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What happened in history on this day: March 12?
On March 12 in ...
- 1896 - First movie shown in the Netherlands (Kalverstr 220).
- 1923 - In New York City, Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrates a method for putting sound on motion picture film, called "phonofilm".
- 1947 - The DuMont TV network airs the first Movies For Small Fry children's program.
- 1974 - ABC-TV airs made-for-TV movie Wonder Woman starring Cathy Lee Crosby.
- 1993 - Syndicated TV show Entertainment Tonight airs its 3,000th show.
Births on March 12
- 1880 - Birth of House Peters in Bristol, England; silent film actor (Kansas Territory).
- 1898 - Birth of Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Junior; Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa).
- 1908 - Birth of Inez Courtney in New York City, New York, USA; actress (13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven).
- 1910 - Birth of Tony "Two-Ton" Galento in Orange, New Jersey, USA; boxer/actor (On the Waterfront).
- 1912 - Birth of Paul Weston AKA Paul Wetstein in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; Orchestra leader, music arranger (Rudy Vallee's Fleischmann Hour radio show, Tommy Dorsey, Dinah Shore, Bob Crosby, Johnny Mercer's Music Shop radio show, Chesterfield Supper Club, Duffy's Tavern), TV musical director (Danny Kaye, Jonathan Winters, Jim Nabors Hour).
- 1917 - Birth of Googie Withers in Karachi, India; actress (One of Our Aircraft is Missing).
- 1921 - Birth of Gordon MacRae in East Orange, New Jersey, USA; singer/actor (Railroad Hour radio show, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Desert Song), host (Colgate Comedy Hour TV show).
- 1922 - Birth of Helen Parrish in Columbus, Georgia, USA; actress (Hour Glass, Show Business).
- 1926 - Birth of Gudrun Ure; British actress (The Crow Road, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer).
- 1926 - Birth of Hildy Park in Washington, DC, USA; actress (To Tell the Truth).
- 1930 - Birth of Scoey Mitchill in Newburgh, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda, Match Game).
- 1931 - Birth of William "Buckwheat" Thomas; actor (Little Rascals).
- 1933 - Birth of Barbara Feldon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Agent 99 - Get Smart).
- 1936 - Birth of Lloyd Dobbins in Newport News, Virginia, USA; newscaster (NBC News Overnight).
- 1938 - Birth of Millie Perkins; actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for Five, Shooting).
- 1940 - Birth of Millie Perkins, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for Five, Shooting).
- 1946 - Birth of Liza Minnelli in Hollywood, California, USA; singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret, Arrested Development).
- 1947 - Birth of Jill O'Hara in Warren, Pennsylvania, USA; Broadway actress (Promises! Promises!).
- 1949 - Birth of Mary Alice Williams; news reporter (NBC-TV, CNN).
- 1949 - Birth of Sara Lane in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Elizabeth Grainger - The Virginian).
- 1950 - Birth of Jon Provost; actor (Timmy - Lassie).
- 1951 - Birth of Caren Kaye in New York City, New York, USA; actress (My Tutor, Bambi - Blansky's Beauties).
- 1953 - Birth of Joanna Kerns; actress (Maggie - Growing Pains).
- 1957 - Birth of Jerry Levine in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA; actor (Born on 4th of July, Will and Grace).
- 1960 - Birth of Courtney B Vance in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Hamburger Hill, Law and Order: Criminal Intent).
- 1961 - Birth of Titus Welliver; actor (Deadwood, Brooklyn South).
- 1963 - Birth of Julia Campbell in Huntsville, Alabama, USA; actress (Opportunity Knocks, Still Standing, Martial Law, Herman's Head).
- 1982 - Birth of Samm Levine; actor (Freaks and Geeks).
- 1994 - Birth of Tyler Patrick Jones; actor (Ghost Whisperer, Summerland).
- 1999 - Birth of Kendall Applegate; actress (Desperate Housewives).
Deaths on March 12
- 1957 - Josephine Hull, actress (Harvey), dies at age 71.
- 1961 - Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at age 25.
- 1966 - Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at age 37.
- 1978 - Death of John Cazale at age 41, American actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter) (born 1935).
- 1989 - Maurice Evans, English actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at age 87 (born 1901).
- 1992 - Barbara Morrison, actress (Project Moonbase), dies of heart failure at age 84.
- 1993 - Death of June Valli at age 64 of cancer; singer ("Crying in the Chapel", Your Hit Parade TV show, Stop The Music, The Ed Sullivan Show).
- 1993 - Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at age 83.
- 1998 - Death of Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (The Shop on Main Street) (born 1924).
- 2003 - Death of Lynne Thigpen at age 54 of a cerebral hemmorhage; American actress (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, As the World Turns, The District).
- 2014 - Death of Vera Chytilová, Czech film director (born 1929).
- 2022 - Death of Traci Braxton at age 50 of esophageal cancer; singer (Braxton Family Values TV show).
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