Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for March 15: Actor Judd Hirsch is 89. U.S. evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is 89. Jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd is 86. Bassist Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead is 84. Singer Mike Love of the Beach Boys is 83.

Today in Music History for March 15: In 1927, Carl Smith, a country music hitmaker of the 1950s and 1960s, was born in Tennessee.

Today in History for March 15: In 44 BC, Roman General Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius. In 453, Attila the Hun died of a nose bleed.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 14: Actor Michael Caine is 91. Composer-conductor Quincy Jones is 91. Actor Raymond J. Barry is 85. Jim Pons, bassist with the Turtles and the Mothers of Invention, is 81. Country singer Michael Martin Murphey is 79.

Today in Music History for March 14: In 1804, composer Johann Strauss was born in Vienna. In 1922, orchestra leader Les Baxter was born in Mexia, Texas. In the 1950s, he was signed by Capitol Records as an arranger and recording artist.

Today in History for March 14: In 1361, Icelandic monk Eysteinn Asgrimsson died at the Helgisetre Monastery in Norway.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 13: Jazz drummer Roy Haynes is 99. Songwriter Mike Stoller is 91. Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka is 85. Opera singer Julia Migenes is 75. Actor William H. Macy is 74. Comedian Robin Duke is 70.

Today in Music History for March 13: In 1910, Sammy Kaye, one of the most successful bandleaders of all time, was born in Rocky River, Ohio.

Today in History for March 13: In 1456, according to tradition, Johann Gutenberg first published the Bible using movable type. In 1462, the first dated Bible was printed in Latin in Mainz, Germany.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 12: Politician, diplomat and civil rights activist Andrew Young is 92. Actress Barbara Feldon (``Get Smart'') is 91. Actress-singer Liza Minnelli is 78. Singer-songwriter James Taylor is 76.