On This Day April 10
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1746 – Artist Francisco Goya (d. 1828)
1853 – Artist Vincent Van Gogh (d. 1890)
1926 – TV game show host Peter Marshall
1930 – Actor John Astin, best known as Gomez Addams in the hit TV series “The Addams Family”
1957 – Comedian-actor Paul Reiser (“Diner,” “Aliens,” “Mad About You”)
1964 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman (“Fast Car,” “Talkin’ Bout A Revolution”)
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1978 – “Baby Come Back,” by Player, begins its third and final week as a No. 1 single.
1995 – TLC marks the first of four weeks as Billboard singles chart-toppers with “Creep.”
2006 – “Grillz,” by Nelly featuring fellow rappers Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp, is the No. 1 single.
2017 – Ed Sheeran rules the Billboard Hot 100 with “Shape of You.”
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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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1944 – Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony and Grammy-winning lyricist and author Tim Rice (“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Evita,” “Beauty and the Beast, “The Lion King”)
1959 – Actress Mackenzie Phillips (“American Graffiti,” “One Day at a Time”)
1968 – Comedian-actor Tracy Morgan (“Saturday Night Live,” “30 Rock,” “Cop Out”)
1977 – Actress Brittany Murphy (“Clueless,” “Girl, Interrupted,” “8 Mile”) (d. 2009)
1986 – Actor Josh Peck, best known for Nickelodeon’s “Drake & Josh” show
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