On This Day February 27
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1895 – Baseball legend Babe Ruth, born George Herman Ruth (d. 1948)
1911 – Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president (d. 2004)
1917 – Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (d. 2016)
1940 – Peabody-winning broadcast journalist, author and former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw
1942 – 1950s teen idol Fabian, born Fabiano Forte
1945 – World-renowned reggae singer-songwriter Bob Marley, born Nesta Robert Marley (d. 1981)
1950 – Grammy-winning jazz and pop vocalist Natalie Cole (d. 2015)
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1898 – Actress Irene Dunne (“Showboat, “Anna and the King of Siam,” “Love Affair”) (d. 1990)
1932 – Actor John Hillerman (Higgins in the 1980s “Magnum, P.I.” series) (d. 2017)
1945 – Peter Criss, founding member and original drummer for the rock n’ roll supergroup, KISS
1946 – TV producer Dick Wolf (“Miami Vice,” “Law & Order”)
1957 – Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg (“She’s Leaving Home,” “We Laughed”)
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