In History – Barbara Mandrell & Kenny Rogers win People’s Choice

TODAY IN HISTORY - March 12th:

1964 - 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2
1969 - 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
1985 - 11th People's Choice Awards: Clint Eastwood & Meryl Streep win (Motion Picture) and Tom Selleck, Joan Collins & Linda Evans win (TV).  Kenny Rogers wins favorite male country artist & Barbara Mandrell Favorite Female Artist

1989 - 15th People's Choice Awards: Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Phylicia Rashad win (TV)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1946 - Liza Minnelli, Hollywood CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret)
1947 - Mitt Romney, 70th Governor of Massachusetts
1962 - Darryl Strawberry, baseball right fielder (Mets, Dodgers, Yankees), born in Los Angeles, California
1992 - Actress Annette Bening (33) weds actor Warren Beatty (54)

GOODBYE TO:

2001 - Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)

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