On This Day December 26
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1784 – Zachary Taylor, 12th U.S. president (d. 1850)
1868 – Ragtime composer and pianist Scott Joplin (“The Maple Leaf Rag,” “The Entertainer”) (d. 1917)
1925 – Conservative author-commentator William F. Buckley, Jr. (d. 2008)
1938 – Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar “Big O” Robertson
1941 – Original Beatles drummer Pete Best
1978 – Emmy-winning actress Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Knocked Up,” “State of Affairs”)
1990 – Actress Sarah Hyland (“Private Parts,” “Modern Family,” “Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters”)
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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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1940 – Legendary singer-songwriter and Beatles founder John Lennon (d.1980)
1948 – Singer-songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jackson Browne
1952 – TV host Sharon Osbourne (“The Osbournes,” “The X Factor,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The Talk”)
1954 – Golden Globe-winning actor Scott Bakula (“Quantum Leap,” “Star Trek: Enterprise”)
1964 – Director-producer Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Blade II,” “Hellboy”)
1975 – Singer-songwriter Sean Lennon, son of legendary musician John Lennon
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1920 – Actor William Conrad (“Cannon,” “Jake and the Fatman”) (d. 1994)
1934 – Actor Wilford Brimley (“The China Syndrome,” “Cocoon,” “The Firm”)
1943 – Musician Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
1958 – Teen idol Shaun Cassidy (“Da Do Ron Ron,” “The Hardy Boys Mysteries”)
1984 – Pop-punk singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (“Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi”)
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1928 – Actor Adam West, best known for playing Batman in the 1960s TV series (d. 2017)
1949 – Lesley Hornby, a.k.a. “Twiggy,” the 60s British fashion icon
1964 – Grammy-winning country music singer Trisha Yearwood
1974 – Emmy-winning “The Tonight Show” host and “Saturday Night Live” alum Jimmy Fallon
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