On This Day April 6
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1735 – American Revolution patriot Paul Revere (d. 1818)
1938 – Tony-winning actor Frank Langella (“Dracula,” “Dave,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Unknown”)
1942 – Country Joe McDonald, lead singer of the 60s psychedelic rock group Country Joe & the Fish
1943 – Actor-comedian Don Novello, best known as Father Guido Salducci on “Saturday Night Live”
1969 – Actor Morris Chestnut (“Boyz n the Hood,” “The Best Man,” “Ladder 49”)
1959 – Country music legend Johnny Cash (a.k.a. “The Man in Black”) plays his first of many free concerts at California’s San Quentin Prison. The captive audience of inmates included future country music great Merle Haggard, who, at 19, was serving time for grand theft auto and armed robbery.
1966 – Simon & Garfunkel are No. 1 on the singles chart with “The Sounds of Silence.”
1983 – Hall & Oates dominate the Billboard Hot 100 for a third week with “Maneater.”
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1934 – Astronomer-author Carl Sagan (“Cosmos: A Personal Voyage”) (d. 1996)
1935 – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson
1970 – Grammy-winning blues singer-songwriter Susan Tedeschi of Tedeschi Trucks Band
1972 – Actor Eric Dane, best known for playing Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”
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1926 – Iconic actress, model, singer and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jean Baker (d. 1962)
1934 – Pop singer and TV personality Pat Boone, whose popularity peaked throughout the 1950s and 60s
1947 – Rolling Stones guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ron Wood
1973 – Supermodel, reality TV star and “America’s Got Talent” judge Heidi Klum
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