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Today's Birthdays

Abner Doubleday 1819

Sidney Howard 1891 (screenplay for Gone with the Wind)

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck 1892 (American writer and novelist - 2 Pulitzer Prizes and 1 Nobel Prize)

William P. Lear 1902 (car radio, Lear Jet)

Peter Lorre 1904 (Actor)

Col. Tom Parker 1909 (manager of Elvis Presley)

Roy Plunkett 1910 (discovered polytetrafluoroethylene - Teflon)

Richard Maltby 1914 (Bandleader, pianist, composer)

Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1914 (American athlete golf, basketball and track and field)

Charlotte Zolotow 1915 (Children's picture books, poetry)

Eleanor Parker 1922 (Actress)

Frances Rafferty 1922 (Actress, dancer, ww2 pin-up girl)

Dave Grusin 1934 (Composer, arranger, musician)

Billy Davis, Jr.1938 (Musician - The 5th Dimension)

Larry Taylor 1942 (Canned Heat)

Pamela Bellwood 1943 (Actress - Dynasty)

Georgie Fame 1943 (Clive Powell, Musician)

Mick Jones 1955 (Clash, Big Audio Dynomite)

Chris Isaak 1956 (Musician)

Patty Smyth 1957 (Rock, pop rock, new wave)

Greg LeMond 1961 (Road bicycle racing)

Terri Nunn 1961 (Berlin - Rock, new wave, industrial rock, post-punk, dance, synthpop)

Harriet Wheeler 1963 (The Sundays)

Colin Greenwood 1969 (Radiohead)

Chris O'Donnell 1970 (Actor)

Derek Jeter 1974 (NY Yankees)

Jason Schwartzman 1980 (Actor, screenwriter, musician)

Kaitlin Cullum 1986 (Actress)

Jennette McCurdy 1992 (Actress, singer)



Today in Music History

1933 - "The Kraft Music Hall" debuted on NBC radio.

1964 - The Beatles album "A Hard Day’s Night" was released in the U.S.

1977 - Elvis Presley's final concert took place at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis.

1985 - The album, "Big River" became the first soundtrack album to be recorded in Nashville, TN.

1986 - James Hetfield (Metallica) broke his wrist while trying to skateboard down a hill. One show was cancelled and the remainder of dates on the tour James was on vocals only and John Marshall (later with Metal Church) was on guitar.

1998 - At 10 a.m. PDT, Marcy Playground debuted the video for "Saint Joe On The Schoolbus," on the Internet.

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