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1996Sterling Wayne Robert Allen,-- son of XXX actress Ginger Lynn Allen
1987 "Baby M"-- born to a surrogate mother, awarded to her dad William Stern
1982 Jessica Joseph, --Royal Oak Mich, dance skater (& Butler-1997 Natl)
1980 Jenny Smith, --Western Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1976 Amanda Moody, --Orem Utah, Miss America-Utah (1996)
1976 Josh Saviano, --actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years)
1974 Anthony Hicks, --NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1974 Carol Ann Plante, --actress (Sara Henderson-Harry & the Hendersons)
1974 James Burgess, --linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1974 Jason Odom, --tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 Nina Georgala, --Miss Universe-Greece (1996)
1973 Vanessa Mambi, --Miss Universe-Curacao (1996)
1972 John Godina, --Fort Sill Okla, shot putter/discus thrower (Oly-silver-96)
1972 Kelly O'Leary, --Halifax Nova Scotia, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1971 Ewan McGregor, --Perth Australia, actress (Trainspotting)
1971 Pavel Bure, --Moscow Rus, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1971 Pavel Bure, --NHL forward (Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Vancouver)
1970 Derek Brown, --NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 Oleg Romanov, --NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-98)
1970 Stuart Carruthers, --Australian field hockey fullback (Olympics-96)
1969 Kevin Sargent, --NFL tackle/guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
1969 Steve Smith, --NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1968 J R Reid, --NBA forward (NY Knicks, Charlotte Hornets)
1967 Glenn Montgomery, --NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks, Oilers)
1967 Nanci Bowen, --Tifton GA, LPGA golfer (1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1966 Natalie Gosselin, --Levis Quebec, 52kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1966 Thomas Fitzgerald, --Bkln NY, team handball left wing (Olympics-1996)
1965 Marlon Vonhagt, --cricketer (1 ODI Sri Lanka 1984-85 World Series Cup)
1965 Patty Fendick, --tennis star (1989 Auckland)
1965 Tom Barrasso, --Boston, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
1965 William McNamara, --actor (Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home)
1964 Dave Wyman, --NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1964 David Diaz-Infante, --NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1964 Erik Turner, -- rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1964 Isabelle Ferrari, --Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager)
1964 Rod Jones, --NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
1962 John Taylor, --NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)
1961 Ron Brown, --LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1960 Anne Howard, --actress (Nicole Love-Another World)
1960 Mark Tuinei, --NFL tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
1959 Angus Young, --Glascow Scotland, rock guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1958 Jay Feenan,-- rower (Olympics-1996)
1958 Pat McGlynn, --Edinburgh, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1957 Marc McClure, --San Mateo Calif, actor
1957 Mary Cadorette, --actress (Vicky-3's a Crowd)
1957 Patrick G Forrester, --El Paso TX, Lt Col Army/astronaut
1954 Tony Brock, --England, rock drummer (Babys-Missing You)
1953 Greg Martin, --singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1953 Sean Hopper, -- rock keyboardist (Huey Lewis & The News)
1952 Vanessa Del Rio, --[Anna Maria Sanchez], XXX actress (Babylon Gold)
1951 Ed Marinaro, --actor (Joe-Hill St Blues, Sonny-Laverne & Shirley)
1950 Ed Marinaro-- (football: Minnesota Vikings running back: Super Bowl VIII, IX; actor: Hill Street Blues, Sisters, Dancing with Danger)
1950 Alison McCartney, --pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner
1950 Richard Hughes,-- rocker (Johnny Winter Band)
1949 Charles Johnson --basketball
1948 David Eisenhower, --Eisenhower's grandson (married Julie Nixon)
1948 Mick Ralphs,-- rocker
1948 Rhea Perlman, --Emmy Award-winning actress: (Cheers, Carwash, Ratings Game, Class Act, Ted & Venus,
Intimate Strangers)
1948 Thijs van Leer,-- Dutch singer/flutist (Focus, Introspection)
1948 Gore, Albert --American politician who was vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2000.
1947 Al Goodman-- rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown)
1947 C‚sar Gaviria Trujillo-- president (Colombia, 1990-94)
1947 Jon-Jon Poulos -- rocker (Buckinghams)
1946 Aftab Gul--cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in six Tests 1969-71)
1946, Al Nichol--Winston Salem NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Turtles)
1945 Gabe Kaplan --comedian/actor (Welcome Back Kotter)
1944 Rod Allen --[B Rodney Bainbridge] rock bassist/vocalist (Fortunes)
1943 Christopher Walken--Astoria Queens, actor (Deer Hunter, Batman Returns, Brainstorm, Wayne's World 2, Pulp Fiction)
1940 Barney Frank, --(Rep-D-MA, 1981- )
1940 Jim Criner, --WLAF head coach (Scottish Claymores)
1940 Patrick J Leahy, --(Sen-D-VT, 1975- )
1939 Schlöndorff, Volker --motion-picture director, member of the postwar cinema movement in West Germany.
1939 Liz Claiborne, --Brussels Belgium, fashion designer (women)
1938 Nathaniel Taylor, --St Louis Mo, actor (Rollo-Sanford & Sons)
1938 Billy Hicke --hockey
1937 Willem Duyn, [Mouth], --Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal)
1936 Marge Piercy, --author (Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers)
1935 Richard Chamberlain --Beverly Hills Calif, actor (actor: Dr. Kildare, The Thorn Birds; Centennial, Shogun, The Towering Inferno, Julius Caesar, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Bourne Identity, King Solomon's Mines; environmentalist in Hawaii)
1935 Herb Alpert--bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M)
1935 Judith Rossner, --US, writer (August)
1934 Shirley Jones--Smithton Pa, actress (Partridge Family, Carousel, Music Man, Elmer Gantry)
1934 Rubbia, Carlo --Italian physicist who in 1984 shared with Simon van der Meer the Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of the massive, short-lived subatomic W particle and Z particle. These particles are the carriers of the so-called weak force involved in the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.
1934 Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, --Russia, cosmonaut (Vostok 1 backup)
1934 John D Loudermilk, --rock drummer/vocalist (Language of Love, Norman)
1934 Wim H Sinnige, --Dutch alderman of finance (social democratic)
1933 Bob Simmons, --Fulham England, stuntman (double for James Bond)
1932 Godfrey Lawrence, --cricketer (S African fast bowler, 8-53 v NZ 1961)
1932 John Jakes, --Chicago, writer (Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters)
1932 Nagisa Oshima, --Kyoto Japan, director (Town of Love & Hope)holds record for most wins in the
Senior PGA Tour [24] from 1981 to 1992)
1931 Miller Barber, --Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1968 Byron Nelson Classic)
1929 Lee Patterson, --Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World)
1929 Liz Claiborne, --fashion designer
1928 Lefty (William) Frizzell --(Country Music Hall of Famer: If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time, Always Late,
Saginaw Michigan)
1928 Howe, Gordie --Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player and administrator. His career record of 1,850 total points (goals and assists) in the National Hockey League (NHL) stood until it was broken by Wayne Gretzky in 1989. His record of 801 goals in the NHL was broken by Gretzky in 1994.
1927 William Daniels, --Bkln NY, actor (Dr Mark Craig-St Elsewhere, 1776; voice of Kitt on Knight Rider, The Graduate, Oh God!, A Thousand Clowns) )
1927 Chavez, Cesar (Estrada) --organizer and leader of migrant American farm workers, largely Hispanic.
1926 Sydney Chaplin, --son of Charlie/actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters)
1926 Fowles, John --English novelist whose allusive and descriptive works combine psychological probings--chiefly of sex and love--with an interest in social and philosophical issues.
1925 Leo Buscaglia
1924 Harry Cubitt, --4th Lord Ashcombe ("Mad Harry"), English landowner
1924 Leo Buscaglia, --LA Calif, "Dr Hug", psycholigist (Love)
1923 Donald Argee Barksdale, --Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948)
1923 Lawrie Miller, --NZ cricketer (opening bat in 13 Tests)
1922 Patrick J G McGee, --North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange)
1922 Richard Kiley, --Chicago, actor (Man of La Mancha, Endless Love)(Emmy Award-winning actor: The Thorn
Birds [1983], The Blackboard Jungle, The Bad Seed, Looking for Mr. Goodbar)
1920 Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, --Dutch writer (Bitter Herb)
1918 Tommy Bolt --(golfer: U.S. Open Champion [1958])
1918 Ted Post, --Dir (Peacemaker, Beneath the Planet of the Apes)
1916 John Vivyan, --Chic Ill, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky)
1915 Eliseo Morales Pajaro, --composer
1915 Jack Perry --businessman
1915 Henry Morgan --comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena)
1914 Octavio Paz, Mexico, --writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas)
1914 Paz, Octavio --Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat, recognized as one of the major literary figures in Latin America after World War II. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.
1912 Wilhelmus Berkelmans, --civil servant/resistance fighter
1909 Pieter Jongeling, --Dutch MP (GVP)/editor (Neth Daily)
1909 Robert Brasillach, --French author/nazi collaborator
1907 Eddie Quillan, --Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town)
1906 Lauri Saikkola, --composer
1906 Tomonaga Shin'ichiro --Japanese physicist, joint winner, with Richard P. Feynman and Julian S. Schwinger of the United States, of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965 for developing basic principles of quantum electrodynamics.
1902 Astor, Brooke Russell --American socialite, philanthropist, and writer who employed her position, wealth, and energies in the interest of cultural enrichment and the poor.
1900 Henry WFA,-- English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters
1900 L”rinc Szab¢, Hungary,-- poet (Huszonhatodik ‚v)

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[[[[[[[[[[Events]]]]]]]]]]

In 1900, Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands
In 1903, Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ)
In 1905, German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger
In 1906, GB Shaws German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin"
In 1907, Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt
In 1909, Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years
In 1909, Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic for his 1st time
In 1916, Dutch govt ends all milt engagements
In 1916, Max Wolf discovers asteroids #821 Fanny, #822 Lalage, #823 Sisigambis
In 1917, US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands
In 1918, 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect
In 1919, Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
In 1920, British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
In 1921, Albert Einstein lectures in NY on his new theory of relativity
In 1921, British coal miners goes on strike
In 1922, KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
In 1922, Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam
In 1923, 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
In 1923, French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die
In 1923, Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) sweep Edm Eskimos (WCHL) in 2 games
In 1924, Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established
In 1924, London public transport strike ends
In 1925, WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
In 1926, German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
In 1932, 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
In 1932, Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
In 1933, 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
In 1933, Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps
In 1933, German Republic gives power to Hitler
In 1934, Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
In 1935, Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
In 1939, Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany
In 1940, Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)
In 1941, Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
In 1941, Ground broken for Union Square Garage, SF
In 1943, US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326
In 1944, Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars
In 1945, 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
In 1945, Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen
In 1945, Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in NYC
In 1945, US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa
In 1946, Belgian govt of Acker, forms
In 1948, Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe
In 1949, Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province
In 1951, US tanks exceed 38ø of latitude in Korea
In 1953, Department of Health, Education & Welfare established
In 1953, UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskj”ld secretary-general
In 1954, US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo, established
In 1954, USSR offers to join NATO
In 1955, Chase National (3rd largest bank) & Bank of the Manhattan Company
In 1955, (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan
In 1955, Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI v Aust, Kingston
In 1955, US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes
In 1958, US Navy forms atomic sub division
In 1958, USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, & urges US & Britain to do same
In 1959, Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India
In 1960, Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in NYC
In 1961, Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia
In 1962, Asteroid #3179 discovered
In 1963, LA ends streetcar service after 90 years
In 1964, Pres Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military
In 1965, US ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam
In 1966, 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
In 1966, Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
In 1966, USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
In 1967, 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
In 1968, LBJ announces he will not seek re-election
In 1968, Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open
In 1968, Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting
In 1968, Seattle's AL club is named Pilots
In 1969, George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined œ250 each for illegal drugs
In 1970, Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee
In 1971, South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
In 1971, William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
In 1972, Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
In 1973, Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders, on 60 shots
In 1973, Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision
In 1975, 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55
In 1975, John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs
In 1976, Cleve Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
In 1976, NJ Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
In 1977, Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in NYC
In 1978, Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National & retires
In 1978, USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
In 1978, Wings release "London Town" album
In 1979, N S Chernykh discovers asteroid #5889 Mickiewicz & #8065
In 1980, Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
In 1980, Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry
In 1981, 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins
In 1981, 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro & Sissy Spacek win
In 1982, Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil
In 1982, Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
In 1983, Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
In 1983, Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in NYC
In 1984, E Bowell discovers asteroids #3078 Horrocks, #3849 Incidentia & #6584
In 1984, US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
In 1985, 15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000
In 1985, 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Ga 70-65
In 1985, El Salvador's Pres Duartes Christian-Democrats win election
In 1985, Wrestlemania I at MSG NY, Hogan & Mr T beat Piper & Orndorf
In 1986, 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
In 1986, 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69
In 1986, English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead
In 1987, 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73
In 1988, Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
In 1988, NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
In 1988, Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved"
In 1989, C S Shoemaker discovers asteroid #4582 Hank
In 1989, Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
In 1989, Holt & Thomas discover asteroid #4544 Xanthus & #4581 Asclepius
In 1990, "Carol & Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV
In 1990, Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4)
In 1990, Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws
In 1991, 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67
In 1991, 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
In 1991, Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years
In 1991, Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az
In 1991, Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union
In 1991, Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in NYC
In 1991, Soviet Rep of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves
In 1991, St Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal
In 1992, Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
In 1992, UN Security Council voted to ban flights & arms sales to Libya
In 1994, James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking ex-girl Tina Sinatra
In 1994, K Endate & K Watanabe discover asteroid #6741
In 1994, Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens
In 1995, 1st game at Coors Stadium Colo (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1)
In 1995, Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
In 1995, Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike
In 1995, Y Shimizu & T Urata discover asteroid #8215
In 1996, "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 17 perfs
In 1996, "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 66 perfs
In 1996, 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65
In 1996, 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle
In 1996, 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
In 1996, Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
In 1996, Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
In 1996, Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands
In 1996, Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title
In 1997, "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV
In 1997, 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT)
In 1997, Pioneer 10, ends its mission
In 1998, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers
In 2002, 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio

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[[[[[[[[[[Chart Toppers: ]]]]]]]]]]

March 31, 1959
Tragedy - Thomas Wayne
Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods
Venus - Frankie Avalon
All American Boy - Bill Parsons

March 31, 1968
(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde - Georgie Fame
A World of Our Own - Sonny James

March 31, 1977
Rich Girl - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Don't Give Up on Us - David Soul
Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
Southern Nights - Glen Campbell

March 31, 1986
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
These Dreams - Heart
Don't Underestimate My Love for You - Lee Greenwood

Grateful Dead
Friday, March 31, 1967
The Rock Garden, San Francisco, CA

John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Mono mixing: `With A Little Help From My Friends' (remixes 1-15, from take 11).
Recording: `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!' (overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `Being For The Benefit Of Mr
Kite!' (remixes 1-7, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.

5th performance of Fats Domino and his orchestra at the Saville Theatre. Support acts: Gerry and the Pacemakers and
the Bee Gees.

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