On This Day April 5
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Celebrity Birthdays
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Celebrity Birthdays
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Click each item below to learn more! 1930 – Actor Rod Taylor (“The Time Machine,” “The Birds”) (d. 2015) 1942 – Bruce Springsteen/E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemens (d. 2011) 1946 – Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Naomi Judd of The Judds (d. 2022) 1952 – Golf legend Ben Crenshaw 1971 – Grammy-winning R&B, soul and hip-hop singer Mary J. Blige
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History Highlights
Click each item below to learn more! 1908 – Peabody-winning actress-comedian Imogene Coca (“Your Show of Shows,” “Vacation”) (d. 2001) 1923 – First American in space, astronaut Alan Shepard (d. 1998) 1942 – Actress Linda Evans (“The Big Valley,” “Dynasty”) 1953 – Comedic actor and “SNL” alum Kevin Nealon (“The Wedding Singer,” “Happy Gilmore,” “Blended”) 1974 – Actress Chloë Sevigny (“A Map of the World,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Big Love”) 1956 – Fats Domino appears on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and plays his smash, “Blueberry Hill.” 1963 – “I’m Leaving It Up to You” by Dale & Grace is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 1971 – Memphis blues singer and musician Herman ‘Junior’ Parker dies at the age of 39 during surgery for a brain tumor. Among his hits were “Feelin’ Good,” “Driving Wheel,” “Next Time You See Me,” “In the Dark” and “Sweet Home Chicago.” 1995 – “Fantasy.” by Mariah Carey, enters its eighth and final week on top of the pop chart.
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Musical Milestones
Click each item below to learn more! 1896 – Author F. Scott Fitzgerald, most recognized for his novel “The Great Gatsby” (d. 1940) 1936 – Puppeteer Jim Henson, the creative mind behind The Muppets (d. 1990) 1939 – R&B singer Sonny Turner (The Platters) 1946 – Star NFL defensive lineman “Mean” Joe Greene, born Charles Edward Greene 1948 – Emmy-winning actor Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”) 1948 – Actor-comedian and “Saturday Night Live” alum Phil Hartman (d. 1998)
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History Highlights
Musical Milestones
Click each item below to learn more! 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), 36th U.S. president (d. 1973) 1942 – Daryl Dragon, the keyboard-playing half of the Captain & Tennille (d. 2019) 1952 – Actor Paul Reubens, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman (d. 2023) 1963 – Actress, former MTV VJ and current Sirius/XM “90s on 9” host ‘Downtown’ Julie Brown 1976 – Actress Sarah Chalke (“Roseanne,” “Scrubs, “How I Met Your Mother”)
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