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On This Day February 23
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Celebrity Birthdays
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History Highlights
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1959 – The Platters are perched on top of the singles chart with “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.”
1963 – The Rooftop Singers mark their second and final week as chart toppers with “Walk Right In.”
2002 – Usher is in the middle of a five-week run atop the Billboard Hot 100 with “U Got It Bad.”
2008 – “Low,” by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, is the No. 1 single.
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1930 – Longtime New York columnist and author Jimmy Breslin (d. 2017)
1938 – Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, born Robert Craig Knievel (d. 2007)
1948 – Actor George Wendt, best known for his portrayal of Norm Peterson on the TV sitcom “Cheers”
1958 – Grammy-winning country singer Alan Jackson
1962 – Cartoonist-actor Mike Judge (“Beavis and Butt-head,” “King of the Hill”)
1963 – Comedian-actor and “Saturday Night Live” alum Norm Macdonald (d. 2021)
1968 – Reggae guitarist and singer-songwriter Ziggy Marley
1972 – Grammy and Oscar-winning rapper and record producer Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III