On This Day April 1
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Click each item below to learn more! 1945 – Actor Barry Bostwick (“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Spin City,” “Scandal”) 1950 – Blues-rock singer-songwriter George Thorogood (“Bad to the Bone,” “I Drink Alone”) 1955 – Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs (d. 2011) 1965 – Actress Kristin Davis (“Melrose Place,” “Sex and the City”) 1966 – Actor Billy Zane (“Dead Calm,” “The Phantom,” “Titanic,” “Tombstone”) 1977 – Five-division world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Celebrity Birthdays
Click each item below to learn more! 1913 – Richard Nixon, 37th U.S. president (d. 1994) 1935 – Actor Bob Denver, best known for his starring role in “Gilligan’s Island” (d. 2005) 1941 – Folk singer, songwriter and activist Joan Baez 1944 – Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page 1951 – Grammy-winning country singer Crystal Gayle (“Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”)
Celebrity Birthdays
Click each item below to learn more! 1959 – Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife” kicks off six weeks on top of the singles chart. 1966 – Musicians Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding form The Jimi Hendrix Experience. 1974 – Olivia Newton-John claims her first No. 1 single with “I Honestly Love You.” 2002 – Kelly Clarkson kicks off two weeks on top of the singles chart with “A Moment Like This.”
History Highlights
Musical Milestones