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On This Day February 23
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Celebrity Birthdays
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History Highlights
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1926 – Comedian Soupy Sales, born Milton Supman (d. 2009)
1933 – Retired CBS News host, anchor and commentator Charles Osgood
1937 – Singer Shirley Bassey, whose numerous hits include three James Bond theme songs
1938 – “The Newlywed Game” host Bob Eubanks
1942 – Physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking (“A Brief History of Time”) (d. 2018)
1947 – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Bowie (“Space Oddity,” “Fame”) (d. 2016)
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1822 – Scientist Gregor Mendel, known as the father of modern genetics (d. 1884)
1919 – Explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest (d. 2008)
1938 – Actress Diana Rigg, who played Emma Peel from the 60s British TV spy drama “The Avengers”
1945 – Singer-songwriter Kim Carnes, best known for her 1981 hit single “Bette Davis Eyes”
1969 – Actor Josh Holloway, best known for playing Sawyer on the ABC series “Lost”