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On This Day April 22
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History Highlights
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1863 – Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst (d. 1951)
1899 – Jazz composer-pianist-bandleader Duke Ellington (d. 1974)
1917 – Actress Celeste Holm (“Oklahoma!” “Gentleman’s Agreement”) (d. 2012)
1933 – Iconic Grammy-winning country music singer-songwriter and activist Willie Nelson
1970 – Retired tennis star Andre Agassi
1970 – Golden Globe-winning actress Uma Thurman (“Pulp Fiction,” “Gattaca,” “Kill Bill”)
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1818 – Former slave-turned-civil rights activist Frederick Douglass (d. 1895)
1894 – Legendary comedian Jack Benny, born Benjamin Kubelsky (d. 1974)
1921 – Retired Emmy-winning TV anchor-host Hugh Downs (“Today” show, “20/20”)
1942 – Businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
1960 – Golden Globe-winning actress Meg Tilly (“The Big Chill,” “Agnes of God”)
1972 – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas
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1922 – Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (d. 2000)
1933 – Grammy, Tony and Emmy-winning singer-actor Robert Goulet (d. 2007)
1938 – Impressionist-comedian Rich Little, known as “the man of a thousand voices”
1981 – British pop star Natasha Bedingfield (“Unwritten,” “Soulmate,” “I Wanna Have Your Babies”)
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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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1938 – Actress-singer Connie Stevens (“Hawaiian Eye,” “77 Sunset Strip,” “Wendy and Me”)
1952 – Radio host and former Howard Stern sidekick Robin Quivers
1953 – Actor Don Most (Ralph from TV’s “Happy Days”)
1958 – Emmy-winning “Inside Edition” host Deborah Norville
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