On This Day April 6
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1935 – Retired syndicated TV talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael
1937 – Retired Emmy-winning CBS News anchor-commentator and author Bob Schieffer
1943 – Singer-songwriter-guitarist and former Beatle George Harrison (d. 2001)
1965 – Comedian Carrot Top, born Scott Thompson
1971 – Actor Sean Aston (“The Goonies,” “Rudy,” the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy)
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1876 – Author Jack London (“The Call of the Wild,” “White Fang”) (d. 1916)
1944 – Retired World Heavyweight Boxing champion Joe Frazier (d. 2011)
1951 – Conservative talk show host and Radio Hall of Famer Rush Limbaugh (d. 2021)
1954 – Radio shock jock and former “America’s Got Talent” judge Howard Stern
1963 – “Go Away Little Girl,” by Steve Lawrence, begins two weeks on top of the singles chart.
1980 – “Escape (The Piña Colada Song),” by Rupert Holmes, is the most popular single in the U.S.
1991 – Madonna rules the Billboard Hot 100 with “Justify My Love.”
2002 – “How You Remind Me,” by Nickelback, begins its fourth and final week as a No. 1 single.
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1934 – Game show host Wink Martindale (“Tic Tac Dough,” “Gambit,” “Dedt”)
1964 – Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei (“My Cousin Vinny,” “In the Bedroom,” “The Wrestler”)
1966 – Comedian Fred Armisen (“Saturday Night Live,” “Portlandia”)
1969 – Grammy-winning rapper-record producer Jay Z, born Shawn Corey Carter
1954 – The Chordettes settle in at No. 1 on the singles chart for seven weeks with “Mr. Sandman.”
1965 – The Byrds kick off three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
1993 – Cancer claims the life of rock composer-guitarist Frank Zappa at the age of 52.
2004 – The Usher-Alicia Keys duet, “My Boo,” enters its sixth and final week as a No. 1 single.
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