On This Day October 26
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Click each item below to learn more! 1847 – Outlaw Jesse James (d. 1882) 1929 – Comedian-actor Bob Newhart (“The Bob Newhart Show,” “Newhart”) 1939 – Actor William Devane (“The Missiles of October,” “Knot’s Landing,” “Space Cowboys,” “24”) 1940 – Actress and 1960s-70s sex symbol Raquel Welch (d. 2023) 1946 – Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara (d. 1991)
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Click each item below to learn more! 1914 – Actor Tyrone Power (“Witness for the Prosecution,” “The Mark of Zorro”) (d. 1958) 1927 – Actress Pat Carroll (“The Danny Thomas Show, “ Laverne & Shirley,” “ER”) 1945 – Former MTV music news host, Rolling Stone magazine editor, film critic and author Kurt Loder 1959 – Emmy-winning TV journalist and former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams
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