Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Today in Music History for March 10: In 1903, legendary jazz cornet player Bix Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa. The sordid details of his tragically short life have tended to overshadow the remarkable music he produced.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 9: Actress Joyce Van Patten is 90. Canadian and World Gold Hall-of-Famer Marlene Stewart Streit is 90. NHL colour commentator Harry Neale is 87. Actress Trish Van Devere is 83.

Today in History for March 9: In 1541, Jean-Francois de la Rocque Roberval obtained authorization from France to take criminals to Canada to found a colony.

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.