On This Day March 31
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1746 – Artist Francisco Goya (d. 1828)
1853 – Artist Vincent Van Gogh (d. 1890)
1926 – TV game show host Peter Marshall
1930 – Actor John Astin, best known as Gomez Addams in the hit TV series “The Addams Family”
1957 – Comedian-actor Paul Reiser (“Diner,” “Aliens,” “Mad About You”)
1964 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman (“Fast Car,” “Talkin’ Bout A Revolution”)
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1874 – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Frost (d. 1963)
1940 – Actor James Caan (“The Godfather,” “Brian’s Song,” “Rollerball,” “Alien Nation,” “Misery”)
1944 – Legendary Motown singer-actress Diana Ross, formerly of The Supremes
1948 – Rock singer-songwriter and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler
1950 – Comedian-actor and “SCTV” and “SNL” alum Martin Short
1950 – R&B soul singer Teddy Pendergrass (d. 2010)
1968 – Country music singer-songwriter and producer Kenny Chesney
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1881 – Classical composer Béla Bartók (d. 1945)
1928 – Retired NASA astronaut (Apollo 8/Apollo 13) Jim Lovell
1934 – Feminist crusader and Ms. magazine founder-publisher Gloria Steinem
1942 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and undisputed “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin (d. 2018)
1947 – Grammy, Oscar, Tony and Golden Globe-winning pop superstar Elton John, born Reginald Dwight
1967 – “Happy Together,” by The Turtles, begins a three-week run as the hottest single in the U.S.
1978 – The Bee Gees continue their reign over the Billboard Hot 100 with “Night Fever.”
1995 – Madonna is midway through a seven-week domination of the singles chart with “Take a Bow.”
2006 – Ne-Yo begins his second and final week on top of the pop chart with “So Sick.”
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1874 – Magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weisz (d. 1926)
1951 – Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger
1970 – Actress Lara Flynn Boyle (“Twin Peaks,” “The Practice,” “Men In Black II”)
1973 – Emmy-winning actor Jim Parsons (“Garden State,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Hidden Figures”)
1974 – Actress Alyson Hannigan (“American Pie,” “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “How I Met Your Mother”)
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