MUSICAL OPENED BROADWAY ON THIS DAY IN 1956

Dave's Music Database: My Fair Lady opened on Broadway: March 15, 1956

My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
and music by
Frederick Loewe. The story, based on the 1938 film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw‘s 1913 play Pygmalion.

The musical’s 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

It set a record for the longest run of any musical on Broadway up to
that time and was followed by a hit London production.
Rex Harrison
and
Julie Andrews starred in both productions.

'My Fair Lady' Broadway Debut: Photos From 1956 | Time.com

'My Fair Lady' Broadway Debut: Photos From 1956 | TIME

My Fair Lady (Broadway, Times Square Church, 1956) | Playbill

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CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHEST TUNNEL IN 1968

PHOTOS: Historic images from the construction of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel


On March 15, 1968, construction started on the north tunnel of
the
Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnel on Interstate 70 in
Colorado, some 60 miles west of Denver.

Located at an elevation of more than 11,000 feet, the project was
an engineering marvel and became the world’s highest vehicular
tunnel when it was completed in 1979. Four months after opening,
one million vehicles had passed through the tunnel; today, some
10 million vehicles drive through it each year.

9 Rare Photos Taken During The Eisenhower Tunnel Construction

PHOTOS: Historic images from the construction of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel

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CELEBRATE, TODAY IS NATIONAL PI DAY

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Larry Shaw (1939 – 2017) the founder of Pi Day, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.



Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant
π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (the 3rd month) since
3, 1, and 4 are the first three
significant figures of π, and it
was first celebrated in the United States. It was founded in
1988 by
Larry Shaw a physicist at the San Francisco science
museum
, the Exploratorium. Celebrations often involve eating
pie or holding pi recitation competitions. In 2009, the United
States House
of Representatives
supported the designation
of Pi Day.

Have Some Pi - Imgflip

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MAN OF MANY THEORIES BORN ON THIS DAY

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Albert Einstein a mathematician and physicist | Albert Einstein teach mathematics | Albert ...

On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born, the son of
a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany. Einstein’s
theories of special and general relativity drastically
altered human understanding of the universe, and his
work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics and, ultimately, the atomic bomb.

                     E = mc2

Einstein Theory On The Chalkboard Photograph by Daniel Hagerman

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ACTOR MICHAEL CAINE IS 91 YEARS OLD

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Michael Caine Addresses Rumors He's Retiring From Acting After Latest Film | IBTimes

Michael Caine has appeared in more than 160 films over 
a career spanning eight decades and is considered a
British film
 icon. 

He has received
many awards including two Academy
Awards
, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards,
and a
Screen Actors Guild Award.

As of 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have
grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Caine is one of only
five male actors to be nominated for an Academy Award
for acting in
five different decades.

Caine is known for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge
in
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).

    
   

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Batman Begins (2005) - Backdrops — The Movie Database (TMDb)

Michael Caine Says Batman Begins Is One of the Greatest Things He's Ever Done
2005

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