On This Day April 9
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1869 – Artist Henri Matisse (d. 1954)
1932 – Country music singer Patsy Cline (“Crazy,” “Walking After Midnight”) (d. 1963)
1942 – Singer-guitarist and The Police band member Andy Summers
1943 – Country-folk singer-songwriter, actor and environmentalist John Denver (d. 1997)
1943 – Oscar-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley (“Gandhi,” “Bugsy, “Schindler’s List”)
1948 – Disco superstar Donna Summer (d. 2012)
1959 – Actor Val Kilmer (“Top Gun,” “The Doors,” “Batman Forever,” “Conspiracy,” “Double Identity”)
1977 – Singer-rapper PSY, born Park Jae-sang, best known for his 2012 smash single “Gangnam Style”
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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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1912 – American folk music icon Woody Guthrie (d. 1967)
1913 – Gerald Ford, 38th U.S. president (d. 2006)
1918 – Legendary film director Ingmar Bergman (d. 2007)
1966 – Actor Matthew Fox (“Lost,” “We Are Marshall,” “Vantage Point,” “Speed Racer”)
1988 – Irish mixed martial arts fighter and professional boxer Conor McGregor
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1937 – Award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates
1943 – Actress Joan Van Ark (“Dallas,” “Knots Landing”)
1955 – Emmy-winning actress Laurie Metcalf, best known for her role as Jackie on TV’s “Roseanne”
1970 – World Golf Hall of Famer Phil Mickelson
1971 – Iconic hip-hop artist, actor and poet Tupac Shakur (d. 1996)
1972 – Actor John Cho (the “Harold & Kumar” movies, “American Pie,” the 2009 “Star Trek” movie)
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1731 – First U.S. First Lady, Martha Washington (d. 1802)
1937 – Actress Sally Kellerman (“M*A*S*H,” “Brewster McCloud”)
1941 – Actor Stacy Keach (“Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer,” “Titus”)
1941 – Legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts
1977 – Actor Zachary Quinto (“Heroes,” “Star Trek,” “American Horror Story”)
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