Look who was Born today:
1974 Keith Duffy - singer (Boyzone)
1968 Kevin Griffin - singer (Better Than Ezra)
1950 Randy Quaid - actor
1947 Stephen Collins - actor
1945 Donny Hathaway - singer
1945 Rod Carew - baseball player
1944 Scott McKenzie - singer
1943 Herb Fame - singer (Peaches & Herb)
1936 Stella Stevens - actress
1935 Julie Andrews - actress, singer (Oscar® winner, 1964)
1933 Richard Harris - actor
1932 Albert Collins - blues guitarist
1928 George Peppard - actor
1927 Tom Bosley - actor
1926 Roger Williams - pianist
1924 William Rehnquist - US Supreme Court Chief Justice
1924 Jimmy Carter - 39th US president (1977-81)
1921 James Whitmore - actor
1920 Walter Matthau - actor (Oscar® winner, 1966)
1904 Vladimir Horowitz - pianist
1881 William Boeing - airplane manufacturer
On this day in time these were the headlines:
2004Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki sets a new major league baseball hitting record of 259 hits in a single season. Suzuki tied, then broke, the 84-year-old former record of 257 hits during the game against the Texas Rangers at Safeco Field in Seattle.
2004The full-length animated feature Shark Tale opens in theaters.
2003The National Do-Not-Call list goes into effect, despite a US Circuit Court ruling that the FTC had no authority to manage the program.
2002Billionaire TV Guide publisher Walter Annenberg dies at age 94 in Philadelphia.
1971The Walt Disney World resort opens in Orlando, Florida.
1962Johnny Carson takes over as host of The Tonight Show on NBC-TV.
1961New York Yankees slugger Roger Maris hits his 61st home run of the season, setting a major league baseball record.
1952This is Your Life, hosted by Ralph Edwards, debuts on NBC-TV.
1949Mao Tse-Tung proclaims his country the People's Republic of China.
1908Automaker Henry Ford debuts his Model T automobile to the buying public. 1903Boston hosts the first World Series baseball game.
1890Yosemite National Park is established.
1880Composer John Philip Sousa is named director of the US Marine Corps Band.
1800 A secret treaty with Spain gives Louisiana to France.
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