Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Today in Music History for March 12: In 1946, singer-dancer-actress Liza Minnelli was born to actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli.

Today in History for March 11: In 843, Eastern churches officially reintroduced and sanctioned icons, after an 89-year controversy. In 1302, according to Shakespeare, Romeo Monteveccio and Juliet Cappelleto were married in Citadela, Italy.

Today in History for March 10: In 1302, Pope Boniface VIII sentenced Italian poet and politician Dante Alighieri, author of "The Divine Comedy," to be burned to death for political reasons. Dante fled into exile.

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

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

Today in History for March 12: In 1664, England's King Charles II granted an area of land in present-day North America known as New Netherland to his brother James, the Duke of York.

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.

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 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.