On This Day April 18
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1945 – Actor Barry Bostwick (“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Spin City,” “Scandal”)
1950 – Blues-rock singer-songwriter George Thorogood (“Bad to the Bone,” “I Drink Alone”)
1955 – Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs (d. 2011)
1965 – Actress Kristin Davis (“Melrose Place,” “Sex and the City”)
1966 – Actor Billy Zane (“Dead Calm,” “The Phantom,” “Titanic,” “Tombstone”)
1977 – Five-division world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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1963 – The Rooftop Singers stroll to the top of the singles chart with “Walk Right In.”
1974 – “You’re Sixteen” by Ringo Starr is the No. 1 single. The song is from the ex-Beatle’s “Ringo” album, which also contains the hits “Photograph” and “Oh My My.”
2002 – “U Got It Bad,” by Usher, is in the midst of a five-week ride on top of the singles chart.
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1977 – After nearly four decades with CBS News, anchor Eric Sevareid retires. Sevareid was among a group of elite war correspondents hired by legendary CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow, and nicknamed “Murrow’s Boys.” He was the first to report the Fall of Paris when the city was captured by the Germans in World War II.
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1887 – Artist Georgia O’Keeffe, considered the “mother of American modernism” (d. 1986)
1929 – Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Lou Grant,” “JFK,” “Elf,” “Up”)
1945 – Actor Bob Gunton (“Demolition Man,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Patch Adams”)
1952 – Fashion designer Jimmy Choo
1972 – Actor Jonny Lee Miller (“Trainspotting,” “Hackers, ” Elementary”)
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