On This Day November 22
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Click each item below to learn more! 1925 – NBC “The Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson (d. 2005) 1940 – Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento (d. 2022) 1956 – Grammy-winning country music singer-songwriter and actor Dwight Yoakam 1959 – The Grammy-winning master of the musical parody, “Weird Al” Yankovic 1962 – Former NFL and Canadian Football League star quarterback Doug Flutie
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Click each item below to learn more! 1819 – Novelist and poet Herman Melville, best known for the literary classic “Moby-Dick” (d. 1891) 1942 – Grateful Dead founder and frontman Jerry Garcia (d. 1995) 1953 – Grammy-winning blues guitarist and singer Robert Cray 1963 – Rapper-actor Coolio, born Artis Leon Ivey, Jr. 1973 – Actress Tempestt Bledsoe, best known as Vanessa Huxtable from “The Cosby Show” 1979 – Actor Jason Momoa (“Baywatch Hawaii,” “Stargate: Atlantis,” “Game of Thrones”)
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