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What happened in history on this day: March 15?
On March 15 in ...
- 1966 - NBC airs "The Best on Record", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 8th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss for "A Taste Of Honey";
Best Vocal Performance, Female: Barbra Streisand for "My Name Is Barbra";
Best Vocal Performance, Male: Frank Sinatra for "It Was A Very Good Year";
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Single: Roger Miller for "King Of The Road";
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording: James Brown for "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag".
- 1977 - ABC-TV airs the first episode of TV show Eight is Enough.
- 1977 - ABC airs the first episode of TV show Three's Company.
- 1979 - ABC airs the 100th episode of TV show Barney Miller.
- 1980 - NBC airs the 100th episode of Saturday Night Live TV show.
- 1985 - ABC airs the first episode of TV show Mr. Belvedere.
- 2002 - Fox releases the film Ice Age to theaters.
Births on March 15
- 1901 - Birth of J Pat O'Malley in Burnley, England; actor (Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!).
- 1904 - Birth of George Brent in Dublin, Ireland; actor (42nd Street, Jezebel).
- 1907 - Birth of Zarah Stina Hedberg AKA Zarah Leander in Karlstad, Sweden; stage and film actor and singer (Gabriela) (dies 1981).
- 1907 - Birth of Jimmy McPartland; jazz trumpeter/actor (Magic Horn).
- 1907 - Birth of Paul Maxey in Wheaton, Illinois, USA; actor (Matt - Lassie, Mayor - People's Choice).
- 1913 - Birth of Lex Goudsmit; Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof).
- 1913 - Birth of MacDonald Carey in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl).
- 1915 - Birth of Richard Ward in Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Beacon Hill).
- 1919 - Birth of John Gregson in Liverpool, England; actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World).
- 1919 - Birth of Lawrence Tierney in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Abduction, Dillinger).
- 1927 - Birth of Jack Lindquist in Chicago, Illinois, USA; child actor (Our Gang), advertising manager for Disneyland, park president, originated many concepts and expansions, retired 1993, named Disney Legend 1994.
- 1935 - Birth of Judd Hirsch in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Alex - Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary People).
- 1941 - Birth of Dick Top; Dutch actor/director (Witch of Haarlem).
- 1943 - Birth of Brenda Scott in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (Midge - Road West).
- 1943 - Birth of David Cronenberg in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; director (Shivers, The Fly, The Brood).
- 1949 - Birth of John Duttine; actor (Day of the Triffids).
- 1954 - Birth of Craig Wasson in Eugene, Oregon, USA; actor (Body Double, Four Friends, Men's Club).
- 1955 - Birth of Marcia McCabe in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Alicia Grande - One Life to Live).
- 1957 - Birth of Park Overall in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actress (Laverne - Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning).
- 1958 - Birth of Laura Carrington; actress (Simone Hardy - General Hospital, Louisa - Alphabet City).
- 1962 - Birth of Jimmy Baio in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Billy Tate - Soap, Brass, Playing for Keeps).
- 1963 - Birth of Jimmy Baio in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Billy Tate - Soap).
- 1966 - Birth of Chris Bruno; actor (Michael - All My Children, Dennis - Another World).
- 1986 - Birth of Tyler Noyes; actor (CJ - One Life to Live).
- 1989 - Birth of Caitlin Wachs, American actress (Chloe Waters - Profiler).
Deaths on March 15
- 1962 - Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at age 64.
- 1964 - Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at age 75.
- 1969 - Miles Malleson, actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at age 80.
- 1991 - Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at age 93.
- 1992 - Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at age 64.
- 1992 - Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at age 71.
- 1993 - Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damned), dies of pneumonia at age 40.
- 1994 - Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at age 68.
- 2001 - Death of Ann Sothern AKA Harriette Lake at age 92 of heart failure; comedic actress (Private Secretary TV show, The Ann Sothern Show TV show, Here's Lucy TV show).
- 2002 - Death of Sylvester 'Pat' Weaver at age 93; President of NBC-TV, created Today and Tonight shows.
- 2009 - Death of Ron Silver, American actor (Speed-the-Plow Tony Award, Kissinger and Nixon, Reversal of Fortune), political activist, or esophageal cancer at age 62, in Manhattan, New York, USA.
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