On This Day April 19
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History Highlights
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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 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”)
Celebrity Birthdays
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Click each item below to learn more! 1807 – U.S. Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee (d. 1870) 1809 – Poet Edgar Allen Poe (“The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Raven”) (d. 1849) 1930 – Golden Globe-winning actress Tippi Hedren (“The Birds,” “Marnie”) 1939 – Rock and Roll and Country Music Hall of Famer Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers (d. 2014) 1942 – Tony Award-winning actor and singer Michael Crawford (“Phantom of the Opera”) 1943 – Rock legend Janis Joplin (d. 1970) 1946 – Grammy-winning singer, actress and Country Music Hall of Famer Dolly Parton
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Musical Milestones
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Celebrity Birthdays
History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 1908 – British journalist and “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke (d. 2004) 1925 – U.S. Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1968) 1932 – Actor-game show host Richard Dawson (d. 2012) 1939 – Dick Smothers of the musical comedy duo The Smothers Brothers 1942 – Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States and former U.S. Senator from Delaware 1956 – Actress Bo Derek, born Mary Cathleen Collins (“Tarzan, the Ape Man,” “10,” “Tommy Boy”)
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Musical Milestones
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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 1924 – Actress Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton in the 1950s sitcom “The Honeymooners” 1928 – Baseball Hall of Famer Whitey Ford, who was a star pitcher for the New York Yankees 1942 – Judith Sheindlin, better known as TV’s “Judge Judy” 1959 – Actor Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Batman Begins,” “Inception,” “Godzilla”) 1980 – Socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian (“Keeping Up With The Kardashians”)
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History Highlights