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1923 – Retired U.S. Air Force General Chuck Yaeger, the first pilot to break the sound barrier
1933 – Actress Kim Novak (“Vertigo,” “The Man With the Golden Arm,” “Bell, Book and Candle”)
1944 – Talk show host and former Cincinnati Mayor Jerry Springer
1979 – Actress Mena Suvari (“American Beauty,” “American Pie,” “Six Feet Under”)
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1895 – Baseball legend Babe Ruth, born George Herman Ruth (d. 1948)
1911 – Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president (d. 2004)
1917 – Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (d. 2016)
1940 – Peabody-winning broadcast journalist, author and former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw
1942 – 1950s teen idol Fabian, born Fabiano Forte
1945 – World-renowned reggae singer-songwriter Bob Marley, born Nesta Robert Marley (d. 1981)
1950 – Grammy-winning jazz and pop vocalist Natalie Cole (d. 2015)
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1756 – Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1791)
1944 – Pink Floyd founding member-drummer and auto racer Nick Mason
1948 – Dancer-actor Mikhail Baryshnikov (“The Turning Point,” “White Nights,” “Sex and the City”)
1959 – TV host and political commentator Keith Olbermann
1964 – Actress Bridget Fonda (“Single White Female,” “Point of No Return,” “Jackie Brown”)