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On This Day March 31
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1956 – The Platters serve up the No. 1 single in America: “The Great Pretender.”
1967 – “Kind of a Drag,” by The Buckinghams, begins two weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100.
1982 – Cher makes her Broadway acting debut in “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.”
1995 – TLC marks its fourth and final week on top of the pop chart with “Creep.”
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1784 – Zachary Taylor, 12th U.S. president (d. 1850)
1868 – Ragtime composer and pianist Scott Joplin (“The Maple Leaf Rag,” “The Entertainer”) (d. 1917)
1925 – Conservative author-commentator William F. Buckley, Jr. (d. 2008)
1938 – Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar “Big O” Robertson
1941 – Original Beatles drummer Pete Best
1978 – Emmy-winning actress Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Knocked Up,” “State of Affairs”)
1990 – Actress Sarah Hyland (“Private Parts,” “Modern Family,” “Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters”)
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1930 – Longtime New York columnist and author Jimmy Breslin (d. 2017)
1938 – Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, born Robert Craig Knievel (d. 2007)
1948 – Actor George Wendt, best known for his portrayal of Norm Peterson on the TV sitcom “Cheers”
1958 – Grammy-winning country singer Alan Jackson
1962 – Cartoonist-actor Mike Judge (“Beavis and Butt-head,” “King of the Hill”)
1963 – Comedian-actor and “Saturday Night Live” alum Norm Macdonald (d. 2021)
1968 – Reggae guitarist and singer-songwriter Ziggy Marley
1972 – Grammy and Oscar-winning rapper and record producer Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III
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1920 – Actor William Conrad (“Cannon,” “Jake and the Fatman”) (d. 1994)
1934 – Actor Wilford Brimley (“The China Syndrome,” “Cocoon,” “The Firm”)
1943 – Musician Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
1958 – Teen idol Shaun Cassidy (“Da Do Ron Ron,” “The Hardy Boys Mysteries”)
1984 – Pop-punk singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (“Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi”)
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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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