This Week’s Birthdays – Week of March 7

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

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

March 9, 1934 – Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, a Russian-Soviet pilot and cosmonaut.

March 10, 1984 – Olivia Wilde, an American actress.

March 11, 1899 – Frederick IX, King of Denmark from 1947 until his death in 1972.

March 12, 1923 – Walter Marty “Wally” Schirra, Jr., an American astronaut.

March 13, 1911 – L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology.