
On This Day April 26
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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 1947 – Emmy-winning TV chef Paula Deen
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Musical Milestones
Click each item below to learn more! 1706 – U.S. Founding Father, statesman, publisher and inventor Benjamin Franklin (d. 1790) 1899 – American gangster Al Capone (d. 1947) 1942 – Former World Heavyweight Boxing champion Muhammad Ali (d. 2016) 1957 – Comedian and “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey 1964 – Former First Lady Michelle Obama 1971 – Rapper and singer-songwriter Kid Rock, born Robert James Ritchie
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Click each item below to learn more! 1892 – English writer and poet J. R. R. Tolkien (“The Hobbit,” “Lord of the Rings”) (d. 1973) 1926 – Record producer-arranger George Martin, known as the “Fifth Beatle” (d. 2016) 1950 – Actress Victoria Principal, best known for her role as Pam Ewing in the hit series “Dallas” 1981 – Star NFL quarterback Eli Manning of the New York Giants
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