
On This Day January 22
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Click each item below to learn more! 1879 – American cowboy-vaudeville performer-actor Will Rogers (d. 1935) 1925 – Emmy-winning actress Doris Roberts (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) (d. 2016) 1946 – Former First Lady Laura Bush 1960 – Emmy and Grammy-winning comedian Kathy Griffin 1961 – Actor Ralph Macchio (“Eight is Enough,” “The Karate Kid,” “My Cousin Vinny”)
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History Highlights
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Click each item below to learn more! 1924 – Actress Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton in the 1950s sitcom “The Honeymooners” 1928 – Baseball Hall of Famer Whitey Ford, who was a star pitcher for the New York Yankees 1942 – Judith Sheindlin, better known as TV’s “Judge Judy” 1959 – Actor Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Batman Begins,” “Inception,” “Godzilla”) 1980 – Socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian West (“Keeping Up With The Kardashians”)
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History Highlights
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History Highlights
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Click each item below to learn more! 1896 – Author F. Scott Fitzgerald, most recognized for his novel “The Great Gatsby” (d. 1940) 1936 – Puppeteer Jim Henson, the creative mind behind The Muppets (d. 1990) 1939 – R&B singer Sonny Turner (The Platters) 1946 – Star NFL defensive lineman “Mean” Joe Greene, born Charles Edward Greene 1948 – Emmy-winning actor Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”) 1948 – Actor-comedian and “Saturday Night Live” alum Phil Hartman (d. 1998)
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History Highlights
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Musical Milestones
Click each item below to learn more! 1904 – Jazz pianist-bandleader Count Basie (d. 1984) 1924 – Sportscaster Jack Buck (d. 2002) 1932 – Actor-filmmaker-writer Melvin Van Peebles 1936 – Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain (d. 1999) 1958 – Entrepreneur and AOL co-founder Steve Case 1967 – Actress Carrie-Anne Moss (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Chocolat,” “Memento,” “Disturbia”) 1989 – Actress Hayden Panettiere (“One Life to Live,” “Racing Stripes,” “Heroes,” “Nashville”)
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