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MARCH TIMELINE
DESI ARNAZ'S BIRTHDAY MARCH 2, he would be 91 this year
Desi's birthstone is the Aquamarine (gem of the sea)
and March's flower is the jonquil (love me).
1998: the Lucylist switches from it's original "bolis" to "linkline"
Don't forget it's national furniture refinishing month.
Don't let Lucy near your feather stuffed chairs...
March 1, 1886 - Ida Moore (Zulah Idessa Moore) born ["oh hi,
Mrs. Knickerbocker"]
1, 1952 - "Rancho Notorious" (w/Wm. Frawley) released
(also with Marlene Dietrich, Jack Elam, George
Reeves)
1, 1953 - NY Times editor Jack Gould wrote:
"In the comical trials of Lucy & Ricky Ricardo,
tv audiences recognize the exasperation and
warmth of their own lives."
1, 1954 - "Home Movies" episode of I Love Lucy airs
(Ron Howard born on this same day & year, would
grow
up to work with "Little Ricky" Keith Thibodeaux
on Andy Griffith)
1, 1975 - "The Black Dahlia" (movie) with Lucie Arnaz airs
2, 1917 - Desi Arnaz born (Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de
Acha III) in Santiago, CUBA
2, 1951 - Pilot show of I Love Lucy went before the cameras
2, 1960 - Lucy files for divorce on Desi's
43rd birthday
2, 1963 - Desi marries Edith Mack Hirsch (his red-headed
neighbor)
in Las Vegas (at the Sands?)
2, 1983 - Lucille Ball on Bob Hope special "Bob Hope on
Road to Hollywood"
2, 1987 - Tv show "Kate & Allie" do a spoof of Lucy & Ethel
2, 1997 - Jean (Hazelwood) Widmark dies (wife of Richard)
3, 1845 - Florida becomes the 27th state
(if not, we'd never have seen Lucy and Ethel
change a tire)
3, 1952 - "New Neighbors" airs
The new character of LUCY debuts in Peanuts
comic strip
on this same day and year
3, 1966 - William C. Frawley dies of heart attack in
Hollywood,
after collapsing on Hollywood Blvd., at the
Knickerbocker Hotel. (Day after Desi's 49th
birthday.)
Is buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery, CA.
Even though he died before the others, he would
die the oldest, at 79. Desi the youngest,
three
months shy of 70. Vivian, at 70, and our Lucy
at 77, three months shy of 78. :(
4, 1957 - "Lucy Raises Chickens" airs (I still worry about
that little chicken that got under the box)
4, 1984 - Lucille Ball on special "The TV Academy Hall of
Fame"
5, 1936 - "Top Hat" has been nominated but doesn't win an
Academy Award tonight.
(look for Lucy in there as a flower shop girl)
5, 1954 - Creature from the Black Lagoon is released
(with Richard Carlson)
5, 1956 - "Lucy Meets Charles Boyer" airs
(King Kong also aired this night on tv for
first time)
5, 1988 - Lucille Ball on "America's Tribute to Bob Hope"
6 2004 - Frances Dee dies (the one that couldn't make
the Fashion Show)
6, 1971 - Desi Arnaz appears on "The Andy Williams Show"
6, 1992 - Elvia Allman (supervisor, Kandy factory) dies
of pneumonia. Speed it up a little!
7, 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
(Lucy Ricardo certainly made good use of it,
especially
when she ordered that cute little hat...)
7, 1966 - Clint Walker guests on The Lucy Show, "Lucy &
Clint Walker"
(did you know "CHEYENNE" is on dvd now? I
have an
autographed copy)
8, 1935 - `Roberta' (movie) released (Lucy as a fashion
model)
[Vivian Vance's middle name was Roberta]
8, 1954 - "Bonus Bucks" airs
9, 1953 - "The Black Eye" airs
9, 1996 - George Burns dies at age 100
10, 1952 - "Fred and Ethel Fight" airs
11, 1957 - "Lucy Does the Tango" airs
12, 1946 - Liza Minnelli, ex-girlfriend of Desi Jr., born
12, 1977 - "Disco Lucy" hits #24 on the Billboard charts
13, 1992 - "The Mambo Kings" (movie) released
(Desi Jr. plays his Dad, and our Lucy is seen
with movie magic)
14, 1955 - "The Hedda Hopper Story" airs
15, 44 B.C. - Ides of March
15, 1916 - Harry James born (LDCH "Lucy Wins a Racehorse")
15, 2001 - Ann Sothern dies (heart failure)
16, 1957 - Emmys (three nominations for I Love Lucy)
Desi Arnaz hosted the 10th Emmy Awards
17, 1952 - "The Moustache" airs
17, 1956 - Lucille Ball wins an Emmy for Best Actress
in a continuing performance
17, 1967 - Richard Reeves dies
(was an extra on I Love Lucy, playing an Indian,
other roles; it's been debated if he is George
[Superman] Reeves' brother or relation)
17, 2008 - ST. PATRICK'S DAY (wear green or get pinched
today)
(Wm. Frawley did the movie "My Wild Irish Rose"
in 1947)
18, 1887 - Edward Everett Horton born (Mr. Ritter)
18, 1957 - "Ragtime Band" airs
19, 1956 - "Lucy Gets a Paris Gown" airs (dress up today,
no matter
where you're going! Burlap is in.)
19, 1977 - Lucy and the chocolate factory are parodied on
Saturday
Night Live (A-Bombs in place of
chocolates)[Gilda Radner]
20, 1961 - John Clark Gable (son of Clark) is born 4
months after his
father died (November 16, 1960)
20, 2008 - SPRING
21, 1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld (Follies) born
21, 1955 - "Don Juan is Shelved" airs
(there WERE Don Juan movies released in 1950, 55
& 56)
22, 1954 - "Ricky's Hawaiian Vacation" airs
22, 1966 - Carol Burnett special "Carol + 2" (Lucy), CBS
23, 1857 - Fannie Farmer (famous cook) is born
23, 1902 - Phil Ober born (would be Vivian Vance's future
husband)
23, 1915 - Maurice Marsac born (served snails to Lucy
Ricardo)
23, 1987 - Dean Paul Martin (Dino of Dino, Desi and Billy)
killed in plane crash :(
24, 1952 - "The Gossip" airs
25, 1957 - "Lucy's Night in Town" airs
25, 1986 - Gloria "Grace Foster" Blondell dies at 76
(sister to Joan)(I always think pearls when I
hear her name)
26, 1894 - Will Wright born (locksmith in "Handcuffs")
26, 1956 - "Lucy in the Swiss Alps" airs
27, 1914 - Richard Denning born in Poughkeepsie, NY
[Real name: Louis Denniger]
(he was husband in "My Favorite Husband"
on radio with Lucy)(He was also seen in Creature
from the Black Lagoon!)
27, 2002 - Milton Berle "Mr. Television" goes to that big
studio in the sky
28, 1955 - "Bull Fight Dance" airs
Redhead Reba McEntire born this same day and year
she is a Lucy fan---on Tv Guide cover as
grapestomper
29, 1951 - `Sunset Boulevard' is nominated for 11 Academy
Awards
including William Holden for best actor. Won: 3
(best writing,story,screenplay; best art
direction B&W;
best music)
29, 1954 - "Lucy is Envious" airs
29, 1989 - Lucy's last public appearance (at 61st Academy
Awards)
w/Bob Hope (she was in a commercial on
Oscars
in 2007)
29, 2008 - LEAP DAY! Watch some Muppets today
30, 1953 - "Lucy Changes Her Mind" airs
30, 1858 - Pencil with eraser patented (Lucille Ball couldn't
save enough pencils---didn't have as a child)
30, 1959 - Vivan Vance is sued for divorce by Phil Ober
30, 1968 - Lucy on cover of TV Guide
30, 1978 - Ellen Corby returns to the Waltons a year after
suffering a stroke [She was Miss Hanna on ILL ep]
30, 1999 - Gary Morton dies of lung cancer at age 74
(Lucy's second husband, married 27 1/2 years)
31, 1889 - Eiffel tower inaugurated (67 yrs later, Lucy would
cause havoc in Paris!) Eat some French toast
today
31, 1921 - Peggy Rea born (nurse in Lucy at hospital ep;
clubwoman in No Children Allowed and Club
Election)
Enjoy!
-Hedda
[Nancy S.]
Updated 2/27/2008
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