Celebrity Birthdays and On-This-Day

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March 29th:

2004 - The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
1993 - Clint Eastwood won his first Oscars. He won them for best film and best director for the film "Unforgiven."
1984 - The Baltimore Colts NFL team move to Indianapolis, Indiana.
1973 - Vietnam War: The last United States soldiers leave South Vietnam.
1961 - The 23rd amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment allowed residents of Washington, DC, to vote for president.
1901 - The first federal elections were held in Australia.

Lucy Lawless ("Xena the Warrior Princess") 1968
John Popper (singer and harmonica player for Blues Traveler: "Run-Around", "But Anyway", "Hook", "Most Precarious", "Unable To Get Free", "Amber Awaits") 1967
Elle Macpherson (Sports Illustrated supermodel) 1964
Marina Sirtis (British actress played Deanna Troi on "Star Trek The Next Generation") 1955
John Major (British Prime Minister 1990-97) 1943
Eric Idle ("Monty Python") 1943
Sam Walton (created Sam's Club and Wal-Mart) 1918
John Tyler (10th US President 1841-41) 1790

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March 30th:

Doctors' day
Hot Dog day

1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady were also wounded.
1978 - The final episode of "Police Woman" aired on NBC. The series, starring Angie Dickinson, had aired 94 episodes over 4 seasons.
1964 - "Jeopardy" debuted on NBC-TV.
1950 - U.S. President Truman denounced Senator Joe McCarthy as a saboteur of U.S. foreign policy. However, as per an investigation in the 1980s, nearly all of the people accused really were communist.
1909 - The Queensboro bridge in New York opened linking Manhattan and Queens. It was the first double decker bridge.
1870 - The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, was passed by the U.S. Congress. Sex was not included, therefore, only men could vote.
1867 - The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.
1858 - Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented the first pencil with a built-in eraser.

Norah Jones (boring jazz singer is Ravi Shankar's daughter) 1979
Miko Lee (Vietnamese/Chinese/American pornstar 1999-2005) 1977
Celine Dion ("My Heart Goes On", "It's All Coming Back", "A New Day Has Come") 1968
Tracy Chapman (acoustic guitar/singer/songwriter: "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution") 1964
Stanley "M.C. Hammer" Burrel ("U Can't Touch This", "Have U Seen Her?", "2 Legit 2 Quit") 1962
Paul Reiser (Helen Hunt's husband on the sitcom "Mad About You") 1957
Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds: "For Your Love"; Cream: "White Room"; Derek and the Dominos: "Layla"; solo: "Wonderful Tonight", "Tears in Heaven") 1945
Astrud Gilberto (Brazilian bosa-nova singer sang "The Girl From Ipanema") 1940
John Astin (played Gomez on TV's "The Addam's Family") 1930
Vincent Van Gogh (Dutch painter of "The Starry Night") 1853

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March 31st:

Potato day
Oranges' day
Lemons' day

Head Monkey

2003 - The first season of "American Chopper" began. The reality show about motorcycle designers currently has over 100 episodes and is in its 5th season.
1999 - Fabio was hit in the face by a bird during a promotional ride of a new roller coaster at the Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, VA. Fabio received a one-inch cut across his nose.
1995 - Selena was killed by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar. Saldivar had been fired for embezzlement.
1989 - Guns N' Roses released their single "Patience." The acoustic song became their second best-selling single after "November Rain."
1987 - Prince's "Sign O' The Times" LP was released in the U.S. Singles included the title track, "U Got the Look", and "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man."
1958 - Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" was released.
1943 - "Oklahoma!" by Rodgers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway. The original title was "Away We Go".
1940 - La Guardia airport in New York officially opened to the public.
1932 - The Ford Motor Co. debuted its V-8 engine.
1918 - For the first time in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time went into effect.
1917 - The U.S. purchased and took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
1889 - In Paris, the Eiffel Tower officially opened.
1880 - Wabash, IN, became the first town to be completely illuminated with electric light.

Ewan McGregor (Played young Obi-Won in "Star Wars 1-3") 1971
Al Gore (US President Clinton's Vice-President, ran for president in 2000) 1948
Rhea Perlman (Played Carla on "Cheers") 1948
Christopher Walken ("A Blast From the Past", "The Deer Hunter", "Sarah Plain and Tall", "Click", "Batman Rturns", "James Bond's A View to a Kill", frequent "SNL" host) 1943
Shirley Jones (The mother on "The Partridge Family") 1934
William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (His "Saginaw, Michigan", a hit on both country and pop, is usually voted one of the greatest country songs of all time) 1928
William Daniels (Dr. Craig on "St. Elsewhere", Mr Feeny on "Boy Meets World") 1927
Cesar Chavez (demonstrated for rights for Mexican farm workers in California) 1927
Rene Descartes (French Philosopher said, "I think, therefore I am.") 1596

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April 1st:

April Fool's Day
Sourdough Bread day

1985 - David Lee Roth left Van Halen to pursue a solo career.
1985 - The "We Are the World" album was released.
1982 - The U.S. transferred the Canal Zone to Panama.
1978 - The final episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" aired. The sitcom ran for 142 episodes over 6 seasons.
1976 - Apple Computer began operations.
1976 - Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" was released.
1970 - U.S. President Nixon signed the bill, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, that banned cigarette advertisements to be effective on January 1, 1971.
1969 - The final episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" aired. The series had aired 249 episodes over 8 seasons. It then continued without Andy Griffith and was renamed "Mayberry RFD." The series ran for 78 more episodes over 3 more seasons.
1963 - The Soap operas "General Hospital" and "Doctors" premiered on television.
1952 - The Big Bang theory was proposed in "Physical Review" by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow.
1946 - Weight Watchers was formed.
1938 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, NY.
1929 - Louie Marx introduced the Yo-Yo.
1889 - The first dishwashing machine was marketed (in Chicago).
1778 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, created the $ symbol.
1578 - William Harvey of England discovered blood circulation.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (Classical Russian pianist and compser) 1873
Otto von Bismarck (founded the German Empire) 1815
William Harvey (English physician studied the heart and curclatory system) 1578

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April 2nd:

Peanut Butter and Jelly day

1987 - The speed limit on U.S. interstate highways was increased to 65 miles per hour in limited areas.
1978 - The first episode of "Dallas" aired on CBS. The prime time soap then ran for 14 seasons and ended in 1991 with 357 episodes.
1972 - Burt Reynolds appeared nude in "Cosmopolitan" magazine.
1967 - The Beatles finished recording the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
1964 - The Beach Boys recorded "I Get Around."
1956 - The soaps "The Edge of Night" and "As the World Turns" debuted on CBS-TV.
1935 - Sir Watson-Watt was granted a patent for Radar.
1917 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson presented a declaration of war against Germany to the U.S. Congress.
1910 - Karl Harris perfected the process for the artificial synthesis of rubber.
1902 - The first motion picture theater opened. It was in Los Angeles and was named "Electric Theater."
1889 - Charles Hall patented aluminum.

Ron "Horshack" Palillo ("Welcome Back, Kotter") 1954
Emmylou Harris (country singer) 1947
Marvin Gaye (Motown singer was shot by his father in 1984: "I Heard it Through the Grapevine", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Let's Get It On", "Sexual Healing") 1939
Jack Webb (Sgt. Joe Friday on "Dragnet") 1920
Alec Guiness (British actor "The Bridge on the River Kwai", Obi-Won in "Star Wars 4-6", "Dr. Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia") 1914
Buddy Ebson (Jed Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies") 1908
Hans Christian Anderson (Danish author: "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Little Match Girl", "Thumbelina", "The Ugly Duckling") 1805

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April 3rd:

Chocolate Mousse day
Find-a-Rainbow day

1996 - MC Hammer filed for bankruptcy.
1996 - Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He pled guilty in January 1998 to five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole.
1982 - John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the "The NBC Nightly News." Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw became the co-anchors of the show.
1980 - The final episode of "Barnaby Jones" aired. The detective drama aired 178 episodes over 8 seasons.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
1910 - Alaska's Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America was climbed.
1882 - The American outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward.

Cobie Smulders (TV: "Jeremiah", Robin on "How I Met Your Mother") 1982
Amanda Bynes ("The Amanda Show", "What I Like About You", "She's the Man", "Big Fat Liar") 1986
Drew Shirley (Guitarist for Switchfoot: "Stars", "We Are One Tonight", "Oh Gravity") 1976
Tyler Faith (Pornstar 2002-) 1975
Aries Spears ("MADtv") 1975
Jennie Garth (starred on "What I Like About You" with Amanda Bynes, also "90210") 1972
Mike Ness (singer for Social Distortion: "Story of My Life", "Born To Lose", "I Was Wrong", "Reach For the Sky"; solo: "Ballad of a Lonely Man", "Six more Miles") 1962
Eddie Murphy 1961
David Hyde Pierce ("Frasier") 1959
Alec Baldwin ("Beetlejuice", "Pearl Harbor", "Sponge Bob Movie", "Along Came Polly") 1958
Wayne Newton (Las Vegas singer) 1942
Jane Goodall (scientist studied African chimpanzees) 1934
Marlon Brando ("The Godfather", "The Island of Dr. Moreau", "Superman") 1924
Washington Irving (wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow") 1783

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April 4th:

Cordon Bleu day (Chicken stuffed with ham and cheese)
Read-a-Road-Map day

1997 - The final episode of "Renegade" aired. The action series aired 110 episodes over 5 seasons.
1986 - The final episode of "Knight Rider" aired. The series ran 91 episodes over 4 seasons.
1971 - The final episode of "Hogan's Heroes" aired. The series aired 168 episodes over 6 seasons.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39.
1964 - The Beatles made music history by holding the top five places in the singles charts with: "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "Please Please Me."
1960 - Elvis Presley recorded "Are You Lonesome Tonight."
1917 - The U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War I on the Allied side.
1896 - Gold is discovered in The Yukon, Canada.
1841 - U.S. President William Henry Harrison, at the age of 68, became the first president to die in office. He had been sworn in only a month before he died of pneumonia.
1818 - The U.S. flag was declared to have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars and that a new star would be added for the each new state.
1812 - The territory of Orleans became the 18th U.S. state and will become known as Louisiana.
1581 - Frances Drake completed the circumnavigation of the world.

Natasha Lyonne (started as a child Opal on "Pee-Wee's Playhouse", also: "American Pie", "The Gray Zone", "Scary Movie 2", "Party Monster", "Robots") 1979
Mason Marconi (nude model) 1973
David Blaine (Magician froze himself in a block of ice) 1973
David Cross (comedian) 1964
David Edward Kelley (TV producer, writer, director: "LA Law", "Doogie Howser", "Chicago Hope", "The Practice", "Alley McBeal", "Boston Legal", "The Wedding Bells", "Boston Public") 1956
Craig T. Nelson (TV's "Coach") 1946
Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates in "Psycho") 1932
Maya Angelou (poet wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings") 1928

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April 5th:

1994 - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) killed himself with a shotgun. He was found three days later.
1993 - Construction began on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
1987 - FOX Broadcasting Company launched "Married....With Children" and "The Tracey Ullman Show". The two shows were the beginning of the FOX lineup.
1985 - An estimated 5,000 radio stations around the world simultaneously played the song "We Are the World."
1980 - The final episode of "Hawaii Five-O" aired. The series, which started in 1968, aired 284 episodes over 12 seasons.
1976 - Led Zeppelin released their seventh studio album, "Presence."
1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister.
1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.

Lacey Duvalle (black pornstar 2000-) 1982
Colin Powell (George W. Bush's secretary of state) 1937
Gregory Peck ("To Kill a Mockingbird") 1916

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April 6th:

Caramel Corn day

1999 - Carmen Electra filed for a divorce from Dennis Rodman. They had only been married six months.
1965 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized the use of ground troops in combat operations in Vietnam.
1957 - Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" was released.
1927 - William P. MacCracken, Jr. earned license number ‘1’ when the Department of Commerce issued the first aviator’s license.
1917 - The U.S. Congress approved a declaration of war on Germany and entered World War I on the Allied side.
1909 - Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson were the first men to reach the North Pole.
1896 - The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.

Zach Braff ("Scrubs", "Garden State") 1975
Marilu Henner (TV's "Taxi") 1952
John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin on "Cheers", also the pig in "Toy Story") 1947
Hensen Cargill (country/pop singer had crossover hits including, most famously "Skip a Rope" in 1968) 1940
Merle Haggard (Legendary country music singer) 1937
Billy Dee Williams (played Lando Calrissian in "Star Wars 5-6") 1937
Butch Cassidy (wild west outlaw, partner of The Sundance Kid) 1866

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April 7th:

World Health Day
Coffee Cake Day

1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit."
1933 - Prohibition ended in the United States.
1930 - The first steel columns were set for the Empire State Building.
1927 - The first long-distance TV transmission was sent from Washington, DC, to New York City. The audience saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.
1857 - Matches became available in stores.

Sharka Blue (Pornstar 2002-) 1981
Russell Crowe (Australian actor: "Gladiator", "A Beautiful Mind") 1964
Jackie Chan (Martial Arts and comedy actor does his own stunts "Rush Hour", "The Tuxedo", "Shanghai Noon") 1954
Francis Coppola (directed "The Godfather") 1939
James Garner (TV: "Maverick", "The Rockford Files", Movies: "My Fellow Americans", "The Great Escape", "Maverick") 1928
Ravi Shankar (Indian sitar player played for the Beatles and fathered Norah Jones) 1920
Billie Holiday (Jazz singer) 1915

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April 8th:

International Bird Day

2005 - Funeral of Pope John Paul II.
1998 - The final episode of NBC's "Seinfeld" was filmed in Los Angeles. The comedy had aired 180 episodes over 9 seasons.
1994 - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) was found dead at the age of 27. He had committed suicide three days before.
1979 - The last episode of "All in the Family" aired. The sitcom had aired 210 episodes over 10 seasons. The series continued that fall for 97 more episodes, after being renamed “Archie Bunker's Place.”
1979 - Van Halen began their first world tour.
1976 - Aerosmith released the album "Toys in the Attic." Singles included "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion."
1963 - The final episode of "The Rifleman" aired. The western series aired 168 episodes over 5 seasons.
1913 - The Seventeenth amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, requiring direct election of senators.
1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives held its first meeting.

Judy Star (Pornstar 2000-) 1982
Grace Park ("Battlestar Galactica") 1974
Patricia Arquette (star of TV's "Medium") 1968
Julian Lennon (John Lennon's son became a singer) 1963
Kofi Annan (ex-Secretary-General of the UN) 1938
Betty Ford (US President Gerald Ford's wife who founded an alcoholic treatment center) 1918

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April 9th:

2003 - Baghdad, Iraq falls to American forces.
2000 - The final episode of "Pacific Blue" aired. The series about a bike patrol unit aired on the USA Network, and had aired 101 episodes over 5 seasons.
1990 - Billy Idol released the single "Cradle of Love."
1989 - Hundreds of thousands marched past the White House in support of the right to abortion.
1986 - It was announced that Patrick Duffy's character on the TV show Dallas would be returning after being killed off.
1968 - Murdered civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was buried.
1966 - Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" was released.
1959 - NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts.
1953 - TV Guide was published for the first time.
1914 - In London, the first full-color film, "The World, The Flesh, & the Devil," was shown.
1867 - The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty with Russia that purchased the territory of Alaska by one vote.
1866 - The Civil Rights Bill passed, over U.S. President Andrew Johnson's veto.
1865 - At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the parlor of William McClean's home. Grant allowed Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permitted soldiers to keep their horses and mules. Though there were still Confederate armies in the field, the war was officially over. The four years of fighting had killed 360,000 Union troops and 260,000 Confederate troops.

Alison Angel (Internet model born Christie Caudill) 1986
Keshia Knight Pulliam (began at age 4 as Rudy on "The Cosby Show") 1979
Katsumi (Pornstar 2003-) 1979
Rachel Stevens (British dance/pop singer: "Some Girls", "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex") 1978
Jenna Jameson [Pornstar (1993-) born Jennifer Massoli] 1974
Angelica Sin (Pornstar 1997-) 1974
Cynthia Nixon ("Sex and the City") 1966
Dennis Quaid ["Frequency", "The Right Stuff", "The Big Easy", "The Parent Trap (1998)", "Flight of the Phoenix (2004)", "The Alamo (2004)", "The Day After Tomorrow"] 1954
Hugh Hefner (founder of Playboy Magazine) 1926

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April 10th:

Golfers' day

2007 - In the Bahamas, DNA evidence shows that Anna Nicole Smith daughter was fathered by Larry Birkhead and not lawyer/boyfriend Howard K. Stern.
1996 - U.S. President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have outlawed a technique used to end pregnancies in their late stages.
1992 - Outside Needles, CA, comedian Sam Kinison was killed when a pickup truck slammed into his car on a desert road between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
1971 - John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" hit the charts. It was his first appearance on the charts.
1960 - The U.S. Senate passed the Civil Rights Bill.
1958 - Bobby Darin recorded "Splish Splash."
1957 - Ricky Nelson sang for first time on TV's "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." He performed Fats Domino's "I'm Walking." That performance launch his music career.
1953 - Warner Bros. released "House of Wax." It was the first 3-D movie to be released by a major Hollywood studio.
1925 - F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby."
1916 - The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) held its first championship tournament.
1849 - Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100.
1790 - The U.S. patent system was established.

Haley Joel Osment (child actor: movies: "The Sixth Sense", "AI", "Secondhand Lions", "Forrest Gump", "Pay It Forward" TV: "Thunder Alley", "Murphy Brown", "Jeff Foxworthy") 1988
Mandy Moore (sexy singer and actress) 1984
Chyler Leigh ("Not Another Teen Movie", TV: "That '80s Show", "Reunion") 1982
Bryce Soderberg (Bassist for Christian/Mainstream rock band Lifehouse: "Hanging By A Moment", "Breathing", "Spin", "You and Me") 1980
Steven Seagal (Actor usually in martial arts movies) 1952
John Madden (announcer for FOX football, has a football video game named after him) 1936
Omar Sharif ("Lawrence of Arabia", "Dr. Zhivago") 1932
Chuck Connors (star of the western TV series "The Rifleman") 1921
Harry Morgan (Colonel Sherman T. Potter on "MASH") 1915
Joseph Pulitzer (newspaper and magazine publisher created a journalism award) 1847
Commodore Matthew Perry (European opened relations with Japan for the first time in 250 years) 1794

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April 11th:

Dandelion day
Holy Saturday Jesus was dead the entire day.

1997 - Savage Garden released their self-titled debut album. Singles included "To The Moon and Back", "I Want You", and "Truly, Madly, Deeply."
1974 - The Judiciary committee subpoenas U.S. President Richard Nixon to produce tapes for impeachment inquiry.
1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
1968 - U.S. President Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
1966 - NBC aired the last episode of "Hullabaloo." The variety show ran 48 episodes over 2 years.
1947 - Jackie Robinson became the first black player in major-league history. He played in an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.
1895 - Anaheim, CA, completed its new electric light system. It was the first in California.

Joscelyn Eve Stoker aka Joss Stone (British singer) 1987
Tricia Helfer ("Battlestar Galactica") 1974
Jennifer Esposito (TV's Spin City" also 'The Master of Disguises", "Crash") 1973
Lisa Stansfield (late-80s/90s British dance/pop/soft-rock singer: "All Around the World", "Change") 1966
Ethel Kennedy (Widow of US President John F) 1928