March 22

It's March 22nd

On this day in 1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
A photograph of the Emerald Buddha without its decoration, taken in 1932.


In 1895 – Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.


In 1963 – The Beatles release their debut album "Please Please Me".


In 1975 - Soft Machine release "Bundles"


In 1982 - Iron Maiden release "The Number of the Beast"


- Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on its third mission.

Birthdays:

Constance Wu
on Tubi

Mims


Aaron North


Beverley Knight


Susan Ann Sulley


Simon Furman


Harry Vanda


Keith Relf



Jorge Ben

Bruno Ganz
on Tubi
as Jonathan Zimmerman in "The American Friend"


Jon Hassell


Roger Whittaker


Erol Büyükburç


May Britt
as Ingrid Svenson in "Haunts"



William Shatner
on Tubi


Stewart Stern


Nino Manfredi
on Tubi
as Vitonno Barletti in "A Dangerous Toy"


Ross Martin
as Dr. Jeremy Spensser in "The Colossus of New York"

as Johnny in The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 13 "The Four of Us are Dying"
as Red in "Experiment in Terror"



Werner Klemperer
as Professor Malaki in "Dark Intruder"


Bernard Krigstein


Paul Rogers
as Haldane in "The Looking GLass War"

as Hugo in "Nothing Lasts Forever"


Virginia Grey
as Vicki Harris in "Target Earth"


John Stanley


James Westerfield
as Policeman in "The Magnificent Ambersons"

on Tubi

Agnes Martin
"This Rain"

John Zorn's "Redbird" was inspired by and dedicated to Martin.

Wilfrid Brambell
as Lock Keeper in "The Sinister Man"

as Porter in "Sword of the Valiant"

Joseph Schildkraut
in "The Tell-tale Heart"

as Alfred Becker in Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 9 "Death's Head Revisited"
and as John Holt in Season 3 Episode 31 "The Trade-Ins"

Charlie Poole


Chico Marx
on Tubi

Lyda Borelli
as Contessa Alba d'Oltrevita in

Painting by Cesare Tallone


Ernest Lawson
"Landscape"


Dorothy Tennant
"L'amour Blessé"


Randolph Caldecott
"The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon"
Thomas Crawford


Anton Raphael Mengs
"Jupiter Kissing Ganymede"

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