March 31

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Chavez(1927-1993) ; Richard Chamberlain-78 Shirley Jones-78 Herb Alpert-77 Christopher Walken-69 Gabe Kaplan-67 Al Gore-64 Rhea Perlman-64 Ewan McGregor-41 ; 1917 The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.

March 30

Happy Birthday Peter Marshall-86 John Astin-82 Warren Beatty-75 Eric Clapton-67 Paul Reiser-55 Tracy Chapman-48 Celine Dion-44 Norah Jones-33 ; 1964 The TV game show "Jeopardy!" premiered on NBC.

March 29

Happy Birthday RIP Pearl Bailey(1918-1990)  Judith Guest-76 Eric Idle-69 Evangelos Papathanassiou-69 Marina Sirtis-57 Elle Macpherson-49 Amy Sedaris-51 Lucy Ryan Lawless-44 ; 1886 – Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

March 28

Happy Birthday Dianne Wiest-64 Reba McEntire-57 Vince Vaughn-43 Julia Stiles-31 Stefani Germanotta(Lady GaGa)-26 ; 1979, America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.

March 27

Happy Birthday RIP Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) Quentin Tarantino-49 Mariah Carey-43 Stacey "Fergie" Ferguson-37 ; 1794 President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy.

March 26

Happy Birthday Leonard Nimoy-81 Alan Arkin-78 James Caan-72 Nancy Pelosi-72 Diana Ross-68 Steven Tyler-64 Vicki Lawrence-63 Martin Short-62 Leeza Gibbons-55 T.R. Knight-39 ; 1911 Playwright Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Miss.

March 25

Happy Birthday Gloria Steinem-78 Aretha Franklin-70 Paul Michael Glaser-69 Sir Elton John(Reginald Dwight)-65 Mary Gross-59 Marcia Cross-50 Sarah Jessica Parker-47 Danica Patrick-30 ; 1913 The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.

March 24

Happy Birthday RIP Harry Houdini (1874-1926)  Bob Mackie-73 Tommy Hilfiger-61 Louie Anderson-59 Robert Carradine-58 Donna Pescow-58 Kelly LeBrock-52 Star Jones-50 Lara Flynn Boyle-42 ; 1955 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.

March 23

Happy Birthday Ric Ocasek-63 Catherine Keener-53 Marc Cherry-50 Perez Hilton ( Mario Lavandeira, Jr.)-34 Chaka Khan (Yvette Stevens) -59 ; 2010 President Barack Obama signed a $938 billion health care overhaul.

March 22

Happy Birthday RIP Marcel Marceau (1923–2007) William Shatne-81 George Benson-69 Andrew Lloyd Webber-64 Stephanie Mills-55 Matthew Modine-53 Reese Witherspoon-36 ; 1882 Congress outlawed polygamy.

March 21

Happy Birthday Timothy Dalton-66 Eddie Money-63 Gary Oldman-54 Rosie O'Donnell-50 Matthew Broderick-50 ; 1790 Thomas Jefferson took office as America's first secretary of state.

March 20

Happy Birthday RIP Fred Rogers (1928–2003) Carl Reiner-90 Hal Linden-81 John de Lancie-64 William Hurt-62 Spike Lee-55 Holly Hunter-54 Kathy Ireland-49 Dean Geyer-26 ; 1996 A jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their millionaire parents.

March 19

Happy Birthday Ursula Andress-76 Ruth Pointer-66 Glenn Close-65 Bruce Willis-57; 1918 Congress approved daylight-saving time. ; 1931 Nevada legalized gambling ; 1953 Academy Awards was televised for first time

March 18

Happy Birthday Charley Pride-74 Irene Cara-53 Vanessa Lynn Williams-49 Queen Latifah(Dana Owens)-42 Dane Cook-40 ; 1931 Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor.

March 17

Happy Birthday RIP Nat 'King' Cole (1919–1965) Patrick Duffy-63 Kurt Russell-61 Gary Sinnise-57 Rob Lowe-48 ; 1969 Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel.

March 16

Happy Birthday Jerry Lewis-86 Chuck Woolery-71 Erik Estrada-63 Nancy Wilson-58 Lauren Graham-45 ; 1850 "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published.

March 15

Happy Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg-79 Judd Hirsch-77 Dee Snider-57 Park Overall-55 Fabio Lanzoni-53 Terence Trent D'Arby Howard-50 Ken "Rockwell" Gordy-48 Eva Longoria-37 ; 1956 The Lerner and Loewe musical "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway.

March 14

Happy Birthday RIP Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Quincy Jones-79 Michael Caine-79 Billy Crystal-64 Chris Klein-33 Jordan Taylor Hanson-29 Jamie Bell-26 ; 1794 Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.

March 13

Happy Birthday Neil Sedaka-73 William H. Macy-62 Danny Masterson-36 Emile Hirsch-27 ; 1781 The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.

March 12

Happy Birthday RIP Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)  Barbara Feldon-79 Al Jarreau-72 Liza Minnelli-66 James Taylor-64 Ron Jeremy-59 Aaron Eckhart-44 ; 1912 The Girl Guides, the forerunner of the Girl Scouts of America, was founded.

March 11

Happy Birthday Rupert Murdoch-81 Sam Donaldson-78 Mark Metcalf-66 Bobby McFerrin Jr.-62 Jerry Zucker-62 Susan Richardson-60 Catharina Nina Hagen-57 Lady Chablis-54 Terrence Howard-43 Johnny Knoxville(Phillip Clapp)-41 Thora Birch-30

March 10

Happy Birthday Chuck Norris-72 Sharon Stone-54 Jasmine Guy-50 Prince Edward Windsor-48 Carrie Underwood-29 ; 1965 Neil Simon's play "The Odd Couple" opened on Broadway in New York

March 9

Happy Birthday Charles Gibson-69 Juliette Binoche-48 Emmanuel Lewis-41 Kerr Smith-40 Brittney Snow-26 ; 1959 Mattel's Barbie doll made its public at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

March 8

Happy Birthday George Micky Dolenz Jr.-67 John Kapelos-56 Gary Numan Webb-54 Lester Holt-53 Aidan Quinn-53 Debra Camryn Manheim-51 Freddie Prinze Jr.-36 James Van Der Beek Jr.-36 Nick Zano-34 ; 1917 The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.

March 7

Happy Birthday Willard Scott Jr.-78 Danielo J. Travanti-72 Michael Eisner-70 Taylor Dayne(Leslie Wunderman)-50 Wanda Sykes-48 John Peter Sarsgaard-41; 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

March 6

Happy Birthday RIP Ed McMahon(1923-2009)  Alan Greenspan-86 David Gilmour-66 Rob Reiner-65 Tom Arnold-53 Shaquille O'Neal-40 ; 1834 The city of Toronto was incorporated.

March 5

Happy Birthday Dean Stockwell-76 Eddy Grant-64 Marsha Warfield-58 Penn Jillette-57 Kevin Connolly-38 Eva Mendes-37

March 4

Happy Birthday Emilio Estefan-59 Adrian Zmed-58 Steven Weber-51 Summer Cummings-45 Chaz Bono-43 Andrea Bowen-22 ; 1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.

March 3

Happy Birthday Jennifer Warnes-65 Miranda Richardson-54 Glen Friedman-50 Julie Bowen-42 Matt Marsden-39 David Faustino-38 ; 1847 Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

March 2

Happy Birthday Mikhail Gorbachev-81 John Irving-70 Gates McFadden-63 Laraine Newman-60 Jon Bon Jovi-50 Bryce Howard-31 ; 1917 Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship.

March 1

Happy Birthday Robert Clary-86 Harry Belafonte-85 Robert Conrad-77 Alan Thicke-65 Catherine Bach-58 Ron Howard-58 Tim Daly-56 Justin Bieber-18 ; 1790 Congress authorized the first U.S. census