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March 20 Click on link below for full blog Today’s Historical Highlights 1616 - Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana 1760 - Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin published (Boston) 1933 - Dachau, 1st Nazi concentration camp, completed 1935 - Your Hit Parade made its debut on radio 1942 - Gen MacArthur vows, I shall return 1954 - 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) 1963 - 1st Pop Art exhibition (NYC) 1976 - Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery 1987 - FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment) Today Is • Absolutely Incredible Kid Day • Alien Abduction Day • Atheist Pride Day • Bed-in For Peace Day • Companies That Care Day • Great American Meat Out Day • International Astrology Day • International Day of Happiness • French Language Day • Kiss Your Fiancée Day • National Agriculture Day • National Jump Out! Day • National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day • Proposal Day • Snowman Burning Day • Vernal Equinox (Spring): 20 12:57 pm EDT • World Storytelling Day • Wont You Be My Neighbor Day • World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People • Wont You Be MY Neighbor Day • Independence Day (Tunisia-1956-from France) Today’s Birthdays Carl Reiner, Bronx, comedian (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show) is 92 Hal Linden, [Harold Lipshitz], actor (Barney Miller, Blackes Magic) is 83 Bobby Orr, NHL defenseman (Boston Bruins) is 66 William Hurt, actor (Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God) is 64 Spike Lee [Shelton Jackson Lee], film director (Malcolm X) is 57 Holly Hunter, actress (Broadcast News, The Piano) is 56 Remembered for being born today 1873-1943 - Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) 1904-1990 - B[urrhus] F[rederic], Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box) 1906-1975 - Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) 1908-1985 - Michael Redgrave, actor (Browning Version, Lady Vanishes) 1918-1984 - Jack Barry, game show emcee (Jokers Wild) 1925-1999 - John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate) 1928-2003 - Fred Rogers, childrens TV host (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) 1936-2004 - Vaughn Meader, American comedian 1937-2008 - Jerry Reed, singer/actor (Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit)
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 01:39:42 +0000

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