Born on this day – Daphne Slater:

 

Daphne Slater

Actress

March 3, 1928 – October 4, 2012

Credits:

A Man of our Times (1968); Armchair Theatre (1962); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951–1959); Callan (1969); Don't Do It Dempsey (1960); Elizabeth R (1971); Emergency-Ward 10 (1967); Emma (1948); Happy Ever After (1969); I Want to Be an Actor (1946); ITV Play of the Week (1960); ITV Playhouse (1974); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1973); Jackanory (1967); Jane Eyre (1956); Katy's Love Affair (1947); Less Than Kind (1959); Love Story (1966); Our Man at St. Mark's (1966); Out of the Unknown (1965); Persuasion (1960–1961); Play for Today (1970); Precious Bane (1957); Pride and Prejudice (1952); Shadows (1975); Sunday Story (1965); Television World Theatre (1958); The Affair at Assino (1953); The Brontes at the BBC (2016); The Father (1962); The First Freedom (1967); The Gold Robbers (1969); The Jazz Age (1968); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); The Man in the Iron Mask (1968); The Respectful Prostitute (1963); The Wednesday Play (1964); Theatre 625 (1966–1967); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971); Thursday Theatre (1964–1965); Village Hall (1975); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); World Theatre (1959).

Born on this day – Gia Scala:

 

Gia Scala

Actress

March 3, 1934 – April 30, 1972

Credits:

It Takes a Thief (1969); The Name of the Game (1969); Operation Delilah (1967); Tarzan (1967); Jericho (1966); Run for Your Life (1965); 12 O'Clock High (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Convoy (1965); The Rogues (1964–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962); The Guns of Navarone (1961); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1961); Hong Kong (1961); Two Girls on the Town (1961); Here's Hollywood (1961); The Islanders (1960); I Aim at the Stars (1960); Battle of the Coral Sea (1959); The Angry Hills (1959); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Ride a Crooked Trail (1958); The Two-Headed Spy (1958); The Tunnel of Love (1958); Don't Go Near the Water (1957); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); The Garment Jungle (1957); The Big Boodle (1957); Four Girls in Town (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Price of Fear (1956); Never Say Goodbye (1956); All That Heaven Allows (1955).

Born on this day – Roberta Alexander:

Roberta Alexander

Opera singer (soprano)

March 3, 1949 – October 14, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Andriessen: Miroir de Peine, Orchestral Music & Concertos (2021); Bach, J.S.: Johannes-Passion (1972); Charles Ives, Songs (2005); Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Highlights) (1985); Giacomo Puccini, Songs & other rare pieces (1987); Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto [Highlights] (- Apex) (1987); Leonard Bernstein, Songs (1986); Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra, for voice and guitar op 207 (1992); Mass in B minor (1994); Richard Strauss Lieder, Op. 10, 22, 27, 29 (1985); Roberta Alexander sings Samuel Barber, with The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (1992); Roberta Alexander, a retrospective, Barber, Ives, Mozart, Puccini, Bernstein, Copland (1999); Songs by Dutch Composers (2002); Songs my mother taught me (1999); Symphony no. 4 in G major (1984); Theodora (Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus Musicus Wien feat. conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt) (1999); With you, Broadway Songs (1996); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Songs for soprano and fortepiano (1985).

Songs:

An Chloë, KV 524; Autumn; Avanti Urania!; Dans un bois solitaire, KV 308; Did you ever cross over to sneden's; Do not go, my love; E l'uccellino; Feldeinsamkeit; Give me jesus, Arr. Hall Johnson; I don't remember you; Inno a Diana; Knoxville: summer of 1915, Opus 24; Let all my life be music; Love's philosophy; Mass - A simple song; Miroir De Peine: I. Agonie au Jardin; Morire?; Music I heard with you; My soul's been anchored, Arr. Florence price; On the counter; peter pan - my house; peter pan - who am I?; Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden – Suite; Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden - Suite: 2. Dance of the Birds; Salve regina; Sole e amore; Solitary hotel; Songs my mother taught me; Storiella d'amore; Terra e mare; Three orchestrated songs, Sure on this shining night; Two little flowers.

Movies and television:

Angels in America: The Opera (2004); Elektra, tragédie en un acte (2013); Giulio Cesare (1985); Hello I Must Be Going (2012); Hier is... Adriaan van Dis (1983); Jenufa (1989); Podium Witteman (2018); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2016); The Metropolitan Opera Presents (2015).

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Picard

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)
Star Trek: Discovery (2022)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Course: Oblivion.

Released March 3, 1999.

Directed by Anson Williams.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Majel Barrett, Joseph K. Bevilacqua, Marvin De Baca, Brendan McIvor Fleming, Peter Scott Harmyk, Kerry Hoyt, Tony Jones, Dino Juico, Tina Kotrich, Alicia Lewis, Louis Ortiz, Joel Pelletier, Guy Richardson, Christina Rydell, Joey Sakata, Linnea Soohoo, Pablo Soriano.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Azati Prime.

Released March 3, 2004.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Manny Coto, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Matt Winston, Randy Oglesby, Scott MacDonald, Tucker Smallwood, Rick Worthy, Christopher Goodman, Alexandrea Ortiz, Geneviere Anderson, Vince Deadrick Jr., Evan English, Henry Farnam, Scott L. Treger.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 4. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Rosetta.

Released March 3, 2022.

Directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd, Jen McGowan.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Terri Hughes Burton, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Shawn Doyle, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Hiro Kanagawa, Phumzile Sitole, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Sara Mitich, Raven Dauda, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Calyx Passailaigue, Jas Dhanda, Piotr Michael, Robinne Fanfair.

 

Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Star Gazer.

Released March 3, 2022.

Directed by Doug Aarniokoski.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Orla Brady, Whoopi Goldberg, John de Lancie, Madeline Wise, Menik Gooneratne, April Grace, Rich Ceraulo Ko, Kay Bess, Alex Diehl, Dylan Von Halle, Richard Jin, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Swati Kapila, Geri-Nikole Love, Adele Pomerenke, Anushka Rani, Jimmy Chhiu, Bethany Michelle Curry, Alyma Dorsey, Guy Fernandez Jr., Brian Jansa, Bryan McCoy, Taylor Piña, Amy Sturdivant.

On this day in television history - Justified (2015)

Justified
Season 6. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: The Hunt.

Released March 3, 2015.

Directed by John Dahl.

Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore, Keith Schreier.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Sam Elliott, Garret Dillahunt, Justin Welborn, Jeff Fahey, Scott Grimes, Natalie Zea, Austin Bowerman, Mel Fair, Nick Fink, Ron Morehouse, Chris Warner, Russell Bertolino.

On this day in movie history - Landmarks by Clannad, Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein

Landmarks

Album by Clannad,

released March 3, 1998.

Track list: An Gleann; Fado; A Mhuirnin O; Of This Land; Court To Love; The Golden Ball; The Bridge Of Tears; Autumn Leaves Are Falling; Let Me See; Loch Na Cailli. 

Soundies: A Musical History

documentary directed by Chris Lamson,

written by Chris Lamson and Jennifer Sneider,

was released in the United States on March 3, 2007.

Hosted by Michael Feinstein.

Music by Michael Feinstein.

 
Cast:

Van Alexander, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Mel Blanc, Will Bradley, Les Brown, Cab Calloway, Mark Cantor, Cyd Charisse, Nat 'King' Cole, Dorothy Dandridge, Doris Day, Yvonne De Carlo, Jimmy Dorsey, George Duke, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Frances Faye, Michael Feinstein, Irving Fields, Joe Franklin, Hugh Hefner, Spike Jones, Louis Jordan, Gene Krupa, Liberace, Leonard Maltin, Ginny Mancini, Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Martin, The Mills Brothers, Dan Morgenstern, Helen O'Connell, Anita O'Day, Jackie Parton, Les Paul, 'Snub' Pollard, Stan Ridgway, Kay Starr, Claude Thornhill, Mel Tormé, Merle Travis, Fats Waller, Ben Webster, Lawrence Welk.

On this day in movie history - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

This Is Spinal Tap

a.k.a. This Is Spinal Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi,

directed by Rob Reiner,

written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner,

was released in the United States on March 2, 1984.

Music by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner.

Cast:

Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Chazz Dominguez, Shari Hall, R.J. Parnell, David Kaff, Tony Hendra, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Bruno Kirby, Jean Cromie, Patrick Maher, Ed Begley Jr., Danny Kortchmar, Fran Drescher, Patrick Macnee, Memo Vera, Julie Payne, Dana Carvey, Sandy Helberg, Robin Menken, Zane Buzby, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Child, J.J. Barry, George McDaniel, Paul Benedict, Anne Churchill, Howard Hesseman, Paul Shortino, Cherie Darr, Lara Cody, Andrew J. Lederer, Russ Kunkel, Diana Duncan, Gina Marie Pitrello, June Chadwick, Victory Tischler-Blue, Joyce Hyser, Gloria Gifford, Paul Shaffer, Archie Hahn, Charles Levin, Wonderful Smith, Anjelica Huston, Chris Romano, Daniel Rodgers, Fred Willard, Fred Asparagus, Rodney Kemerer, Robert Bauer, Raechel Donahue, Lindsay Doran, Sean Frye, Helen Kelly, Paul Korda, Blackie Lawless, Artie Ripp, Claudia Sloan, Spinal Tap, Brinke Stevens, Sam Whipple.

Recommended reading:

 

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

by Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer.

Published by Gallery Books.

Published 2025.

ISBN-10: 1668079143

ISBN-13: 9781668079140

Description:

Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre, the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his cowriters and costars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious band – how they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected This Is Spinal Tap for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England.