Shirley Mae Jones was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania.

Musical actress Shirley Jones starred as the mom of The Partridge Family on
ABC-TV from  September 25, 1970 – March 23, 1974. She won the Miss
Pittsburgh contest in 1952.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1968

Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer
Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. It opened
on this day in 1943 on Broadway.

Opening on this day in 1889.

The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of composer Richard
Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Margaret
Landon‘s novel, Anna and the King of Siam (1944), which is in turn
derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the
children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The musical
premiered on March 29, 1951, at Broadway‘s St. James Theatre. It
ran for nearly three years, making it the fourth longest-running
Broadway musical in history at the time, and has had many tours
and revivals.

SANDY KOZEL

 
The most serious nuclear accident in United States history took
place at the Three Mile Island plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
on this day in 1979.

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower ( October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)

Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and one of
the most highly regarded American generals of World War II.

Reba Nell McEntire is 62 years young today.

Reba was in the family singing group "the Singing McEntires"
as a child. Red Steagall discovered her during her performance
of the National Anthem at the National Rodeo in Oklahoma City
when she was a sophomore in college.

CARLATA BRADLEY

From left:  Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy
Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

On this day in 1997.

Heaven’s Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.

Barbra Streisand and Sydney Chaplin starred
in the Original Broadway Production from
March 26, 1964 to July 1, 1967.

Diana Ross (Diane Ernestine Earle Ross) is 73 today. 

Diana Ross and her family lived near Smokey Robinson in Detroit when she
was eight. She originally dreamed of being a fashion designer.