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1842 - Abe Lincoln, 33, married Mary Todd, 23, in Springfield, IL.1846 - An artificial leg was patented by B.F. Palmer of Meredith, NH who “got a leg up” on all other competition, according to the U.S. Patent office.
1861 - The University of Washington was founded in Seattle on what is now the Metropolitan Tract. Originally known as the Territorial University of Washington, the school outgrow its city campus and moved to the present location in 1895 -- in Denny Hall, the oldest building on the UW campus.
1862 - Dr. Richard Gatling patented his machine gun, known as the Gatling Gun, in Indianapolis.
1873 - Dr. John B. Beers of San Francisco, CA patented a gold crown for teeth.
1879 - James J. Ritty of Dayton, OH patented the cash register. Buy something today and try to remember how a cash register sounded before the age of computers.
1922 - King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in Egypt -- in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb was hidden under a house that had been erected for workers excavating the tomb of Ramesses IV. King Tut came into power at the tender age of nine. He was pharaoh of ancient Egypt until his death at the ripe old age of 18 or 19 (in 1352 BC).
1924 - Calvin Coolidge was elected to the top office of the United States. Coolidge was already in the office of president having to complete Warren G. Harding’s term (Harding died in office). This time, and on this day, he was voted into office by the people of the United States. He served another four years.
1938 - You’re a Sweet Little Headache, from the movie Paris Honeymoon, was recorded by Bing Crosby -- on Decca.
1940 - Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians recorded one of their lesser-known songs for Decca. The Moon Fell in the River is no Stars Fell on Alabama, and it sure isn’t Auld Lang Syne, we’ll tell ya.
1942 - Axis forces retreated from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for the British forces of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
1948 - T.S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot) won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry.”
1949 - One Man’s Family debuted on NBC-TV. The show continued for three seasons. It also enjoyed one of the longest runs of any program on radio (1933-1959).
1952 - America said, “I Like Ike”. The Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard M. Nixon ticket won a sweeping (55%-44%) victory over Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson and running-mate John J. Sparkman. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the U.S.
1954 - The Joshua Logan, Harold Rome musical Fanny debuted at the Majestic theatre on Broadway. Florence Henderson, who was all of 20 years old, starred as Fanny, Ezio Pinza as Cesar, William Tabbert as Marius, and Walter Slezak as Panisse. Slezak won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Fanny entertained audiences for 888 performances, closing of Dec 16, 1956.
1958 - Angelo Roncalli became Pope John XXIII. He was expected by many to be a caretaker and transitional pope, but he astonished the church and the world with his energy and reforming spirit. Pope John XXIII’s convening of the Second Vatican Council and his changing of the church’s attitudes toward those who were not Catholic were milestones.
1961 - Bob Dylan gave his first major concert outside of Greenwich Village. The concert, in the Carnegie Chapter Hall -- an annex to the bigger, more prestigious Carnegie Hall, was not well attended. But, those who were there were said to be very enthusiastic.
1963 - The Beatles played a Royal Command Performance as part of an evening of entertainment for the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. It was the night that John Lennon famously said, “For our last number, I’d like to ask your help. The people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you’d just rattle your jewelry.”
1966 - The worst floods in Italy’s history affected a third of the country. Florence was cut off and many of the city’s art treasures were damaged.
1967 - An Iberia Airlines Caravelle 10 came in too low while on its landing approach at Fernhurst, Sussex, England. The jetliner crashed, killing all 37 persons on board.
1968 - Nez Pierce warrior Chief Joseph was the first Native American to be pictured on a U.S postage stamp.
1973 - Golfing great Ben Crenshaw won his first tournament on the pro tour by capturing the Texas Open.
1973 - The Chicago Bears set a National Football League record(?) by forcing the Green Bay Packers to a minus 12 yards passing.
1974 - The first flight of a solar-powered aircraft took place. The remotely controlled Sunrise II, designed by Robert J. Boucher of AstroFlight, Inc., flew following a launch from a catapult.
1979 - 3,000 militants overran the U.S. Embassy in Teheran, Iran. They captured 54 embassy staff members. Religious extremist and Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini praised their actions. The militants demanded that the Shah of Iran, who had ruled for decades and was now seeking medical treatment in the West, be turned over to them for trial; that the United States apologize for crimes against the Iranian people; and that the Shah’s assets be given to them. The Iran(ian) Hostage Crisis, as it came to be known, lasted 444 days, ending on President Ronald Reagan’s inauguration day, Jan. 20, 1981.
1980 - Republican Ronald Reagan won the White House defeating President Jimmy Carter. Reagan was the 40th President of the U.S., winning by a landslide (525 electoral votes to Carter’s 40).
1980 - Sadaharu Oh of the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants retired from professional baseball. The first baseman hit a record 868 home runs in his 22-year playing career.
1984 - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince kicked off his fall tour in Detroit. He broke the record for sold-out performances at the 20,000-seat Joe Louis Arena. The previous record-holder was The Artist Still Known as Neil Diamond (in 1983).
1988 - In a ceremony at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, President Ronald Reagan signed a measure providing for U.S. participation in an anti-genocide treaty signed by President Truman in 1948.
1989 - In Japan, Yokohama lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto was murdered with his wife and infant son. He had been leading a legal crusade against the Aum Shinri Kyo cult. Later, top members of the cult admitted to killing the family. In 1998 Kazuaki Okazaki (38) was sentenced to death for the murder. In 2000 Satoru Hashimoto was sentenced to death for the strangling deaths of the Sakamoto family and for the 1995 sarin gas attacks.
1990 - Douglas Wakiihuri of Kenya and Wanda Panfil of Poland raced to victory in the New York City Marathon.
1991 - The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum was dedicated by five American presidents (the first gathering of five U.S. presidents). Reagan, President George Bush, and former presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard M. Nixon attended the ceremonies in Simi Valley, California.
1991 - Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Booker T. & The M.G.’s, Johnny Cash, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Isley Brothers, Sam and Dave and The Yardbirds were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
1992 - Carol Moseley Braun became the first African American women to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
1993 - The White House challenged Ross Perot to a debate with Vice President Al Gore on the North American Free Trade Agreement. Perot accepted and on Nov 9, 1993, Perot and Al Gore squared off in one of the most watched shows in cable-TV history. (A Gallup poll taken a week after the debate showed Perot’s favorable ratings plummeted from 66% to 29%. NAFTA passed the House, and Clinton signed the agreement by year’s end.)
1995 - Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 73, was gunned down as he was about to enter his car after speaking at a pro-peace rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli law student Yigal Amir, confessed to killing Rabin because he opposed Rabin’s ongoing efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement with the Palestinians, saying Rabin wanted to “to give our country to the Arabs.”
1998 - Belly opened in U.S. theatres. The hip hop crime movie stars Earl Simmons (aka DMX), Nasir Jones (aka Nas), Taral Hicks, Tionne Watkins (aka T-Boz), Clifford Smith (aka Method Man), Oli Grant (aka Power), Louie Rankin and Hassan Iniko Johnson.
2000 - Yugoslavia’s parliament approved the country’s first communist-free government in more than half a century.
2001 - World Series (10/27-11/04): The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees this day. It was a classic ending to a classic World Series. The D’backs won their first title in a Game 7 thriller, scoring twice in the ninth off Mariano Rivera to stun the three-time defending champion Yankees 3-2.
2001 - Hurricane Michelle roared across Cuba, forcing the government to shut down power and evacuate 750,000 people.
2002 - Eagle Scout Darrell Lambert (19) of Port Orchard, WA was told to leave the Boy Scouts of America due to his atheist beliefs. Lambert’s atheism was never a problem during his ten years in the Scouting organization until he became an assistant Scout Master. At a training conference, he told other leaders of his beliefs, saying it is wrong to kick out kids who don’t believe in a god. Scout leadership said he had to choose between his beliefs, or those of the Boy Scouts. “We don’t define God,” said Scout spokesman Mark Hunter, “but we ask that each of our leaders subscribe to ... our declaration of religious principles.”
2003 - Southern California firefighters gained control over record-breaking fires that had killed twenty people and destroyed some 3,570 homes.
2004 - U.S. President George Bush (II), fresh from his Nov 2 reelection victory, laid out plans to revamp taxes, social security and medical malpractice awards.
2005 - New movies in the U.S.: The animated Chicken Little, with the voices of Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn, Amy Sedaris, Don Knotts, Harry Shearer, Patrick Stewart, Wallace Shawn, Fred Willard, Catherine O Hara, Adam West, Enrico Colantoni and Patrick Warburton; and Jarhead, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert and Rini Bell.
2005 - Rioting in suburban Paris, France (set off by the accidental death of two teenagers) continued for an eighth consecutive night with arson attacks and shots fired at police and firefighters just a part of the action.
2006 - Dr. Katherine Jefferts Schori became the first woman to lead the U.S. Episcopal Church -- and the first woman to head an Anglican province (Anglican Province of America).
2007 - A landslide hit a rain-swollen river, triggering a ‘mini-tsunami’ that wiped out San Juan Grijalva, Mexico. 25 people were killed.
2008 - Doctor turned author and film director Michael Crichton died in Los Angeles at the age of 66. Crichton’s books included The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery and Jurassic Park, all of which were made into popular films. He also created the TV series ER.
2008 - TV networks called the U.S. Presidential race a win for Barack Obama at 11p.m. on the East Coast. An hour later Obama was on stage at Grant Park, Chicago, speaking tens of thousands of supporters gathered there. It was later determined that Obama had beaten Sen John McCain 52% to 46% in the popular vote and 365 to 173 in the electoral college.
2008 - California voters voted no on Proposition 8, effectively voting down gay marriage in the state. It was later determined that opponents, and supporters, had pumped a total of $85 million into promoting their sides of the battle over the proposition.
2009 - Israeli commandos seized a ship they said was carrying more than 60 tons of missiles, rockets and anti-tank weapons bound for Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas.
2009 - The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6. It was the Yankees’ first World Series win (its 27th overall) since winning three straight from 1998-2000.
2010 - European computer guards battled a simulated attack by hackers and an attempt to bring down critical Internet services. The 27 European Union member nations and Iceland, Norway and Switzerland took part in the simulation. The U.S. has held its own exercise in late September with 12 international partners and 60 private companies.
2011 - Movies opening in the U.S.: Tower Heist, starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck, Téa Leoni and Gabourey Sidibe; A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, with Patton Oswalt, Isabella Gielniak, Kal Penn, Austin Bickel, Inga R. Wilson and John Cho; and Five Star Day, starring Cam Gigandet, Jena Malone, Julianna Guill, Mark Boone Junior and Richard Riehle.
2011 - Japan agreed to give TEPCO, the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, $11.5 billion to help it pay compensation to those affected by the worst atomic disaster in 25 years.
2012 - The California state Supreme Court issued an order to allow the state’s political watchdog (Fair Political Practices Commission) to identify contributors to an Arizona group, Americans for Responsible Leadership. ARL gave a last-minute infusion of $11 million to campaigns opposing Democratic Governor Jerry Brown’s tax initiative. The group also supported an antiunion measure on the Nov 6 ballot. ARL eventually disclosed a list of five directors -- all right-wing activists.
2013 - Amscreen, the British digital advertising firm that developed technology to scan customers’ faces, announced plans to install the screens at Tesco petrol stations in the U.K. The screens would scan customers’ faces so that advertising could be tailored to their age and gender.
2014 - Denton, Texas voters approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) in the town, making it the first city in the Lone Star State to outlaw the oil and gas extraction technique. Before you anti-frackers start celebrating, be aware that the Denton city council repealed that voter-approved ban in June 2015.
2014 - Washington state voters approved a measure to expand background checks on gun sales and transfers. And as far a we know, that one has not been repealed.
2015 - 43-year-old Justin Trudeau was sworn in as Canadian Prime Minister. Trudeau and his ministers were sworn in at a ceremony inside a packed Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
2016 - Motion pictures debuting in the U.S. included: Doctor Strange, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Rachel McAdams; Hacksaw Ridge with Teresa Palmer, Andrew Garfield and Sam Worthington; the animated, Trolls, featuring the voices of Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel, Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Christine Baranski, Jeffrey Tambor, James Corden, Kunal Nayyar and John Cleese; Loving, starring Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton and Will Dalton; Rainbow Time, with Tobin Bell, Sam Buchanan and Davie-Blue; Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story, starring Michelle Harrison, Kim Coates and Judd Nelson; and What Happened Last Night, with Amber Rose, Jake Thomas and Shelley Regner.
2016 - The Paris Agreement, a new global deal to tackle climate change, became international law. The agreement, crafted in Dec 2015, sought to limit the rise in average world temperatures to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times, and ideally under 1.5 degrees -- by weaning the world off fossil fuels.
2016 - The U.S. economy stayed on an upward track ahead of the election. Jobs added during the previous month were also revised up substantially by the Labor Department. It was the last look at the health of the economy for Americans voters before they cast their ballots. Unemployment fell a tick to 4.9%. That's down by half since 2009, when unemployment peaked at 10%.
2017 - China’s Communist Party-controlled legislature, the National People’s Congress, approved an amendment making disrespecting the national anthem a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison. The move came amid rising nationalist appeals from the ruling Communist Party under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.
2017 - An Egyptian court convicted female TV presenter Doaa Salah of inciting immorality for offering on-air advice to women on how to be single mothers. The court sentenced Salah to three years in prison.
2018 - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in Pyongyang with his wife. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Cuban President Diaz-Canel — both hoping to get out from under U.S. economic sanctions — agreed to expand and strengthen their strategic relations.
2018 - French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off a week of commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One.
2019 - The United States formally notified the United Nations that it was withdrawing from the Paris climate accord. Agreed to in 2015, the Paris accord committed the U.S. and 187 other countries to holding rising global temperatures below 2C above pre-industrial levels and attempting to limit them even more, to a 1.5C rise. The surprise decision to withdraw - taken by POTUS Donald Trump after he came to office in 2017 - made the U.S. the world’s sole non-signatory and prompted high-level efforts by the European Union to keep the agreement on track.
2019 - And on the same day the U.S. pulled out of the Paris climate accord, the Trump administration moved to relax Obama-era limits on coal plants discharging ash and metal contaminated waste into U.S. waterways. We wonder how future generations will look back at these actions...
2020 - Donald Trump prematurely claimed he carried Georgia. He also said he planned to contest the U.S. presidential election before the Supreme Court, without offering specifics about a theoretical case. Trump’s reelection campaign said it had filed a lawsuit in Georgia to require that Chatham County separate and secure late-arriving ballots to ensure they are not counted. (Trump and his allies eventually filed more than 40 lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results. All of them failed.)
2020 - Italy registered 30,550 new coronavirus infections and 352 COVID-related deaths over 24 hours. A total of 39,764 people had died in Italy because of COVID-19. The Italian government imposed a nationwide 10 p.m. curfew and closed museums and high schools. In six hard-hit regions, including Sicily and the city of Milan, restaurants were closed and travel was severely limited.
2020 - The Swiss government authorized deploying up to 2,500 military personnel to help the country’s hard-pressed health care system handle a second wave of coronavirus infections.
2020 - The U.S. recorded more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time. Hospitalizations had topped 50,000 for the first time since early August.
2021 - The Justice Department sued Texas, arguing that the state’s new voting law would disenfranchise disabled, elderly and non-English speaking voters.
2021 - The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) said India, Indonesia and the Philippines had joined South Africa as the first recipients of a multibillion dollar pilot program aimed at accelerating their transition from coal power to clean energy.
2022 - Movies set to open in the U.S. included the animated action adventure, One Piece Film: Red, with character voice by Chô, Jim Foronda and Hiroaki Hirata; and Armageddon Time, starring Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb and Anthony Hopkins.
2022 - Nike suspended its partnership with Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving after he shared a link on Twitter to a documentary film that contained antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories. Nike said, “We believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of antisemitism. To that end, we’ve made the decision to suspend our relationship with Kyrie Irving effective immediately...” Though Irving had apologized for the antisemitism, the fallout and backlash had been widespread, and the Brooklyn Nets suspended their star player for five games.
2022 - Twitter laid off at least half its workforce. The move had been widely anticipated since tech mogul and billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of the company. Tweets from staff across the brand reportedly confirmed that the employees who were fired were responsible for a variety of roles within Twitter, including communications, content curation, human rights, and machine learning ethics. Musk blamed the massive drop in revenue from ad spending as the primary reason for the layoffs.
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Birthdays on This Day November 4
1862 - Eden Phillpotts
author: Black, White and Brindled, A Deal With the Devil, The Red Redmaynes, Saurus; died Dec 29, 19601879 - Will (William Penn Adair) Rogers
entertainer: The Wall Street Girl, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court; humorist: “I never met a man I didn’t like.”; mayor: Beverly Hills; cowboy; subject of Broadway show: Will Rogers Follies; killed in plane crash Aug 15, 19351912 - Pauline Trigère
fashion designer: produced first reversible coat; Costume Designer: Breakfast at Tiffany’s; died Feb 13, 20021913 - Gig Young (Byron Elsworth Barr)
Academy Award-winning actor: They Shoot Horses Don’t They? [1969]; Teacher’s Pet, Young at Heart, Desperate Hours, The Rogues; TV host/narrator: Warner Brothers Presents; died Oct 19, 19781916 - Walter Cronkite
Emmy Award-winning news anchor & news correspondent: CBS Evening News; narrator, host: The 20th Century, The 21st Century, The Facts We Face, Open Hearing, Man of the Week, It’s News to Me, Air Power; received Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Governor’s Award [1979]; died Jul 17, 20091917 - Virginia (Margaret Cynthia) Field
actress: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Dance, Girl, Dance, Waterloo Bridge; died Jan 2, 19921918 - Art (William Matthew) Carney
Academy Award-winning actor: Harry and Tonto [1974]; Last Action Hero, Izzy and Moe, House Calls, Roadie, Take this Job and Shove It, Terrible Joe Moran; Emmy Award-winner: The Jackie Gleason Show: The Honeymooners [1954, 1955, 1966-1967, 1967-1968], The Art Carney Special [1959-1960]; died Nov 9, 20031918 - Cameron Mitchell (Mitzell)
actor: Trapped Alive, Hollywood Cop, Swift Justice, Blood and Black Lace, How to Marry a Millionaire, Desiree, The Tall Men, Carousel, Homecoming, The High Chaparral, Swiss Family Robinson; died July 6, 19941919 - Martin (Henry) Balsam
Academy Award-winning actor: A Thousand Clowns [1965]; All the President’s Men, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Carpetbaggers, Death Wish 3, Delta Force, The Goodbye People, Harlow, Little Big Man, Marjorie Morningstar, Murder on the Orient Express, Psycho, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Twelve Angry Men, All in the Family; died Feb 13, 19961923 - Alfred Heineken
beer mogul: Heineken Brewery; died Jan 3, 20021925 - Doris Roberts
Emmy Award-winning actress: St. Elsewhere [1983], Everybody Loves Raymond [2001, 2002, 2003, 2005]; Remington Steele, Maggie, Angie, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Ordinary Heroes, Used People; died Apr 17, 20161930 - Dick (Richard Morrow) Groat
baseball: shortstop: Pittsburgh Pirates: [all-star: 1959, 1960, 1962/NL Batting Champ, Baseball Writers’ Award, Valuable Player, World Series: 1960]; SL Cardinals [all-star: 1963, 1964/World Series: 1964], Philadelphia Phillies, SF Giants; basketball: Ft. Wayne Pistons; sportscaster: WTAE, Pittsburgh: Panthers basketball [color]; died Apr 27, 20231930 - Kate Reid
actress: Death of a Salesman, The Andromeda Strain, Atlantic City, Death Ship, Gavilan, Dallas; died Mar 27, 19931933 - Tito (John Patsy) Francona
baseball: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1961], SL Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers; died Feb 13, 20181937 - Loretta Swit
Emmy Award-winning actress: M*A*S*H [1979-1980, 1981-1982]; TV host/narrator: Those Incredible Animals1938 - Harry Elston
musician: group: Friends of Distinction: Grazing in the Grass1940 - Delbert McClinton
songwriter, singer: Giving It Up for Your Love, Tell Me About It [w/Tanya Tucker], I Received a Letter [w/Glen Clark], Sandy Beaches; musician: harmonica: Hey Baby [w/singer, Bruce Channel]1941 - Walter Rock
football: Washington Redskins tackle: Super Bowl VII1946 - Laura Bush
U.S. First Lady: wife of 43rd President George W. Bush1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe
photographer: known for photographs of sadomasochistic rituals, nudes, portraits, still lifes; work on exhibit at Art Institute of Chicago, New York’s Metropolitan Museum and Museum of Modern Art, Paris’ Pompidou Center, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum; died Mar 9, 19891947 - Mike Smith
musician: saxophone: groups: Judas Jump; Amen Corner: Gin House Blues, Bend Me Shape Me, [If Paradise Is] Half as Nice1950 - Markie Post
actress: Night Court, Hearts Afire, Fall Guy, The Gangster Chronicles1957 - Tony Abbott
politician: 28th Prime Minister of Australia [2013-2015]1960 - Kim Forester
singer: group: The Forester Sisters: I Fell In Love Again Last Night, [That’s What You Do] When You’re in Love, Letter Home, Just in Case, Don’t You, Sincerely [1988]1961 - Kathy Griffin
comedienne, actress: Her Minor Thing, Beethoven’s 5th, Enemies of Laughter, The Intern, Can’t Stop Dancing, Muppets From Space, CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live; more1961 - Ralph Macchio
actor: Eight is Enough, Karate Kid series, Distant Thunder, My Cousin Vinny1962 - Jeff Probst
Emmy-winning host of Survivor adventure, reality show; The Jeff Probst Show1966 - Kool Rock-Ski (Damon Wimbley)
rapper: group: Fat Boys 1968 - Carlos Baerga
baseball: Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals1969 - Sean Combs
record producer, actor, rapper; sometimes known as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Sean John, Puff, The Big Puff, Puffy1969 - Matthew McConaughey
Academy Award-winning actor: Dallas Buyers Club [2014]; Angels in the Outfield, Amistad, The Newton Boys, U-571, True Detective1969 - Samantha Smith
actress: Supernatural, Love’s Unfolding Dream, Dragonfly, Transformers, The Chosen One1970 - Bethenny Frankel
TV personality: Bethenny; author of self-help books; entrepreneur, natural foods chef; actress: The Real Housewives of New York City1970 - Corey Schwab
hockey [goalie]: NHL: New Jersey Devils, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs1974 - Warren Christie
actor: Alphas, Ties That Bind, Magic Flute Diaries, Beneath, 10.5, Lucky 7, Happy Town1975 - Eric Fichaud
hockey [goalie]: New York Islanders, Nashville Predators, Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal Canadiens1975 - Mikki Moore
basketball [center]: Univ of Nebraska; NBA: Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz, LA Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics1975 - Orlando Pace
football [tackle]: Ohio State Univ; NFL: St. Louis Rams1975 - Lorenzen Wright
basketball [center]: Univ of Memphis; NBA: LA Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies1978 - Rick Berry
hockey [defense]: NHL: Colorado Avalanche, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals1981 - Vince Wilfork
football [defensive tackly]: NFL: New England Patriots [2004–2014]: 2005 Super Bowl XXXIX champs, 2015 Super Bowl XLIX champs; Houston Texans [2015–2016]1982 - Devin Hester
football [wide receiver, return specialist]: Univ of Miami; NFL: Chicago Bears [2006-2013]; Atlanta Falcons [2014–2015];) Baltimore Ravens [2016]; Seattle Seahawks [2016]1984 - Dustin Brown
hockey [right winger]: NHL: Los Angeles Kings [2003-2022]: 2012, 2014 Stanley Cup champs1986 - Alexz Johnson
singer: LPs: Voodoo, The Basement Recordings, Skipping Stone; actress: Instant Star, So Weird, Final Destination 31998 - Darcy Rose Byrnes
actress: The Young and the Restless, Desperate Housewives, Shark Swarm, Healing Hands, Amish Grace, The Land of the Astronauts
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Hit Music on This Day November 4
1945I’ll Buy That Dream (facts) - The Pied Pipers
That’s for Me (facts) - Dick Haymes
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