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On This Day April 10

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On This Day January 21

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Celebrity Birthdays

1738 – Ethan Allen, future Revolutionary War hero and key founder of the Republic of Vermont (d. 1789)

1922 – Actor Telly Savalas, best known for playing a tough New York City detective in the TV series “Kojak” (d. 1994)

1924 – British comedian Benny Hill (d. 1992)

1938 – Legendary rock and roll disc jockey Wolfman Jack, born Robert Weston Smith (d. 1995)

1940 – Retired pro golf legend Jack Nicklaus, affectionately known as “The Golden Bear”

1941 – Grammy Award-winning operatic tenor Plácido Domingo, known as “King Of The Opera”

1941 – Folk singer-songwriter Richie Havens, who opened the famed Woodstock music festival in 1969 (d. 2013)

1942 – Pop-country crossover singer-songwriter Mac Davis, who wrote hits for Elvis Presley and Kenny Rogers and had his own No. 1 pop single in 1972 with “Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me” (d. 2020)

1950 – Grammy-winning R&B singer Billy Ocean (“Caribbean Queen,” “Loverboy,” “Get Outta My Dreams; Get Into My Car”)

1956 – Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actress Geena Davis (“The Fly,” “Beetlejuice,” “The Accidental Tourist,” “Thelma and Louise,” “A League of Their Own,” “Commander in Chief”)

1963 – NBA Hall of Famer and former Houston Rockets star center Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon

1977 – Actor Jerry Trainor (“ER,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Drake & Josh,” “iCarly”)

History Highlights

1924 – Vladimir Lenin, the architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54.

1954 – First Lady Mamie Eisenhower christens the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), during ceremonies at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut.

1970 – The Boeing 747 jumbo jet enters commercial service with a Pan Am flight from New York to London. However, the departure is delayed when one of the four engines of the original aircraft catches fire and a replacement 747 is brought in.

1976 – The supersonic Concorde passenger jet (SST) begins commercial duties with simultaneous flights from London to Bahrain, and Paris to Rio de Janeiro.

1977 – President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War draft evaders.

2009 – General Motors (GM) loses the title of world’s largest automaker to rival Toyota when it announces worldwide sales of 8.36 million cars and trucks in 2008, compared to Toyota’s 8.97 million vehicle sales that same year. It marks the first time in nearly 80 years that GM did not sell the most cars in the world.

2017 – On the first full day of Donald Trump’s presidency, hundreds of thousands of people crowd into the U.S. capital for the Women’s March on Washington.

Musical Milestones

1968 – Jimi Hendrix records his version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” at Olympic Studios in London. The track eventually peaks at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.

1978 – The “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack starts a 24-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. This disco “anthem,” from the movie starring John Travolta, goes on to sell more than 45 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling soundtrack album of all time.

1984 – “Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes kicks off two weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100.

1989 – “Two Hearts” by Phil Collins is the No. 1 single.

1995 – Boyz II Men begin their sixth and final week as chart-toppers with “On Bended Knee.”

2002 – Singer-songwriter and actress Peggy Lee, best known for her 1958 smash, “Fever,” suffers a fatal heart attack at her Bel Air home at the age of 81.

2012 – Adele holds on to the top of the Billboard album chart with her second studio album, “21,” which yields five hit singles, including “Rolling in the Deep,” “Rumour Has It” and “Set Fire to the Rain.” The work ultimately racks up 24 weeks at No. 1 and wins Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album.

On This Day January 17

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Celebrity Birthdays

1706 – U.S. Founding Father, statesman, publisher and inventor Benjamin Franklin (d. 1790)

1899 – American gangster Al Capone (d. 1947)

1922 – Actress-comedian Betty White, whose eight decades in show business included memorable roles in TV’s “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Golden Girls,” “Hot in Cleveland” and “Saturday Night Live”) (d. 2021)

1927 – Singer-actress Eartha Kitt, best known for her rendition of “Santa Baby” and for playing Catwoman in the 60’s “Batman” TV series (d. 2007)

1931 – Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony-winning actor James Earl Jones, whose many performances include providing the voice of Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” movie series and Mufasa in Disney’s “The Lion King”

1942 – Former World Heavyweight Boxing champion Muhammad Ali (d. 2016)

1957 – Comedian and “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey

1962 – Golden Globe-winning actor-comedian Jim Carrey (“Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “Dumb and Dumber,” “The Mask,” “Batman Forever,” “Liar Liar,” “The Truman Show,” “Man on the Moon,” “Bruce Almighty,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Mr. Popper’s Penguins”)

1964 – Former First Lady Michelle Obama

1971 – Rapper and singer-songwriter Kid Rock, born Robert James Ritchie

1980 – Actress-singer Zooey Deschanel (“All the Real Girls,” “Elf,” “The Happening,” “(500) Days of Summer,” “New Girl”)

History Highlights

1916 – Golf great Walter Hagen and some 30 other pro golfers meet in New York City and form the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA).

1950 – Eleven Boston bandits stage what comes to be called the “crime of the century,” the “perfect crime” and the “fabulous Brink’s robbery.” The group steals more than $2 million ($29 million today) from the Brink’s Armored Car depot in Boston. Six years later, the suspects are finally arrested — just days before the statute of limitations for the heist was to expire.

1953 – General Motors (GM) unveils a prototype Chevrolet Corvette sports car (code-named EX-122) at the Motorama auto show in New York City. Named for a fast type of naval warship, Corvette would eventually become an iconic American muscle car that is still in production today.

1955 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN 571), sets out to sea. Over the next several years, the vessel shatters all submerged speed and distance records.

1961 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his farewell address to the nation and warns against the accumulation of power by “the military-industrial complex.”

1994 – A powerful earthquake rocks Los Angeles, leaving 57 people dead and causing billions of dollars in damage. The Northridge Quake, as it’s known, remains one of the most destructive in U.S. history.

Musical Milestones

1969 – Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album, featuring a stylized photo of the exploding Hindenburg airship on the cover, is released to a lackluster reception. The album, which includes the tracks “Good Times Bad Times” and “Dazed and Confused,” eventually climbs to No. 10 and helps shape the evolution of hard rock and heavy metal.

1970 – The Doors play the first of four shows at the Felt Forum in New York City. The performances are recorded for an eventual live compilation album.

1976 – Barry Manilow’s “I Write the Songs” reaches the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and goes on to win a Grammy for Song of the Year. Ironically, Manilow did not write this song. It was penned by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys.

1987 – “Shake You Down,” by Gregory Abbott, is the No. 1 single.

1990 – The Four Seasons, The Platters, The Four Tops, Hank Ballard, Bobby Darin, Simon & Garfunkel, The Kinks, and The Who are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the fifth annual awards presentation in New York.

1998 – The Australian pop duo Savage Garden kicks off two weeks as Billboard chart-toppers with “Truly Madly Deeply.”

2004 – OutKast is in the middle of a nine-week domination of the pop chart with “Hey Ya!”

On This Day September 30

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Celebrity Birthdays

1917 – Legendary jazz drummer Buddy Rich, who played with bandleaders Tommy Dorsey and Artie Shaw before leading his own band (d. 1987)

1924 – “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “In Cold Blood” author Truman Capote (d. 1984)

1928 – Nobel Peace Prize-winning author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel (d. 2016)

1931 – Actress Angie Dickinson, who starred in the 1970s TV crime drama “Police Woman”

1935 – Grammy Hall of Fame pop vocalist Johnny Mathis (“Chances Are,” “Misty”, “It’s Not for Me to Say”)

1943 – Singer Marilyn McCoo, formerly of the band the 5th Dimension

1954 – Actor Barry Williams, born Barry William Blenkhorn, who played Greg on TV’s “The Brady Bunch”

1957 – Actress-comedian Fran Drescher, best known for her starring role in the 1990s sitcom “The Nanny”

1971 – Golden Globe-winning actress Jenna Elfman, best known for her role as Dharma in the sitcom “Dharma & Greg”

1975 – Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard (“La Vie en Rose,” “Big Fish,” “Public Enemies,” “Midnight in Paris,” “Contagion,” “Inception,” “The Dark Knight Rises”)

History Highlights

1927 – Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season off Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators. Ruth’s record for the most homers in a single season stands for 34 years until Roger Maris hits 61 in 1961.

1954 – The U.S. Navy commissions the USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine. During its early years of service, the vessel breaks numerous submarine travel records, and in August 1958, achieves the first voyage under the North Pole.

1955 – Hollywood legend James Dean is killed in a car accident at the age of 24. At the time, Dean is speeding in his beloved “Little Bastard” — a silver Porsche 550 Spyder — to a car race in Salinas, California, when a vehicle driven by a 23-year-old college student veers into his path.

1960 – Yabba Dabba Do! Hanna-Barbera introduces Americans to a “modern Stone Age family” in the animated series “The Flintstones,” which lasts six seasons on ABC.

1968 – The first Boeing 747, named “City of Everett,” is rolled out before thousands of employees and the international press at Boeing’s Everett, Washington factory. The jumbo jet is the world’s largest civilian aircraft at that time — capable of carrying up to 490 passengers and 33 attendants. It officially enters service on February 9, 1969.

1982 – The NBC sitcom “Cheers,” set in a Boston bar, debuts, starring Ted Danson and Shelley Long. It is nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series each of the 11 seasons it is on the air, capturing 28 Primetime Emmy Awards from a record 117 nominations.

Musical Milestones

1967 – The Box Tops are in the middle of a four-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart with “The Letter.” Rolling Stone magazine has ranked the track among its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame added it to its “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll” list, and in 2011, the single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

1972 – Mac Davis is in the midst of a three-week ride on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me.” The track receives a nomination for a Best Pop Vocal Performance (Male) Grammy.

1977 – Mary Ford, who with her husband, guitar pioneer Les Paul, made up one of the most popular musical duos of the 1950s, dies from complications of diabetes at the age of 53.

1978 – Exile kicks off a four-week run at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Kiss You All Over.”

1989 – Milli Vanilli begin their second and final week at No. 1 with “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You,” from the German dance-pop duo’s debut album, “Girl You Know It’s True.”

1995 – Mariah Carey becomes the first female artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have a single debut at No. 1, as “Fantasy” begins eight weeks as a chart-topper.

2006 – Justin Timberlake rules the Billboard album chart with his second solo album, “FutureSex/LoveSounds,” which becomes the biggest album ever for pre-orders on iTunes.

On this Day August 3

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Celebrity Birthdays

1926 – Legendary Grammy and Emmy-winning pop-big band-jazz singer and painter Tony Bennett, born Anthony Benedetto

1940 – Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Martin Sheen (“Apocalypse Now,” “Gandhi,” “Wall Street,” “The American President,” “The West Wing,” “Catch Me if You Can,” “The Departed”)

1941 – Home decor queen and media mogul Martha Stewart

1950 – Director John Landis (“National Lampoon’s Animal House,” “The Blues Brothers,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Trading Places”)

1959 – Actor John C. McGinley, best known for playing Dr. Perry Cox in the NBC sitcom “Scrubs”

1979 – Actress Evangeline Lilly (“Lost,” “The Huirt Locker,” Real Steel,” “Ant-Man,” “Avengers: Endgame”)

History Highlights

1492 – Italian explorer Christopher Columbus leads three sailing ships from Spain on a journey to find a western sea route to China, India and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia.

1923 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th president of the United States hours after the death of President Warren G. Harding. A man of few words (he was nicknamed “Silent Cal”), Coolidge gains popularity as president, winning more than 54 percent of the popular vote when reelected in 1924.

1949 – The Basketball Association of America (BAA) merges with the National Basketball League (NBL) to form the National Basketball Association (NBA). Six NBL teams join the 10 BAA teams, plus an expansion team in Indianapolis, with the new league divided into Eastern, Central and Western Divisions.

1958 – America’s first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN 571), becomes the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.

1977 – Roger Moore returns to the big screen as secret agent James Bond in “The Spy Who Loved Me.” The movie features a sleek, powerful Lotus Esprit sports car that doubles as a submarine.

1981 – Some 13,000 unionized air traffic controllers (members of PATCO, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization) walk off the job and days later are fired by President Ronald Reagan.

2008 – The first published photos of former celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s newborn twins go up on People magazine’s website, and two weeks later, are published in a 19-page photo spread. People won the rights to the photos after a bidding war that, according to some reports, reached as high as $14 million — the most ever paid for celebrity baby pictures.

Musical Milestones

1963 – Allan Sherman releases his classic summer camp parody “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (A Letter From Camp).” Inspired by actual complaint letters that Sherman received from his son, Robert, while away at summer camp, the song climbs as high as No. 2 on the Billboard singles chart.

1968 – The Doors have the hottest single with “Hello, I Love You (Won’t You Tell Me Your Name).” It’s the band’s second chart-topper.

1971 – Paul McCartney announces the formation of his new band, Wings, featuring wife Linda and ex-Moody Blues member Denny Laine.

1973 – Stevie Wonder releases “Innervisions,” playing virtually all the instruments on six of the album’s nine tracks.

1974 – “Annie’s Song,” by John Denver, begins its second and final week as a No. 1 single.

1985 – “Shout,” by Tears for Fears, begins three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the British duo’s second U.S. No. 1.

1987 – Def Leppard releases “Hysteria,” which sells more than 25 million copies worldwide and becomes the band’s best-selling album to date. It spawns no less than seven hit singles, six of which make it to the Top 20.

1991 – “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You,” from the movie “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” keeps Bryan Adams on top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week. The track remains there for a total of seven weeks.

1996 – “Macarena,” by Los Del Rio, shimmies its way to the top of the Billboard pop chart and holds there for 14 weeks. Decades later, the song remains a favorite at wedding receptions, parties and sporting events.

2002 – Nelly burns up the Billboard Hot 100 with “Hot in Herre.” The track maintains a hold on the top spot for seven weeks.

On this Day May 10

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Celebrity Birthdays

1899 – Oscar and Emmy-winning dancer-singer-actor Fred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz (d. 1987)

1902 – Oscar-winning producer David O. Selznick (“Gone With the Wind,” “Rebecca”) (d. 1965)

1934 – Disc jockey and voice actor Gary Owens, best remembered as the suave announcer in the NBC comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” (d. 2015)

1946 – Singer-songwriter-guitarist Donovan, born Donovan Leitch (“Sunshine Superman,” “Mellow Yellow,” “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” “Jennifer Juniper”)

1957 – Punk rock legend and Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie (d. 1979)

1960 – U2 frontman Bono, born Paul David Hewson

1978 – Actor-comedian Kenan Thompson (“Kenan & Kel,” “The Mighty Ducks” movie series, “Good Burger,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Going in Style”)

History Highlights

1869 – The heads of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial golden spike into the track that connects their lines. Completion of the transcontinental railroad made the American West easily accessible, paving the way for trade, business and population growth.

1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation (now the FBI). By the end of the year, he is promoted to director, beginning a 48-year tenure in power during which he personally shapes American criminal justice in the 20th century.

1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the globe, logging about 42,000 miles in the process.

1970 – Bobby Orr scores the winning goal 40 seconds into sudden-death overtime to lift the Boston Bruins over the St. Louis Blues for the Stanley Cup title — the Bruins’ first championship in 29 years.

1977 – Oscar-winning actress Joan Crawford dies at the age of 72. Crawford won a Best Actress Oscar for her starring role in 1945’s “Mildred Pierce” and received two Oscar nominations in later years.

1980 – Decades before the GM-bailout, the nearly bankrupt Chrysler Corporation secures $1.5 billion in federal loan guarantees — the largest rescue package ever granted by the U.S. government to an American corporation at that time.

1994 – John Wayne Gacy, convicted of the sex-related killings of 33 young men and boys, is put to death by lethal injection as the nation’s worst serial killer on record.

Musical Milestones

1954 – Bill Haley and His Comets release “Rock Around the Clock,” which, 14 months later, becomes the first rock and roll record to reach No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart.

1969 – “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures),” by The 5th Dimension, is in the middle of six weeks on top of the pop chart. Billboard has ranked the medley at 66th place in its “Greatest Songs of All Time” survey. It was originally written for the 1967 musical, “Hair.”

1975 – Stevie Wonder and his band Wonderlove perform for 125,000 fans at a free concert near the Washington Monument to celebrate Human Kindness Day.

1975 – “He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You),” by Tony Orlando and Dawn, is in the midst of a three-week hold on the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

1980 – Blondie rules the Billboard singles chart with “Call Me,” the theme song from the Richard Gere movie, “American Gigolo.” The song holds the top spot for six weeks.

1986 – “West End Girls,” by the British pop duo Pet Shop Boys, is the hottest single on the radio. It’s their first No. 1 single in the U.S.

1999 – Poet, cartoonist and children’s book author Shel Silverstein, who also wrote songs like “Cover of a Rolling Stone,” “Sylvia’s Mother” (both hits for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) and Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue,” dies of a heart attack at age 68.