On This Day April 25
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1929 – Actress Jean Simmons (“Guys and Dolls,” “Hamlet,” “Spartacus”) (d. 2010)
1937 – Composer Philip Glass, whose style is considered “minimalist music”
1959 – Actress Kelly Lynch (“Cocktail,” “Drugstore Cowboy,” “The Jacket”)
1959 – Actor Anthony LaPaglia (“So I Married an Axe Murderer,” “Without a Trace”)
1973 – Actress Portia de Rossi (“Sirens,” “Ally McBeal,” “Arrested Development,” “Nip/Tuck”)
1958 – Danny & The Juniors claim the top spot on the pop chart with “At The Hop.”
1976 – The Ohio Players ride to No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart with “Love Rollercoaster.”
2004 – OutKast maintains a hold on the No. 1 spot on the Billboard singles chart with “Hey Ya!”
2009 – “Just Dance,” by Lady Gaga featuring Colby O’Donis, wraps up three weeks at No. 1.
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1932 – Country singer Charlie Rich (“Behind Closed Doors,” “The Most Beautiful Girl”) (d. 1995)
1935 – Actress Lee Remick (“Anatomy of a Murder,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “The Omen”) (d. 1991)
1946 – Former Hollywood mogul Michael Ovitz
1965 – Baseball Hall of Famer and former Houston Astros second baseman Craig Biggio
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1940 – Emmy-winning actress Donna Mills (“Play Misty For Me,” “Knot’s Landing,” “General Hospital”)
1944 – Pop and country singer Brenda Lee (“I’m Sorry,” “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”)
1947 – Actress Teri Garr (“Young Frankenstein,” “Tootsie,” “Mr. Mom”)
1954 – Singer Jermaine Jackson, formerly of the Jackson 5
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1840 – French artist Claude Monet (d. 1926)
1948 – King Charles III, formerly known as the Prince of Wales
1951 – Singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop (“On and On”, “It Might Be You”)
1954 – New age music composer-pianist Yanni, born Yiannis Chryssomalis
1964 – Rapper Reverend Run, born Joseph Simmons, of the legendary 80s rap group Run-D.M.C.
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1734 – American pioneer-explorer-frontiersman Daniel Boone (d. 1820)
1914 – Actor Ray Walston (“My Favorite Martian,” “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”) (d. 2001)
1938 – Journalist and conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan
1942 – Actress Stefanie Powers (“Hart to Hart”)
1961 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter k.d. lang (“Constant Craving,” “Miss Chatelaine”)
1966 – Actor David Schwimmer, best known for playing Ross Geller in the popular NBC sitcom “Friends”
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1930 – Longtime New York columnist and author Jimmy Breslin (d. 2017)
1938 – Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, born Robert Craig Knievel (d. 2007)
1948 – Actor George Wendt, best known for his portrayal of Norm Peterson on the TV sitcom “Cheers”
1958 – Grammy-winning country singer Alan Jackson
1962 – Cartoonist-actor Mike Judge (“Beavis and Butt-head,” “King of the Hill”)
1963 – Comedian-actor and “Saturday Night Live” alum Norm Macdonald (d. 2021)
1968 – Reggae guitarist and singer-songwriter Ziggy Marley
1972 – Grammy and Oscar-winning rapper and record producer Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III
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