March 9, 2010
Juliette Binoche (46)
actor, The English Patient, Dan in Real Life; also, actors Marty Ingels (74), Raul Julia (1940-1994), Jaime Lyn Bauer (61), Kerr Smith (37) and Brittany Snow (24)
composer, Adaggio for Strings; also, musicians Ornette Coleman (80), Lloyd Price (77), Mark Lindsay (68), Robin Trower (65) and Lil' Bow Wow (23)
cosmonaut who was the first human in space
broadcast journalist; news anchor Michael Kinsley (59) and technology writer David Pogue (47) share this birth date
New York Times v. Sullivan: the US Supreme Court protected the press from libel suits by public figures unless there was actual malice (1964)
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