2012)
Little Peggy March: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
Pop Singer, b. in Lansdale, PA; RN:Margaret Battavio; I Will Follow Him
Randy Meisner: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Bassist, Singer, Songwriter, b. in Scottsbluff, NE; of The Eagles, Poco, soloist
Bob Moffatt: 1984 (is 28 in 2012, 29 in 2013)
Country/Western Performer, of the Moffatts
Clint Moffatt: 1984 (is 28 in 2012, 29 in 2013)
Country/Western Performer, of the Moffatts
Dave Moffatt: 1984 (is 28 in 2012, 29 in 2013)
Country/Western Performer, of the Moffatts
Shawn Mullins: 1968 (is 44 in 2012, 45 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Performer, of The Thorns
Pauline Murray: 1958 (is 54 in 2012, 55 in 2013)
Singer, British, of Penetrations
Gary Numan: 1958 (is 54 in 2012, 55 in 2013)
New Wave Singer, Synthesizer, Songwriter, British, RN:Gary Anthony James Webb; Cars
Andrea Parker: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
TV Actress, JAG's Lt. Caitlin Pike, The Pretender's Miss Parker, Less Than Perfect's Lydia Weston, ER's Linda Farrell
Freddie Jr. Prinze: 1976 (is 36 in 2012, 37 in 2013)
Movie Actor, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Scooby Doo movies 2002 and 04, Freddie's Freddie Moreno
Aidan Quinn: 1959 (is 53 in 2012, 54 in 2013)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, All My Sons, Reckless, Stakeout, Blink, Desparately Seeking Susan, Michael Collins, Practical Magic, Music of the Heart
Andy Ross: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Performer, of OK Go
Cynthia Rothrock: 1957 (is 55 in 2012, 56 in 2013)
Actress
Carole Bayer Sager: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
Songwriter, Lyricist, Music Producer, b. in New York City; Burt Bacharach's ex-wife
Kathy Shower: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
Actress
Raynoma Gordy Singleton: 1937 (is 75 in 2012, 76 in 2013)
Music Executive, Motown co-founder
Molly Kate Skaggs: 1984 (is 28 in 2012, 29 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Sharon & Ricky's daughter
Ron Taylor: 1934 (is 78 in 2012, 79 in 2013)
Photographer, Australian, Leading underwater cinematographer; of Those Amazing Animals, Jaws, Orca, etc.
James Van Der Beek: 1977 (is 35 in 2012, 36 in 2013)
Actor, Dawson's Creek's Dawson Leery, The Rules of Attraction
Kameelah Williams: 1978 (is 34 in 2012, 35 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of 702
Catherine Rose Young: 2004 (is 8 in 2012, 9 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Cheryl Hines and Paul's daughter
Nick Zano: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
Actor, What I Like About You's Vince


People on March 8th: birth anniversaries

Howard H. Aiken: 1900?=d.Mar 14, 1973 (was 73)
Mathematician, Inventor, digital mechanical computer calculator: The Mark I; some say b. Mar 9, 1900
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: 1714=d.Dec 14, 1788 (was 74)
Composer, Musician, German, Johann Sebastian's son
Louise Beavers: 1902=d.Oct 26, 1962 (was 60)
Actress, Beulah star; played cooks & housekeepers in many projects; some say b. 1898
Tom Blake: 1902=d.May 5, 1994 (was 92)
Surfer, Inventor, the surf board
Cyd Charisse: 1922=d.Jun 17, 2008 (was 86)
Movie Actress, Dancer, b. in Amarillo, Tex.; RN:Tula Elice Finklea; Tony Martin's wife; some say b.1921, '23, or '24
Alvan Clark: 1804=d.Jun 9, 1897 (was 93)
Astronomer, died just 3 weeks after first use of Yerkes 40" lens.
Lew C. DeWitt: 1938=d.Aug 15, 1990 (was 52)
Country Singer, Songwriter, Country Guitarist, Tenor, of The Statler Bros.; some say 1939
Johnny Dollar: 1933?=d.Apr 13, 1986
Country Singer; some say b. Aug 3, 1933
Frederick William Goudy: 1865=d.May 11, 1947 (was 82)
Designer, Printer, Type designer
Kenneth Grahame: 1859=d.Jul 6, 1932 (was 73)
Author, Scotish, The Wind in the Willows
Otto Hahn: 1879=d.Jul 28, 1968 (was 89)
Chemist, Physicist, German, radioactivity (nuclear fission) co-discoverer
Alan Jr. Hale: 1918=d.Jan 2, 1990 (was 71)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Los Angeles; RN:Rufus Alan McKahan; Alan's son; Biff Baker USA & Casey Jones star, Gilligan's Island's Jonas Grunby (The Skipper), some say 1921
Eileen Herlie: 1918=d.Oct 8, 2008 (was 90)
Soap Actress, All My Children's Myrtle Fairgate
Wendell Jr. Oliver Holmes: 1841=d.Mar 6, 1935 (was 93)
SuprmeCt ChiefJustice, b. in Boston; The Great Dissenter; the 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32)
Alan Hovhaness: 1911=d.Jun 21, 2000 (was 89)
Composer
Mississippi John Hurt: 1892=d.Nov 2, 1966 (was 74)
Blues Performer, Folk Performer, Singer/Guitarist
Sam Jaffee: 1924=d.Feb 8, 1985 (was 60)
Journalist, Correspondent, ABC News; Vietnam War reporter
Sean McClory: 1924=d.2003
Actor, Irish, The Californians, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Kate McShane
Jennings Randolph: 1902=d.May 7, 1998 (was 96)
Senator, authored the constitutional amendment that gave 18-year-olds the right to vote
Lynn Redgrave-Clark: 1943=d.May 2, 2010 (was 67)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, English, b. in London; Georgy Girl; Centennial, House Calls' Ann Anderson, Teachers Only, Chicken Soup's Maddie Pierce, Happy Hooker; Rachel Kempson & Sir Michael's daughter, Vanessa's sister
Claire Trevor: 1909=d.Apr 8, 2000 (was 91)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Key Largo
Hannah Hoes van Buren: 1783=d.Feb 5, 1819 (was 35)
First Lady, Martin's wife
Karl Ferdinand Von Grafe: 1787=d.Jul 4, 1840 (was 53)
Surgeon, helped create modern plastic surgery


People on March 8th: death anniversaries

Sherwood Anderson: 1941 (was 64)/b.Sep 13, 1876
Author, Publisher, Poet, Short Story Writer, Panamaian
Edward Andrews: 1985 (was 70)/b.Oct 9, 1914
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Broadside, Supertrain's conductor
Sir Thomas Beecham: 1961 (was 81)/b.Apr 29, 1879
Conductor, English, founded London Symphony Orchestra 1932 & Royal Philharmonic 1947
Henry Ward Beecher: 1887 (was 73)/b.Jun 24, 1813
Social Reformer, Author, Clergyman, Orator, Catherine Beecher & Harriet Beecher Stowe's brother; abolitionist
Louis "Hector" Berlioz: 1869 (was 65)/b.Dec 11, 1803
Composer, French
Roy Brown: 1944 (was 50)/b.yr unknown
Aviator, downed Germany's Baron von Richthofen
Red Callender: 1992 (was 76)/b.Mar 6, 1916
Jazz Bassist, Tubist
Peggy Cass: 1999 (was 74)/b.May 21, 1924
TV/Stage Actress, Comedienne, Panelist, b. in Brookline, MA; FN:Mary Margaret; To Tell The Truth, Jack Paar Show, Women in Prison's Eve Shipley; some say b.Apr 21 or 1925
Emory Leon Chaffee: 1975 (was 89)/b.Apr 15, 1885
Physicist, known for his work on thermionic vacuum (electron) tubes.
Tadd Dameron: 1965 (was 48)/b.Feb 21, 1917
Pianist, Composer, Arranger
Edward John Dent: 1853 (was 62)/b.Aug 19, 1790
Inventor, English, noted for his highly accurate clocks and chronometers.
Billy "Mr.B." Eckstine: 1993 (was 78)/b.Jul 8, 1914
Jazz Singer, Bandleader, Baritone, b. in Pittsburgh; founded 1st be-bop orchestra 1944; some say 1913; NN:The Sepia Sinatra
John Ericsson: 1889 (was 85)/b.Jul 31, 1803
Engineer, Swedish, Warships; invented screw propeller, built USS Monitor
Adam Faith: 2003 (was 62)/b.Jun 23, 1940
Pop Singer, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Music Producer, English, Manager; RN:Terence Nelhams
Millard Fillmore: 1874 (was 74)/b.Jan 7, 1800
President/V.Prez, b. in Summerhill, NY; 12th U.S. Vice President; 13th U.S. President 1850-53
Stuart Hamblen: 1989 (was 80)/b.Oct 20, 1908
Country Singer, Gospel Singer, Songwriter, Actor, RN:Carl Hamblin
John Inman: 2007 (was 71)/b.Jun 28, 1935
Actor, Are You Being Served?
King William III Of Great Britian: 1702 (was 51)/b.yr unknown
King, ruled 1689-1702
Frederick Lanchester: 1946 (was 77)/b.Oct 23, 1868
Engineer, English, built the first British gasoline automobile
Harold Lloyd: 1971 (was 77)/b.Apr 20, 1893
Comedian, Movie Actor, Movie Producer, b. in Burchard, NE
Hank Locklin: 2009 (was 91)/b.Feb 15, 1918
HALL OF FAMER, Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Tenor, RFN:Lawrence Hankins
James McDougal: 1998 (was 57)/b.Aug 25, 1940
Businessperson, the flamboyant Arkansas savings and loan operator whose business dealing with President and Mrs. Clinton spurred the Whitewater investigation
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan: 1973 (was 27)/b.Sep 8, 1945
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Keyboardist, Organist, Harmonicaist, Classic Rock Singer, Percussionist, co-founder of The Grateful Dead; some say b.1946
George Miller: 2003 (was 61)/b.yr unknown
Comedian
Karen Morley: 2003 (was 93)/b.Dec 12, 1909
Movie Actress
Christian K. Nelson: 1992 (was 98)/b.Mar 12, 1893
Inventor, Eskimo Pie; d. 3-4?
Robert Pastorelli: 2004 (was 49)/b.Jun 21, 1954
TV/Movie Actor, Murphy Brown's Eldin Bernecky the artist, Double Rush, Eraser, Cracker's Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald; b. 6-16-54?
Alexander Salkind: 1997 (was 75)/b.Jun 2, 1921
Movie Producer, produced the "Superman" movies that starred Christopher Reeve with his son Ilya
Kermit Schafer: 1979 (was 55)/b.Mar 24, 1923
TV Producer, Radio prod; Bloopers Collector
Mike Starr: 2011 (was 44)/b.Apr 4, 1966
Rock & Roll Musician, of Alice In Chains
George Stevens: 1975 (was 70)/b.Dec 18, 1904
Movie Director, Producer, b. in Oakland, CA; Gunga Din, Diary of Anne Frank, I Remember Mama, Greatest Story Ever Told, A Place in the Sun, Giant, Alice Adams, Penny Serenade, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World; some say b. Dec 8
William Howard Taft: 1930 (was 72)/b.Sep 15, 1857
SuprmeCt ChiefJustice, President, b. in Cincinnatti; 27th U.S. President 1909-13; the heaviest president in history at 325 lbs.
Johannes Van Der Waals: 1923 (was 85)/b.Nov 23, 1837
Physicist, Netherlands, research on the gaseous and liquid states of matter. His work made the study of temperatures near absolute zero possible.
Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin: 1917 (was 78)/b.Jul 8, 1838
Designer, German, airship designer; soldier, aeronaut. He didn't live long enough to see another Zeppelin take off...Led...in the 1970's!
Sir William Walton: 1983 (was 80)/b.Mar 29, 1902
Composer, English
William III Wrigley: 1999 (was 66)/b.Jan 21, 1933
Businessperson, prez and CEO of his chewing gum co.


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General events on March 8th

In 1574, an English expedition sets out from Galway to hunt down and kill pirate and clan chieftain Grace O'Malley (Granuaile)

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Government and Politics on March 8th

In 1754, Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on March 8th

In 1801, British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt.

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Royalty and Religious events on March 8th

In 1622, Crown forbids owners of Virginia colony from continuing the lottery

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Human Achievement and Science events on March 8th

In 1616, Edward Brounde sails from Dartmouth, England to Cape Cod, looking for pearls

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Arts and Prose events on March 8th

In 1859, British writer Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind in the Willows," was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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In 1924, 03 x 08 = 24

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