On This Day April 22
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1863 – Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst (d. 1951)
1899 – Jazz composer-pianist-bandleader Duke Ellington (d. 1974)
1917 – Actress Celeste Holm (“Oklahoma!” “Gentleman’s Agreement”) (d. 2012)
1933 – Iconic Grammy-winning country music singer-songwriter and activist Willie Nelson
1970 – Retired tennis star Andre Agassi
1970 – Golden Globe-winning actress Uma Thurman (“Pulp Fiction,” “Gattaca,” “Kill Bill”)
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1881 – Classical composer Béla Bartók (d. 1945)
1928 – Retired NASA astronaut (Apollo 8/Apollo 13) Jim Lovell
1934 – Feminist crusader and Ms. magazine founder-publisher Gloria Steinem
1942 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and undisputed “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin (d. 2018)
1947 – Grammy, Oscar, Tony and Golden Globe-winning pop superstar Elton John, born Reginald Dwight
1967 – “Happy Together,” by The Turtles, begins a three-week run as the hottest single in the U.S.
1978 – The Bee Gees continue their reign over the Billboard Hot 100 with “Night Fever.”
1995 – Madonna is midway through a seven-week domination of the singles chart with “Take a Bow.”
2006 – Ne-Yo begins his second and final week on top of the pop chart with “So Sick.”
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1837 – Twenty-second and twenty-fourth U.S. President Grover Cleveland (d. 1908)
1938 – Country music singer-guitarist Charley Pride
1963 – Actress, singer and former Miss America, Vanessa Williams
1970 – Golden Globe and Grammy-winning actress-rapper Queen Latifah, born Dana Elaine Owens
1979 – Grammy-winning Maroon 5 frontman and former judge/coach on NBC’s “The Voice,” Adam Levine
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1935 – Retired syndicated TV talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael
1937 – Retired Emmy-winning CBS News anchor-commentator and author Bob Schieffer
1943 – Singer-songwriter-guitarist and former Beatle George Harrison (d. 2001)
1965 – Comedian Carrot Top, born Scott Thompson
1971 – Actor Sean Aston (“The Goonies,” “Rudy,” the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy)