Shemp Howard 1895 - Actor, comedian, Lawrence Welk 1903, Troy Ruttman 1930
Rupert Murdoch 1931 - Media mogul, Antonin Scalia 1936 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Mark Metcalf 1946 - Actor ("Animal House")
537 - The Goths began their siege on Rome.
1888 - The "Blizzard of '88" began along the U.S. Atlantic Seaboard shutting down communication and transportation lines. More than 400 people died.(March 11-14)
1901 - U.S. Steel was formed when industrialist J.P. Morgan purchased Carnegie Steep Corp. The event made Andrew Carnegie the world's richest man.
1935 - The German Air Force became an official department of the Reich.
1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Lend-Lease Act, which authorized the act of providing war supplies to the Allies.
1969 - Levi-Strauss started selling bell-bottomed jeans.
1986 - Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a one-stick model.
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