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Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress, winning four, and was nominated for a record six Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series.
Famous Birthdays on March 31
1948 — Rhea Perlman
American actress
March 31 has 306 recorded notable births across history, from 1360 to 2005. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on March 31
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- 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares his support for Moroccan independence in Tangier, beginning the First Moroccan Crisis. Source
- 1966 The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon. Source
- 1958 In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265. Source
- 1970 Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit. Source
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From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings.
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.
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Kiley originated the role of Don Quixote in the original 1965 production of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and was the first to sing and record "The Impossible Dream", the hit song from the show.
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From October 23, 2012, to January 1, 2021, Michael Savage had been syndicated by Cumulus Media and Westwood One.
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Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1928
Gordie Howe
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2016)
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1685
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer (died 1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.
1922
Richard Kiley
American actor and singer (died 1999)
Richard Paul Kiley was an American stage, film, and television actor and singer. He is best known for his distinguished theatrical career in which he twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
1942
Michael Savage
American far-right radio host and author
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1980
Maaya Sakamoto
Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
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1983
Ashleigh Ball
Canadian voice actress and musician
Ashleigh Adele Ball is a Canadian voice actress and musician. She is known for voicing characters in several toyetic movies and television series, notably the Barbie film series, Bratz, Johnny Test, Care Bears:…
1965
Tom Barrasso
American ice hockey player and coach
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1984
James Jones
American football player
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1536
Ashikaga Yoshiteru
Japanese shōgun (died 1565)
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1965
Jean-Christophe Lafaille
French mountaineer (died 2006)
Jean-Christophe Lafaille was a French mountaineer, alpinist and rock climber who was noted for difficult first ascents and first solo winter ascents, in the Alps and in the Himalaya, as well as setting new milestones in…
1835
John La Farge
American artist (died 1910)
John La Farge was an American artist whose career spanned illustration, murals, interior design, painting, and popular books on his Asian travels and other art-related topics.
1895
Vardis Fisher
American author and academic (died 1968)
Vardis Alvero Fisher was an American writer from Idaho who wrote popular historical novels of the Old West.
1969
Nyamko Sabuni
Burundian-Swedish politician
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1878
Jack Johnson
American boxer (died 1946)
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1982
Mira Bellwether
American author, artist, and sex educator (died 2022)
Mira Bellwether was an American author, artist, and sex educator best known for Fucking Trans Women, a single-issue zine in which she wrote and illustrated all articles.
1927
William Daniels
American actor
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1934
Shirley Jones
American actress and singer
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1977
Toshiya
Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer
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1621
Andrew Marvell
English poet and politician (died 1678)
Andrew Marvell was an English poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth period he was a colleague and friend of John Milton.