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1945 – Singer-songwriter and former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch (d. 2012)
1956 – Actor Michael Biehn (“Logan’s Run,” “The Terminator”)
1958 – Mark Cuban, entrepreneur, Dallas Mavericks owner and panelist on ABC’s “Shark Tank”
1965 – British author J.K. Rowling, best known for her “Harry Potter” series
1979 – Actor-comedian-author B.J. Novak (“The Office,” “Inglorious Basterds,” “Saving Mr. Banks”)
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1863 – Industrialist and Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford
1890 – Baseball Hall of Famer Casey Stengel
1941 – Singer-songwriter Paul Anka
1947 – Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
1964 – Actress Vivica Fox (“Days of Our Lives,” “Independence Day,” “Batman & Robin,” “Alias”)
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1866 – Children’s author-illustrator Beatrix Potter (“The Tale of Peter Rabbit”) (d. 1943)
1901 – Singer-actor-bandleader Rudy Vallée (d. 1986)
1929 – Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (d. 1994)
1943 – Former New Jersey Senator and Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Bradley
1945 – Cartoonist Jim Davis, creator of “Garfield”
1948 – Actress Sally Struthers, best remembered as Gloria in the 70s sitcom “All in the Family”
1964 – Actress Lori Loughlin, who played Rebecca in ABC’s “Full House”
1993 – Pop singer-songwriter Cher Lloyd (“I Wish” and “Sirens”)
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1975 – “A Chorus Line” premieres, becoming the longest running Broadway show.
1987 – Heart enters its third and final week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Alone.”
1992 – Sir Mix-a-Lot is in the middle of five weeks at No. 1 with “Baby Got Back.”
2015 – Omi kicks off four weeks on top of the singles chart with “Cheerleader.”
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1802 – French author Alexandre Dumas (“The Three Musketeers,” “The Count of Monte Cristo”) (d. 1870)
1897 – Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (d. 1937)
1949 – Actor-comedian Michael Richards, best known as Kramer in TV sitcom “Seinfeld”
1951 – Actress Lynda Carter, who played TV’s “Wonder Woman”
1969 – Hip-hop/R&B star and actress Jennifer Lopez
1982 – Oscar-winning actress Anna Paquin (“The Piano,” “X-Men,” “True Blood”)
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1822 – Scientist Gregor Mendel, known as the father of modern genetics (d. 1884)
1919 – Explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest (d. 2008)
1938 – Actress Diana Rigg, who played Emma Peel from the 60s British TV spy drama “The Avengers”
1945 – Singer-songwriter Kim Carnes, best known for her 1981 hit single “Bette Davis Eyes”
1969 – Actor Josh Holloway, best known for playing Sawyer on the ABC series “Lost”