On This Day April 19
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History Highlights
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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 1756 – Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1791) 1944 – Pink Floyd founding member-drummer and auto racer Nick Mason 1948 – Dancer-actor Mikhail Baryshnikov (“The Turning Point,” “White Nights,” “Sex and the City”) 1959 – TV host and political commentator Keith Olbermann 1964 – Actress Bridget Fonda (“Single White Female,” “Point of No Return,” “Jackie Brown”)
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Musical Milestones
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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 1913 – U.S. Olympic track and field legend Jesse Owens, known as “The Buckeye Bullet” (d. 1980) 1931 – Country music singer George Jones (d. 2013) 1940 – Actress Linda Gray, who played Sue Ellen Ewing in the TV series “Dallas” 1943 – Singer-songwriter Maria Muldaur, best known for her 1974 smash “Midnight at the Oasis” 1944 – Grammy-winning soul singer-songwriter and producer Barry White (d. 2003) 1951 – Actor Joe Pantoliano (“Risky Business,” “The Matrix,” “The Sopranos”) 1980 – Retired NBA/Houston Rockets star center and Basketball Hall of Famer Yao Ming
Celebrity Birthdays
Click each item below to learn more! 1923 – Director-actor Richard Attenborough (“Gandhi,” “Cry Freedom,” “Chaplin”) (d. 2014) 1924 – Jazz vocalist and “Queen of the Blues” Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones (d. 1963) 1935 – Director-producer William Friedkin (“The French Connection,” “The Exorcist”) 1941 – “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” host Robin Leach (d. 2018) 1958 – Entertainment icon Michael Jackson (a.k.a. King of Pop) (d. 2009)
Celebrity Birthdays
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Musical Milestones
Click each item below to learn more! 1966 – The Beatles have the No. 1 single with “Paperback Writer.” 1969 – The Hollies record “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” with Elton John playing piano. 1984 – Prince releases the “Purple Rain” soundtrack five weeks before the movie opens. 1994 – All-4-One is in the middle of an 11-week domination of the singles chart with “I Swear.”
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Musical Milestones