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What happened in history on this day: March 11?
On March 11 in ...
- 1958 - Contestant Charles Van Doren finally loses on the TV game show 21, taking away $129,000 in winnings.
- 1970 - NBC airs "The Best On Record: The GRAMMY Awards Show", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 12th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In";
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female: Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?";
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male: Harry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Tammy Wynette for "Stand By Your Man";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Johnny Cash for "A Boy Named Sue";
Best Folk Performance: Joni Mitchell for "Clouds".
- 1994 - Gramercy releases the film Four Weddings and a Funeral to theaters.
- 2022 - The film The Kashmir Files opens in theaters in India.
Births on March 11
- 1892 - Birth of Raoul Walsh in New York City, New York, USA; director (Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry).
- 1898 - Birth of Dorothy Gish in Massillon, Ohio, USA; stage and silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm).
- 1903 - Birth of Lawrence Welk in Strasburg, North Dakota, USA; orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show TV show, "Calcutta" (1961)) (dies 1992).
- 1907 - Birth of Jessie Matthews in London, England; actress (Gangway, First a Girl).
- 1911 - Birth of Alan Gifford in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Time Lock, Up Periscope).
- 1918 - Birth of Al Eben in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Doc Bergman - Hawaii Five-O TV show).
- 1922 - Birth of Vinnette Carroll in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Alice's Restaurant, The Reivers).
- 1923 - Birth of Terence Alexander in London, England; actor (Tony - Behind the Scenes).
- 1928 - Birth of Albert Salmi in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The US Steel Hour TV show, Studio 1 TV show, Alcoa Presents TV show, Daniel Boone, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue).
- 1928 - Birth of Peter Roger Hunt in London, England; director (Dr No).
- 1931 - Birth of Rupert Murdoch in Australia; publisher (New York Post), CEO (FOX-TV Network).
- 1932 - Birth of Valerie French in London, England; actress (Jubal, The Hard Man, The Edge of Night TV show, Nurses TV show, All My Children TV show, One Life to Live TV show).
- 1934 - Birth of Sam Donaldson in El Paso, Texas, USA; ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time).
- 1942 - Birth of Peter Eyre; actor (Hedda).
- 1945 - Birth of Tricia O'Neil in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; actress (Piranha Part II, Murder She Wrote, Hart to Hart).
- 1946 - Birth of Brigitte Fossey in Tourcoing, France; actress (The Man Who Died Twice).
- 1946 - Birth of Mark Metcalf; actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel).
- 1947 - Birth of Dominique Sanda [Varaigne] in Paris, France; actress (1900, First Love, Inheritance, Beyond Good and Evil).
- 1950 - Birth of Jerry Zucker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; director (Airplane, Naked Gun).
- 1952 - Birth of Susan Richardson in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Susan - Eight is Enough).
- 1955 - Birth of [Kater]Nina Hagen in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic; actress (Blue Angel).
- 1961 - Birth of Elias Koteas in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actor (Traffic, American Dad).
- 1962 - Birth of Peter Berg; actor (Chicago Hope).
- 1963 - Birth of Alex Kingston; actress (ER).
- 1965 - Birth of Wallace Langham; actor (C.S.I., Veronica's Closet, Larry Sanders Show).
- 1968 - Birth of John Barrowman; actor (Peter Fairchild - Central Park West).
- 1969 - Birth of Terrence Howard; actor (Independent Lens, Street Time).
- 1981 - Birth of David Anders; American actor (Alias TV show).
- 1982 - Birth of Thora Birch; American actress (Day by Day, Parenthood).
- 1989 - Birth of Anton Yelchin; actor (Huff).
Deaths on March 11
- 1950 - Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at age 78.
- 1967 - Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at age 85.
- 1971 - Death of Philo T. Farnsworth at age 64; US TV pioneer, first to demonstrate and patent a working electronic television system.
- 1975 - Death of Sammy Spear at age 65 after a heart attack; orchestra leader (The Jackie Gleason Show TV show, The Honeymooners TV show).
- 1975 - Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy - Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at age 74.
- 1979 - Victor Kilian, American actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at age 88 (born 1891).
- 1992 - David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at age 41.
- 1992 - Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at age 79.
- 1996 - Death of Vince Edwards at age 67 of cancer; actor (Ben Casey MD TV show).
- 2007 - Death of Betty Hutton at age 85 in Palm Springs, California, USA; actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Somebody Loves Me, The Fleet's In, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Betty Hutton Show).
- 2022 - Death of Emilio Delgado at age 81 of multiple myeloma in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sesame Street TV show (1971-2015), Falcon Crest TV show, Lou Grant TV show, House of Cards TV show).
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