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September 20th - Happy Birthday Jon Bernthal & Aldis Hodge


Today is Thursday, Sept. 20, the 264th day of 2012. There are 102 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 20, 1962, James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Democratic Gov. Ross R. Barnett. (Meredith was later admitted.)

On this date:
In 480BC, Greeks defeat Persians in the Battle of Salamis
In 1058, Agnes de Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border-zone in present-day Burgenland.
In 1187, Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
In 1260, the Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.
In 1378, Cardinal Robert of Geneva, called by some the Butcher of Cesena, is elected as Avignon Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.
In 1498, The 1498 Meiō Nankaidō earthquake generates a tsunami that washes away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan; since then the Buddha has sat in the open air.
In 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set out from Spain on five ships to find a western passage to the Spice Islands. (Magellan was killed enroute, but one of his ships eventually circled the world.)
In 1596, Diego de Montemayor founds the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
In 1697, The Treaty of Rijswijk is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic ending the Nine Years' War (1688–97).
In 1737, The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
In 1792, French troops stop allied invasion of France, during the War of the First Coalition at Valmy.
In 1835, Ragamuffin rebels capture Porto Alegre, then capital of the Brazilian imperial province of Rio Grande do Sul, triggering the start of ten-year-long Farroupilha Revolution.
In 1848, The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
In 1854, Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea.
In 1857, The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
In 1860, The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States.
In 1863, American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends.
In 1870, Italian troops took control of the Papal States, leading to the unification of Italy.
In 1871, Bishop John Coleridge Patteson is martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. He is the first bishop of Melanesia.
In 1873, panic swept the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in the wake of railroad bond defaults and bank failures.
In 1881, Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield.
In 1884, the National Equal Rights Party was formed during a convention of suffragists in San Francisco; the convention nominated Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood for president.
In 1893, Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
In 1906, Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
In 1909, The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the South Africa Act 1909, creating the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony.
In 1910, The ocean liner SS France, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic," is launched.
In 1911, the British liner RMS Olympic collided with the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hawke off the Isle of Wight; although seriously damaged, the Olympic was able to return to Southampton under its own power.
In 1920, Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
In 1930, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios.
In 1942, Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine. In the course of two days the German SS murders at least 3,000 Jews.
In 1947, former New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia died.
In 1958, Martin Luther King Jr. was seriously wounded during a book signing at a New York City department store when Izola Curry stabbed him in the chest. (Curry was later found mentally incompetent.)
In 1961, Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
In 1967, the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 was christened by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in Clydebank, Scotland.
In 1970, Syrian tanks roll into Jordan in response to continued fighting between Jordan and the fedayeen.
In 1971, Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
In 1973, in their so-called "battle of the sexes," tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, at the Houston Astrodome.
In 1977, The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
In 1979, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, self-styled head of the Central African Empire, was overthrown in a French-supported coup while on a visit to Libya.
In 1980, Spectacular Bid, ridden by Bill Shoemaker, ran as the only entry in the Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park in New York after three potential challengers dropped out in horse racing's first walkover since 1949.
In 1982, The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.
In 1984, A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
In 1985, Capital gains tax was introduced in Australia, one of a number of tax reforms by the Hawke/Keating government.
In 1990, South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
In 1996, President Bill Clinton announced that he was signing the Defense of Marriage Act, a bill outlawing same-sex marriages, but said it should not be used as an excuse for discrimination, violence or intimidation against gays and lesbians.
In 2000, The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by unapprehended forces using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
In 2001, In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
In 2002, The Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide.
In 2003, Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé.
In 2008, A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush appealed to a reluctant Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a new U.N. resolution that would threaten Iraq with war if it did not disarm; Russian officials indicated there might be room for compromise. William Rosenberg, founder of the Dunkin' Donuts chain, died in Mashpee, Mass., at age 86.

Five years ago: President George W. Bush declined to criticize Blackwater USA, a security company in Iraq accused in a shooting that resulted in civilian deaths, saying investigators needed to determine if the guards violated rules governing their operations. Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of Jena, La., in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate. Floyd Landis lost his expensive and explosive case when two of three arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion had used synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback victory. (Landis forfeited his Tour title and was subject to a two-year ban, retroactive to Jan. 30, 2007.)

One year ago: Repeal of the U.S. military's 18-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" compromise took effect, allowing gay and lesbian service members to serve openly. A suicide bomber posing as a Taliban peace envoy assassinated former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who had headed a government council seeking a political settlement with the insurgents.

Today's Birthdays: Singer Gogi Grant is 88. Actress-comedian Anne Meara is 83. Actress Sophia Loren is 78. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Taylor is 77. Rock musician Chuck Panozzo is 65. Acttor Tony Denison is 63. Hockey Hall of Famer Guy LaFleur is 61. Actress Debbi Morgan is 61. Jazz musician Peter White is 58. Actress Betsy Brantley is 57. Actor Gary Cole is 56. TV news correspondent Deborah Roberts is 52. Country-rock musician Joseph Shreve (Flynnville Train) is 51. Rock musician Randy Bradbury (Pennywise) is 48. Actress Kristen Johnston is 45. Rock singers Gunnar Nelson and Matthew Nelson are 45. Rock musician Ben Shepherd is 44. Actress-model Moon Bloodgood is 37. Actor Jon Bernthal is 36. Rock musician Rick Woolstenhulme (Lifehouse) is 33. Actress Crystle Stewart is 31. Rapper Yung Joc is 30. Actor Aldis Hodge is 26.

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Today is Friday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2013. There are 102 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 20, 1962, James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Democratic Gov. Ross R. Barnett. (Meredith was later admitted.)

One year ago: On a day when thousands of angry Pakistanis tried to make their way to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, the embassy aired an ad on Pakistani TV showing President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton denouncing an anti-Islamic video produced in the United States. Space shuttle Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California en route to its eventual retirement home, the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

Today's Birthdays: Singer Gogi Grant is 89. Actress-comedian Anne Meara is 84. Actress Sophia Loren is 79. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Taylor is 78. Rock musician Chuck Panozzo is 66. Actor Tony Denison is 64. Hockey Hall of Famer Guy LaFleur is 62. Actress Debbi Morgan is 62. Jazz musician Peter White is 59. Actress Betsy Brantley is 58. Actor Gary Cole is 57. TV news correspondent Deborah Roberts is 53. Country-rock musician Joseph Shreve (Flynnville Train) is 52. Rock musician Randy Bradbury (Pennywise) is 49. Actress Kristen Johnston is 46. Rock singers Gunnar Nelson and Matthew Nelson are 46. Rock musician Ben Shepherd is 45. Actress-model Moon Bloodgood is 38. Actor Jon Bernthal is 37. Singer The Dream is 36. Rock musician Rick Woolstenhulme (WOOL'-sten-hyoolm) (Lifehouse) is 34. Actress Crystle Stewart is 32. Rapper Yung Joc is 31. Actor Aldis Hodge is 27.

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Today is Saturday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2014. There are 102 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On September 20, 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set out from Spain on five ships to find a western passage to the Spice Islands. (Magellan was killed enroute, but one of his ships eventually circled the world.)

Ten years ago: CBS News apologized for a "mistake in judgment" in its story questioning President George W. Bush's National Guard service, saying it could not vouch for the authenticity of documents featured in the report. A militant video posted on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American civil engineer Eugene Armstrong, who had been abducted in Iraq.

Five years ago: Blanketing most of the Sunday TV news shows, President Barack Obama said requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they didn't would not amount to a backhanded tax increase. At the Emmy Awards, best drama and comedy series trophies went to repeat winners "Mad Men" and "30 Rock." The first game at the Cowboys Stadium set an NFL regular-season attendance record with a crowd of 105,121, and most of them went home disappointed after the New York Giants won, 33-31.

One year ago: Charting a collision course with the White House, the Republican-controlled House approved, 230-189, legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown while also defunding President Barack Obama's 3-year-old health care law. (The Democratic-led Senate rebuffed the House's attempts to roll back the health care law; the partial government shutdown began October 1 with the start of the fiscal new year).

Today's Birthdays: Singer Gogi Grant is 90. Actress-comedian Anne Meara is 85. Actress Sophia Loren is 80. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Taylor is 79. Rock musician Chuck Panozzo is 67. Actor Tony Denison is 65. Hockey Hall of Famer Guy LaFleur is 63. Actress Debbi Morgan is 63. Jazz musician Peter White is 60. Actress Betsy Brantley is 59. Actor Gary Cole is 58. TV news correspondent Deborah Roberts is 54. Country-rock musician Joseph Shreve (Flynnville Train) is 53. Rock musician Randy Bradbury (Pennywise) is 50. Actress Kristen Johnston is 47. Rock singers Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson are 47. Rock musician Ben Shepherd is 46. Actress-model Moon Bloodgood is 39. Actor Jon Bernthal is 38. Singer The Dream is 37. Actor Charlie Weber is 36. Rock musician Rick Woolstenhulme (WOOL'-sten-hyoolm) (Lifehouse) is 35. Actress Crystle Stewart is 33. Rapper Yung Joc is 32. Actor Aldis Hodge is 28.

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Today is Sunday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2015. There are 102 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 20, 1973, in their so-called "battle of the sexes," tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, at the Houston Astrodome.

Ten years ago: The number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq topped 1,900. Rapidly strengthening Hurricane Rita lashed the Florida Keys and headed into the Gulf of Mexico. Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal died in Vienna, Austria, at age 96. The Sacramento Monarchs won their first championship with a 62-59 victory over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals.

Five years ago: The United Nations opened a three-day Millennium Development Goals summit to assess members' progress in the decade since promising to end global poverty. President Barack Obama reached out to skeptical voters who were still hurting long after the declared end of the recession, imploring them to stick with him in upcoming midterm congressional elections. Leonard Skinner, 77, the basketball coach and physical education teacher who inspired the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died in Jacksonville, Fla.

One year ago: Turkish authorities reported freeing 49 hostages held by the militant Islamic State group without firing a shot, paying a ransom or offering a quid pro quo. Emmy-winning actress and singer Polly Bergen, 84, died in Southbury, Conn.

Today's Birthdays: Singer Gogi Grant is 91. Actress Sophia Loren is 81. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Taylor is 80. Rock musician Chuck Panozzo is 67. Actor Tony Denison is 66. Hockey Hall of Famer Guy LaFleur is 64. Actress Debbi Morgan is 64. Jazz musician Peter White is 61. Actress Betsy Brantley is 60. Actor Gary Cole is 59. TV news correspondent Deborah Roberts is 55. Country-rock musician Joseph Shreve (Flynnville Train) is 54. Rock musician Randy Bradbury (Pennywise) is 51. Actress Kristen Johnston is 48. Rock singers Gunnar Nelson and Matthew Nelson are 48. Rock musician Ben Shepherd is 47. Actress Enuka Okuma (TV: "Rookie Blue") is 43. Actress-model Moon Bloodgood is 40. Actor Jon Bernthal is 39. Singer The Dream is 38. Actor Charlie Weber is 37. Rock musician Rick Woolstenhulme (WOOL'-sten-hyoolm) (Lifehouse) is 36. Actress Crystle Stewart is 34. Rapper Yung Joc is 33. Actor Aldis Hodge is 29.

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Today is Tuesday, Sept. 20, the 264th day of 2016. There are 102 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 20, 1946, the first Cannes Film Festival, lasting 16 days, opened in France. Among the films honored with the Golden Palm were "The Lost Weekend," ''Brief Encounter," ''Rome, Open City" and "Pastoral Symphony"; "The Battle of the Rails" won the International Jury Prize.

Ten years ago: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (OO'-goh CHAH'-vez) repeatedly referred to President George W. Bush as "the devil" during a speech to the United Nations. The African Union announced it would extend the mandate of a peacekeeping force in Darfur through the end of the year. Nationalist Shinzo Abe (shin-zoh ah-bay) became head of Japan's ruling party by a landslide. Oscar-winning cinematographer Sven Nykvist died in Stockholm, Sweden, at age 83.

Five years ago: Repeal of the U.S. military's 18-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" compromise took effect, allowing gay and lesbian service members to serve openly. A suicide bomber posing as a Taliban peace envoy assassinated former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani (boor-HAHN'-uh-deen ruh-BAH'-nee).

One year ago: Pope Francis met with Fidel Castro after urging tens of thousands of Cubans to serve one another and not an ideology during a Mass in Havana's Plaza of the Revolution. The CEO of Volkswagen apologized and VW customers said they felt duped after the Environmental Protection Agency revealed that the German automaker had skirted clean air rules by rigging emissions tests for about 500,000 diesel cars. At the Emmys, the HBO series "Game of Thrones" won a record 12 awards; Viola Davis became the first black woman to win an Emmy for best drama series actress for "How to Get Away with Murder." Poet C.K. Williams, 78, died in Hopewell, N.J. Actor Jack Larson, 87, TV's Jimmy Olsen in "Adventures of Superman," died in Los Angeles.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Sophia Loren is 82. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Taylor is 81. Rock musician Chuck Panozzo is 68. Actor Tony Denison is 67. Hockey Hall of Famer Guy LaFleur is 65. Actress Debbi Morgan is 65. Jazz musician Peter White is 62. Actress Betsy Brantley is 61. Actor Gary Cole is 60. TV news correspondent Deborah Roberts is 56. Country-rock musician Joseph Shreve (Flynnville Train) is 55. Rock musician Randy Bradbury (Pennywise) is 52. Actress Kristen Johnston is 49. Rock singers Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson are 49. Rock musician Ben Shepherd is 48. Actress Enuka Okuma is 44. Actress-model Moon Bloodgood is 41. Actor Jon Bernthal is 40. Singer The Dream is 39. Actor Charlie Weber is 38. Rock musician Rick Woolstenhulme (WOOL'-sten-hyoolm) (Lifehouse) is 37. Actress Crystle Stewart is 35. Rapper Yung Joc is 34. Actor Aldis Hodge is 30. Actor Malachi (MAL'-ah-ky) Kirby (TV: "Roots") is 27.

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Today is Wednesday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2017. There are 102 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 20, 1967, the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 was christened by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in Clydebank, Scotland.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush declined to criticize Blackwater USA, a security company in Iraq accused in a shooting that resulted in civilian deaths, saying investigators needed to determine whether the guards violated rules governing their operations. Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of Jena (JEE'-nuh), La., in support of six black teenagers, five of whom were initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate (the charges were later reduced). Floyd Landis lost his doping case when two of three arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion had used synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback victory. (Landis forfeited his Tour title and was subject to a two-year ban, retroactive to January 30, 2007.)

Five years ago: On a day when thousands of angry Pakistanis tried to make their way to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, the embassy aired an ad on Pakistani TV showing President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton denouncing an anti-Islamic video produced in the United States. Space shuttle Endeavour, riding atop a Boeing 747, landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California en route to its eventual retirement home, the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

One year ago: In their final speeches at the annual gathering of world leaders, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon railed against leaders who kept "feeding the war machine" in Syria, while U.S. President Barack Obama said there was no military solution to the five-year conflict. A black police officer fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott, a black man, at a Charlotte, North Carolina, apartment complex, prompting days of civil unrest (Charlotte-Mecklenburg police later said that the shooting was justified). Movie director and screenwriter Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential") died in Los Angeles at age 71.

Today's Birthdays — Sept. 20: Actress Sophia Loren is 83. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Taylor is 82. Rock musician Chuck Panozzo is 69. Actor Tony Denison is 68. Hockey Hall of Famer Guy LaFleur is 66. Actress Debbi Morgan is 66. Jazz musician Peter White is 63. Actress Betsy Brantley is 62. Actor Gary Cole is 61. TV news correspondent Deborah Roberts is 57. Country-rock musician Joseph Shreve (Flynnville Train) is 56. Rock musician Randy Bradbury (Pennywise) is 53. Actress Kristen Johnston is 50. Rock singers Gunnar and Matthew Nelson are 50. Rock musician Ben Shepherd is 49. Actress Enuka Okuma is 45. Actress-model Moon Bloodgood is 42. Actor Jon Bernthal is 41. Singer The Dream is 40. Actor Charlie Weber is 39. Rock musician Rick Woolstenhulme (WOOL'-sten-hyoolm) (Lifehouse) is 38. Actress Crystle Stewart is 36. Rapper Yung Joc is 35. Actor Aldis Hodge is 31. Actor Malachi (MAL'-ah-ky) Kirby is 28.

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Today is Thursday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2018. There are 102 days left in the year.

Today's Highlights in History:
On Sept. 20, 1962, James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Democratic Gov. Ross R. Barnett. (Meredith was later admitted.)

On Sept. 20, 1973, in their so-called "battle of the sexes," tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, at the Houston Astrodome.

On Sept. 20, 1973, singer-songwriter Jim Croce, 30, died in a plane crash near Natchitoches, La.

10 years ago in 2008: The Bush administration asked Congress for the power to buy $700 billion in toxic assets clogging the financial system and threatening the economy as negotiations began on the largest bailout since the Great Depression. A suicide truck bombing at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killed 53 people, including the Czech ambassador.

5 years ago in 2013: Charting a collision course with the White House, the Republican-controlled House approved, 230-189, legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown while also defunding President Barack Obama's 3-year-old health care law. (The Democratic-led Senate rebuffed the House's attempts to roll back the health care law; the partial government shutdown began Oct. 1 with the start of the fiscal new year). Chicago police said at least three people were killed and 23 injured -- 13 in one gang-related outburst of gunfire in a park -- in a two-day spate of shootings. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said it was "a miracle there has been no fatality" in the park attack. One of the victims was a 3-year-old boy, shot in the head. Days later, the child's mother said he would need surgery many times in the years ahead.

1 year ago in 2017: Rescuers worked furiously at a collapsed school in Mexico City where a girl was believed trapped under debris in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake. It was later determined that no children still were trapped in the debris.

Today's Birthdays — Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018: Actress Sophia Loren is 84. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Taylor is 83.

Artist Dale Chihuly is 77. Writer George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones) is 70. Rock musician Chuck Panozzo (Styx, twin brother of the late John Panozzo) is 70.

Actor Tony Denison is 69. Hockey Hall of Famer Guy LaFleur is 67. Actress Debbi Morgan is 67. Jazz musician Peter White is 64. Actress Betsy Brantley is 63. Actor Gary Cole is 62.

TV news correspondent Deborah Roberts is 58. Country-rock musician Joseph Shreve (Flynnville Train) is 57. Rock musician Randy Bradbury (Pennywise) is 54. Actress Kristen Johnston is 51. Rock singers Gunnar and Matthew Nelson are 51. Rock musician Ben Shepherd is 50.

Actress Enuka Okuma is 46. Actress-model Moon Bloodgood is 43. Actress Asia Argento is 43. Actor Jon Bernthal is 42. Singer The Dream is 41. Actor Charlie Weber (Ben in Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is 40. Former NFL player Dante Hall (Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams) is 40.

Rock musician Rick Woolstenhulme (Lifehouse) is 39. Actress Crystle Stewart is 37. Rapper Yung Joc is 36. MLB player Ian Desmond (Colorado Rockies) is 33. Actor Aldis Hodge is 32. MLB pitcher A.J. Ramos (New York Mets) is 32. MLB player Steve Lombardozzi (Oakland A’s, formerly of the Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates) is 30.

Actor Malachi Kirby is 29. Musician Phillip Phillips is 28. MLB pitcher Ken Giles (Toronto Blue Jays, formerly of Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies) is 28. MLB pitcher Jeff Springs (Texas Rangers) is 26.

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1958, Martin Luther King Jr. was seriously wounded during a book signing at a New York City department store when he was stabbed in the chest by Izola Curry. Curry was later found mentally incompetent. She died at a Queens, N.Y., nursing home in 2015 at age 98.

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In 1973 - Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash on his way to Sherman, TX, for a concert. Maury Muehleisen and four others were also killed.


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