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What happened in history on this day: March 8?
On March 8 in ...
- 1962 - The Beatles, with Pete Best, make their TV debut (performing "Dream Baby" on BBC).
- 1974 - The last original episode of The Brady Bunch TV show airs.
- 1993 - MTV debuts the Beavis and Butthead animated TV series.
- 1995 - The CBS TV network debuts Disney's TV show The George Wendt Show.
- 1996 - The first episode of Muppets Tonight! airs.
- 2004 - CBS and UPN take the Martha Stewart Living TV show off the air, following Martha Stewart being found guilty of lying about the reason for selling 3,298 shares of ImClone Systems stock.
- 2008 - Debut of The Spectacular Spider-Man on TV in the US and Canada.
Births on March 8
- 1902 - Birth of Louise Beavers in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (over 125 films in 30 years, Made for Each Other, Beulah - Beulah TV show, Louise - Danny Thomas Show (1953-55)).
- 1909 - Birth of Claire Trevor AKA Claire Wemlinger in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Big Town radio show, Producer's Showcase - Dodsworth (Emmy award), Murder My Sweet, Marjorie Morningstar).
- 1920 - Birth of Eileen Herlie in Glasgow, Scotland; actress (Myrtle Fargate - All My Children, Hamlet).
- 1920 - Birth of Eva Dahlbeck in Saltsjo-Duvnas, Sweden; actress (Dreams, Lesson in Love).
- 1921 - Birth of Alan Hale MacKahan Junior AKA Alan Hale in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby - Gilligan's Island TV show).
- 1921 - Birth of Cyd Charisse [Tula Ellice Finklea] in Amarillo, Texas, USA; dancer/actress (East Side West Side, Brigadoon).
- 1923 - Birth of Booth Colman in Portland, Oregon, USA; actor (Zaius - Planet of the Apes, Civil Wars, Daniel Boone).
- 1923 - Birth of Sembene Ousmane; Senegalese author/novelist/director (Doctor Noir).
- 1924 - Birth of Sean McClory in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Jack - Californians, My Chauffeur).
- 1925 - Birth of Francisco Rabal in Aguilas, Spain; actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra).
- 1928 - Birth of Judy Johnson in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; singer (Your Show of Shows).
- 1934 - Birth of Ron Taylor in Sydney, Australia; cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals).
- 1936 - Birth of Sue Ane Langdon in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie, When the Whistle Blows, Honeymooners).
- 1940 - Birth of Susan Clark in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; actress (Night Moves, Webster, Babe, Emily of New Moon).
- 1943 - Birth of Lynn Redgrave in London, England; actress (Georgie Girl, House Calls, Rude Awakenings).
- 1945 - Birth of Mickey Dolenz in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Circus Boy), singer (The Monkees - "Last Train to Clarksville").
- 1951 - Birth of Rita Walter; actress (As the World Turns, Secret Storm).
- 1957 - Birth of Cynthia Rothrock in Wilmington, Delaware, USA; actress (Lady Dragon, Honor and Glory).
- 1959 - Birth of Aidan Quinn in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Legends of the Fall, Michael Collins, Benny and Joon, Reckless, Third Watch, Empire Falls, An Early Frost).
- 1961 - Birth of Camryn Mannheim; actress (Ghost Whisperer, The Practice).
- 1963 - Birth of Kathy Ireland; model/actress (Alien From LA, Side Out).
- 1969 - Birth of Andrea Parker; actress (Miss Parker - The Pretender).
- 1970 - Birth of Andrea Parker; actress (Less Than Perfect, The Pretender).
- 1976 - Birth of Freddie Prinze Junior; actor (I Know What You Did Last Summer).
- 1977 - Birth of James Van Der Beek; actor (Dawson's Creek).
Deaths on March 8
- 1958 - Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at age 85.
- 1965 - Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at age 72.
- 1967 - John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles - Our Gang), dies at age 46.
- 1971 - Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at age 77.
- 1974 - Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch actor (Silk Stockings), dies at age 56.
- 1975 - George Stevens, American film director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at age 70.
- 1977 - Death of Henry Hull at age 86 in England; American character actor (74 movie roles, Werewolf of London, Boys Town, Wagon Train TV show, Restless Gun, Suspense, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Playhouse 90).
- 1985 - Death of Edward Andrews of a heart attack at age 70; actor (Studio One, US Steel Hour, Robert Montgomery Presents, Disneyland, Broadside, Harry - Supertrain).
- 1993 - Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at age 69.
- 1993 - Wells Root, US screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at age 92.
- 1996 - Death of Paul Lewis Harrhy at age 38; actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park).
- 1996 - Death of Mike Sanger; animator (Clio award, Emmy award).
- 1997 - Alexander Salkind, movie producer (Superman), dies at age 75.
- 1998 - Death of Marvin Davis at age 87 in Santa Monica, California, USA; architect, art director at 20th Century Fox, worked at Disney 1955-95, helped plan Disneyland layout, designs for many buildings, worked on films and TV shows, Emmy award 1962, planning and designing Walt Disney World, named a Disney Legend 1994.
- 1999 - Death of Peggy Cass at age 74 of heart failure; actress/TV panelist (Mame movie and play, Tonight Show TV show, To Tell the Truth TV show, The Hathaways TV show).
- 2004 - Death of Robert Pastorelli at age 49 from a heroin overdose; actor (Eldin - Murphy Brown TV show).
- 2004 - Death of Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, American film personality and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter (born 1926).
- 2023 - Death of Chaim Topol at age 87 in Tel Aviv, Israel; actor (Tevye - Fiddler on the Roof movie).
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