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October 4th - Happy Birthday to Rachael Leigh Cook and Melissa Benoist
Today is Thusday, Oct. 4, the 278th day of 2012. There are 88 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. James R. Hoffa was elected president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The family comedy series "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS.
On this date:
In 1777, Gen. George Washington's troops launched an assault on the British at Germantown, Pa., resulting in heavy American casualties.
In 1822, the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, was born in Delaware, Ohio.
In 1861, during the Civil War, the United States Navy authorized construction of the first ironclad ship, the USS Monitor.
In 1887, the International Herald Tribune had its beginnings as the Paris Herald, a European edition of the New York Herald.
In 1931, the comic strip "Dick Tracy," created by Chester Gould, made its debut.
In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini conferred at Brenner Pass in the Alps.
In 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 3, a space probe which transmitted images of the far side of the moon.
In 1960, an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-188A Electra crashed on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing all but 10 of the 72 people on board.
In 1970, rock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room.
In 1976, agriculture secretary Earl Butz resigned in the wake of a controversy over a joke he'd made about blacks.
In 1980, fire broke out aboard the Dutch cruise vessel Prinsendam in the Gulf of Alaska, forcing the 520 people aboard to abandon ship; no deaths or serious injury resulted. (The ship capsized and sank a week later.)
In 1991, 26 nations, including the United States, signed the Madrid Protocol, which imposed a 50-year ban on oil exploration and mining in Antarctica.
Ten years ago: John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," received a 20-year sentence after a sobbing, halting plea for forgiveness before a federal judge in Alexandria, Va.. In a federal court in Boston, a laughing Richard Reid pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes as he declared his hatred for America and his loyalty to Osama bin Laden.
Five years ago: Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, defiantly vowed to serve out his term in office despite losing a court attempt to rescind his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting. Former city maintenance worker John Ashley shot five people in a law office in Alexandria, La., killing two of them; Ashley was shot and killed by police following a standoff. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pledged to pursue a peace treaty and end their countries' decades-long standoff.
One year ago: Three U.S.-born scientists, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, won the Nobel Prize in physics for discovering that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. The NBA canceled the entire 114-game preseason schedule because a new collective bargaining agreement had not been reached with the National Basketball Players Association.
Today's Birthdays: Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 83. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Sam Huff is 78. Actor Eddie Applegate is 77. Actress Felicia Farr is 77. Author Jackie Collins is 75. Author Roy Blount Jr. is 71. Author Anne Rice is 71. Actress Lori Saunders ("Petticoat Junction") is 71. Baseball manager Tony La Russa is 68. Actor Clifton Davis is 67. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, is 66. Actress Susan Sarandon is 66. Blues musician Duke Robillard is 64. Playwright Lee Blessing is 63. Actor Armand Assante is 63. Actor Alan Rosenberg is 62. Actor Christoph Waltz is 56. Actor Bill Fagerbakke is 55. Music producer Russell Simmons is 55. Actress-singer Wendy Makkena is 54. Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 53. Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 52. Actor David W. Harper is 51. Singer Jon Secada is 51. TV personality John Melendez is 47. Actor Liev Schreiber is 45. Actor Abraham Benrubi is 43. Country singer-musician Heidi Newfield is 42. Actress Alicia Silverstone is 36. Actor Phillip Glasser is 34. Rock singer-musician Marc Roberge (O.A.R.) is 34. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 33. Actor Jimmy Workman is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Benson (3lw) is 25. Actor Michael Charles Roman is 25. Figure skater Kimmie Meisner is 23.
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Re: October 4th
Today is Friday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2013. There are 88 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. James R. Hoffa was elected president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The family comedy series "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS.
One year ago: A day after his first debate with Mitt Romney, which had been widely seen as a victory for Romney, President Barack Obama suggested that his Republican rival hadn't been candid about his policy positions during the faceoff. The Nielsen company said an estimated 67.2 million people had watched the debate; it was the biggest TV audience for a presidential debate since 1992.
Today's Birthdays: Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 84. Actress Felicia Farr is 81. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Sam Huff is 79. Actor Eddie Applegate is 78. Author Jackie Collins is 76. Author Roy Blount Jr. is 72. Author Anne Rice is 72. Actress Lori Saunders ("Petticoat Junction") is 72. Baseball manager Tony La Russa is 69. Actor Clifton Davis is 68. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, is 67. Actress Susan Sarandon is 67. Blues musician Duke Robillard is 65. Playwright Lee Blessing is 64. Actor Armand Assante is 64. Actor Alan Rosenberg is 63. Actor Christoph Waltz is 57. Actor Bill Fagerbakke (FAY'-guhr-bah-kee) is 56. Music producer Russell Simmons is 56. Actress-singer Wendy Makkena is 55. Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 54. Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 53. Actor David W. Harper is 52. Singer Jon Secada is 52. TV personality John Melendez is 48. Actor Liev Schreiber is 46. Actor Abraham Benrubi is 44. Country singer-musician Heidi Newfield is 43. Singer-guitarist M. Ward (She & Him) is 40. Actress Alicia Silverstone is 37. Actor Phillip Glasser is 35. Rock singer-musician Marc Roberge (O.A.R.) is 35. Actor Brandon Barash is 34. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 34. Actor Jimmy Workman is 33. Bassist Cubbie Fink (Foster the People) is 31. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Benson (3lw) is 26. Actor Michael Charles Roman is 26. Figure skater Kimmie Meisner is 24. Actress Dakota Johnson is 24. Actress Leigh-Anne Pinnock (Little Mix) is 23. Actor Ryan Scott Lee is 17.
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Re: October 4th
Today is Saturday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2014. There are 88 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit.
Ten years ago: The SpaceShipOne rocket plane broke through Earth's atmosphere to the edge of space for the second time in five days, capturing the $10 million Ansari X prize aimed at opening the final frontier to tourists. Pioneering astronaut Gordon Cooper died in Ventura, California, at age 77. American researchers Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their studies on humans' sense of smell.
Five years ago: Greek Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election. Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, 74, died in Buenos Aires.
One year ago: Vo Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless military commander who'd led Vietnamese Communist forces to victory first over the French and then the Americans, died in Hanoi at age 102.
Today's Birthdays: Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 85. Actress Felicia Farr is 82. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Sam Huff is 80. Actor Eddie Applegate is 79. Author Jackie Collins is 77. Author Roy Blount Jr. is 73. Author Anne Rice is 73. Actress Lori Saunders (TV: "Petticoat Junction") is 73. Baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa is 70. Actor Clifton Davis is 69. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, is 68. Actress Susan Sarandon is 68. Blues musician Duke Robillard is 66. Playwright Lee Blessing is 65. Actor Armand Assante is 65. Actor Alan Rosenberg is 64. Actor Christoph Waltz is 58. Actor Bill Fagerbakke (FAY'-guhr-bah-kee) is 57. Music producer Russell Simmons is 57. Former actress Kyra Schon (Film: "Night of the Living Dead") is 57. Actress-singer Wendy Makkena is 56. Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 55. Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 54. Actor David W. Harper is 53. Singer Jon Secada is 53. TV personality John Melendez is 49. Actor Liev Schreiber is 47. Actor Abraham Benrubi is 45. Country singer-musician Heidi Newfield is 44. Singer-guitarist M. Ward (She & Him) is 41. Actress Alicia (ah-LEE'-see-ah) Silverstone is 38. Actress Dana Davis is 36. Actor Phillip Glasser is 36. Rock singer-musician Marc Roberge (O.A.R.) is 36. Actor Brandon Barash is 35. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 35. Actor Jimmy Workman is 34. Bassist Cubbie Fink (Foster the People) is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Benson (3lw) is 27. Actor Michael Charles Roman is 27. NBA All-Star Derrick Rose is 26. Figure skater Kimmie Meisner is 25. Actress Dakota Johnson is 25. Actress Leigh-Anne Pinnock (Little Mix) is 23. Actor Ryan Scott Lee is 18.
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Re: October 4th
Today is Sunday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2015. There are 88 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 4, 1965, Pope Paul VI, making the first-ever papal visit to the Western Hemisphere, addressed the U.N. General Assembly, where he urged delegates to adopt as their solemn oath: "No more war, war never again."
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush defended his Supreme Court nominee, Harriet Miers, from suggestions by some skeptical Republicans that she was not conservative enough, and insisted Miers shared his strict-constructionist views. (Miers ended up withdrawing.) Hurricane Stan slammed into Mexico's Gulf coast. Americans John L. Hall and Roy J. Glauber and German Theodor W. Haensch won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics for optics research that improved the accuracy of such precision instruments as GPS locators, atomic clocks and navigation systems.
Five years ago: The Supreme Court began a new era with three women serving together for the first time as Elena Kagan took her place at the end of the bench. The Nobel Prize in medicine went to Robert Edwards of Britain, whose work led to the first test tube baby. The Europeans reclaimed the Ryder Cup, winning 14 1/2-13 1/2.
One year ago: North Korea's presumptive No. 2 leader, Hwang Pyong So, and other members of Pyongyang's inner circle met with South Korean officials in the rivals' highest level face-to-face talks in five years. Former Haitian "president for life" Jean-Claude Duvalier, 63, died in Port-au-Prince. Paul Revere, 76, the organist and leader of the Raiders rock band, died in Garden Vallley, Idaho.
Today's Birthdays: Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 86. Actress Felicia Farr is 83. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Sam Huff is 81. Actor Eddie Applegate is 80. Author Roy Blount Jr. is 74. Author Anne Rice is 74. Actress Lori Saunders (TV: "Petticoat Junction") is 74. Baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa is 71. Actor Clifton Davis is 70. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, is 69. Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is 69. Actress Susan Sarandon is 69. Blues musician Duke Robillard is 67. Playwright Lee Blessing is 66. Actor Armand Assante is 66. Actor Alan Rosenberg is 65. Actor Christoph Waltz is 59. Actor Bill Fagerbakke (FAY'-guhr-bah-kee) is 58. Music producer Russell Simmons is 58. Actress Kyra Schon (Film: "Night of the Living Dead") is 58. Actress-singer Wendy Makkena is 57. Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 56. Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 55. Actor David W. Harper is 54. Singer Jon Secada is 54. TV personality John Melendez is 50. Actor Liev Schreiber is 48. Actor Abraham Benrubi is 46. Country singer-musician Heidi Newfield is 45. Singer-guitarist M. Ward (She & Him) is 42. Actress Alicia (ah-LEE'-see-ah) Silverstone is 39. Actress Dana Davis is 37. Actor Phillip Glasser is 37. Rock singer-musician Marc Roberge (O.A.R.) is 37. Actor Brandon Barash is 36. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 36. Actor Tim Peper is 35. Actor Jimmy Workman is 35. Bassist Cubbie Fink (Foster the People) is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Benson (3lw) is 28. Actor Michael Charles Roman is 28. Actress Melissa Benoist is 27. NBA All-Star Derrick Rose is 27. Actress Dakota Johnson is 26. Figure skater Kimmie Meisner is 26. Actress Leigh-Anne Pinnock (Little Mix) is 24. Actor Ryan Scott Lee is 19.
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Re: October 4th
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 4, the 278th day of 2016. There are 88 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 4, 1976, Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz resigned in the wake of a controversy over an obscene joke he'd made that was derogatory to blacks.
Ten years ago: The domain name wikileaks.org was registered (the website began publishing leaked classified information in Dec. 2006). Ousted Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, a company officer and three investigators were charged with violating California privacy laws in a corporate spying scandal. (The charges were later dropped, with a judge calling their conduct a "betrayal of trust and honor" that nonetheless did not rise to the level of criminal activity.) American Roger D. Kornberg won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. New York Times correspondent R.W. Apple Jr. died in Washington at age 71.
Five years ago: Three U.S.-born scientists, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, won the Nobel Prize in physics for discovering that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. The NBA canceled the entire 114-game preseason schedule because a new collective bargaining agreement had not been reached with the National Basketball Players Association.
One year ago: President Barack Obama paid tribute to firefighters who had died in the line of duty and cited the sacrifices they'd made in service to a grateful nation during an annual memorial service at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Pope Francis opened a divisive meeting of the world's bishops on family issues by forcefully asserting that marriage was an indissoluble bond between man and woman, but saying the church had to "seek out and care for hurting couples with the balm of acceptance and mercy."
Today's Birthdays: Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 87. Actress Felicia Farr is 84. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Sam Huff is 82. Actor Eddie Applegate is 81. Author Roy Blount Jr. is 75. Author Anne Rice is 75. Actress Lori Saunders (TV: "Petticoat Junction") is 75. Baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa is 72. Actor Clifton Davis is 71. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, is 70. Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is 70. Actress Susan Sarandon is 70. Blues musician Duke Robillard is 68. Playwright Lee Blessing is 67. Actor Armand Assante is 67. Actor Alan Rosenberg is 66. Actor Christoph Waltz is 60. Actor Bill Fagerbakke (FAY'-guhr-bah-kee) is 59. Music producer Russell Simmons is 59. Actress Kyra Schon (Film: "Night of the Living Dead") is 59. Actress-singer Wendy Makkena is 58. Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 57. Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 56. Actor David W. Harper is 55. Singer Jon Secada is 55. TV personality John Melendez is 51. Actor Liev Schreiber is 49. Actor Abraham Benrubi is 47. Country singer-musician Heidi Newfield is 46. Singer-guitarist M. Ward (She & Him) is 43. Actress Alicia (ah-LEE'-see-ah) Silverstone is 40. Actress Dana Davis is 38. Actor Phillip Glasser is 38. Rock singer-musician Marc Roberge (O.A.R.) is 38. Actor Brandon Barash is 37. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 37. Actor Tim Peper is 36. Actor Jimmy Workman is 36. Bassist Cubbie Fink is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Benson (3lw) is 29. Actor Michael Charles Roman is 29. Actress Melissa Benoist is 28. NBA All-Star Derrick Rose is 28. Actress Dakota Johnson is 27. Figure skater Kimmie Meisner is 27. Actress Leigh-Anne Pinnock (Little Mix) is 25. Actor Ryan Scott Lee is 20.
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Re: October 4th - Happy Birthday to Rachael Leigh Cook and Melissa Benoist
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2017. There are 88 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. The family sitcom "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS.
Ten years ago: Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, defiantly vowed to serve out his term in office despite losing a court attempt to rescind his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting. A former city maintenance worker shot five people in a law office in Alexandria, Louisiana, killing two of them; the gunman was killed by police following a standoff. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pledged to pursue a peace treaty and end their countries' decades-long standoff.
Five years ago: A day after his first debate with Mitt Romney, which had been widely seen as a victory for Romney, President Barack Obama suggested that his Republican rival hadn't been candid about his policy positions during the faceoff. The Nielsen Co. said an estimated 67.2 million people had watched the debate; it was the biggest TV audience for a presidential debate since 1992.
One year ago: Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine repeatedly challenged Mike Pence during their vice presidential debate, attempting to tie the Indiana governor to some of Donald Trump's most controversial statements about women, immigrants and foreign policy while Trump's running mate maintained a folksy, soft-spoken demeanor as he defended the New York billionaire. Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti's southwest peninsula, the first Category 4 storm to hit the country in more than a half century; the Haitian government put the death toll from Matthew at 546.
Today's Birthdays — Oct. 4: Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 88. Actress Felicia Farr is 85. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Sam Huff is 83. Author Roy Blount Jr. is 76. Author Anne Rice is 76. Actress Lori Saunders (TV: "Petticoat Junction") is 76. Baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa is 73. Actor Clifton Davis is 72. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, is 71. Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is 71. Actress Susan Sarandon is 71. Blues musician Duke Robillard is 69. Playwright Lee Blessing is 68. Actor Armand Assante is 68. Actor Alan Rosenberg is 67. Actor Christoph Waltz is 61. Actor Bill Fagerbakke (FAY'-guhr-bah-kee) is 60. Music producer Russell Simmons is 60. Actress Kyra Schon (Film: "Night of the Living Dead") is 60. Actress-singer Wendy Makkena is 59. Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 58. Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 57. Actor David W. Harper is 56. Singer Jon Secada is 56. TV personality John Melendez is 52. Actor-comedian Jerry Minor is 50. Actor Liev Schreiber is 50. Actor Abraham Benrubi is 48. Country singer-musician Heidi Newfield is 47. Singer-guitarist M. Ward (She & Him) is 44. Actress Alicia (ah-LEE'-see-ah) Silverstone is 41. Actress Dana Davis is 39. Actor Phillip Glasser is 39. Rock singer-musician Marc Roberge (O.A.R.) is 39. Actor Brandon Barash is 38. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 38. Actor Tim Peper is 37. Actor Jimmy Workman is 37. Bassist Cubbie Fink is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Benson (3lw) is 30. Actor Michael Charles Roman is 30. Actress Melissa Benoist is 29. NBA All-Star Derrick Rose is 29. Actress Dakota Johnson is 28. Figure skater Kimmie Meisner is 28. Actress Leigh-Anne Pinnock (Little Mix) is 26. Actor Ryan Scott Lee is 21.
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Re: October 4th - Happy Birthday to Rachael Leigh Cook and Melissa Benoist
Today is Thursday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2018. There are 88 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit.
On Oct. 4, 1970, rock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room.
10 years ago in 2008: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi, where they lauded but did not sign a new agreement opening up U..S. nuclear trade with India. The U.S. military said it had killed an al-Qaida in Iraq leader (Mahir Ahmad Mahmud al-Zubaydi) suspected of masterminding one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad, several other recent bombings and the 2006 videotaped killing of a Russian official. A North Korean news agency reported on leader Kim Jong Il's first public appearance in nearly two months.
5 years ago in 2013: Vo Nguyen Giap, the military commander who'd led Vietnamese Communist forces against the French and then the Americans, died in Hanoi at age 102.
1 year ago in 2017: Four U.S. soldiers were killed in the African country of Niger when a joint patrol of U.S. and Niger forces was ambushed by militants who were believed linked to the Islamic State group. President Donald Trump visited hospital bedsides and a police base in Las Vegas in the aftermath of the shooting rampage three nights earlier that left 58 people dead. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developments in simplifying and improving the imaging of biomolecules.
Today's Birthdays — Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018: Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 89.. Actress Felicia Farr is 86. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Sam Huff is 84.
Author Roy Blount Jr. is 77. Author Anne Rice is 77. Actress Lori Saunders (Petticoat Junction) is 77. Civil rights activist H. Rap Brown is 75. Baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa is 74. Actor Clifton Davis (Amen) is 73. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, is 72. Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is 72. Actress Susan Sarandon is 72. Blues musician Duke Robillard is 70..
Playwright Lee Blessing is 69. Actor Armand Assante is 69. Actor Alan Rosenberg (Cybill, L.A. Law) is 68. Actor Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds, Water for Elephants) is 62. Actor Bill Fagerbakke (Coach, Spongebob Squarepants) is 61. Music producer Russell Simmons is 61. Actress Kyra Schon (Night of the Living Dead) is 61. Actress-singer Wendy Makkena is 60.
Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 59. Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 58. Actor David W. Harper (The Waltons) is 57. Singer Jon Secada is 57. Media personality John Melendez (aka Stuttering John) is 53. Actor Jerry Minor (Dr. Ken, Community) is 51. Actor Liev Schreiber is 51.
Actor Abraham Benrubi (Men in Trees, ER, Olaf the Troll God in Buffy episode 7.5 Selfless) is 49. Country singer-guitarist Heidi Newfield (Trick Pony) is 48. Singer-guitarist M. Ward (She & Him) is 45. Actress Alicia Silverstone is 42. Actress Dana Davis is 40. Rock musician Robbie Bennett (The War on Drugs) is 40. Actor Phillip Glasser is 40. Rock singer-musician Marc Roberge (O.A.R.) is 40.
Actor Brandon Barash is 39. Actress Rachel Leigh Cook (Josie and the Pussycats, She’s All That) is 39. Actress Caitriona Balfe is 39. Actor Tim Peper is 38. Actor Jimmy Workman is 38. Bassist Cubbie Fink is 36. MLB player Kurt Suzuki (Atlanta Braves) is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Benson (3lw) is 31. Actor Michael Charles Roman is 31. Actress Melissa Benoist (Glee, Supergirl) is 30. NBA All-Star Derrick Rose is 30. MLB player Lonnie Chisenhall (Cleveland Indians) is 30.
Actress Dakota Johnson is 29. Figure skater Kimmie Meisner is 29. MLB pitcher Casey Kelly (San Francisco Giants) is 29. Actress Leigh-Anne Pinnock (Little Mix) is 27. Actor Ryan Scott Lee is 22.
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1957, The television series "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS.
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In 1970 - Janis Joplin was found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. She had just finished recording her second solo album "Pearl."
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