Today in History
March 20
1957: Spike Lee, director, producer, writer and actor, was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
1928: Fred Rogers, creator and producer of the popular children's television show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He died on Feb. 27, 2003 in Pittsburgh.
1904: B.F. Skinner, American psychologist who was a pioneer of behaviorism, was born in Pennsylvania. He died on Aug. 18, 1990 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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