This Week’s Birthdays – Week of March 2

March 2, 1760 – Lucie Simplice Camille Benoist Desmoulins , a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution.

March 3, 1911 – Jean Harlow , an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s.

March 4, 1931 – Bob Johnson, a legendary ice hockey coach.

March 5, 1958 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer (d. 1988)

March 6, 1927 – Leroy Gordon “Gordo” Cooper, Jr., an American astronaut.

March 7, 1932 – Lola Beltrán, a Mexican film actress and one of the most acclaimed Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande (“Lola the Great”).

March 8, 1900 – Howard Hathaway Aiken, a pioneer in computing, being the original conceptual designer behind IBM’s Harvard Mark I computer.