On This Day February 12
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1924 – British comedian Benny Hill (d. 1992)
1938 – Legendary rock and roll disc jockey Wolfman Jack, born Robert Weston Smith (d. 1995)
1940 – Retired pro golf legend Jack Nicklaus, affectionately known as “The Golden Bear”
1941 – Grammy Award-winning operatic tenor Plácido Domingo, known as “King Of The Opera”
1963 – NBA Hall of Famer and former Houston Rockets star center Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon
1977 – Actor Jerry Trainor (“ER,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Drake & Josh,” “iCarly”)
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1913 – Richard Nixon, 37th U.S. president (d. 1994)
1935 – Actor Bob Denver, best known for his starring role in “Gilligan’s Island” (d. 2005)
1941 – Folk singer, songwriter and activist Joan Baez
1944 – Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page
1951 – Grammy-winning country singer Crystal Gayle (“Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”)
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1908 – Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (d. 1993)
1922 – Fashion designer Pierre Cardin
1925 – Civil rights leader Medgar Evers (d. 1963)
1947 – Comedian-actor-writer Larry David (“Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
1956 – Supermodel-actress Jerry Hall, who was once married to The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger
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1924 – Actor Dennis Weaver (“Gunsmoke,”McCloud,” “Duel”) (d. 2006)
1928 – Sex therapist-talk show host Dr. Ruth Westheimer
1936 – Oscar-winning actor Bruce Dern (“They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” “Coming Home,” “Nebraska”)
1971 – Actor Noah Wyle, best known for his role as Dr. John Carter in the hit NBC medical drama “ER”
1975 – Comedian-actor Russell Brand (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Get Him to The Greek”)
1975 – Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actress-director and humanitarian Angelina Jolie
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1914 – Actor Tyrone Power (“Witness for the Prosecution,” “The Mark of Zorro”) (d. 1958)
1927 – Actress Pat Carroll (“The Danny Thomas Show, “ Laverne & Shirley,” “ER”)
1945 – Former MTV music news host, Rolling Stone magazine editor, film critic and author Kurt Loder
1959 – Emmy-winning TV journalist and former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams