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People on March 14th: birthdates

Raymond J. Barry: 1939 (is 73 in 2012, 74 in 2013)
Actor
Jamie Bell: 1986 (is 26 in 2012, 27 in 2013)
Actor, Defiance
Oliver Bernsen: 1989 (is 23 in 2012, 24 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Amanda Pays & Corbin's son
Michael Bland: 1969 (is 43 in 2012, 44 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Soul Asylum
Frank Borman: 1928 (is 84 in 2012, 85 in 2013)
Astronaut, Executive, (Gemini 7/Apollo 8); Eastern airlines CEO
Tamara Tunie Bouquett: 1959 (is 53 in 2012, 54 in 2013)
Soap Actress, As the World Turns' Jessica Griffin
Jacques Brautbar: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Phantom Planet
Melissa Brennan-Reeves: 1967 (is 45 in 2012, 46 in 2013)
Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Jennifer Rose Horton Deveraux 1985-95; Scott Reeves' wife
Jan Brown: 1955 (is 57 in 2012, 58 in 2013)
Country Singer, or LN:Browne?
Jann Browne: 1954 (is 58 in 2012, 59 in 2013)
Country Singer
Kristian Bush: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
Country Singer, of Sugarland
Sir Michael Caine: 1933 (is 79 in 2012, 80 in 2013)
Movie Actor, Protestant, English, b. in London; California Suite, Dressed to Kill, Hannah & Her Sisters; RN:Maurice J. Micklewhite; some say 1928; Muppet Xmas Carol's Scrooge, The Cider House Rules, Miss Congeniality, Goldmember, Secondhand Lions, The Statement, Batman Begins, The Weather Man, The Prestige, Children of Men, Flawless
Jasper Carrott: 1945 (is 67 in 2012, 68 in 2013)
Singer, Comedian, Songwriter, English, Funky Moped/Magic Roundabout; b. 1946?
Eugene Andrew Cernan: 1934 (is 78 in 2012, 79 in 2013)
Astronaut, Gemini 9, Apollo 10, 17
Tom Coburn: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
Senator
Billy Crystal: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, b. in Long Beach L.I.; Soap's Jodie Dallas, SNL member 1984-85; The Princess Bride, Rabbit Test's 1st pregnant man, When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers I & II, Mr. Saturday Night, Hamlet, Fathers' Day, Deconstructing Harry, My Giant, America's Sweethearts, Analyze That; many say b. 1947
Rick Dees: 1950 (is 62 in 2012, 63 in 2013)
Radio Disc Jock, Comedian, Novelty Singer, Songwriter, TV Talk Show Host, b. in Jacksonville, FL; RN:Rigdon Osmond Dees III; ...& His Cast of Idiots (Disco Duck) Solid Gold, KIIS Los Angeles, Into the Night; some say b. 1951
Gary Dell'abate: 1961 (is 51 in 2012, 52 in 2013)
Producer, or sp Del'Abati?; aka Baba Booey; Howard Stern Show prod
Derrick: 1972 (is 40 in 2012, 41 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Jake Fogelnest: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
Actor, of Squirt TV
Megan Follows: 1968 (is 44 in 2012, 45 in 2013)
TV Actress, Canadian, Second Chances
Boon Gould: 1955 (is 57 in 2012, 58 in 2013)?
Guitarist, of Level 42; some say b. Mar 4, 1955 (is 57 in 2012)
Ollie Halsall: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)
Guitarist, British, of Neil Innes, Scaffold, and others
Taylor Hanson: 1983 (is 29 in 2012, 30 in 2013)
Pop Singer, Keyboardist, RFMN:Jordan Taylor, prefers Tay or Taylor; of Hanson
Penny Johnson: 1961 (is 51 in 2012, 52 in 2013)
Actress, MaLN:Jerald; Absolute Power, Larry Sanders Show, 24's Sherry Palmer, ER's Lynette Evans
Quincy Jones: 1933 (is 79 in 2012, 80 in 2013)
Conductor/Composer, Soul Singer, Music Producer, Arranger, Jazz Trumpeter, Pianist, Keyboardist, Music Publisher, b. in Chicago; Record Co. Exec; movies, pop records, James Ingram, Ironside, & Sanford & Son; MN:Delight Jr.; Peggy Lipton's ex-
Steve Kanaly: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
TV/Soap Actor, Dallas' Ray Krebbs, All My Children's Seabone Hunkle; some say Mar 13
Chris Klein: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
Actor, American Pie, Here on Earth, Rollerball, American Dreamz
Steve Lambert: 1963 (is 49 in 2012, 50 in 2013)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, British, of Roman Holliday
Kate Maberly: 1982 (is 30 in 2012, 31 in 2013)
Movie Actress, The Secret Garden
Georgia Grace Macy: 2002 (is 10 in 2012, 11 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy's daughter
J. Fred Muggs: 1952 (is 60 in 2012, 61 in 2013)
Animal Star, Today show co-anchor 1953-57, A chimp
Mike Muir: yr unknown
Punk Rock Singer, of Suicidal Tendancies
Mark Murphy: 1932 (is 80 in 2012, 81 in 2013)
Jazz Performer, Singer
Elise Neal: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
Soap Actress, Loving's Janie, The Hughleys' Yvonne Hughley, Malcolm X, Scream 2
Poppy Honey Oliver: 2002 (is 10 in 2012, 11 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Jools and Jamie's daughter
Walter Parazaider: 1945 (is 67 in 2012, 68 in 2013)
Saxophonist, of Chicago, Bee Gees & Leon Russell
Grace Park: 1974 (is 38 in 2012, 39 in 2013)
Actress
Wolfgang Petersen: 1941 (is 71 in 2012, 72 in 2013)
Movie Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, German, Das Boot
Phil Phillips: 1931 (is 81 in 2012, 82 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Guitarist, RN:John Phillip Baptiste; Sea Of Love
Tamerlane "Mike" Phillips: 1971 (is 41 in 2012, 42 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Gen and "Papa" John's son
Pete Piute: 1911 (is 101 in 2012, 102 in 2013)
Comedian, RN:Morris Kaufman; Square dance caller in Village Barn
Jim Pons: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of The Turtles, Mothers of Invention
Prince Albert Grimaldi: 1958 (is 54 in 2012, 55 in 2013)
Prince, of Monaco; Prince Rainier & Princess Grace's son; Olympics 1988 bobsledder
Laila Robins: 1959 (is 53 in 2012, 54 in 2013)
Actress
Russell Rodd: 1961 (is 51 in 2012, 52 in 2013)
Soap Actor, Another World's Jamie Frame
Meredith Salenger: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actress
Bob Sheen: 2009 (is 3 in 2012, 4 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Brooke and Charlie's son
Max Sheen: 2009 (is 3 in 2012, 4 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Brooke and Charlie's son
Russell Todd: 1960 (is 52 in 2012, 53 in 2013)
Soap Actor, Actor, Another World's Dr. Jamie Frame, Young & the Restless' Brad Carlton, Bold & The Beautiful's Jerry Birn
Rita Tushingham: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Movie/Stage Actress, English, b. in Liverpool; Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago
Jim Weatherly: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)?
Country Singer, Songwriter, RFN:James Dexter; some say b. Mar 17, 1943 (is 69 in 2012)
Kevin Williamson: 1965 (is 47 in 2012, 48 in 2013)
Producer/Director, Writer, Scream
Bob Woodruff: 1961 (is 51 in 2012, 52 in 2013)
Country/Western Performer
Adrian Zmed: 1954 (is 58 in 2012, 59 in 2013)
TV/Stage Actor, Variety Show Host, Singer, b. in Chicago; Grease (stage), Grease 2, Goodtime Girls, T.J. Hooker's Off. Vince Romano, Dance Fever; son of a Roman Orthodox priest

People on March 14th: birth anniversaries

Diane Arbus: 1923=d.Jul 26, 1971 (was 48)
Photographer, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar; d. suicide
Les Baxter: 1922=d.Jan 15, 1996 (was 73)
Conductor/Composer, Pianist, Singer, Bandleader, Arranger, Member of Mel Torme's Mel-Tones; soloist
Thomas Hart Benton: 1782=d.Apr 10, 1858 (was 76)
Senator, NN:Old Bullion
James Bogardus: 1800=d.Apr 13, 1874 (was 74)
Inventor, cast-iron construction
Les Brown: 1912=d.Jan 4, 2001 (was 88)
Bandleader, Clarinetist, Arranger, Composer, in Steve Allen, Dean Martin, & Hollywood Palace TV shows; associated with Bob Hope; popular in Big Band era
Paul R. Ehrlich: 1854?=d.Aug 20, 1915 (was 61)
Biologist, Bacteriologist, German, discovered first effective treatment for syphilis, discovered diphtheria antitoxin, Strehlen, Nobel 1908; some say b. Feb 12, 1854
Albert E. Einstein: 1879=d.Apr 18, 1955 (was 76)
Inventor, Mathematician, Physicist, German, b. in Ulm; Theoretical of Relativity Physicist (E=mc2) and originated it making atomic weapons possible; Nobel 1921; d. in Princeton; NJ.
Horton Foote: 1916=d.Mar 4, 2009 (was 92)
Screen/Scriptwriter, Author, Trip to Bountiful
Lee Hays: 1914=d.Aug 26, 1981 (was 67)
Folk Singer, Bass Singer/Basso, Dramatist/Playwright, of The Weavers
"Casey" Jones: 1864=d.Apr 30, 1900 (was 36)
Engineer, b. in Chicago; RN:John Luther Jones; locomotive engineer; rode the Cannonball Express to his death when his brakes failed
Henry "Hank" Ketcham: 1920=d.Jun 1, 2001 (was 81)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, b. in Seattle, WA; Dennis the Menace
Thomas Riley Marshall: 1854=d.Jun 1, 1925 (was 71)
Vice President, 28th U.S. Vice President 1913-21
Anita Morris: 1943=d.Mar 2, 1994 (was 50)
Movie/Stage Actress, Dancer, Singer
Dennis Patrick: 1918=d.Oct 13, 2002 (was 84)
Actor, Dallas' Vaughn Leland, Rituals
Merlin Santana: 1976=d.Nov 9, 2002 (was 26)
Actor, Steve Harvey Show's Romeo Santana
Giovanni Schiaparelli: 1835=d.Jul 4, 1910 (was 75)
Astronomer, Italian, Senator, discovered asteroid Hesperia, Martian canals
Shirley Scott: 1934=d.Mar 10, 2002 (was 67)
Organist
Max Shulman: 1919=d.Aug 28, 1988 (was 69)
Novelist, Humorist, Screen/Scriptwriter, Dobie Gillis creator
Johann Baptist Strauss: 1804=d.Sep 24, 1849 (was 45)
Conductor/Composer, Father of the Waltz
Lucy Hobbs Taylor: 1833=d.Oct 3, 1910 (was 77)
Dentist, the first woman dentist in America
Skip Young: 1930=d.Mar 17, 1993 (was 63)
TV Actor, RN:Ronald Plumstead; Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet's Wally Plumstead; was 62?

People on March 14th: death anniversaries

Edward Abbey: 1989 (was 62)/b.Jan 29, 1927
Author
Howard H. Aiken: 1973 (was 73)/b.Mar 8, 1900?
Mathematician, Inventor, digital mechanical computer calculator: The Mark I; some say b. Mar 9, 1900
Kirk Alyn: 1999 (was 88)/b.Oct 8, 1910
Movie Actor, Superman serials, the film's first Superman
Howard Ashman: 1991 (was 39)/b.May 17, 1951
Lyricist, Dramatist/Playwright, Director, Gay, Little Shop of Horrors, Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast
Edith Atwater: 1986 (was 74)/b.Aug 22, 1911
Movie Actress, Love on a Rooftop, Hardy Boys' Aunt Gertrude, Kaz; Kent Smith's wife; some say April 22
"Busby" Berkeley: 1976 (was 80)/b.Nov 29, 1895
Stage Actor, Stage Director, Choreographer, Movie Director, RN:William Berkeley Enos
Jack Berrill: 1996 (was 72)/b.Sep 22, 1923
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Gil Thorp
Frank Blair: 1995 (was 79)/b.May 30, 1915
Newscaster, Journalist, Today news reader 50-70s, NBC News, Over Easy
Walter "Chauncey" Camp: 1925 (was 65)/b.Apr 7, 1859
NFL Player, NFL Coach, Author, NN:Father of American Football; Yale pyr, coach, athletic dir.; established many rules for football; promoted All-America designations; Ivy League co-founder; football rules included the 11-man team, signal calling, and the system of downs and yards and the scrimmage line.
Tommy Collins: 2000 (was 69)/b.Sep 28, 1930
Country Singer, Songwriter, Clergyman
George Eastman: 1932 (was 77)/b.Jul 12, 1854
Inventor, Manufacturer, Industrialist, b. in Waterville, N.Y.; of photographic equipment, rolled film, Kodak camera; founded Eastman-Kodak Co. which for years held a virtual monopoly in the camera and film industry.
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield: 1918 (was 85)/b.Apr 19, 1832
First Lady, James' wife
Genevieve: 2004 (was 73)/b.Apr 17, 1930
Singer, French, RN:Ginette Marguerite Auger; of Jack Paar Show, Scruples
Peter Graves: 2010 (was 83)/b.Mar 18, 1926
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Minneapolis, MN; RLN:Aurness; Mission: Impossible's James Phelps, The Winds of War, 7th Heaven's Eric's Father Col. Camden; some say '25; James Arness' brother
Susan Hayward: 1975 (was 57)/b.Jun 30, 1917
Movie Actress, b. in Brooklyn; RN:Edythe Marriner; some say 1918 or 1919
Dame Thora Hird: 2003 (was 91)/b.May 28, 1911
Actress, British
Ralph James: 1992 (was 67)/b.Nov 29, 1924
Actor, Mork & Mindy's Orson (Mork calling Orson...)
Karl Marx: 1883 (was 64)/b.May 5, 1818
Writer, Philosopher, German, b. in Prussia; Social & Political Theorist; proponent of Communism (The Communist Manifesto); No relation to Groucho!!!; d. in London
Jean Poiret: 1992 (was 65)/b.Aug 17, 1926
Movie Actor, Dramatist/Playwright, French, Movie Director, La Cage Aux Folles
"Doc" Pomus: 1991 (was 65)/b.Jun 27, 1925
HALL OF FAMER, Songwriter, Lyricist, RN:Jerome E. Felder; rock 'n roll; of Pomus & Shuman team
Jared Sparks: 1866 (was 76)/b.May 10, 1789
Historian, Editor, Publisher, Biographer, editor of the North American Review, and president of Harvard College.
Chic Young: 1973 (was 72)/b.Jan 9, 1901
ComicStrip Cartoonist, RFMN:Murat Bernard; Blondie & Dagwood
Fred Zinnemann: 1997 (was 89)/b.Apr 29, 1907
Movie Director, Austrian, High Noon, From Here To Eternity, A Man For All Seasons, The Day of the Jackal, Julia; NOT b. Apr 25

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General events on March 14th

In 1743, a memorial service was held at Faneuil (FAN'-yul) Hall in Boston honoring Peter Faneuil, who had donated the building bearing his name.

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Government and Politics on March 14th

In 1629, a royal charter established the Massachusetts Bay colony.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on March 14th

In 1812, 200 years ago, Congress authorized war bonds to finance the War of 1812 to fund military equipment for use against the British.

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Royalty and Religious events on March 14th

In 1558, Ferdinand assumes the title of Emperor without being crowned by the Pope

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Human Achievement and Science events on March 14th

In 1644, England granted a patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island).

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Arts and Prose events on March 14th

In 1935, Donald Duck makes his first appearance in the Mickey Mouse daily newspaper comic strip.

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Weird and Other events on March 14th

In 1942, 03 x 14 = 42

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Random Generated Jokes, Quotes, and Other Stuff!

Today's 'Confused-Us' Saying...
"theres never time to do it right, only time to do it over."

Random Thought...
"HE has not a single redeeming defect"

Another Random Thought...
"He who invents adages for others to peruse takes along a rowboat when going on a cruise"

And Another Random Thought...
"Don't believe in flying saucers? Pinch a waitress!"

Still Another Random Thought...
"Older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time"

Yet Another Random Thought...
"You are faithful to duty, adaptable to environment, loyal to friends"

Murphy's Law of the Day...
"Rule of Accuracy: When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer. Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem. "

Computer Tagline...
"When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop"

Today's Steven Wright Joke...
"I went to a garage sale. "How much for the garage?" "It's not for sale.""

Today's 'You Might Be A Redneck If' (tm) Joke...
"your moms maiden name is Bubba."

Today's Sniglet(tm)...
"POSTALPORTS n. The annoying windows in envelopes that never line up and have to cost more!"

Today's Book Hype...
"The LA Lakers' Breakfast: Kareem O'Wheat"

Today's Actual Headline...
"MAGICIAN'S CAR VANISHES "

Today's Signs You Are a Computer Addict...
"Your web page is more popular than you."

Today's Computer Glossary...
"Assembler: (n.) a minor program of interest only to obsessed programmers."

Today's Daffynition...
"Southpaw: a daddy from Dixie"

Today's Einstein Quote...
"Imagination is more important than knowledge"

Today's Hannibal Lecter Joke...
"When Hannibal goes to the White House, what's his favorite dish? Conda lisa rice!"

Today's They Do It...
"MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS do it on the rocks"

Today's Old Never Die...
"OLD VACATIONERS never die, they just don't come back"

Today's Mark Twain Quote...
"I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception"

Today's Oxymoron...
"Hard water"

Today's Confused Us Quote...
"practice makes perfect, but no one's perfect, so why practice?."

Today's Star Trek(tm) Tag...
""I think not," said Descartes, and promptly disappeared."

Today's Star Trek (tm) Quote...
I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question. -- Spock, "This Side of Paradise," stardate 3417.3.

Today's Star Trek TNG (tm) Quote...
Come close to me Klingon, let me die with my hands at your throat. "There is a substance within my cells which you need to survive." Then you've come to make me beg for my life? "No." I would rather die than pollute my body with Klingon filth. -- Star Trek. Patahk and Worf, "The Enemy"

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