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Today In History Basic Datebook-March 12th

For The Weekday Of: Wednesday in 2008, Thursday in 2009
Today in History Basic!
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People on March 12th: birthdates

Edward F. Albee: 1928 (is 80 in 2008, 81 in 2009)
Dramatist/Playwright, Author, b. in Washington, D.C.; RN:Edward Franklin Albee III; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Raul Alfonsin: 1927 (is 81 in 2008, 82 in 2009)
Head of State, Argentine pres (1983-89)
Jason Beghe: 1960 (is 48 in 2008, 49 in 2009)
Actor
Julia Campbell: 1963 (is 45 in 2008, 46 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, Soap Actress, b. Huntsville, Ala.; Ryan's Hope's Katie Greenberg, Women in Prison's Vicki Springer, Herman's Head's Elizabeth, Opportunity Knocks, Blue Skies' Eleanor Baskin, A Whole New Ballgame, Men Behaving Badly's Cherie Miller
Julius Carry: 1952 (is 56 in 2008, 57 in 2009)
TV Actor, Brisco County Jr.'s Lord Bowler, Two Guys and a Girl's Bill
Graham Coxon: 1969 (is 39 in 2008, 40 in 2009)
Alternative Rock Performer, of Blur
Lloyd Dobyns: 1936 (is 72 in 2008, 73 in 2009)
Newscaster, Journalist, NBC News
Aaron Eckhart: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
Actor, In The Company of Men, Erin Brockovich, Nurse Betty, The Core, Possession, The Core, Paycheck
Barbara Feldon: 1941 (is 67 in 2008, 68 in 2009)
Actress, TV Talk Show Hostess, Dancer, Model, b. in Pittsburgh; Get Smart's Agent 99; Laugh In pilot
Eric Foster: yr unknown
Country/Western Performer
Corrina Grant Gill: 2001 (is 7 in 2008, 8 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Amy Grant and Vince Gill's daughter
Hana Juliana Giraldo: 1994 (is 14 in 2008, 15 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Pat Benetar & Neil's daughter
Steve Harris: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
Heavy Metal Bassist, Songwriter, English, of Iron Maiden
Carl Hiaasen: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
Journalist, Author
Les Holroyd: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Singer, Bassist, Keyboardist, Songwriter, English, of Barclay James Harvest
Marlon Jackson: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, b. in Gary, IN; MN:David; of The Jacksons
Al Jarreau: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Jazz Singer, b. in Milwaukee, WI; won 4 Grammys; Moonlighting theme
Ron Jeremy: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
XXX-rated actor
Tyler Patrick Johns: 1994 (is 14 in 2008, 15 in 2009)
Actor
Paul Kantner: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)?
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, b. in San Francisco; of Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC Band; some say b. Mar 17, 1942 (is 66 in 2008)
Caren Kaye: 1951 (is 57 in 2008, 58 in 2009)
Actress, Blansky's Beauties' Bambi Benton, Who's Watching the Kids, It's Your Move, Betty White Show
John-Paul Lavoisier: 1980 (is 28 in 2008, 29 in 2009)
Soap Actor, One Life to Live's Rex Balsom
Jerry Levine: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
Movie Actor, b. in New Brunswick, NJ; Born On The Fourth Of July
Samm Levine: 1982 (is 26 in 2008, 27 in 2009)
Actor, Freaks and Geeks' Neal Schweiber, Not Another Teen Movie
Marc Menara: yr unknown
Soap Actor, All My Children's Boyd Larraby
Liza Minnelli: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
Movie/Stage Actress, Singer, Dancer, Roman Catholic, b. in Hollywood; Cabaret; Judy Garland & Vincente's daughter, Peter Allen's ex-; at 19, she was the youngest to ever win a Tony award in 1965
Scoey Mitchlll: 1930 (is 78 in 2008, 79 in 2009)
Actor, TV Producer, He spells his surname with 3-L's; Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda's Justin Culp
Chloe Olson: 2003 (is 5 in 2008, 6 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Kathy Ireland and Greg's daughter
Bill Payne: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Keyboardist, of Little Feat
Jon Provost: 1950 (is 58 in 2008, 59 in 2009)
TV Actor, Lassie's Timmy 1957-64; real estate broker; New Lassie's Uncle Steve
Arjay Smith: 1983 (is 25 in 2008, 26 in 2009)
Actor, Malcolm in the Middle's Cadet Finley
Karl Soderlund: 1938 (is 70 in 2008, 71 in 2009)
Celebrity Spouse, Sally Jesse Raphael's hubby
James Taylor: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Adult Contempo Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Protestant, Cellist, b. in Boston; Carly Simon's hubby 1972-82
Tony Terry: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Singer
Courtney B. Vance: 1960 (is 48 in 2008, 49 in 2009)
Actor, Law and Order Criminal Intent's ADA Ron Carver
Titus Welliver: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
Actor, of Brooklyn South
Mary Alice Williams: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)
TV Hostess
Rick Worthy: 1967 (is 41 in 2008, 42 in 2009)
Soap Actor, General Hospital's Dr. Russell Ford
Andrew Jr. Young: 1932 (is 76 in 2008, 77 in 2009)
Congressperson, Political Activist, Civil Rights Leader, Mayor, ex-Ambassador to the U.N., ex-Atlanta mayor

People on March 12th: birth anniversaries

Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott: 1821=d.Oct 30, 1893 (was 72)
Prime Minister, Attorney/Lawyer, Canadian, PM of Canada 1891-92
Thomas Augustine Arne: 1710=d.Mar 5, 1778 (was 67)
Composer, British
Charles Cunningham Boycott: 1832=d.Jun 19, 1897 (was 65)
Merchant, Irish, a faulty estate manager whose tenants "boycotted" him into poverty; when the crops failed and the farmers went broke, he unsympathetically gave them the choice of paying immediately or being evicted. The farmers retaliated and his staff quit. His family was isolated. This tactic gave us the word whose last name became part of the English language
Frank Campanella: 1919=d.Dec 30, 2006 (was 87)
TV/Stage Actor, Joseph's brother; Captain Video and His Video Rangers' Mook the Moon Man; Dick Tracy, Pretty Woman, The Flamingo Kid
Leonard Chess: 1917=d.Oct 16, 1969 (was 52)
HALL OF FAMER, Music Figure, Executive, Businessperson, founder of Chess Records
Gabriele D'Annunzio: 1863=d.1938
Poet, Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright, Italian, soldier
Jane Delano: 1862?=d.Apr 15, 1919
Educator, Nurse; mobilized Red Cross nurses in WWI; some say b. Mar 26, 1858, or b. Mar 26, 1862
Mike Gibbons: 1949=d.Oct 5, 2005 (was 56)
Heavy Metal Drummer, British, of Badfinger
Jack Kerouac: 1922=d.Oct 21, 1969 (was 47)
Author, MN:Louis Lebris de; The original Beatnik Beat Movement mover
Lane Kirkland: 1922=d.Aug 14, 1999 (was 77)
Leader, former AFL-CIO labor union prez
Gordon MacRae: 1921=d.Jan 24, 1986 (was 64)
Baritone, Movie Actor, Singer, Oklahoma!, Carousel; Shiela's hubby, Meredith's dad
Lee Meriwether: 1866=d.????
Author, Explorer, Traveler
Christian K. Nelson: 1893=d.Mar 8, 1992 (was 98)
Inventor, Eskimo Pie; d. 3-4?
Earl Nightengale: 1921=d.1989
Commentator, WGN radio, Sky King's voice of the adventure character Sky King
Vaslav Nijinsky: 1890 N.S.=d.Apr 8, 1950 (was 60)
Ballet Dancer, Gay, Russian, d. in London; other style says b. Feb 28, 1890 O.S.
Edmund North: 1911=d.Aug 28, 1990 (was 79)
Screen/Scriptwriter, co-wrote Patton
Adolph Simon Ochs: 1858=d.Apr 8, 1935 (was 77)
Publisher, N.Y. Times
Brian O'Hara: 1942=d.Jun 27, 1999 (was 57)
Singer, Guitarist, British, of The Fourmost
Frank Overton: 1918=d.Apr 24, 1967 (was 49)
Actor, Twelve O'Clock High's Maj. Harvey Stovall
Hildy Parks: 1926=d.Oct 7, 2004 (was 78)
Actress, Stage Producer, Writer, Panelist, To Tell the Truth & Down You Go; Tony Awards Show prod
Helen Parrish: 1922=d.Feb 22, 1959 (was 36)
TV/Movie Actress, Variety Show Hostess, host of TV's 1st variety show: Hour Glass 1946, Our Gang 20s; some say b. 1924
Sir William Henry Perkin: 1838=d.Jul 14, 1907 (was 69)
Inventor, English, first artificial dye
Jane Means Appleton Pierce: 1806=d.Dec 2, 1863 (was 57)
First Lady, MN:Appleton; Franklin's wife
Wally Schirra: 1923=d.May 3, 2007 (was 84)
Astronaut, Sigma 7/Gemini 6/Apollo 7/Mercury 8
Roger L. Stevens: 1910=d.Feb 2, 1998 (was 87)
Stage Producer, Philanthropist, founding chairman of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Clement Studebaker: 1831=d.Nov 27, 1901 (was 70)
Manufacturer, the largest producer of wagons & carriages in America
William "Billy" Jr. Thomas: 1931=d.Oct 10, 1980 (was 49)
Movie Actor, Our Gang's Buckwheat
Paul Weston: 1912=d.Sep 20, 1996 (was 84)
Bandleader, Arranger, Conductor/Composer, Pianist, arranged for Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby; of TV varities 50-60s incl Danny Kaye, Bob Newhart, Laugh-In, Jim Nabors, & Jonathan Winters; created the fictional duo of Jonathan (himself) and Darlene Edwards (his wife Jo Stafford)

People on March 12th: death anniversaries

Harold Bauer: 1951 (was 77)/b.Apr 28, 1873
Pianist, Violinist, English, founded N.Y.'s Beethoven Association
Henry Bergh: 1888 (was 76)/b.Aug 29, 1811
Humanitarian, Philanthropist, ASPCA founder 1866 and the first prez
David Burns: 1971 (was 68)/b.Jun 22, 1902
TV/Stage Actor, Imogene Coca, My Favorite Husband
Asa Griggs Candler: 1929 (was 77)/b.Dec 30, 1851
Mayor, Inventor, Businessperson, founder Coca Cola Corp in 1873
Louis Chardonnet: 1924 (was 84)/b.May 1, 1839
Chemist, Inventor, French, first developed and manufactured rayon
Winston Churchill: 1947 (was 75)/b.Nov 10, 1871
Novelist, NOT the British statesman
Morton Jr. Downey: 2001 (was 67)/b.Dec 9, 1933
TV Talk Show Host, zip-it fool!
Maurice Evans: 1989 (was 87)/b.Jun 3, 1901
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Producer, English, Noted for Shakespearean roles; Bewitched's Maurice, Batman's Puzzler, Hamlet
Howard Fast: 2003 (was 88)/b.Nov 11, 1914
Novelist, Screen/Scriptwriter, Spartacus
Anne Frank: 1945 (was 16)/b.Jun 12, 1929
Author, German, Jewish, Diarist; began her famous diary on her 13th B-day
Josephine Hull: 1957/b.Jan 3, 1886?
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, RLN:Sherwood; Harvey; some say b. Jan 3, 1884
Michael Kanin: 1993 (was 83)/b.Feb 1, 1910
Screen/Scriptwriter, Movie Producer/Director, Dramatist/Playwright
Juliette Gordon Law: 1912?/b.Oct 31, 1860
Philanthropist, founded the Girl Guides which became the Girl Scouts of America; some say d. Jan 18, 1927
Belinda Lee: 1961 (was 25)/b.Jun 15, 1935
Actress, English
Richard Levinson: 1987 (was 52)/b.Aug 7, 1934
HALL OF FAMER, Writer, Actor, TV Producer, Screen/Scriptwriter, Helped create Columbo & Murder She Wrote
Robert Ludlum: 2001 (was 73)/b.May 25, 1927
Stage Actor, Novelist, Spy, b. in New York City; Bourne Identity
Billy Mantle: 1994 (was 36)/b.yr unknown
Celebrity Son, Mickey's son
Sir Yehudi Menuhin: 1999 (was 82)/b.Apr 22, 1916
Violinist, Conductor, b. in New York City; debuted with the San Francisco Symphony at age 7
Eugene Ormandy: 1985 (was 85)/b.Nov 18, 1899
Conductor, Christianity convert, Hungarian, b. in Budapest; RN:Jeno Blau; Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra for over four decades
Charlie "Bird" Parker: 1955 (was 34)/b.Aug 29, 1920
Jazz Performer, Composer, Alto-sax, Bandleader, aka Yardbird; bebop co-creator; great jazz improviser
Bidu Sayao: 1999 (was 96)/b.May 11, 1902
Opera Soprano, Brazilian, b. in Rio de Janeiro
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen: 1925 (was 58)/b.Nov 12, 1866
Statesman, Chinese, date according to tradition; China revolution leader 1911
Alex Taylor: 1993 (was 47)/b.yr unknown
Singer, James', Kate's, & Livingston's brother; was 46?
Sonny Terry: 1986 (was 74)?/b.Oct 24, 1911
Blues Singer, Blues Harmonicaist, Songwriter, of Brownie & Sonny; some say d. Mar 11, 1986 (was 74)
Lynne Thigpen: 2003 (was 54)/b.Dec 22, 1948
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Singer, Game Show Hostess, Love Sydney's Nancy, FM's Naomi, Where In The World Is Carmen SanDiego's Chief, All My Children's Grace Keeler, The District's Ella Maw Farmer
June Valli: 1993 (was 64)/b.Jun 30, 1928
Pop Singer, Your Hit Parade reg mid 50s; Chiquita Banana voicist
Gus Van: 1968 (was 80)/b.Aug 12, 1887
Comedian, Singer, Stage Actor, with Joe Schenck
George Westinghouse: 1914 (was 67)/b.Oct 6, 1846
Inventor, Manufacturer, The Air Brake, founded own company, Standardized U.S. current; held 400 patents
Beatrice Wood: 1998 (was 105)/b.Dec 24, 1892
Artist, Pottery

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General events on March 12th

In 1877, the first department store in America opened by John Wanamaker in Philadelphia (Wanamaker's).

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Government and Politics on March 12th

In 1609, Bermuda becomes an English colony.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on March 12th

In 1799, Austria declares war on France.

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Royalty and Religious events on March 12th

In 1939, Pope Pius XII was formally crowned in ceremonies at the Vatican.

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Human Achievement and Science events on March 12th

In 1689, Former English King James II lands in Ireland.

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Arts and Prose events on March 12th

In 1922, "beat generation" author Jack Kerouac was born. His works include "On the Road," "The Town and the City," "The Dharma Bums," "The Subterraneans," "Lonesome Traveler" and "Visions of Cody." He died on October 21, 1969.

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Weird and Other events on March 12th

In 1936, 03 x 12 = 36

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Random Generated Jokes, Quotes, and Other Stuff!

Today's 'Confused-Us' Saying...
"it's sweet to be remembered, but cheaper to be forgotten."

Random Thought...
"Whatever their faults, the Communists never created canned laughter"

Another Random Thought...
"To refuse praise is to seek praise twice"

And Another Random Thought...
"From this position you've got to facy either your opponent or yourself winning"

Still Another Random Thought...
"When asked if she had really posed for a calendar with nothing on: Oh, no, I had the radio on"

Yet Another Random Thought...
"Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without"

Murphy's Law of the Day...
"The enemy never watches until you make a mistake. - Murphy's military laws"

Computer Tagline...
"Energizer Bunny Arrested! Charged with battery"

Today's Steven Wright Joke...
"I once put instant coffee in a microwave and went back in time."

Today's 'You Might Be A Redneck If' (tm) Joke...
"you've ever watched the game warden through your scope"

Today's Sniglet(tm)...
"Scrit (skrit) - n. Anything that's been in the same place for at least fifty years without being used, such as the archaic bottles of hair tonic on a barber's counter."

Today's Book Hype...
"Scottish Kilt Patterns: Glen Pladd"

Today's Actual Headline...
"MAN HELD OVER GIANT L.A. BRUSH FIRE"

Today's Signs You Are a Computer Addict...
"If you even bothered to load this page "

Today's Computer Glossary...
"Clip Art - third-rate are produced on a portable computer."

Today's Daffynition...
"MOP AND GLOW: Floor wax used by Chernobol cleanup team."

Today's Einstein Quote...
"Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they have the bomb but weaker because of their vulnerability to atomic attack, they are not likely to conduct their policy at Lake Success [the United Nations] or in their relations with Russia in a spirit that furthers the arrival at an understanding. (1947)"

Today's Hannibal Lecter Joke...
"Why did Hannibal Lecter get kicked out of his apartment? He put P. Diddy in a Fry Daddy."

Today's They Do It...
"PLUMBERS do it with plumber's friends"

Today's Old Never Die...
"OLD MUSICIANS never die, they just go from bar to bar"

Today's Mark Twain Quote...
"It is best to read the weather forecasts before we pray for rain"

Today's Oxymoron...
"Journalistic integrity"

Today's Confused Us Quote...
"have you tried on your smile today?."

Today's Star Trek(tm) Tag...
"I prefer to call it the Prime Suggestion - Kirk"

Today's Star Trek (tm) Quote...
Immortality consists largely of boredom. -- Zefrem Cochrane, "Metamorphosis," stardate 3219.8.

Today's Star Trek TNG (tm) Quote...
There never is [profit] in revenge. Let the dead rest, and the past remain the past. -- Star Trek. Picard, "The Battle"

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