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1791 - Vermont, the 14th state, was admitted to the union on this day. It sits way up in the northeast corner of the United States, adjacent to New York, nestled in the Green Mountains. No wonder it’s known as the Green Mountain State! Coincidentally, that’s what the French phrase ‘vert mont’ means. Montpelier is Vermont’s capital city. Hail Vermont is the state song which goes right along with the state motto: Vermont, Freedom and Unity. The hermit thrush stands alone as the state bird; and the red clover is the colorful state flower which attracts the state insect, the honeybee. The Morgan horse is the state animal, and the state tree ... you guessed it ... is the one that makes all that famous Vermont maple syrup, the sugar maple tree. Every now and then some of these state symbols make sense.1829 - The ‘spoils system’ was introduced by President Andrew Jackson when he appointed Simon Cameron as a reward for political assistance. Today, many people are spoiled by the system of political appointments for a variety of reasons -- usually financial contributions.
1877 - Emile Berliner, the man behind so many inventions, came up with a thing called the microphone. Good thing, too, because the Bell System -- run by Alexander Graham Bell, of course -- was in desperate need of something to save it from financial ruin and to help the progress of the telephone. So, the Bell Labs came up with a compact way to put Mr. Berliner’s microphone on a wooden box, a crank, an earpiece, a cradle hook for the earpiece and some wires and called it the telephone.
1880 - Halftone engraving was used for the first time as the Daily Graphic was published in New York City.
1881 - Eliza Ballou Garfield became the first mother of a U.S. President to live in the executive mansion. She moved into the White House with her son James, the President.
1925 - Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Washington DC. The presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time.
1930 - ‘The Redhead’, Red Barber, began his radio career this day. Barber broadcast on WRUF at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He soon became one of the best known sports voices in America.
1937 - Actor/producer/writer/composer/comedian and this night’s host, George Jessel, welcomed the glamorous crowd to the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, the setting for the 9th Annual Academy Awards show. Which film was which, you ask? The envelope, if you please... For the films of 1936: Outstanding Production/Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld (from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer); Best Director: Frank Capra for Mr. Deeds Goes To Town; Actor: Paul Muni (The Story Of Louis Pasteur); Actor in a Supporting Role: Walter Brennan (Come and Get It); Best Actress: Luise Rainer (The Great Ziegfeld); Actress in a Supporting Role: Gale Sondergaard (Anthony Adverse); Best Song: Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern for The Way You Look Tonight from the movie, Swing Time.
1942 - The Dick Jurgens Orchestra recorded One Dozen Roses on Okeh Records in Chicago.
1942 - Shirley Temple had a starring role in Junior Miss on CBS radio this day. The show, heard for the first time, cost $12,000 a week (how much today) to produce and stayed on the airwaves until 1954.
1942 - The Stage Door Canteen opened on West 44th Street in New York City. The canteen became widely known as a service club for men in the armed forces and a much welcomed place to spend what would otherwise have been lonely hours. The USO, the United Service Organization, grew out of the ‘canteen’ operation, to provide entertainment for American troops around the world.
1943 - The 15th Academy Awards presentation drew Hollywood luminaries to the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles to celebrate the great work done during the year 1942. Everybody seemed to like Mrs. Miniver (from Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer) better than any other movie that year. That movie was so good that it won William Wyler the Best Director Oscar; Greer Garson the Best Actress statuette; Teresa Wright the Best Actress in a Supporting Role prize; Joseph Ruttenberg the Cinematography/black-and-white Oscar; and George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis the Writing/Screenplay award. Ah, but there was more to celebrate on that March night in 1943: James Cagney was presented the Best Actor Oscar for Yankee Doodle Dandy and Van Heflin was voted Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Johnny Eager. And one other award is worth mentioning: a guy named Irving Berlin picked up the Best Song Oscar for a little ditty he had written for the film, Holiday Inn: White Christmas.
1944 - Germany’s capital city of Berlin was bombed by the U.S. for the first time. The Luftwaffe lost heavily to the American Air Force bombers, even though only 29 U.S. bombers reached the target because of weather.
1950 - Walt Disney’s Cinderella was released. It was the first full-length, animated, feature film in eight years from the man who brought us Mickey Mouse.
1951 - Sir John Gielgud starring as Hamlet was heard on The U.S. Steel Hour on the NBC Radio Network this day.
1952 - President Harry Truman dedicated the Coast Guard cutter Courier, containing the first seagoing radio relay station, in ceremonies in Washington, DC. The station was used to transmit Voice of America programs behind the Iron Curtain.
1952 - Actors Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married in the San Fernando Valley, near Los Angeles, CA.
1959 - Pioneer 4 made the first U.S. fly-by of the moon.
1962 - The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced that the first atomic power plant in Antarctica was in operation -- at McMurdo Sound.
1966 - The London Evening Standard published an interview with John Lennon in which he proclaimed that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.”
1970 - The French submarine Eurydice exploded and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Toulon. All 57 on board died. The cause was never determined.
1974 - Harold Wilson replaced the resigning Edward Heath as British prime minister.
1978 - Andy Gibb reached the top of the music charts as (Love Is) Thicker Than Water reached #1 for a two-week stay. The Bee Gees also set a record on this day as their single, How Deep Is Your Love, from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack stayed in the top 10 for an unprecedented 17 weeks. (Gibb died on March 10, 1988 of an inflammatory heart virus in Oxford, England. He was 30 years old.)
1981 - Lyricist E.Y. ‘Yip’ Harburg died in an auto accident in Hollywood, CA at the age of 82. Two of his most successful hits were Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz and It’s Only a Paper Moon, popularized by Nat King Cole and many others.
1989 - Time Incorporated and Warner Communications Incorporated announced plans to merge into the world’s largest media and entertainment conglomerate.
1991 - The Soviet parliament ratified a six-nation treaty setting the legal seal on German unification after two years of revolutionary change in central Europe.
1993 - A $69 million class-action lawsuit was filed in San Francisco against the U.S. government by 8,600 Amerasian children. They claimed their U.S. military fathers abandoned them in the Philippines.
1994 - Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty of bombing the landmark World Trade Center in New York. Mohammad Salameh, Ahmad Ajaj, Mahmud Abuhalima and Nidel Ayyad were convicted of the 1993 bombing.
1996 - Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon), died in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 83 years old. In 1992, President George Bush awarded the country music singer/comedienne a National Medal of Arts. In 1994, Minnie Pearl became the first woman inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame. Pearl’s trademarks were her wide-brimmed straw hat with the price tag still fluttering in the breeze, and her greeting, “How-dee! I’m just so proud to be here.”
1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that granted self-determination to Puerto Rico for the first time since the island was taken over by the U.S.
1999 - Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun died. Blackmun wrote the 1973 decision that legalized abortion. He died in Arlington, Virginia at age 90.
2001 - U.S. President George Bush (II) dedicated -- and former first lady Nancy Reagan christened -- the $4 billion aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
2002 - The European Union agreed to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, but failed to set pollutant-emission levels to meet the accord’s targets.
2003 - A bus rolled into a deep gorge in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. Nine people were killed and 52 injured.
2004 - New nickels honoring the 1803 Louisiana Purchase were shipped to the Federal Reserve. The new Westward Journey Nickel Series featured the first newly designed U.S. 5-cent coin (nickel) in 66 years.
2005 - New movies in U.S. theatres: Be Cool, starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, The Rock, Vince Vaughn, André 3000, Paul Adelstein, Scott Adsit, Kimberly J. Brown, Cedric the Entertainer, Brian Christensen, Keila Collins, Danny DeVito, Carol Duboc, James Gandolfini, Arielle Kebbel, Harvey Keitel, Alex Kubik, Nick Loren, Debi Mazar, Christina Milian, Minae Noji, Lance Norris and Steven Tyler; The Jacket, with Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Brad Renfro and Daniel Craig; and The Pacifier, starring Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, Brittany Snow, Max Theriot, Morgan York, Carol Kane and Brad Garrett.
2005 - Martha Stewart returned from prison to the multi-million-dollar estate where she would remain under the watch of federal authorities as she began to revive her homemaking empire.
2006 - A Chinese government spokesman said China’s military budget would increase 14.7% in 2006 -- to $35.1 billion. China’s National People's Congress approved the increase in military spending -- to 35 billion dollars (27 billion euros).
2006 - 10,000 fans paid $50-$450 each to watch the Ultimate Fighting Championship at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among other thrills at UFC 58: USA vs Canada (also broadcast live on pay-per-view in the U.S.), the fans got to see UFC middleweight champ Rich Franklin retaing his title by defeating David Loiseau. Franklin broke his left hand during the second round, but continued to fight until the end of the bout.
2007 - China announced a boost in military spending (by 17.8%) for the year. The $45-billion budget represented the largest increase in military spending in five years.
2008 - U.S. Senator John McCain clinched the Republican presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton won primaries in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island; Barack Obama came away with a large share of delegates -- and won outright in Vermont.
2009 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress and bestowed an honorary knighthood on Senator Edward Kennedy.
2009 - The International Criminal Court at The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. He was the first sitting head of state the court had ordered arrested.
2010 - Israel’s Supreme Court reprimanded Jerusalem police for not permitting groups to protest the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in favor of Jewish settlers.
2010 - Thousands of protesters in California lashed out against budget cuts to the state’s educational system in a ‘Day of Action to Defend Public Education’.
2011 - Movies opening in the U.S.: The animated action Rango, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina and Bill Nighy; The Adjustment Bureau, starring Matt Damon, Lisa Thoreson, Florence Kastriner, Phyllis McBryde, Natalie Carter, Chuck Scarborough and Jon Stewart; Beastly, with Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Neil Patrick Harris, Erik Knudsen, Erik Knudsen and Mary-Kate Olsen; Take Me Home Tonight, with Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler, Teresa Palmer, Chris Pratt and Michael Biehn; Abel, with Geraldine Alejandra, Karina Gidi, Christopher Ruíz-Esparza, Gerardo Ruíz-Esparza, Gerardo Ruíz-Esparza and José María Yazpik; Dear Lemon Lima, with Melissa Leo, Meaghan Martin, Elaine Hendrix, Beth Grant, Vanessa Marano and Zane Huett; and HappyThankYouMorePlease, starring Josh Radnor.
2011 - Interpol reported that it had issued an international alert for Moammar Gadhafi and 15 other family members and close associates in a move aimed at helping enforce international sanctions against the Libyan strongman and his regime.
2012 - Several advertisers pulled their ads from the Rush Limbaugh radio show after his comments about Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke. The right-wing verbal flame thrower had called her a “slut” and a “prostitute” after she testified in support of health insurance that covered birth control for women.
2012 - Russians voted in presidential elections and returned Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin, winning more than 63% of the vote. The opposition and independent observers said the election was marred by widespread fraud. The independent elections watchdog agency Golos said it received reports of so-called ‘carousel voting’, in which busloads of voters are driven around to cast ballots multiple times.
2013 - A passenger plane crashed in a residential compound a few meters from the U.N.’s (MONUSCO) offices in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Seven people on the plane were killed and three injured. Some debris from the plane hit a MONUSCO communication tower. MONUSCO offices and vehicles were also damaged by the falling debris, but there were no human casualties to U.N. staff. The plane crashed while trying to land during a heavy rain storm.
2014 - Nigeria announced that it had released fuel from its reserves to ease a crippling shortage that caused long queues of vehicles at petrol stations across the country. Marketers and tanker drivers blamed the scarcity on a delay in the approval of fuel import permits by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
2014 - The Los Angeles City Council voted to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in workplaces and public areas. Critics called the ban, “misguided.”
2015 - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the the city’s public schools would observe the Muslim holy days of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The mayor and the Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña made the announcement at PS/IS 30 in Brooklyn, where 36 percent of students had been absent the last time Eid al-Adha fell on an instructional day.
2016 - Motion picture debuting in the U.S. included: London Has Fallen, starring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman and Charlotte Riley; Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, with Margot Robbie, Tina Fey and Billy Bob Thornton; the animated Zootopia, featuring the voices of Idris Elba, Kristen Bell, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Alan Tudyk, J.K. Simmons, Jenny Slate and Bonnie Hunt; Ava’s Possessions, with Whitney Able, Jemima Kirke and Carol Kane; The Wave, starring Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen and Ane Dahl Torp; Desierto, with Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Alondra Hidalgo; Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman; and Me Him Her, with Haley Joel Osment, Alia Shawkat and Luke Bracey.
2016 - Abu Omar al-Shishani (b.1986), also known as Omar the Chechen and described by the Pentagon as the Islamic State’s minister of war, was targeted in a drone strike on the town of Sharqat in Syria. Al-Shishani was critically wounded and died the following week.
2017 - Former POTUS Obama’s team shot down POTUS Trump’s claim that Obama ordered wiretapping on Trump Tower during the 2016 election. “A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice,” Kevin Lewis, an Obama spokesman, said. “As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen.” “Any suggestion otherwise is simply false,” he added.
2018 - Russ Solomon, founder of Tower Records, died at his home in Sacramento, CA. He was 92 years old. From 1941 Solomon built the Tower Records chain to over 200 stores, which folded in 2006 in the wake of competition from the wildly popular Internet. He was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2016 (with the likes of Harrison Ford and Maria Shriver). Two area entrepreneurs announced plans to open a Jewish deli in his honor on the site of an old Tower store in downtown Sacramento.
2018 - For the 90th time, Academy Awards were passed out to celebrate the best movies and actors of the year. The ceremony this time was held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The Shape of Water won four Oscars including best film. Gary Oldman won the best actor Academy Award for his role in Darkest Hour. And Frances McDormand won the best actress Oscar for her performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Jimmy Kimmel hosted for the second consecutive year, making him the first to host back-to-back ceremonies since Billy Crystal in 1997/1998.
2019 - Actor Luke Perry died in Los Angeles following a massive stroke at age 52. Perry played the wealthy rebel Dylam McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990-2000. He also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series Riverdale, had guest roles on notable TV shows such as Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons, and Will & Grace. And he appeared in many films, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), 8 Seconds (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), and Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood (2019).
2019 - Vladimir Putin suspended Russia’s participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), a key Cold War-era arms treaty. Donald Trump had withdrawn the U.S. from the treaty the previous day, saying Russia had not complied with it.
2020 - California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency (making federal aid possible) because of the COVID-19 virus spread. California had 53 confirmed cases -- and health officials announced the first California death from the virus, an elderly person with underlying health conditions. It was the first coronavirus fatality in the U.S. outside of Washington state, where 10 had died.
2020 - Airline mechanic Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani (60) was sentenced in Florida to three years in prison. He had for sabotaged an American Airlines jetliner in a bid to earn overtime fixing the plane. Alani was a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Iraq who had been an airline mechanic for 30 years.
2021 - Dallas police Officer Bryan Riser was arrested and jailed on two counts of capital murder. The police department first identified Riser as a person of interest in 2019. But even with help from the FBI, there wasn’t enough evidence to arrest him. Thus, Riser was out patrolling the community while he was actively under investigation for murder.
2021 - NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover successfully completed its initial test drive on the surface of the red planet, two weeks after touching down.
2021 - Austria, Denmark and Israel said they would set up a joint research and development fund and new production facilities for COVID-19 vaccines to ensure they had long-term supplies for booster shots or to contend with virus mutations.
2022 - Japan’s Supreme Court upheld an order for utility Tokyo Electric Power to pay damages of 1.4 billion yen ($12 million) to about 3,700 people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It was the first decision of its kind, with the average payout of about 380,000 yen ($3,290) for each plaintiff covered by three class-action lawsuits.
2022 - A federal judge sentenced 68-year-old Duke Edward Wilson, a logger from Nampa, Idaho, to over four years in prison for clubing a police officer with a pipe during the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said the 51-month sentence — the maximum allowed under federal sentencing guidelines — was necessary because the insurrection was “a horrible day for our country.”
2022 - Microsoft Corp suspended new sales of its products and services in Russia -- the latest Western company to distance itself from Moscow after despot Putin’s Ukraine invasion. Several major companies, including Apple, Nike and Dell, had severed connections with Russia.
2022 - The Swiss government widened sanctions against Russia, in step with further measures imposed by the European Union, tightening exports and financial services. The Swiss government also froze the assets of people and companies with connections to Vladimir Putin.
2023 - The United Nations reached a historic treaty to protect marine life and biodiversity in the world’s oceans. The agreement was a milestone in a years-long effort to pass official legislation against the destruction of oceanic habitats. The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea was first written in 1982 and updated again in 1994. However, efforts to re-hash the convention since then were hindered by disagreements over funding and protections for fishermen. The agreement applied to around half of the planet’s surface, and increased the 1.2 percent of the high seas that were already under protection.
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Birthdays on This Day March 4
1678 - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
musician: violin; composer: The Four Seasons, Nisi dominus, Summer Storm, Primavera, Concerto per liuto e mandolino, Griselda, Gloria, Symphony 4 in B Minor, Magnificat, Quattro stagione; died July 28, 17411756 - Sir Henry Raeburn
Scottish artist: mostly male portraits; died July 8, 18231876 - Theodore Hardeen (Ferencz Deszo Weisz)
magician; brother of Harry Houdini; died Jun 12, 19451888 - Knute Rockne
College Football Hall of Famer: coach: Notre Dame [1918-1930]: 122 games: won 105, lost 12, tied 5; killed in plane crash Mar 31, 19311891 - Dazzy Vance
Baseball Hall of Famer [pitcher]: New York Yankees [1915, 1918], Pittsburgh Pirates [1915], Brooklyn Dodgers [1922-1932, 1935] [only pitcher to lead the National League in strikeouts seven consecutive seasons], St. Louis Cardinals [1933-1934], Cincinnati Reds [1935]; died Feb 16, 19611901 - Charles Goren
bridge card game expert; died Apr 3, 19911909 - Harry Helmsley
billionaire real estate broker, investor: husband of Leona Helmsley/Helmsley Hotels; died Jan 4, 19971913 - John Garfield (Jacob Julius Garfinkle)
actor: Destination Tokyo, Gentlemen’s Agreement, The Postman Always Rings Twice; died May 21, 19521917 - Clyde (Edward) McCullough
baseball: catcher: Chicago Cubs [World Series: 1945/all-star: 1948, 1953], Pittsburgh Pirates; died Sep 18, 19821918 - Margaret Osborne duPont
tennis champion: Women’s Singles: French Open [1946, 1949], Wimbledon [1947], US Open [1948, 1949, 1950]; died Oct 24, 20121921 - Joan Greenwood
actress: Little Dorritt series, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Tom Jones, Importance of Being Earnest, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Frenzy; died Feb 27, 19871923 - Sir Patrick Moore (English amateur astronomer: former President of British Astronomical Association, author: over 70 books on astronomy, presenter of long-running BBC series The Sky at Night; died Dec 9, 2012
1927 - Dick Savitt
tennis champ: Wimbledon Singles Champ, Australian Singles title, U.S. Davis Cup Team [1951]; died Jan 6, 20231932 - Miriam (Zensile) Makeba
Empress of African Song: singer: first black South African to attain international stardom; died Nov 10, 20081934 - Barbara McNair
singer; TV hostess: The Barbara McNair Show; actress: The Organization, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!, Change of Habit, Dead Right; died Feb 4, 20071936 - Jim Clark
British auto racer: Indianapolis 500 winner [1965]; killed in crash Apr 7, 19681938 - Paula Prentiss (Ragusa)
actress: What’s New Pussycat; Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Where the Boys Are, Man’s Favorite Sport, He & She1944 - Bobby Womack
songwriter: I’m a Midnight Mover, I’m in Love; singer: Lookin’ for a Love, Harry Hippie, If You Think You’re Lonely Now; died Jun 27, 20141946 - Danny (Vincent) ‘Bear’ Frisella
baseball: pitcher: NY Mets, Atlanta Braves, SD Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, SL Cardinals; died Jan 1, 19771948 - James Ellroy
crime fiction writer: The Black Dahlia, White Jazz, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, Blood’s a Rover1948 - Chris Squire
musician: bass: LP: Fish Out of Water; group: Yes: Roundabout, Owner of a Lonely Heart; died Jun 28, 20151948 - Shakin’ Stevens (Michael Barratt)
singer: Hot Dog, Marie Marie, This Ole House, Green Door, Oh Julie; actor: Elvis, Oh Boy1950 - Ron Climie
hockey: WHL: Denver Spurs, Ottawa Nationals, Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers1950 - Judy Dickinson
golf champ: Boston Five Classic [1985]; Rochester International, SAFECO Classic [1986]; Inamori Classic [1992]; Lady Seoul Open [1992]; LPGA Tour president [1990-1992]1950 - Rick Perry
governor of Texas [2000-2015]: longest longest-serving governor in Texas state history [three terms]; U.S. Secretary of Energy [2017-2019]1951 - Pete Haycock
musician: guitar; singer: founding member of Climax Chicago Blues Band/Climax Blues Band; composer of film scores; died Oct 30, 20131951 - Chris Rea
musician: guitar: groups: Chris Rea Band, Ambrosia; singer, songwriter: Fool If You Think It’s Over1953 - Kay Lenz
actress: Rich Man Poor Man, Trapped in Space, Death Wish 41954 - Catherine O’Hara
actress: A Simple Twist of Fate, Wyatt Earp, Home Alone series, Dick Tracy, Beetlejuice; comedienne: The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, Second City TV, SCTV Network 901954 - Adrian Zmed
actor: Improper Conduct, Eyewitness to Murder, Bachelor Party, The Final Terror, Grease 2, For the Love of It, T.J. Hooker, Goodtime Girls, Flatbush; TV host: Dance Fever1957 - Rick Mast
NASCAR race car driver1957 - Mykelti Williamson
actor: Forrest Gump, Black Dynamite, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Lucky Number Slevin, Boomtown, Con Air, 24, Justified1958 - Patricia Heaton
actress: The Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Goodbye Girl, A Town Without Christmas, Beethoven, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Shattered Dreams, Space Jam, Back to You, Carol’s Second Act1961 - Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini
lightweight boxing champion, actor: The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, Aces: Iron Eagle III, The Search for One-eye Jimmy, Body and Soul; film based on his life: Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story [1985]1961 - Steven Weber
actor: Chicago Med, Wings, The Flamingo Kid, Hamburger Hill, Leaving Las Vegas, Thanks of a Grateful Nation, Common Ground, Once and Again, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip1963 - Jason Curtis Newsted
musician: bass; singer: groups: Metallica, Voivod, Flotsam and Jetsam1963 - Daniel Roebuck
actor: Dozers, A Fork in the Road, Angels and Fire, Flash of Genius, Shredderman Rules, American Black Beauty, Take Out, River’s Edge, Dudes, Final Destination, The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, Agent Cody Banks, Matlock, Nash Bridges, Grimm; more1964 - Tom Lampkin
baseball [catcher, first base, outfield]: Univ of Portland; Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners1965 - Stacy Edwards
actress: Back When We Were Grownups, Joshua, Prancer Returns, Driven, The Next Best Thing, The Bachelor, Primary Colors1966 - Kevin Johnson
basketball [ point guard]: Cleveland Cavaliers [1987-1988], Phoenix Suns [1988-1998; 2000]; politician: mayor of Sacramento, CA [2008-2016]1966 - Daniela Amavia
model, actress: The Perfect Sleep, Children of Dune, Nocturnal, The Woman Every Man Wants, Tatort - Eulenburg, Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time1968 - Giovanni Carrara
baseball [pitcher]: Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates1968 - Brian Hunter
baseball [outfield, first base]: Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies1968 - Patsy Kensit
actress: Tunnel Vision, Fall from Grace, Blame It on the Bellboy, Chicago Joe and the Showgirl, Lethal Weapon, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Great Gatsby1969 - Chaz Bono (Chastity Sun Bono)
transgender advocate, writer, musician; only child of entertainers Sonny & Cher1970 - Andrea Bendewald
actress: Stick It, Employee of the Month, One Night at McCool’s, Picture Perfect, Suddenly Susan1972 - Robert Smith
football [running back]: Ohio State Univ; NFL: Minnesota Vikings1977 - Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala
football [running back]: Univ of Utah; NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars1983 - Sergio Romo
baseball [pitcher]: San Francisco Giants [World Series champs 2010, 2012, 2014]1985 - Scott Michael Foster
actor: Greek, Chasing Life, Californication, Halt, Catch Fire, Once Upon a Time, Blood & Oil1986 - Margo Harshman
actress: Even Stevens, Run of the House, Hiding Victoria, NCIS1986 - K. Michelle (Kimberly Michelle Pate)
singer: Fakin’ It, I Just Can’t Do This, V.S.O.P., Can’t Raise a Man, Supahood, The Rain1987 - Tamzin Merchant
actress: Carnival Row, Pride & Prejudice, The Tudors, Salem1988 - Josh Bowman
actor: Revenge, Genie in the House, Holby City, Make It or Break It, Time After Time1990 - Andrea Bowen
actress: Desperate Housewives, Eye of the Dolphin, Luckey Quarter, Red Riding Hood, Highball1990 - Draymond Green
basketball [forward]: NBA: Golden State Warriors [2012– ]: 2015, 2017, 2018 NBA champs1993 - Jenna Boyd
actress: The Hunted, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, The Missing, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Atypical
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Hit Music on This Day March 4
1948Now is the Hour (facts) - Bing Crosby
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (facts) - The Art Mooney Orchestra
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