By Lady Houston
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The 2024 Major League Baseball season (MLB) began on March 20–21 with a two-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres held in Seoul, South Korea before the regular season proper runs from March 28 to September 29. The 94th All-Star Game is planned for July 16 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The postseason is then scheduled to begin on October 1 with a potential World Series Game 7 set for November 2. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions are the Texas Rangers.
The Oakland Athletics were approved by MLB owners to relocate to Las Vegas in 2028.
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Julia O’Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Her film debut was a small role in I Love You, I Love You Not (1996), followed by a lead role in Wicked (1998) for which she received the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She rose to prominence with leading roles in teen films such as 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Down to You (2000), and Save the Last Dance (2001). Her accolades include a Teen Choice Award and two MTV Movie Awards, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award, and Primetime Emmy Award.
Stiles added to her list of credits with films such as The Business of Strangers (2001), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), and The Omen (2006), and became known to audiences worldwide with her portrayal of Nicky Parsons in the Bourne franchise (2002–2016). Her other notable film credits include Hamlet, State and Main (both 2000), O (2001), A Guy Thing (2002), Carolina (2003), The Prince & Me (2004), Edmond, A Little Trip to Heaven (both 2005), The Cry of the Owl (2009), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Out of the Dark (2014), Blackway (2015), 11:55 (2016), Hustlers (2019) and Orphan: First Kill (2022).
Outside of film, Stiles played Lumen Pierce on the fifth season of Dexter (2010), earning nominations for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress. From 2012 to 2014 she appeared as the titular character in the web series Blue, for which she earned two IAWTV Awards for Best Actress. From 2017 to 2020 she starred as Georgina Ryland on the Sky Atlantic series Riviera. She currently stars in the Amazon series The Lake (2022–present).
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter. On this day, Christians recall Jesus’ final Passover meal—which we now call the Lord’s Supper—at which he washed the feet of His disciples, demonstrating his humility to value others above himself. He then commanded them to do the same for each other. “Maundy” is a shortened form of mandatum (Latin), which means “command.” It was on the next day, Good Friday, that Jesus was crucified. Today is also a holy day for those who serve as clergy for they often renew their ordination vows, recommitting themselves to service.
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Born
- William Byrd (satirist) –
- August Anheuser Busch Jr. (brewer) –
- Rudolf Serkin (pianist) –
- Marlin Perkins (zookeeper) –
- Nelson Algren (novelist) –
- Edmund Muskie (politician) –
- Freddie Bartholomew (actor) –
- Dianne Wiest (actress) –
- Reba McEntire (country singer) –
- Vince Vaughn (actor) –
- Julia Stiles (actress) –
- Lady Gaga (entertainer) –
Died
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th U.S. president) –
- Maria von Trapp (singer) –
- Eugene Ionesco (playwright) –
- Peter Ustinov (actor, playwright, novelist, & director) –
- Art James (television game show host and announcer) –
- Richard Griffiths (actor) –
- James Noble (actor) –
- Peggy Fortnum (illustrator) –
Events
- Cat eating condemned by England’s Richard II–
- The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the U.S.–
- First world weightlifting championships held in London–
- Emma Goldman gave a shocking speech (on contraception) to an audience in NYC. She was arrested and given a choice of paying a $100 fine or going to jail for 15 days. She chose jail–
- Mary Pickford married Douglas Fairbanks–
- U.S. and U.N. officials signed an agreement permitting the U.N. to issue its own postage stamps–
- Tsunami struck Port Alberni, British Columbia–
- The rock musical Hair opened at the Biltmore Theater in New York City–
- Basketball’s Wilt Chamberlain played his last professional game. In 14 years, 1,045 games, he never fouled out of a game–
- Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone, won the Academy Award for Best Picture–
- Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in southeastern PA seriously malfunctioned, raising fears of a meltdown of the reactor’s core, causing the evacuation of thousands and creating widespread concern about the safety of such facilities–
- El Chichon volcano in Mexico began series of eruptions, killing and injuring hundreds–
- Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted–
- Russian President Boris Yeltsin claimed victory after surviving attempts by the Russian Congress to depose him–
- A major earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island–
- Around 6:15 a.m. EDT, a fireball was seen in the northeastern United States–
Weather
- The Ottauquechee River reached its highest level since 1869 at Woodstock, Vermont–
- The earliest ice out of Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., on record–
- Twenty-two tornadoes spotted in the Carolinas–
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