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What happened in history on this day: March 16?
On March 16 in ...
- 1971 - NBC, for the first time, live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 13th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Simon And Garfunkel for "Bridge Over Troubled Water";
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female: Dionne Warwick for "I'll Never Fall In Love Again";
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male: Ray Stevens for "Everything Is Beautiful";
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: The Carpenters for "Close To You";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Don't Play That Song";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: B.B. King for "The Thrill Is Gone";
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental: The Delfonics for "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Lynn Anderson for "Rose Garden";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Ray Price for "For The Good Times";
Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: Johnny Cash And June Carter for "If I Were A Carpenter".
- 1980 - The first closed captioned television series are broadcast in the US: The ABC Sunday Night Movie (ABC), The Wonderful World of Disney (NBC) and Masterpiece Theatre (PBS).
Births on March 16
- 1876 - Birth of Charles Halton in Washington, DC, USA; actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again).
- 1878 - Birth of Henry B Walthall in Shelby City, Alabama, USA; actor (Birth of a Nation, Klondike).
- 1884 - Birth of Harrison Ford in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; silent screen actor (Just Married, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear, Rubber Tires).
- 1885 - Birth of Sydney Chaplin in South Africa; actor (Limelight).
- 1896 - Birth of Conrad Nagel in Keokuk, Iowa, USA; actor (Celebrity Time).
- 1903 - Birth of Morgan Conway; actor (Dick Tracy).
- 1904 - Birth of Clive Morton in London, England; actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker).
- 1910 - Birth of Norman Wooland in Düsseldorf, Germany; actor (Hamlet).
- 1920 - Birth of Leo McKern in Sydney, Australia; actor (The Blue Lagoon, Help, The Mouse that Roared).
- 1922 - Birth of Harding Lemay in North Bangor, New York, USA; headwriter (Another World).
- 1925 - Birth of Cornell Borchers [Cornelia Bruch] in Heydekrug, Germany; actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul).
- 1927 - Birth of Karlheinz Böhm in Darmstadt, Germany; actor (Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural).
- 1927 - Birth of Olga San Juan in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Variety Girl, One Touch of Venus).
- 1946 - Birth of Erik Estrada in New York City, New York, USA; actor (CHiPs, Cross and Switchblade, Lightblast).
- 1948 - Birth of Michael Bruce; rocker/actor (Rudy - Rainbow Drive).
- 1949 - Birth of Victor Garber in Montréal, Québec, Canada; actor (Days and Nights of Molly Dodd).
- 1951 - Birth of Kate Nelligan in London, Ontario, Canada; actress (Bethune, Eye of the Needle).
- 1954 - Birth of Jimmy Nail; singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II).
- 1955 - Birth of Isabelle Huppert in Paris, France; actress (Cactus, Heaven's Gate).
Deaths on March 16
- 1964 - Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at age 80.
- 1968 - June Collyer, actress (June - Stu Erwin Show), dies at age 60.
- 1971 - Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at age 70.
- 1973 - Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law, Trap, Underwater City), dies at age 79.
- 1983 - Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at age 79.
- 1987 - Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at age 71.
- 1988 - Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at age 88.
- 1991 - Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies.
- 1993 - Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at age 86.
- 1993 - Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at age 87.
- 2005 - Death of Anthony George at age 80 of complications from emphysema; actor (The Untouchables, Checkmate, Dark Shadows, Search for Tomorrow, One Life to Live).
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