On This Day March 31
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History Highlights
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History Highlights
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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 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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Musical Milestones
Click each item below to learn more! 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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Click each item below to learn more! 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
Celebrity Birthdays
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Click each item below to learn more! 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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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 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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Musical Milestones
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