Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Also This Week In 1970 ...


March 24th – Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is born




March 26th – Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary was arrested in Washington, DC, for “taking immoral liberties” with a 14 year old girl.  Yarrow pleads guilty and is sentenced to three months in jail.  (Ironically, the folk trio had just won a Grammy Award two weeks earlier for Best Recording For Children for their album “Peter, Paul And Mommy.”)  Years later, Yarrow was pardoned by US President Gerald Ford.



March 27th – Singer Mariah Carey is born