March 11

Happy Birthday RIP Shemp Howard(Samuel Horwitz 1895–1955) Lawrence Welk(1903–1992) ; Rupert Murdoch–82 Sam Donaldson–79 Mark Metcalf–67 Robert "Bobby" McFerrin–63 Susan Richardson–61 Catharina "Nina" Hagen–58 "Lady Chablis"(Benjamin Knox)–56 "Cheryl Lynn"(Lynda Cheryl Smith)–56 David LaChapelle–50 Terrence Howard–44 "Johnny Knoxville"(Philip Clapp)–42 Thora Birch–31 ; 1985 – Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party