On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 31.
Episode entitled: Man with the Ice.
Released April 19, 1960.
Directed by Marc Lawrence.
Written by Kevin Thomas.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jean Willes, Stan Irwin, Linda Lawson, Joe Flynn, Jimmy Cross, Al Hodge, Roxane Brooks.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 30.
Episode entitled: A Gun for Mother’s Day.
Released April 12, 1960.
Directed by Herman Hoffman.
Written by Jay D. Crowley and John Robinson.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Marvin Kaplan, Jeremy Slate, Frances Morris, Ed Nelson, Phil Tully, Alan Reynolds.

Born on this day – Greg Iles:

Greg Iles

Writer

April 8, 1960 – August 15, 2025

Credits:

Books:

24 Hours / aka Trapped (2000); Altar of Bones (2011); Black Cross (1995); Black Cross / 24 Hours / Third Degree (2016); Blood Memory (2005); Cemetery Road (2019); Dead Sleep (2001); Dead Sleep / Sleep No More / True Evil (2016); Mississippi Blood (2017); Mortal Fear (1997); Mortal Fear / Spandau Phoenix / The Footprints of God (2016); Natchez Burning (2014); Natchez Burning: Part 1 of 6 (2014); Natchez Burning: Part 2 of 6 (2014); Natchez Burning: Part 3 of 6 (2014); Natchez Burning: Part 4 of 6 (2014); Natchez Burning: Part 5 of 6 (2014); Natchez Burning: Part 6 of 6 (2014); Sleep No More (2002); Solomon Creed (2015); Southern Man (2024); Spandau Phoenix (1993); The Bone Tree (2014); The Death Factory (2014); The Devil's Punchbowl (2009); The Diamond Conspiracy (2002); The Footprints of God / aka Dark Matter (2003); The Piper's Sons (1999); The Quiet Game (1999); The Quiet Game / 24 Hours / Dead Sleep (2003); The Quiet Game / Turning Angel / The Devil's Punchbowl (2015); The Skull Mantra (1999); Third Degree (2007); Thriller (2006); True Evil (2006); Turning Angel (2005).

Movies and television:

Amy Tan in Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (2021); Tavis Smiley (2015); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006); Trapped (2002); Trapped: From Within (2002).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 29.

Episode entitled: Let There Be Light.

Released April 5, 1960.

Directed by Paul Stewart.

Written by Frank Fox and Bob Mitchell.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Les Tremayne, K.T. Stevens, Garry Walberg, Frank Killmond, Bernard Fein, Terry Burnham, Sydna Scott, John Zaremba.

Born on this day – Jennifer Runyon:

Jennifer Runyon

Actress

Producer

April 1, 1960 – March 6, 2026

Credits:

Spectral Squad: The Haunting of Sophie Lawson (2025); The South Jersey Horror Podcast (2023); Gunfight at Silver Creek (2020); 88th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2019); Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019); Terror Tales / segment: Epidemic (2019); Bloodsucka Jones vs. The Creeping Death (2017); Ghostheads (2016); Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival (2015); To All a Goodnight: Interview with Jennifer Runyon (2014); F.L.U.I.D. (2014); Carnosaur (1993); Vinnie & Bobby (1992); Till Death Us Do Part (1992); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991); Killing Streets (1991); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1991); Tagteam (1991); A Man Called Sarge (1990); Booker (1990); Quantum Leap (1989); A Very Brady Christmas (1988); Valerie (1988); Dear John (1988); 18 Again! (1988); The in Crowd (1988); Who's the Boss? (1987); Charles in Charge (1984–1987); The Highwayman (1987); Magnum, P.I. (1987); Blue de Ville (1986); Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986); Pros & Cons (1986); Flight of the Spruce Goose (1985); Space (1985); The Falcon and the Snowman (1985); Ghostbusters (1984); The Making of 'Up the Creek' (1984); Up the Creek (1984); The Master (1984); The Fall Guy (1983); Boone (1983); Six Pack (1983); Another World (1981–1983); To All a Goodnight (1980).

On this day in movie history - Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960):

Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

directed by Charles Walters,

written by Isobel Lennart,

based on the novel by Jean Kerr,

was released in the United States on March 31, 1960.
Music by David Rose.

Cast:

Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, Jack Weston, John Harding, Margaret Lindsay, Carmen Phillips, Mary Patton, Charles Herbert, Stanley Livingston, Flip Mark, Baby Gellert.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 28.
Episode entitled: Diary of a Bomber.
Released March 29, 1960.
Directed by Jerry Hopper.
Written by Adam Williams.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Debbie Megowan, Robert Carricart, Maggie McCarter, Mark Neiman, Robert Stevenson, Coleman Francis, Robert Nash.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 27.
Episode entitled: A Kid Up There.
Released March 22, 1960.
Directed by Paul Stewart.
Written by Ian Hamilton and Maxwell Shane.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Bert Freed, Connie Gilchrist, Al Ruscio, Jimmy Baird, Gil Frye.

On this day in movie history - Breathless (1960):

Breathless

French title: À bout de souffle,

directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard,

based on a story by François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol,

was released in the United States on March 16, 1960.
Music by Martial Solal.

Cast:

Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Roger Hanin, Van Doude, Claude Mansard, Liliane Dreyfus, Michel Fabre, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Balducci, André S. Labarthe, François Moreuil, Jacques Lourcelles, Liliane Robin, Gérard Brach, Philippe de Broca, José Bénazéraf, Jean Domarchi, Jean Douchet, Raymond Huntley, Louiguy, Michel Mourlet, Guido Orlando, Madame Paul, Jean-Louis Richard, Jacques Serguine, Jacques Siclier, Virginie Ullmann, Emile Villion.

On this day in music history:

King of the Blues / My Kind of Blues by B.B. King (1960)

Homeland by Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel (1990)

He Said She Said by Peter Karp & Sue Foley (2010)

King of the Blues / My Kind of Blues

Album by B.B. King,

released March 16, 1960.

Track list: King Of The Blues; I've Got A Right To Love My Baby; What Way To Go; Long Nights; Feel Like A Million; I’ll Survive; Good Man Gone Bad; If I Lost You; You’re On The Top; Partin’ Time; I’m King; You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now; Mr. Pawnbroker; Understand; Someday Baby; Driving Wheel; Walking Dr. Bill; My Own Fault, Baby; Catfish Blues; Hold That Train; Please Set The Date; Whole Lotta Love; Woke Up This Morning; Let’s Do The Boogie; Story From My Heart And Soul; Jump With You Baby; Bye Bye Baby.

Homeland

Album by Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel,

released March 16, 1990.

Track list: Homeland; Lotus; Peru; Aria; Clancy's Heart; Traveling Home; Caravan Crossing; Immigrant; The Voyage.

He Said She Said

Album by Peter Karp & Sue Foley,

released March 16, 2010.

Track list: Treat Me Right; So Far so Fast; Wait; Rules of Engagement; Hold on Baby; Mm Hmm; Danger Lurks; Ready for Your Love; Scared; Valentine's Day; Dear Girl; Baby Don't Go; Regret; Lost in You.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 26.
Episode entitled: Anything for Joe.
Released March 15, 1960.
Directed by Paul Stewart.
Written by Maxwell Shane and Harold Swanton.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Ann Morrison, John Herman Shaner, Joseph Corey, Jody Warner, Charles Tannen, Herbert Lytton, Jack Harris.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 25.
Episode entitled: The Velvet Stakeout.
Released March 8, 1960.
Directed by William Witney.
Written by Stuart Jerome and Maxwell Shane.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Whitney Blake, John Shay, Malcolm Atterbury, Oliver McGowan.

On this day in music history:

Blues by Lonnie Johnson (1960)

Out of Time by R.E.M. (1991)

Earthsongs by Secret Garden (2005)

Blues

Album by Lonnie Johnson,

recorded March 8, 1960.

Track list: Don't Ever Love; No Love for Sale; There's No Love; I Don't Hurt Anymore; She-Devil; One-Sided Love Affair; Big Leg Woman; There Must Be a Way; She's Drunk Again; Blues 'Round My Door; You Don't Move Me; You Will Need Me.

Out of Time

Album by R.E.M.,

released March 8, 1991.

Track list: Radio Song; Losing My Religion; Low; Near Wild Heaven; Endgame; Shiny Happy People; Belong; Half A World Away; Texarcana; Country Feedback; Me In Honey.

Earthsongs

Album by Secret Garden,

released March 8, 2005.

Track list: Sometimes When It Rains; Fields of Fortune; The Reel; Always There; When Darkness Falls; Sleepsong; Lotus; Searching for the Past; Daughters of Erin; Half a World Away; Grace; Raise Your Voices.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 24.
Episode entitled: Race to Death.
Released March 1, 1960.
Directed by Jerry Hopper.
Written by Whitman Chambers.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don O’Kelly, J. Pat O’Malley, Mary Munday, Diana Crawford, Bill Baldwin, Len Hendry.

March in movie history - Get Outta Town (1960):

Get Outta Town

directed by Charles Davis,

written by Bob Wehling,

was released in the United States in March, 1960.
Exact release date unknown.
Music by Willis Holman.

Cast:

Doug Wilson, Jeanne Baird, Marilyn O'Connor, Tony Louis, Frank Harding, Steve Bradley, Beppie De Vries, Tommy Holden, Lee Kross, Pete Lopez, Gene Terry, Sam Chiodo, Frank McCully, Robert Biggers, Edith Clair, Fred Chiodo, John O'Hara, Val Casey, Howard Vaughan, Tom O'Connell, Byrd Holland, Sol Marroquin.