March 8

Happy Birthday RIP Lynn Redgrave(1943–2010) Alan Hale Mackahan Jr(1921–1990) "Cyd Charisse"(Tula Finklea 1921–2008) ; George Michael Dolenz Jr–71 John Kapelos–60 Gary Numan(Webb)–58 Lester Holt Jr–57 Aidan Quinn–57 Debra "Camryn" Manheim–55 Jed Rees–46 Freddie Prinze Jr–40 James Van Der Beek Jr–39 Nicholas Zano–38 ; 1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded ; 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule ; 1974 – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France ; 1979 – Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time