International Day of Awesomeness

March 10
Yearly Date: Always March 10th 

Awesome is a word I probably use too frequently. But I can’t help it. There are just too many incredible people, places and things in this world that can only be described as AWESOME. So I gush.

And, today is the day to celebrate everything and everybody in your life (including yourself) that is awesome.


To find out more about how to celebrate check out:

Day of Awesomeness

 

 

Quote for the Day

“Anyone can be cool, but awesome takes practice.”

Lorraine Peterson

Famous People Born in March

March 1, 1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer

March 2, 1779- Joel Roberts Poinsett, American Ambassador to Mexico brought Poinsettias to America.

March 2, 1904 – Theodore Seuss Geisel, “Dr. Seuss”

March 2, 1917- Desi Arnaz, “Ricky Ricardo” on “I Love Lucy”

March 2, 1931- Mikhail Gorbachev, Leader of USSR

March 2, 1950- Karen Carpenter, singer “We’ve Only Just Begun”

March 2, 1962- Jon Bon Jovi, singer, actor

March 3, 1847- Alexander Graham Bell, invented the telephone

March 3, 1920 – James Doohan,  actor, “Scotty” on TV Series and movies “Star Trek”

March 3, 1962- Jackie Joiner-Kersee,  Olympic gold medalist

March 4, 1888- Knute Rockne, Notre Dame’s “Fighting Irish” football coach

March 5, 1908- Rex Harrison,  actor

March 5, 1936- Dean Stockwell,  actor

March 5, 1958- Andy Gibb, member of “Beegees” band

March 5, 1989- Jake Lloyd, actor “Anakin Skywalker” in “Star Wars: Phantom Menace”

March 6, 1475- Michelangelo, Renaissance painter

March 6, 1906- Lou Costello, comedian, of Abbott and Costello

March 6, 1923- Ed McMahon, “Johnny Carson Tonight Show”

March 6, 1926- Alan Greenspan,  Chairman of Federal Reserve

March 6, 1945- Rob Reiner, actor, director

March 6, 1959- Tom Arnold, actor

March 6, 1972- Shaquille O’Neal, NBA star

March 7, 1934- Willard Scott, NBC weatherman

March 8, 1945- Mickey Dolenz, singer, actor, “Mickey” of the “Monkees”

March 9, 1934- Yuri Gagarin, Russian astronaut, first man in space

March 9, 1943- Bobby Fischer, World Chess champion

March 10, 1928- James Earl Ray,  assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.

March 10, 1940 Chuck Norris, , martial arts, “Walker” in TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger”

March 10, 1957- Osama Bin Laden, , Al Queda terrorist leader

March 10, 1958- Sharon Stone, , actress, “Basic Instinct”

March 10, 1983- Carrie Underwood, , American Idol winner

March 11, 1903- Lawrence Welk, , bandleader

March 11, 1934- Sam Donaldson, TV Journalist

March 12, 1923- Wally Schirra,  astronaut

March 12, 1941- Barbara Feldon,  actress

March 12, 1946- Liza Minnelli,  actress, singer

March 12, 1948- James Taylor,  American singer-songwriter

March 12, 1962- Darryl Strawberry, baseball player

March 13, 1855- Percival Lowell, astronomer

March 13, 1911- L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer

March 13, 1939- Neil Sedaka, singer, songwriter

March 14, 1864- Casey Jones, railroad engineer

March 14, 1879- Albert Einstein, physicist

March 14, 1912- Les Brown, and his “Band of Renown”

March 14, 1920- Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, created “Dennis the Menace”

March 14, 1928- Frank Borman, astronaut, airline executive

March 14, 1933- Michael Caine, actor

March 14, 1947- Billy Crystal, actor, comedian

March 15, 1767 – Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President(1829-1837), hero of the War of 1812

March 15, 1933- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice

March 15, 1935- Judd Hirsch, actor, TV series “Taxi”

March 15, 1941- Mike Love, singer, musician, Beach Boys

March 15, 1961- Fabio, actor, model

March 15, 1975- Eva Longoria, actress, TV series “Desperate Housewives”

March 16, 1751 – James Madison, 4th U.S President(1809-1817)

March 16, 1822- Rosa Bonheur, French painter

March 16, 1906- Henny Youngman, comedian

March 16, 1912- Pat Nixon, Wife of Richard M. Nixon, First Lady

March 16, 1926- Jerry Lewis, actor, comedian

March 16, 1949- Erik Estrada,  actor

March 17, 1902- Bobby Jones, golfer

March 17, 1919- Nat “King” Cole, singer

March 17, 1938- Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer

March 17, 1945- Tony Dow, actor, brother “Wallie” on TV series “Leave it to Beaver”

March 17, 1949- Patrick Duffy, actor “Bobby Ewing” on TV Series “Dallas”

March 17, 1951- Kurt Russell, actor

March 17, 1964- Rob Lowe, actor

March 18, 1782- John C. Calhoun, statesman, vice president

March 18, 1837- Grover Cleveland, 22d and 24th U.S. President(1885-1889, 1893-1897)

March 18, 1869- Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister

March 18, 1926- Peter Graves, actor

March 18, 1939- Charley Pride, singer

March 18, 1941- Wilson Pickett, singer, songwriter

March 18, 1963- Vanessa Williams, singer, actress

March 18, 1964- Bonnie Blair, Olympic speed skating champion

March 18, 1970- Queen Latifah, rap singer, actress

March 19, 1589- William Bradford, , Pilgrim/Governor of Plymouth Colony

March 19, 1813- David Livingstone, , physician, explorer

March 19, 1848- Wyatt Earp, , Wild West lawman

March 19, 1891- Earl Warren, chief justice of the Supreme Court

March 19, 1906- Adolf Eichmann, Nazi leader

March 19, 1936- Ursula Andress, actress

March 19, 1947- Glenn Close, actress

March 19, 1955- Bruce Willis, actor

March 20, 1811- Napoleon Bonaparte II, Emperor of France and King of Rome

March 20, 1906- Ozzie Nelson, Actor, “The Nelsons”

March 20, 1922- Carl Reiner, actor, comedian

March 20, 1928- Fred Rogers, actor Children’s show “Mr. Rogers”

March 20, 1931- Hal Linden, actor, singer

March 20, 1939- Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Minister

March 20, 1948- Bobby Orr, hockey player

March 20, 1957- Spike Lee, director, filmmaker

March 21, 1685- Johann Sebastian Bach, , German musical composer

March 21, 1910- Julio Gallo, , California wine vintner

March 21, 1944- Timothy Dalton, , actor

March 21, 1962- Matthew Broderick, actor

March 21, 1962- Rosie O’Donnell, TV personality, actress

March 22, 1887- Chico Marx , of Marx Brothers

March 22, 1913- Karl Malden, actor

March 22, 1919- Werner Klemperner, actor

March 22, 1923- Marcel Marceau, French mime

March 22, 1930- Pat Robertson, , evangelist, presidential candidate

March 22, 1931- William Shatner, , actor James T. Kirk, on Star Trek

March 22, 1934- Orrin Hatch, , senator

March 22, 1943- George Benson, , singer, musician

March 22, 1948- Andrew Lloyd Webber, , English composer

March 22, 1952- Bob Costas, sportscaster

March 22, 1959- Matthew Modine, actor

March 23, 1904- Joan Crawford, Oscar winning actress

March 23, 1900- Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst

March 23, 1912- Werner von Braun, rocket pioneer, scientist

March 23, 1929- Roger Bannister, runner, first person to break 4-minute mile

March 23, 1953- Louie Anderson, comedian, actor

March 23, 1953- Chaka Khan, singer

March 24, 1855- Andrew Mellon, financier, industrialist

March 24, 1874- Harry Houdini, magician

March 24, 1893- George Sisler, baseball player

March 24, 1930- Steve McQueen, actor

March 24, 1970- Lara Flynn Boyle, actress

March 24, 1973- Jim Parsons,  American actor, “Sheldon” on TV show “Big Bang Theory”

March 24, 1976- Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts All Star Quarterback

March 25, 1871- Gutzon Borglum, sculpted Mt. Rushmore

March 25, 1918- Howard Cosell, American Sportscaster

March 25, 1934- Gloria Steinem, author

March 25, 1942- Aretha Franklin, singer

March 25, 1922- Paul Michael Glaser, actor, director

March 25, 1947- Elton John, English singer, songwriter, musician

March 25, 1965- Sarah Jessica Parker, actress

March 25, 1982- Danica Patrick, American NASCAR race car driver

March 26, 1874- Robert Frost, poet

March 26, 1911- Tennessee Williams, playwright

March 26, 1930- Sandra Day O’Connor, Supreme Court justice

March 26, 1931- Leonard Nimoy, actor, director, “Spock” in “Star Trek”

March 26, 1934- Alan Arkin, actor

March 26, 1939- James Caan, actor

March 26, 1940- Nancy Pelosi, American Democratic party congresswoman, Speaker of the House

March 26, 1944- Diana Ross, singer, actress

March 26, 1950- Martin Short, actor, comedian

March 26, 1960- Marcus Allen, NFL running back, sportscaster

March 26, 1962- John Stockton, basketball player

March 27, 1845- Wilhelm Roentgen, scientist, discovered X-rays

March 27, 1899- Gloria Swanson, actress

March 27, 1931- David Janssen, actor, “The Fugitive”

March 27, 1940- Cale Yarborough, auto racer

March 27, 1963- Randall Cunningham, NFL Quarterback

March 27, 1963- Quentin Tarantino, actor, director

March 27, 1970- Mariah Carey, American singer and actress

March 28, 1899- August Anheuser Busch Jr.,Beer baron

March 28, 1921- Dirk Bogarde, actor

March 28, 1944- Ken Howard, actor

March 28, 1955- Reba McEntire, country western singer

March 28, 1981- Julia Stiles, actress

March 28, 1986- Lady Gaga, American singer, songwriter, actress

March 29, 1790- John Tyler, 10th U.S. President (1841-1845)

March 29, 1867- Cy Young, baseball pitcher

March 29, 1916- Eugene McCarthy, senator, presidential nominee

March 29, 1918- Pearl Bailey, singer, entertainer

March 29, 1918- Sam Walton, founded Wal-Mart

March 29, 1945- Walt Frazier, basketball player

March 29, 1955- Earl Campbell, football player

March 29, 1963- M. C. Hammer, rap singer

March 29, 1964- Elle MacPherson, Australian actress, super model

March 29, 1968- Lucy Lawless, actress

March 29, 1976- Jennifer Capriati, tennis player

March 30, 1853- Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter

March 30, 1929- Richard Dysart, actor

March 30, 1930- John Astin, actor

March 30, 1937- Warren Beatty, actor, director

March 30, 1945- Eric Clapton, musician, singer, songwriter

March 30, 1957- Paul Reiser, actor

March 30, 1962- M.C. Hammer, rapper

March 30, 1968- Celine Dion, singer

March 31, 1596- René Descartes, philosopher, mathematician

March 31, 1732- Franz Joseph Haydn, composer

March 31, 1811- Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, invented the Bunsen Burner

March 31, 1878- Jack Johnson, first Afro-American boxer to win heavyweight crown

March 31, 1927- Cesar Chavez, labor leader

March 31, 1928- Gordie Howe, hockey player

March 31, 1929- Liz Claiborne, fashion designer

March 31, 1932- John Jakes, author

March 31, 1934- Shirley Jones, actress, singer

March 31, 1935- Herb Albert, musician

March 31, 1935- Richard Chamberlain,  actor

March 31, 1943- Christopher Walken, actor

March 31, 1948- Al Gore Jr., vice president , presidential candidate

March 31, 1948- Rhea Perlman,  actress

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