Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Today in Music History for March 9: In 1942, Mark Lindsay, lead singer with "Paul Revere and the Raiders," was born in Cambridge, Idaho.

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.

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.

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.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 10: Bluegrass/country singer-musician Norman Blake is 86. Actor Chuck Norris is 84. Singer Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean is 84. Playwright David Rabe is 84.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 16: Country singer Ray Walker (The Jordanaires) is 90. Game show host Chuck Woolery is 83. Actor Victor Garber (``Alias'') is 75. Actor Erik Estrada is 75. Actress Kate Nelligan is 74.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 11: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 93. Former ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson is 90. Accordionist Flaco Jimenez of Texas Tornadoes is 85. Folksinger and songwriter David Wiffen is 82.

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.

Today in History for March 18: On this date: In 1314, 39 Knights Templar were burned at the stake in Paris. Created to protect pilgrims going to the Holy Land, the military order had grown wealthy after the Crusades.

Today in Music History for March 21: In 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the greatest and most influential composers in the Western world, was born in Eisenach, Germany.