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On This Day April 5
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1821 – Clara Barton, Civil War volunteer nurse who founded the American Red Cross (d. 1912)
1924 – Emmy-winning “The Twilight Zone” creator-writer Rod Serling (d. 1975)
1946 – Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett (“Margaritaville,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise”) (d. 2023)
1954 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, formerly of the 1980s new wave band Eurythmics