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What happened in history on this day: March 14?
On March 14 in ...
- 1968 - ABC-TV shows the final episode of Batman, after running two seasons.
- 1972 - ABC live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 14th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Carole King for "It's Too Late";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Carole King for "Tapestry";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: James Taylor for "You've Got A Friend";
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: The Carpenters for "The Carpenters";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance by a Group: Ike and Tina Turner for "Proud Mary";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through The Night";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot".
- 1994 - The NBC TV network begins airing Disney's Someone Like Me show.
Births on March 14
- 1874 - Birth of Mary Carr in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles).
- 1880 - Birth of Oscar (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire; actor/director (Pink Kate).
- 1912 - Birth of Les Brown in Reinerton, Pennsylvania, USA; bandleader (Band of Renown, Bob Hope, "Sentimental Journey", "My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time", "Leap Frog", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"), musical director (Dean Martin).
- 1918 - Birth of Dennis Patrick AKA Dennis Patrick Harrison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Laramie, Somerset, Dallas, Rituals, War and Remembrance, Dark Shadows, Dear Dead Delilah).
- 1919 - Birth of Luther Henderson Junior in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; orchestra leader/arranger (50+ Broadway shows, arranged 100+ songs for The Canadian Brass, Duke Ellington, The Bell Telephone Hour, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Polly Bergen Show).
- 1922 - Birth of Les Baxter in Mexia, Texas, USA; orchestra leader/composer (Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa" and "Too Young"), produce ("Ruby", "Unchained Melody", "The Poor People Of Paris"), musical director (The Halls Of Ivy, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello). writer ("Whistle" theme - Lassie TV show).
- 1933 - Birth of Michael Caine [Maurice J Micklewhite] in Bermondsey, London, England; actor (Blame it on Rio, Alfie, Educating Rita, Mandela and De Klerk, Inside the Actor's Studio).
- 1940 - Birth of Eleanor Bron in Stanmore, Middlesex, England; actress (Women in Love, Bedazzled).
- 1941 - Birth of Wolfgang Petersen in Emden, Germany; actor (Shattered, Enemy Mine).
- 1942 - Birth of Rita Tushingham in Liverpool, England; actress (Green Eyes, Doctor Zhivago).
- 1946 - Birth of Steve Kanaly in Burbank, California, USA; actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs - Dallas, All My Children).
- 1946 - Birth of Tim Rossovich; actor (When the Whistle Blows).
- 1947 - Birth of Billy Crystal in Long Beach, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Soap, Saturday Night Live, City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally).
- 1948 - Birth of Billy Crystal; comedian-actor (Soap, Saturday Night Live).
- 1959 - Birth of Tamara Tunie; actress (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit).
- 1961 - Birth of Gary Dell'Abate in Uniondale, Long Island, New York, USA; producer (Howard Stern Show, Private Parts).
- 1961 - Birth of Russell Todd; actor (Jamie Frame - Another World).
- 1961 - Birth of Penny Johnson Jerald; actress (24, Larry Sanders Show).
- 1967 - Birth of Melissa Brennan Reeves in Eatontown, New Jersey, USA; actress (Jennifer - Days of Our Lives).
- 1968 - Birth of Megan Follows in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Chase, Anne of Green Gables, Second Chances, Matt and Jenny).
- 1969 - Birth of Laura Leighton; actress (Sydney - Melrose Place, The Other Woman).
- 1970 - Birth of Meredith Salenger; actress (Dream a Little Dream, The Kiss).
- 1979 - Birth of Chris Klein; actor (Welcome to the Captain).
- 1979 - Birth of Jake Fogelnest; actor (Squirt TV).
- 1982 - Birth of Kate Maberly; actress (Secret Garden).
Deaths on March 14
- 1975 - Death of Susan Hayward at age 56 of brain cancer; actress (Young and Willing, Heat of Anger, Say Goodbye Maggie Cole).
- 1981 - René Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at age 82?.
- 1983 - Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at age 55.
- 1986 - Death of Edith Atwater from cancer at age 74; actress (Peyton Place, Phyllis - Love on a Rooftop, Kaz, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries).
- 1986 - Death of Marlin Perkins at age 80 of cancer; host (Wild Kingdom TV show).
- 1991 - Howard Ashman, American song writer ("Under the Sea"), dies of AIDS at 40 (born 1950).
- 1992 - Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at age 65.
- 1992 - Ralph James, actor (Orson - Mork and Mindy), dies at age 67.
- 1997 - Death of Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American director (High Noon (1952), From here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma (1955), A Man for all Seasons (1966), The Day of the Jackal (1973), Five Days one Summer (1982)), at age 69 of a heart attack (born 1907).
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