On This Day April 3
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1925 – Actor Hal Holbrook (“Mark Twain Tonight,” “Designing Women,” “The Firm”)
1954 – Actress Rene Russo (“Lethal Weapon 3,” “Ransom,” “The Thomas Crown Affair”)
1963 – Basketball legend Michael Jordan
1963 – Comedian-actor Larry the Cable Guy, born Daniel Whitney (“Blue Collar Comedy Tour,” “Cars”)
1965 – Director Michael Bay (“The Rock,” “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Transformers”)
1972 – Singer-songwriter and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong
1974 – Actor Jerry O’Connell (“Stand By Me,” “Sliders,” “Crossing Jordan”)
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1818 – Former slave-turned-civil rights activist Frederick Douglass (d. 1895)
1894 – Legendary comedian Jack Benny, born Benjamin Kubelsky (d. 1974)
1921 – Retired Emmy-winning TV anchor-host Hugh Downs (“Today” show, “20/20”)
1942 – Businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
1960 – Golden Globe-winning actress Meg Tilly (“The Big Chill,” “Agnes of God”)
1972 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas
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1964 – The Beatles’ first film, “A Hard Day’s Night,” opens in 500 U.S. theaters to rave reviews.
1978 – “Three Times a Lady,” by the Commodores featuring Lionel Richie, is the No. 1 single.
1995 – TLC is in the midst of a seven-week domination of the singles chart with “Waterfalls.”
2000 – “Incomplete,” by Sisqó, begins a two-week run on top of the Billboard Hot 100.
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1904 – Surrealist artist Salvador Dali (d. 1989)
1927 – Comedian and political satirist Mort Sahl, considered the first modern stand-up comedian
1941 – Rock singer-songwriter Eric Burdon, former lead vocalist for the bands The Animals and War
1959 – Former MTV VJ and Sirius XM “80s on 8” DJ Martha Quinn