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Today in Music History for March 8: In 1942, "Transit Through Fire: An Odyssey of 1942," the first opera commissioned by the CBC, was broadcast on the network. The music was by Healey Willan, and was orchestrated by Lucio Agostini.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 13: Songwriter Mike Stoller is 92. Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka is 86. Opera singer Julia Migenes is 76. Actor William H. Macy is 75. Comedian Robin Duke is 71.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 9: Actress Joyce Van Patten is 91. Canadian and World Gold Hall-of-Famer Marlene Stewart Streit is 91. NHL colour commentator Harry Neale is 88. Actress Trish Van Devere is 84.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 14: Actor Michael Caine is 92. Actor Raymond J. Barry is 86. Jim Pons, bassist with the Turtles and the Mothers of Invention, is 82. Country singer Michael Martin Murphey is 80.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 12: Politician, diplomat and civil rights activist Andrew Young is 93. Actress Barbara Feldon (``Get Smart'') is 92. Actress-singer Liza Minnelli is 79. Singer-songwriter James Taylor is 77.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 15: Actor Judd Hirsch is 90. U.S. evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is 90. Jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd is 87. Singer Mike Love of the Beach Boys is 84. Singer-keyboardist Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone is 82.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 11: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 94. Former ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson is 91. Accordionist Flaco Jimenez of Texas Tornadoes is 86. Folksinger and songwriter David Wiffen is 83.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 10: Bluegrass/country singer-musician Norman Blake is 87. Actor Chuck Norris is 85. Singer Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean is 85. Playwright David Rabe is 85.

Today in History for March 17: In 461, tradition says St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, died. In 1233, millions of mice invaded the area of Freising, Germany, forcing the evacuation of entire towns.

Today in History for March 21: In 547, Italian monk Benedict, author of the Benedictine rule which established the pattern for European monastic life through the Middle Ages, died at Monte Cassino.