1920
The United States Senate voted down signing the Treaty of Versailles for the second time.

1931
Nevada state legislature legalized gambling.

1945
Kamikaze planes attacked the U.S. carrier Franklin off Japan, killing about 800 people.

1953
The Academy Awards were first televised.

1954
Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in color.

1954
Willie Mosconi sets the world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, OH. The record still stands as of today.

1962
Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album was released.

1982
Guitar legend Randy Rhoads died in a plane accident while on tour with Ozzy, he was 25.

1985
"Spin Magazine" began publishing.

1995
After giving up an attempt to become a major league baseball player, Michael Jodan returned to pro basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls.

1997
Artist Willem de Kooning died at age 92.

2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom is launched with air strikes on Baghdad, the beginning of the war with Iraq (March 20 in Iraq).

2003
Mahmoud Abbas became prime minister of Palestine. He would later succeed Yasir Arafat as head of the PLO and president of the Palestinian Authority.

2008
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke died at age 90.

Birthdays
76 Phyllis Newman Actress, singer
76 Philip Roth Author
76 Renee Taylor Actress
73 Ursula Andress Actress
63 Ruth Pointer Singer (The Pointer Sisters)
62 Glenn Close Actress
57 Harvey Weinstein Movie producer
54 Bruce Willis Actor
51 Andy Reid Football coach
48 GoinFerSmoke Cigar Asylum Inmate
35 Vida Guerra Cuban-born model, actress, and singer
33 Zach Lind Rock musician (Jimmy Eat World)
30 Abby Brammell Actress ("The Unit")
30 andysutherland Cigar Asylum Inmate
20 Craig Lamar Traylor Actor ("Malcolm in the Middle")

83 Thomas McKean 3/19/1734 - 6/24/1817 American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence
80 Wyatt Earp 3/19/1848 - 1/13/1929 American frontiersman; became lawman and gambler
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1995
After giving up an attempt to become a major league baseball player, Michael Jordan returned to pro basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls.
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2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom is launched with air strikes on Baghdad, the beginning of the war with Iraq (March 20 in Iraq).
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54 Bruce Willis Actor
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1413
England's King Henry IV died.

1602
The Dutch East India Company was established. During its 196-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.

1727
English physicist/astronomer Sir Isaac Newton died in London at age 84.

1760
The "Great Fire" of Boston, Massachusetts destroys 349 buildings.

1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published.

1916
Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

1969
John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.

1985
Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod.

1991
Eric Clapton's 4 year old son, Conor, died after falling from a 53rd story New York City apartment window.

1995
Two members of the Japanese cult Aum Sinrikyo released poisonous gas in a Tokyo subway stop during rush hour, killing 12 people and sending over 5,000 to the hospital for treatment.

1995
Professional wrestler Big John Studd died from cancer at age 47.

1996
A jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their millionaire parents. (They are serving life without parole.)

1999
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first to fly a hot-air balloon nonstop around the world.

Birthdays
87 Carl Reiner Actor, director
78 Hal Linden Actor ("Barney Miller")
64 Pat Riley Basketball player and coach
61 Bobby Orr Hockey Hall of Famer
59 Carl Palmer Rock musician (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
59 William Hurt Actor
55 Mike Francesa Sports talk show host
52 Amy Aquino Actress
52 Vanessa Bell Calloway Actress
52 Spike Lee Director
52 Theresa Russell Actress
51 Holly Hunter Actress
50 Sting Professional wrestler
46 Kathy Ireland Model
46 David Thewlis Actor
41 Liza Snyder Actress ("Yes, Dear")
39 Michael Rapaport Actor
38 Alexander Chaplin Actor
33 Chester Bennington Rock singer (Linkin Park)
31 Michael Genadry Actor
30 Bianca Lawson Actress
30 yellowgoat Cigar Asylum Inmate

74 Fred Rogers 3/20/1928 - 2/27/2003 American educator, minister, songwriter, and television host. Rogers was the host of the television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, in production from 1968 to 2001. Rogers was also an ordained Presbyterian minister.
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1916
Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
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59 William Hurt Actor
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its my birthday too!:-)

:-)
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Happy B-Day.

Make sure to smoke something special today.
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March 21st

1556
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, was burned at the stake as a heretic.

1804
The French civil code, the Code Napoleon, was officially put forth.

1871
Journalist Henry M. Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.

1963
Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, a harsh maximum security jail which once housed gangster Al Capone, closed.

1965
Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

1980
On the TV show Dallas, J.R. Ewing was shot.

1994
Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.

Birthdays
78 Al Freeman Jr. Actor
65 Marie-Christine Barrault Actress
63 Timothy Dalton Actor
60 Eddie Money Rock singer
59 Roger Hodgson Rock musician (Supertramp)
58 Conrad Lozano Rock musician (Los Lobos)
51 Sabrina LeBeauf Actress ("The Cosby Show")
51 Gary Oldman Actor
47 Rosie O'Donnell Actress, comedian
47 Matthew Broderick Actor
41 Andrew Copeland Rock musician (Sister Hazel)
35 Laura Allen Actress
31 Kevin Federline Britney Spears ex-husband & baby daddy.
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?? Sancho Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? doblemaduro Cigar Asylum Inmate

65 Johann S. Bach 3/21/1685 - 7/28/1750 German composer of the Baroque era
72 John D. III Rockefeller 3/21/1906 - 7/10/1978 American philanthropist
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March 21st

1994
Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.

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March 22nd

1622
Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.

1765
The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.

1820
U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.

1894
The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.

1895
Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.

1923
The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.

1963
The Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in Great Britain.

1987
A barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage left Islip, N.Y., on a six-month journey in search of a place to unload. The barge was turned away by several states and three countries before space was found back in Islip.

1989
Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.

1990
A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge of oil.

1991
High school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of manipulating her student-lover into killing her husband, was convicted in Exeter, N.H., of murder-conspiracy.

1997
Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.

Birthdays
97 Karl Malden Actor
78 William Shatner Actor ("Star Trek," "Boston Legal")
74 M. Emmet Walsh Actor
62 James Patterson Author
61 Wolf Blitzer Broadcast journalist
61 Andrew Lloyd Webber Composer
60 Fanny Ardant Actress
57 Bob Costas Sportscaster
54 Lena Olin Actress
50 Matthew Modine Actor
34 Anne Dudek Actress
34 Cole Hauser Actor
33 Kellie Williams Actress
33 Reese Witherspoon Actress
32 John Otto Rock musician (Limp Bizkit)
21 Kasubot Cigar Asylum Inmate

74 Leonard 'Chico' Marx 3/22/1887 - 10/11/61 American actor, one of the Marx brothers
80 Louis L'Amour 3/22/1908 - 6/10/1988 American best-selling author of more than 100 books
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March 22nd

1894
The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.
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1963
The Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in Great Britain.
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97 Karl Malden Actor
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78 William Shatner Actor ("Star Trek," "Boston Legal")
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74 Leonard 'Chico' Marx 3/22/1887 - 10/11/61 American actor, one of the Marx brothers
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March 23rd

1775
Patrick Henry declared "Give me liberty, or give me death."

1806
Lewis and Clark began their return journey east.

1919
Benito Mussolini founded his own party in Italy, the Fasci di Combattimento.

1952
Bill Mosienkp (Chicago Black Hawks) scored the fastest hat trick in NHL history. He scored 3 goals in 21 seconds.

1983
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proposed a space-based missile defense system called the Strategic Defense Initiative or “Star Wars.”

1994
Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke Gordie Howe's National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal.

1998
The motion picture epic “Titanic” won 11 Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards, tying it with “Ben-Hur” for the most ever.

2001
Russia's Mir space station ended its 15-year orbit of the Earth, splashing down in the South Pacific.

2003
A U.S. Army convoy was ambushed in Iraq with 11 killed and seven captured, including Pfc. Jessica Lynch.

Birthdays
87 Marty Allen Comedian
60 Ric Ocasek Rock musician (The Cars)
56 Chaka Khan R&B singer
54 Moses Malone Basketball Hall of Famer
52 Amanda Plummer Actress
50 seagarsmoker Cigar Asylum Inmate
45 Hope Davis Actress
45 John Pinette Comedian
44 Richard Grieco Actor
44 Kevin Griffin Country musician (Yankee Grey)
43 Marin Hinkle Actress ("Two and a Half Men," "Once and Again")
39 Melissa Errico Actress, singer
36 Jason Kidd Basketball player
33 Michelle Monaghan Actress
33 Keri Russell Actress
31 Paul Martin Country singer (Marshall Dyllon)
31 Nicholle Tom Actress
31 Perez Hilton Television personality and blogger

69 Joan Crawford 3/23/1908 - 5/10/1977 American motion picture actress
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March 23rd

1952
Bill Mosienko (Chicago Black Hawks) scored the fastest hat trick in NHL history. He scored 3 goals in 21 seconds.
I know, no cigar, but how often to I have a chance to post a picture of one of my all-time faves?
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1983
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proposed a space-based missile defense system called the Strategic Defense Initiative or “Star Wars.”
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Another "no cigar"....sorry, had to do it. I posted him with a pipe recently.

1994
Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke Gordie Howe's National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal.
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1998
The motion picture epic “Titanic” won 11 Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards, tying it with “Ben-Hur” for the most ever.
An original Club Stogie Fan?
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50 seagarsmoker Cigar Asylum Inmate
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March 24th

1603
Queen Elizabeth I died at age 69 after ruling England for more than 40 years.

1765
Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.

1882
Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus.

1958
Rock 'n' roll star Elvis Presley joined the U.S. army for two years.

1962
Benny "Kid" Paret was knocked into unconsciousness in a boxing match with Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden. He died 10 days later. It was the first televised "death in the ring."

1971
The Boston Patriots changed their name to the New England Patriots.

1973
The album "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd was released.

1981
"Nightline" with Ted Koppel premiered.

1989
In one of worst oil spills in recent history, the tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground and released 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound.

Birthdays
70 Bob Mackie Fashion designer
65 R. Lee Ermey Actor
58 Dougie Thomson Rock musician (Supertramp)
58 Tommy Hilfiger Fashion designer
57 eternal rider Cigar Asylum Inmate
56 Louie Anderson Comedian
55 Robert Carradine Actor
55 Donna Pescow Actress
49 Kelly LeBrock Actress
47 Star Jones TV personality
44 The Undertaker Professional wrestler
39 Lara Flynn Boyle Actress
36 Jim Parsons Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")
35 Alyson Hannigan Actress ("How I Met Your Mother", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", American Pie movies)
33 Peyton Manning Football player
29 Benj Gershman Rock musician (O.A.R.)
21 SonsofClubDeck Cigar Asylum Inmate
19 Keisha Castle-Hughes Actress ("The Whale Rider")
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61 Georgius Agricola 3/24/1494 - 11/21/1555 German scholar and scientist known as the "father of mineralogy"
72 Rufus King 3/24/1755 - 4/29/1827 American founding father; helped frame the Constitution
62 William Morris 3/24/1834 - 10/3/1896 English designer, craftsman and poet
53 Harry Houdini 3/24/1874 - 10/31/1926 American magician and escape artist
46 Fatty Arbuckle 3/24/1887 - 6/29/1933 American silent film actor
80 George Sisler 3/24/1893 - 3/26/1973 Hall of Fame Baseball player
25 Clyde Barrow 3/24/1909 - 5/23/1934 American small-time robber
48 Gorgeous George 3/24/1915 - 12/26/1963 American professional wrestler
74 Norman Fell 3/24/1924 - 12/14/1998 American actor most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers.
50 Steve McQueen 3/24/1930 - 11/7/1980 American movie actor nicknamed "The King of Cool."
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March 24th

1958
Rock 'n' roll star Elvis Presley joined the U.S. army for two years.
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65 R. Lee Ermey Actor
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55 Robert Carradine Actor
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47 Star Jones TV personality
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33 Peyton Manning Football player
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March 24th

Birthdays
50 Steve McQueen 3/24/1930 - 11/7/1980 American movie actor nicknamed "The King of Cool."
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March 25th

1634
Maryland was founded by settlers sent by the late Lord Baltimore.

1655
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.

1668
The first horse race in America took place.

1894
Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, DC.

1911
A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.

1913
The Palace Theatre opened in New York City.

1931
The Scottsboro boys were arrested in Alabama.

1934
Horton Smith won the first Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.

1965
The 25,000-person Alabama Freedom March to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks, led by Martin Luther King Jr., ended its journey from Selma on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.

1970
The Concorde made its first supersonic flight.

1994
U.S. troops withdrew from Somalia.

1995
Boxer Mike Tyson was released from jail after serving 3 years.

1996
The redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.

Birthdays
81 Jim Lovell Astronaut
67 Aretha Franklin R&B singer
66 Paul Michael Glaser Actor ("Starsky and Hutch")
62 Elton John Rock singer-musician
61 Bonnie Bedelia Actress
56 Mary Gross Actress, comedian
54 Lee Mazzilli Baseball player
51 James McDaniel Actor
49 Brenda Strong Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
48 Fred Goss Actor
48 John Stockwell Actor, writer, director
47 Marcia Cross Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
45 Lisa Gay Hamilton Actress
44 Sarah Jessica Parker Actress ("Sex in the City")
43 Tom Glavine Baseball player
30 Lee Pace Actor ("Pushing Daisies")
29 Jbailey Cigar Asylum Inmate
27 Sean Faris Actor
27 Danica Patrick Auto racer
25 Katherine McPhee Singer ("American Idol")
22 Jason Castro Singer ("American Idol")

55 Jack Ruby 3/25/1911 - 1/3/1967 Murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
77 Howard Cosell 3/25/1918 - 4/23/1995 American sports journalist
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mmmmm.....Danica...

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March 25th

Birthdays

81 Jim Lovell Astronaut
Splashdown in the NASA Control Room for Lovell's splashdown of Apollo 13.....my, how things have changed! :-)
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March 26th

1827
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died at age 56 in Vienna, Austria.

1830
The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.

1885
The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. of Rochester, N.Y., manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.

1892
Poet Walt Whitman died at age 72.

1934
Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom.

1945
The battle of Iwo Jima ended; about 22,000 Japanese troops were killed or captured in the fighting and more than 4,500 U.S. troops were killed.

1964
The musical "Funny Girl," starring Barbra Streisand, opened on Broadway.

1971
East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.

1982
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial took place in Washington, DC.

1992
A judge in Indianapolis sentenced former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson to six years in prison for raping a Miss Black America contestant.

1995
Rapper Eazy-E of N.W.A died from AIDS at 31 years old.

1997
The bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate techno-religious cult who had committed suicide were found inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

1999
Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for giving a lethal injection to an ailing man whose death was shown on "60 Minutes."

1999
The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.

2000
Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.

2006
In Scotland, the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.

Birthdays
78 Leonard Nimoy Actor ("Star Trek")
75 Alan Arkin Actor
69 James Caan Actor
69 Nancy Pelosi House Speaker
66 Bob Woodward Journalist
65 Diana Ross Singer
63 Johnny Crawford Actor
61 Steven Tyler Rock singer (Aerosmith)
60 Vicki Lawrence Singer, actress
60 Ernest Thomas Actor
59 Ronnie McDowell Country singer
59 Martin Short Actor, comedian
57 Monte Yoho Rock musician (Outlaws)
54 Dean Dillon Country singer
53 Charly McClain Country singer
52 Leeza Gibbons TV personality
49 Marcus Allen Football Hall of Famer
49 Jennifer Grey Actress ("Dirty Dancing")
49 Smokin Gator Cigar Asylum Inmate
47 John Stockton Basketball player
43 Michael Imperioli Actor ("The Sopranos", "Life on Mars")
41 Kenny Chesney Country singer
41 James Iha Rock musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
36 T.R. Knight Actor ("Grey's Anatomy")
35 TRicker Cigar Asylum Inmate
34 Juvenile Rapper
33 Amy Smart Actress
32 Bianca Kajlich Actress
27 Hardcz Cigar Asylum Inmate
24 Keira Knightley Actress

88 Robert Frost 3/26/1874 - 1/29/1963 American poet known for his depictions of New England rural life
71 Tennessee Williams 3/26/1911 - 2/25/1983 American dramatist and author
79 Gordon Tiffault 3/26/1917 - 8/1/1996 WWII Vet, grandfather & best friend of MedicCook
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1931
Boston Bruins coach Art Ross became the first NHL coach to pull his goalie for an extra attacker. The Bruins lost to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals.

1989
The first episode of "Quantum Leap" aired on NBC.

1995
"Johnny Bravo" was aired for the first time.
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