On This Day April 19
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1807 – U.S. Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee (d. 1870)
1809 – Poet Edgar Allen Poe (“The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Raven”) (d. 1849)
1930 – Golden Globe-winning actress Tippi Hedren (“The Birds,” “Marnie”)
1939 – Rock and Roll and Country Music Hall of Famer Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers (d. 2014)
1942 – Tony Award-winning actor and singer Michael Crawford (“Phantom of the Opera”)
1943 – Rock legend Janis Joplin (d. 1970)
1946 – Grammy-winning singer, actress and Country Music Hall of Famer Dolly Parton
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1928 – Actor Adam West, best known for playing Batman in the 1960s TV series (d. 2017)
1949 – Lesley Hornby, a.k.a. “Twiggy,” the 60s British fashion icon
1964 – Grammy-winning country music singer Trisha Yearwood
1974 – Emmy-winning “The Tonight Show” host and “Saturday Night Live” alum Jimmy Fallon
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1871 – Aviation pioneer Orville Wright (d. 1948)
1883 – French fashion designer Coco Chanel (d. 1971)
1921 – “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry (d. 1991)
1940 – Singer-songwriter Johnny Nash, best known for his 1972 smash “I Can See Clearly Now” (d.2020)
1946 – Bill Clinton, 42nd U.S. president
1965 – Actor Kevin Dillon (“Platoon,” “No Escape,” “Entourage”)
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