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March 8th - Happy Birthday Freddie Prinze Jr.


Today is Thursday, March 8, the 68th day of 2012. There are 298 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On March 8, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad CSS Virginia rammed and sank the USS Cumberland and heavily damaged the USS Congress, both frigates, off Newport News, Va.

On this date:
In 1010, Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shāhnāmeh.
In 1126, Following the death of his mother Urraca, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
In 1576, Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán.
In 1618, Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
In 1655, John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies.
In 1702, Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
In 1722, The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at The Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
In 1736, Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
In 1775, An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
In 1777, Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
In 1782, Gnadenhütten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
In 1817, The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
In 1844, King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
In 1854, U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese.
In 1868, Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai near Osaka.
In 1874, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, died in Buffalo, N.Y., at age 74.
In 1910, French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
In 1911, International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
In 1916, World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
In 1917, International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (so named because it was February on the Julian calendar).
In 1917, The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
In 1920, The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
In 1921, Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
In 1924, The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
In 1930, the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft, died in Washington at age 72.
In 1936, Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
In 1937, Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
In 1942, Imperial Japanese forces occupied Yangon in Burma (Myanmar) during World War II.
In 1944, two days after an initial strike, U.S. heavy bombers resumed raiding Berlin during World War II.
In 1949, Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is condemned to prison for treason
In 1957, Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
In 1957, The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th & 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
In 1957, Ghana joins the United Nations.
In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon won the New Hampshire presidential primary.
In 1963, The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
In 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines were brought in to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang.
In 1966, A bomb planted by Irish Republicans destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.
In 1971, Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by decision in what was billed as "The Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden in New York. Silent film comedian Harold Lloyd died in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 77.
In 1974, Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
In 1978, The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
In 1979, Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
In 1985, A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.
In 1988, 17 soldiers were killed when two Army helicopters from Fort Campbell, Ky., collided in mid-flight.
In 1999, The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
In 2004, A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.

Ten years ago: Kmart Corp., struggling to climb out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, announced the closing of 284 stores and elimination of 22,000 jobs. The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval to a bill cutting taxes and extending unemployment benefits.

Five years ago: President George W. Bush arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as he began a 6-day tour of Latin America. House Democrats unveiled legislation that would require the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of 2008; the White House said President Bush would veto it. In his first news conference since taking over command of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus said insurgents were seeking to intensify attacks and that it was "very likely" additional U.S. forces would be sent to areas outside Baghdad where militant groups were regrouping.

One year ago: Voters in Bell, Calif., went to the polls in huge numbers and threw out the entire City Council after most of its members had been charged with fraud. (Residents were infuriated to find out that former City Manager Robert Rizzo had been receiving an annual salary of $1.5 million, and that four of the five City Council members had paid themselves $100,000 to meet about once a month.)

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Today's Birthdays: Actress Sue Ane Langdon is 76. Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 73. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 68. Actor-director Micky Dolenz is 67. Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 66. Pop singer Peggy March is 64. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice is 59. Singer Gary Numan is 54. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 53. Actor Aidan Quinn is 53. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 52. Actress Camryn Manheim is 51. Actor Leon is 49. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 44. Actress Andrea Parker is 42. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 39. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 36. Actor James Van Der Beek is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 34. Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 33. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kristinia DeBarge is 22.

Other notable birthdays, March 8:
1938, Pete Dawkins, American football player
1940, Susan Clark, Canadian actress
1942, Dick Allen, American baseball player
1947, Mike Allsup, American musician (Three Dog Night)
1953, Don Werner, American baseball player
1956, John Kapelos, Canadian actor
1957, Clive Burr, British musician (Iron Maiden)
1957, John Butcher, American baseball player
1957, Cynthia Rothrock, American actress
1957, Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
1958, Nick Capra, American baseball player
1959, Lester Holt, American television journalist
1960, Buck Williams, American basketball player
1961, Mark Salas, American baseball player
1964, Cheryl James, American performer (Salt-n-Pepa)
1964, Lance McCullers, American baseball player
1965, Kenny Smith, American basketball player
1967, Joel Johnston, American baseball player
1968, Jim Dougherty, American baseball player
1970, Jason Elam, American football player
1972, Angie Hart, Australian pop singer
1973, Justin Thompson, American baseball player
1974, Mike Moriarty, American baseball player
1976, Juan Encarnacion, American baseball player
1976, Ryan Freel, American baseball player
1976, Hines Ward, American football player
1978, Nick Zano, American actor
1979, Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane)
1979, Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go)
1980, Charli Delaney, Australian singer (Hi-5)
1982, Kat Von D, Mexican-born tattoo artist
1983, Mark Worrell, American baseball player
1989, Robbie Hummel, American basketball player
1991, Devon Werkheiser, American actor
1992, Charlie Ray, American actress

Born on this day, March 8, passed away:
1841, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1935)
1891, Sam Jaffe, American actor (d. 1984)
1892, Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer and guitarist (d. 1966)
1902, Louise Beavers, American actress (d. 1962)
1902, Jennings Randolph, America politician, United States Senator from West Virginia (d. 1998)
1910, Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)
1921, Alan Hale Jr., American actor (The Skipper on Gilligan's Island) (d. 1990)
1922, Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
1922, Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1930, Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)
1943, Lynn Redgrave, English actress (d. 2010)
1981, Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (d. 2005)

Notable deaths, March 8:
1874, Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
1887, Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman (b. 1813)
1917, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German aircraft manufacturer (b. 1838)
1930, William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
1930, Edward Terry Sanford, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1865)
1971, Harold Lloyd, American actor (b. 1893)
1973, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American musician (b. 1945)
1975, George Stevens, American director (b. 1904)
1985, Edward Andrews, American actor (b. 1914)
1993, Billy Eckstine, American musician (b. 1914)
1998, Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)
1999, Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)
1999, Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1914)
1999, William Wrigley III, President of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (b. 1933)
2001, Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
2003, Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b. 1940)
2003, Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
2004, Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948)
2004, Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)
2007, John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947)
2009, Hank Locklin, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1918)
2011, St. Clair Lee, American vocalist (The Hues Corporation) (b. 1944)
2011, Mike Starr (musician), bassist for Alice in Chains (b. 1966)

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Today is Friday, March 8, the 67th day of 2013. There are 298 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On March 8, 1917, Russia's "February Revolution" (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in Petrograd; the result was the abdication of the Russian monarchy in favor of a provisional government.

One year ago: Syria's deputy oil minister (Abdo Husameddine), looking tense, announced in a video that he had defected from President Bashar Assad's regime. Jesse Owens was posthumously made an inaugural member of the IAAF Hall of Fame more than 75 years after he won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Owens, Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and nine others were the first athletes to be honored by the IAAF in its newly created Hall of Fame.) James T. "Jimmy" Ellis, 74, the frontman for The Trammps who released "Disco Inferno," died in Rock Hill, S.C.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Sue Ane (correct) Langdon is 77. College Football Hall of Famer Pete Dawkins is 75. Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 74. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 69. Actor-director Micky Dolenz is 68. Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 67. Pop singer Peggy March is 65. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice is 60. Singer Gary Numan is 55. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 54. Actor Aidan Quinn is 54. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 53. Actress Camryn Manheim is 52. Actor Leon (no last name) is 50. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 45. Actress Andrea Parker is 43. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 40. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 37. Actor James Van Der Beek is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 35. Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 34. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kristinia (kris-teh-NEE'-ah) DeBarge is 23.

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Today is Saturday, March 8, the 67th day of 2014. There are 298 days left in the year. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. locally. Clocks go forward one hour.

Today's Highlight in History:
On March 8, 1979, technology firm Philips demonstrated a prototype compact disc player during a press conference in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Ten years ago: Iraq's Governing Council signed a landmark interim constitution. Todd Bertuzzi of the Vancouver Canucks slugged Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore during a game, leaving Moore with career-ending injuries, including a broken neck. (Bertuzzi was suspended for 13 regular season games, plus playoffs, and was reinstated 17 months later. Bertuzzi also pleaded guilty in a Canadian court to criminal assault; he received a conditional discharge and was sentenced to probation and community service.) Abul Abbas, the Palestinian guerrilla leader who'd planned the hijacking of the Achille Lauro (ah-KEE'-leh LOW'-roh) passenger ship, died while in U.S. custody in Baghdad, Iraq; he was 56. Actor Robert Pastorelli was found dead in his Hollywood Hills, Calif., home; he was 49.

Five years ago: A pastor was gunned down during a Sunday sermon in a southwestern Illinois church; a judge later ruled the suspect in the shooting, Terry Sedlacek (SEHD'-lak), was mentally unfit to stand trial in the killing of the Rev. Fred Winters at the First Baptist Church of Maryville. A suicide bomber struck a police academy in Baghdad, killing at least 30. Country singer Hank Locklin, 91, died in Brewton, Ala.

One year ago: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan for his first visit as Pentagon chief. President Hugo Chavez was lauded at his state funeral as a modern-day reincarnation of Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar and a disciple of Cuba's Fidel Castro. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (SOO'-lay-mahn AH'-boo GAYTH), a senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, pleaded not guilty in a heavily secured New York courtroom to plotting against Americans before and immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks in his role as the terror network's top spokesman.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Sue Ane (correct) Langdon is 78. College Football Hall of Famer Pete Dawkins is 76. Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 75. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 70. Actor-director Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) is 69. Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 68. Pop singer Peggy March is 66. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice is 61. Singer Gary Numan is 56. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 55. Actor Aidan Quinn is 55. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 54. Actress Camryn Manheim is 53. Actor Leon (no last name) is 51. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 46. Actress Andrea Parker is 44. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 41. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 38. Actor James Van Der Beek is 37. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 36. Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 35. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 35. Actress Jessica Collins is 31. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kristinia (kris-teh-NEE'-ah) DeBarge is 24.

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Today is Sunday, March 8, the 67th day of 2015. There are 298 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On March 8, 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush said authoritarian rule in the Middle East had begun to ease, and he insisted anew that Syria had to end its nearly three-decade occupation of Lebanon. Hundreds of thousands jammed a central Beirut square, chanting support for Syria in a thundering show of strength by the militant group Hezbollah. Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov (AS'-lahn mahs-HA'-dahv) was killed in northern Chechnya during a raid by Russian forces.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of health care legislation during a visit to Arcadia University in Pennsylvania. A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 41 people.

One year ago: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off a massive search for its whereabouts. (To date, the fate of the jetliner and its occupants has yet to be determined.)

Today's Birthdays: Actress Sue Ane (correct) Langdon is 79. College Football Hall of Famer Pete Dawkins is 77. Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 76. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 71. Actor-director Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) is 70. Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 69. Pop singer Peggy March is 67. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice is 62. Singer Gary Numan is 57. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 56. Actor Aidan Quinn is 56. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 55. Actress Camryn Manheim is 54. Actor Leon (no last name) is 52. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 47. Neo-soul singer Van Hunt is 45. Actress Andrea Parker is 45. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 42. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 39. Actor James Van Der Beek is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 37. Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 36. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 36. Actress Jessica Collins is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kristinia (kris-teh-NEE'-ah) DeBarge is 25.

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Today is Tuesday, March 8, the 68th day of 2016. There are 298 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On March 8, 1966, Nelson's Pillar, a 120-foot-high column in Dublin honoring British naval hero Horatio Nelson, was bombed by the Irish Republican Army.

Ten years ago: Iran threatened the United States with "harm and pain" if the U.S. tried to use the U.N. Security Council to punish Tehran for its suspect nuclear program. Six months after Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush got a close-up look at the remaining mountains of debris, abandoned homes and boarded-up businesses in New Orleans. The Hornets played their first game at The New Orleans Arena since Katrina; they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, 113-107. NFL owners agreed to the players' union proposal, extending the collective bargaining agreement for six years.

Five years ago: Voters in Bell, Calif., went to the polls in huge numbers and threw out the entire City Council after most of its members had been charged with fraud. (Residents were infuriated to find out that former City Manager Robert Rizzo had been receiving an annual salary of $1.5 million, and that four of the five City Council members had paid themselves $100,000 to meet about once a month.)

One year ago: Thousands of people crowded the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Ala., many jammed shoulder to shoulder, to commemorate a bloody confrontation 50 years earlier between police and peaceful protesters that helped bring about the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Sam Simon, 59, a co-creator of "The Simpsons" and an animal-rights advocate, died in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Sue Ane (correct) Langdon is 80. College Football Hall of Famer Pete Dawkins is 78. Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 77. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 72. Actor-director Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) is 71. Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 70. Pop singer Peggy March is 68. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice is 63. Singer Gary Numan is 58. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 57. Actor Aidan Quinn is 57. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 56. Actress Camryn Manheim is 55. Actor Leon (no last name) is 53. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 48. Neo-soul singer Van Hunt is 46. Actress Andrea Parker is 46. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 43. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 40. Actress Laura Main is 39. Actor James Van Der Beek is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 38. Actor Nick Zano is 38. Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 37. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 37. Actress Jessica Collins is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kristinia (kris-teh-NEE'-ah) DeBarge is 26.

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Today is Wednesday, March 8, the 67th day of 2017. There are 298 days left in the year.

Today's Highlights in History:
On March 8, 1917, Russia's "February Revolution" (referring to the Old Style calendar) began in Petrograd; the result was the abdication of the Russian monarchy in favor of a provisional government that was overthrown later the same year by the Bolsheviks. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, 78, creator of the rigid airships bearing his name, died in Berlin. The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as he began a 6-day tour of Latin America. House Democrats unveiled legislation to require the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of 2008; the White House said President Bush would veto it. In his first news conference since taking over command of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus said insurgents were seeking to intensify attacks and that it was "very likely" additional U.S. forces would be sent to areas outside Baghdad where militant groups were regrouping.

Five years ago: Syria's deputy oil minister (Abdo Husameddine) announced in a video that he had defected from President Bashar Assad's regime. Jesse Owens was posthumously made an inaugural member of the IAAF Hall of Fame more than 75 years after he won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Owens, Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and nine others were the first athletes to be honored by the IAAF in its newly created Hall of Fame.) James T. "Jimmy" Ellis, 74, the frontman for The Trammps who released "Disco Inferno," died in Rock Hill, S.C.

One year ago: Democrat Bernie Sanders breathed new life into his longshot White House bid with a crucial win in Michigan's primary while Hillary Clinton breezed to an easy victory in Mississippi; Republican Donald Trump swept to victory in Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii, while Ted Cruz carried Idaho. Sir George Martin, the Beatles' urbane producer who guided the band's swift, historic transformation from rowdy club act to musical and cultural revolutionaries, died at age 90.

Today's Birthdays — March 8: Actress Sue Ane (correct) Langdon is 81. College Football Hall of Famer Pete Dawkins is 79. Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 78. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 73. Actor-director Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) is 72. Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 71. Pop singer Peggy March is 69. Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Rice is 64. Jazz musician Billy Childs is 60. Singer Gary Numan is 59. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 58. Actor Aidan Quinn is 58. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 57. Actress Camryn Manheim is 56. Actor Leon (no last name) is 54. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 49. Neo-soul singer Van Hunt is 47. Actress Andrea Parker is 47. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 44. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 41. Actress Laura Main is 40. Actor James Van Der Beek is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 39. Actor Nick Zano is 39. Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 38. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 38. Actress Jessica Collins is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kristinia (kris-teh-NEE'-ah) DeBarge is 27.

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Today is Thursday, March 8, the 67th day of 2018. There are 298 days left in the year.



Today's Highlight in History:

On March 8, 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods to gain information from suspected terrorists. Barack Obama captured the Wyoming Democratic caucuses.

Five years ago: The government reported the jobless rate dropped to 7.7 percent the previous month, the lowest level since President Barack Obama took office. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan for his first visit as Pentagon chief. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (OO'-goh CHAH'-vez) was lauded at his state funeral as a modern-day reincarnation of Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar and a disciple of Cuba's Fidel Castro.



One year ago: Hawaii became the first state to sue to stop President Donald Trump's revised travel ban (the state had previously sued over Trump's initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country). Many American women stayed home from work, joined rallies or wore red to demonstrate how vital they were to the U.S. economy, as International Women's Day was observed with a multitude of events around the world, including the Day Without a Woman in the U.S. Fire swept through a crowded youth shelter near Guatemala City, killing 40 girls.



Today's Birthdays — March 8: Actress Sue Ane (correct) Langdon is 82. College Football Hall of Famer Pete Dawkins is 80. Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 79. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 74. Actor-director Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) is 73. Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 72. Pop singer Peggy March is 70. Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Rice is 65. Jazz musician Billy Childs is 61. Singer Gary Numan is 60. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 59. Actor Aidan Quinn is 59. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 58. Actress Camryn Manheim is 57. Actor Leon (no last name) is 55. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 50. Neo-soul singer Van Hunt is 48. Actress Andrea Parker is 48. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 45. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 42. Actress Laura Main is 41. Actor James Van Der Beek is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 40. Actor Nick Zano is 40. Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 39. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 39. Actress Jessica Collins is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kristinia (kris-teh-NEE'-ah) DeBarge is 28.

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1702, England's Queen Anne acceded to the throne upon the death of King William III.

Today's Birthdays — Friday, March 8, 2019: Jazz musician George Coleman is 84. Actress Sue Ane (correct) Langdon is 83. College Football Hall of Famer Pete Dawkins is 81. Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 80.

Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 75. Actor-director Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) is 74. Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 73. Pop singer Peggy March is 71.

Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Rice is 66. Jazz musician Billy Childs is 62. Singer Gary Numan is 61. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 60. Actor Aidan Quinn is 60.

Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 59. Actress Camryn Manheim is 58. Actor Leon (no last name) is 56. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 51.

Neo-soul singer Van Hunt is 49. Actress Andrea Parker is 49. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 46. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 43. Actress Laura Main is 42. Actor James Van Der Beek is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 41. Actor Nick Zano is 41. Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 40. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 40.

Actress Jessica Collins is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kristinia DeBarge is 29.

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Re: March 8th - Happy Birthday Freddie Prinze Jr.


In 1962 - The Beatles performed for the first time on the BBC in Great Britain. The show was "Teenager's Turn".

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