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1812 - The Russian army under Field Marshal Michail Kutuzov was engaged by Napoleon at the Battle of Borodino 70 miles west of Moscow. The battle (Sep 5-7) resulted in the loss of over 30,000 Frenchmen and 43,000 Russians. Both sides claimed victory, but the Russian army was forced to retreat and to abandon Moscow. Napoleon entered Moscow a week later -- with little satisfaction. The imperial capital was largely deserted and burned as the Russian populace retreated and gave little protection to the French forces. The prolonged occupation of Moscow was the beginning of the end for the Napoleonic Empire.1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean was the first baby to be placed in an incubator. She weighed 2 pounds, 7 ounces. Originally, the incubator was called a hatching cradle.
1892 - The first world heavyweight title fight to use the Marquis of Queensberry Rules (including boxing gloves and three-minute rounds) was held in New Orleans, LA. James Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan in round 21.
1914 - The New York Post Office Building opened its doors to the public. Since post offices open up quite often, you might wonder what’s unusual about this one. Well, this brand new building on Eighth Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets in New York City bore the inscription, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” The inscription, supplied by William M. Kendall of the architectural firm that designed the post office, is a free translation from Herodotus, the Greek historian.
1916 - The New York Giants, of baseball fame, started setting a major-league record. The Giants won the first of 26 consecutive ball games.
1930 - Dagwood and Blondie made their first appearance in the comic strips. The cartoon, Blondie", was created by Chic Young, and over time, the characters were heard on the radio, seen in 28 movies, and on 2 TV series. The strip featured newspaper hero Dagwood Bumstead as the playboy son of a railroad tycoon. He dated Blondie Boopadoop, a flapper, or gold digger. They married in February, 1933 and had a nice family. Alexander (Baby Dumpling), their first child, was born in 1934, Cookie arrived later. The strip is still running. Since Chic Young’s death in March, 1973, Blondie has been written by Chic’s son, Dean. It was drawn, for a time, by Jim Raymond, then by Stan Drake and later by Denis Lebrun. The strip is now done by Dean Young and John Marshall.
1940 - Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded Temptation on the Victor label.
1940 - Nazi Germany launched its London blitz. For 57 consecutive days, London was bombed either during the day or night. Fires consumed many parts of the city. Residents sought shelter wherever they could find it; many fleeing to the underground stations that sheltered as many as 177,000 people during the night. In the worst single incident, 450 were killed when a bomb destroyed a school being used as an air-raid shelter. Adolf Hitler believed the London blitz would soften Britain for an invasion that never happened.
1956 - The Bell X-2 experimental aircraft, piloted by Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe, climbed to an altitude of 126,200 feet -- a world record. Kincheloe was awarded the 1956 MacKay Trophy.
1958 - Georgia Gibbs sang The Hula-Hoop Song on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was the first national exposure for the Hula-Hoop craze. Many people recorded the song to capitalize on the fad, including Teresa Brewer and Betty Johnson. Like sometimes happens with fads, these songs didn’t become very popular. The Hula-Hoop craze lasted a bit longer...
1963 - The Beatles made their first U.S. TV appearance on ABC’s Big Night Out.
1963 - American Bandstand began airing once a week -- on Saturdays. The popular teen dance show moved to Hollywood (from Philadelphia) on February 8, 1964.
1963 - The Pro Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, OH.
1966 - The Dick Van Dyke Show was cancelled by CBS-TV on this day. The show aired from Oct 3, 1961 to Jun 1, 1966. Van Dyke played Rob Petrie, the head comedy writer for The Alan Brady Show. Rob worked with two other comedy writers, Sally (Rose Marie) and Buddy (Morey Amsterdam), both of whom were good friends of Rob and his wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore).
1969 - U.S. Senate Republican leader Everett McKinley Dirksen died in Washington, DC. The long-term (1951-1969) Senator was 73 years old.
1970 - Jockey Willie Shoemaker became the winningest horse-racing jockey by collecting win #6,033. ‘The Shoe’ earned his victory at Del Mar Race Track in Southern California -- passing the previous mark set by Johnny Longden.
1971 - After nine years and 216 shows, The Beverly Hillbillies was seen for the final time on CBS-TV. Not to weep for Jed Clampett (Buddy Ebsen), Granny (Irene Ryan), Elly Mae (Donna Douglas), Jethro Bodine (Max Baer, Jr.), Mr. Drysdale (Raymond Bayley), Miss Hathaway (Nancy Kulp) or the rest of the Hillbillies’ crew, however. The show has been in syndication since it left the network.
1972 - Curtis Mayfield earned a gold record for his Superfly album, from the movie of the same name. The LP contained the hits, Freddie’s Dead and Superfly. Both songs were also million sellers.
1975 - The Cincinnati Reds clinched the National League West division title. The Big Red Machine set records for winning the division this early in the season -- and for winning it by 20 games.
1977 - The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and General Omar Torrijos Herrera. The treaties called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal’s waterway to Dec 31, 1999.
1977 - G. Gordon Liddy was released from prison after serving 52 months of a 20-year sentence for his involvement in the Watergate conspiracy.
1978 - Keith Moon, drummer for The Who rock band, died of a drug overdose. He was 31 years old.
1979 - ESPN (the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) made its debut on U.S. cable TV.
1981 - The People’s Court premiered with retired Judge Joseph Wopner. Rusty Burrell was the bailiff. The show lasted into 1993.
1986 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins threw his 100th career touchdown pass, in only his 44th pro game, setting an NFL record. Despite the milestone, the Dolphins lost to the San Diego Chargers, 50-28.
1986 - Two years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, South African clergyman Desmond Tutu was named Archbishop of Cape Town, becoming the first black leader of South Africa’s Anglican church.
1989 - The ADA was passed by the U.S. Senate on this day. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibited discrimination against the handicapped in employment, public accommodations, transportation and communications.
1993 - Dr. Joycelyn Elders was confirmed by the Senate to be the new U.S. Surgeon General.
1994 - British-born novelist and screenwriter James Clavell, author of Shogun and King Rat, died of cancer a month before his 70th birthday.
1996 - From our "Blink and You Miss It" file: Mike Tyson took on WBA Champion Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tyson captured the WBA title, knocking out Seldon 1:49 into the opening round.
1996 - Rappers Tupac Shakur and Marion ‘˜Suge’ Knight, were shot after leaving the Tyson/Seldon prizefight (see above). A white Cadillac with four people inside pulled alongside Shakur and Knight at a Las Vegas intersection and someone opened fire. Tupac was hit 4 times (he died 6 days later), while Suge escaped with minor injuries. One theory about who orchestrated the shootings is that it was a result of rivalry between the U.S. East-Coast and West- Coast rappers.
1998 - Mark McGwire hit his 61st home run -- at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. This tied the 1961 record held by Roger Maris.
1999 - Viacom Inc. announced the acquisition of CBS Corporation for some $36 billion in stock. It was the richest media merger in history.
2000 - Cuban President Fidel Castro shook the hand of U.S. counterpart Bill Clinton. It was the first time he had shaken the hand of a U.S. president since he took power in 1959.
2001 - Movies opening in the U.S.: The Musketeer, with Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth, Justin Chambers, Nick Moran and Bill Treacher; Rock Star, starring Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Timothy Olyphant, Dagmara Dominiczyk, Jason Flemyng and Rachel Hunter; Soul Survivors, featuring Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Eliza Dushku, Angela Featherstone, Melissa Sagemiller, Luke Wilson and Carl Paoli; and Two Can Play That Game, with Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut, Anthony Anderson, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Tamala Jones, Mo’Nique Imes-Jackson, Gabrielle Union and Bobby Brown.
2002 - U.S. President George Bush (II) met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Camp David, MD to work out a strategy against Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.
2002 - Serena Williams beat sister Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3 to win the U.S. Open and a third straight Grand Slam title.
2002 - Uzi (Uziel) Gal, the German-born inventor of Israel’s Uzi submachine gun, died in Philadelphia after a long battle with cancer. He was 79 years old.
2003 - Singer, songwriter Warren Zevon died of lung cancer in West Hollywood. He was 56 years old. Zevon’s work included the 1970s rock hit Werewolves of London.
2004 - Hundreds of angry farmers seized Guatemala’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Chixoy Dam, threatening to shut off power to large parts of the country unless the government agreed to return nearby lands to them. The protest peacefully ended the next day, after the signing of an agreement with the state electricity institute.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina developments: New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin urged the city’s remaining holdouts to leave the area; the U.S. government offered $2000 debit cards to each dispossessed family, to replenish immediate needs.
2007 - New films in U.S. theatres: 3:10 to Yuma, starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster, Vinessa Shaw; The Brothers Solomon, with Will Arnett, Will Forte, Chi McBride, Malin Akermana and Kristin Wiig; and Shoot ’Em Up, starring Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti, Greg Bryk, Chris Jericho, Stephen McHattie, Jane McLean and Daniel Pilon.
2007 - Pacific Rim negotiators at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) meeting in Australia agreed on a joint statement on global warming. They asked developing nations to commit to energy efficiency targets and acknowledged that wealthy countries have greater responsibility for the problem.
2007 - Pope Benedict XVI paid tribute to Holocaust victims, extending his “sadness, repentance and friendship” to the Jewish people as he began a three-day pilgrimage to Austria.
2008 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the government was taking control of troubled mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and would replace the companies’ chief executives. The takeover wiped out shareholders’ interest in the publicly traded companies. 27% of the nation’s 8,500 banks lost a combined $10-15 billion from holdings in preferred shares in Fannie and Freddie.
2008 - Britney Spears won three MTV Video Music Awards, including video of the year for her Piece of Me.
2009 - A Sudanese judge convicted Lubna Hussein, a woman journalist, for violating the public indecency law by wearing trousers outdoors and fined her $200, but did not impose a feared flogging penalty. The case has become a test for women’s rights in Sudan. Hussein, who considers herself a good Muslim and was wearing loose fitting pants covered by a long blouse, contends that the case “is not about religion, it is about men treating women badly.”
2010 - Billionaire New York financier George Soros gave a $100-million grant to Human Rights Watch, which investigates and publicizes human-rights abuses world around the world. The donation from Mr. Soros’s Open Society Foundations would be made over ten years and would enable Human Rights Watch to increase its global presence by adding more regional offices and by expanding its research capabilities, especially in countries in Africa, parts of Asia, and Central and Latin America.
2011 - The U.S. Department of Justice escalated its crackdown on health-care fraud, charging 91 people with bilking Medicare out of nearly $300 million and victimizing elderly and disabled people who were dependent on the federal insurance program.
2012 - Motion pictures debuting in U.S. theatres: The Cold Light of Day, starring Henry Cavill, Verónica Echegui, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver, Joseph Mawle, Caroline Goodall, Rafi Gavron and Emma Hamilton; Gangster Squad, with Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Giovanni Ribisi, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Anthony Mackie, Josh Pence and Nick Nolte; Bachelorette, starring Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Adam Scott, Isla Fisher, James Marsden, Rebel Wilson, Hayes MacArthur, Andrew Rannells, Kyle Bornheimer and Ella Rae Peck; Branded, with Anna Abonisimova, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Mariya Ignatova, Andrey Kaykov, John Laskowski and Leelee Sobieski; Hello I Must Be Going, starring Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein, Julie White and Christopher Abbott; [REC]³ Génesis, with Leticia Dolera, Diego MartÃn and Javier Botet; and The Words, Olivia Wilde, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Ben Barnes, J.K. Simmons and John Hannah.
2012 - The International Union for the Conservation of nature said the Caribbean’s reefs were in sharp decline. Live coral coverage was about 8%, down from 50% in the 1970s.
2013 - Australia’s conservative opposition swept to power, ending six years of Labor Party rule by promising to end a hated tax on carbon emissions, boost the flagging economy and bringing about political stability after years of Labor infighting.
2014 - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel vowed to help further strengthen Georgia’s military. Georgia watched Ukraine’s crisis with alarm after fighting its own brief war with Russia in 2008.
2015 - British archaeologists reported finding the buried remains of a mysterious prehistoric monument close to the famous Stonehenge heritage site dating back some 4,500 years. The discovery was made at Durrington Walls -- a so-called “superhenge” -- located less than three km (1.8 miles) from Stonehenge.
2015 - The European Union announced the release of €500 million to aid European farmers suffering plunging milk and meat prices partly blamed on a Russian embargo, as thousands of farmers protested outside E.U. headquarters in Brussels to demand more aid and higher prices for their milk and pig meat.
2016 - Hong Kong politician Ken Chow of the pro-business Liberal Party said he was pressured to bow out of a city election to clear the field for a candidate favored by the Chinese government. After withdrawing from the LegCo elections on Aug 25, Chow went into brief self-exile in Britain. He returned after the elections ended, and reported his case to Hong Kong’s Independent Commission against Corruption.
2016 - Finance Secretary Luis Videgaray, a close advisor and confidant to Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto’s resigned in a move linked to the unpopular decision to invite Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to visit Mexico. Even Trump himself said Videgaray’s resignation was related to his visit. Trump told a televised U.S. national security forum that “the people that arranged the trip in Mexico have been forced out of government. That’s how well we did.”
2017 - Hurricane Irma inflicted severe, and in places critical, damage to the British overseas territory of Anguilla with one death reported. The British Virgin islands also suffered major damage from Irma.
2017 - China passed new rules to regulate religion to bolster national security, fight extremism and restrict faith practiced outside organizations approved by the state. Christian news site World Watch Monitor soon reported that China’s provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Henan and the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia have barred children from faith activities including summer camp.
2018 - Shows opening in U.S. movie houses included: The Nun, with Taissa Farmiga, Bonnie Aarons and Jonny Coyne; Peppermint, starring Jennifer Garner, Tyson Ritter and Richard Cabral; Cold Skin, with Ray Stevenson, David Oakes and Aura Garrido; The Favorite, starring John Schneider, Mollee Gray and Matthew Fahey; God Bless the Broken Road, with Lindsay Pulsipher, Jordin Sparks and LaDainian Tomlinson; Mara, starring Olga Kurylenko, Javier Botet and Mitch Eakins; and School of Life, with François Cluzet, Jean Scandel and Eric Elmosnino.
2018 - A U.S. District Judge sentenced George Papadopoulos, former advisor to POTUS Donald Trump, to 14 days in prison for lying to the FBI. Papadopoulos concealed his contacts with Russians and Russian intermediaries during Trump presidential campaign.
2018 - Jewels worth an estimated €800,000 ($930,000) were stolen from a Saudi princess at the five-star Ritz Hotel in Paris. France Info radio reported the jewels were not in a safe when they were taken and there was no sign of forced entry.
2018 - The Hungarian government granted ownership of a new Holocaust museum, called the House of Fates, to the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH), one of the three registered Jewish groups in Hungary. The museum opening (in 2019) was planned to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the deportation of Hungarian Jews to death camps in German-occupied Poland.
2019 - Australian firefighters battled strong winds and fast-moving blazes as they worked to contain out-of-control bushfires that had destroyed at least 21 homes across two states on Australia’s east coast.
2019 - Charities, government agencies and even cruise ships loaded with supplies and volunteers rushed emergency aid to the storm-ravaged Bahamas amid fears of a staggering death toll left in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
2020 - Greece said it was bolstering its military with new armament programs, an increase in military personnel and higher development of the country’s defense industry. A tense stand-off with neighboring Turkey had increased the possiblity of an open conflict between the two NATO allies.
2020 - Police broke up scuffles between supporters of POTUS Trump and Black Lives Matter activists and arrested two people in Salem, Oregon. Trump, who had made “law and order” a theme of his bid for re-election, had singled out Portland as one of several Democratic-led cities he called “anarchist jurisdictions.”
2021 - A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Acapulco, Mexico. 1.6 million people were left without power.
2022 - Newly elected British Prime Minister Liz Truss appointed her cabinet and for the first time in British politics none of the ‘great offices of state’ –- prime minister, chancellor and home and foreign secretaries –- were held by white men.
2022 - Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama returned to Washington DC for the unveiling of their official White House portraits. The paintings were the first added to the White House Collection since Obama, during his presidency, welcomed former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush for the unveiling of their portraits in 2012. White House portraits are usually unveiled under a president’s immediate successor, but former President Trump refused to allow the ceremony during his term in office.
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Birthdays on This Day September 7
1533 - Elizabeth I
Queen of England [1558-1603]: daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; the Elizebethan Era was named after her; died Mar 24, 16031819 - Thomas Hendricks
21st vice president of the United States [1885]; died in office Nov 25, 18851860 - Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson)
artist: modern, primitive work: The Old Oaken Bucket, Christmas at Home, The Quilting Bee; first painted at age 78; died Dec 13, 19611867 - J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan Jr.
financier; died Mar 13, 19431900 - Taylor Caldwell
author: Dear and Glorious Physician; died Aug 30, 19851908 - Paul Brown
Pro Football Hall of Famer: football coach: Cleveland Browns; died Aug 5, 19911908 - Dr. Michael DeBakey
heart surgeon; died Jul 11, 20081909 - Elia Kazan (Kazanjoglous)
Academy Award-winning director: Gentleman’s Agreement [1947], On the Waterfront [1954]; East of Eden, A Streetcar Named Desire , Splendor in the Grass, Viva Zapata!, Pinky, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; died Sep 28, 20031913 - Sir (John) Anthony Quayle
actor: The Bourne Identity, The Eagle Has Landed, MacKenna’s Gold, QB VII, 21 Hours at Munich, Anne of a Thousand Days, Lawrence of Arabia, The Wrong Man, The Guns of Navarone; died Oct 20, 19891920 - Al Caiola
musician: guitar: themes from The Magnificent Seven and Bonanza; died Nov 9, 20161921 - Arthur Ferrante
musician: pianist: duo: Ferrante and Teicher: Exodus, Tonight, Theme from The Apartment, Midnight Cowboy; died Sep 19, 20091923 - Louise Suggs
golf champion: U.S. Open [1949, 1952]; LPGA [1957]; died Aug 7, 20151923 - Peter (Sidney Ernest Aylen) Lawford
actor: Rosebud, Ocean’s 11, Mrs. Miniver, The Longest Day, Exodus, The Oscar, Harlow; member: Rat Pack; died Dec 24, 19841924 - Daniel Inouye
U.S. Senator from Hawaii [1963-2012]; member of U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Japanese-American WWII unit that fought in Europe; lost arm in battle; awarded Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star, Purple Heart; died Dec 17, 20121928 - Al McGuire
Basketball Hall of Famer: New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, Marquette University coach: Coach of the Year [1971, 1974], Belmont Abbey College coach; college color sportscaster for NBC; died Jan 26, 20011929 - Clyde Lovellette
Basketball Hall of Famer [forward, center]: NBA: Minneapolis Lakers, Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks, Boston Celtics; career: won 3 NBA championships, scored 11,947 points, had 6,663 rebounds; died Mar 9, 20161930 - Sonny (Theodore) Rollins
musician: saxophone: Oleo, Airegin, composer: score for Alfie and Alfie’s Tune, Soloscope; awarded Guggenheim Fellowship [1972]1936 - Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
singer: group: The Crickets: That’ll Be the Day, Oh, Boy, Peggy Sue, Maybe Baby; solo: It Doesn’t Matter Anymore; killed in plane crash Feb 3, 19591937 - John Phillip Law
actor: The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming, Barbarella, The Last Movie, The Love Machine; died May 13, 20081938 - Johnny Duncan
musician: guitar; singer: She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed Anytime, Jackson Ain’t a Very Big Town, Let Me Go [Set Me Free], Sweet Country Woman, A Song in the Night; died Aug 14, 20061943 - Gloria Gaynor
singer: I Will Survive, Never Can Say Goodbye1945 - Jacques Lemaire
hockey: Quebec Aces, Houston Apollos, Montreal Canadiens; head coach: Minnesota Wild1946 - Alfa Anderson
singer: groups: Brown Sugar, Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance, Everybody Dance, Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Good Times1946 - Joe (Joseph Oden) Rudi
baseball: KC Athletics, Oakland Athletics [World Series: 1972, 1973, 1974/all-star: 1972, 1974, 1975], California Angels, Boston Red Sox1948 - Susan Blakely
actress: Rich Man, Poor Man, The Lonely Lady, Towering Inferno, Savages, Capone, Lord’s of Flatbush, Concorde: Airport ’79, Cry for Love, Ladykillers, Over the Top, Hungry Hearts, Her Married Lover1950 - Julie Kavner
Emmy Award-winning actress: Rhoda [1977-1978], The Simpson’s: voice of Marge Simpson [1991-1992]; The Tracy Ullman Show, This is My Life, Radio Days, I’ll Do Anything, Hannah and Her Sisters1950 - Peggy Noonan
writer of many of POTUS Ronald Reagan’s speeches: “A kinder, gentler nation.”1951 - Chrissie Hynde
musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: group: The Pretenders: Kid, Brass in Pocket, Precious, Private Life, Lovers of Today, 2000 Miles, Back on the Chain Gang1951 - Bert Jones
football: Baltimore Colts: NFL MVP [1976]; LA Rams; Sporting News College Player of the Year [1972]: Louisiana State quarterback1954 - Corbin Bernsen
actor: L.A. Law, Major League, Radioland Murders, Savage Land, Tales from the Hood, The Dentist, Spacejacked, Major League: Back to the Minors, The Dentist II, Time Shifters, Psych1954 - Michael Emerson
actor: Evil, Person of Interest, Lost, Goldstar, Ohio, Jumping Off Bridges, Saw, Sounds From a Town I Love, Playing By Heart, Orpheus Descending1954 - Benmont Tench
musician: keyboards: backed Elvis Costello in live performances; group: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: American Girl, Don’t Do Me like That, Jammin’ Me1957 - Margot Chapman
singer: group: Starland Vocal Band: Afternoon Delight, Boulder to Birmingham, California Day, Late Nite Radio, Too Long a Journey1961 - LeRoi Moore
songwriter; musician: saxophone; founding memeber of The Dave Matthews Band: The Song That Jane Likes, Recently, Tripping Billies, What Would You Say, Ants Marching, So Much to Say; died Aug 19, 20081961 - Chris Owens
actor: Victor, The Grid, The Recruit, Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story, Guilt By Association, My Louisiana Sky, The Happy Couple1966 - Toby Jones
actor: Infamous, The Mist, W., Frost/Nixon, Captain America: The First Avenger, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Berberian Sound Studio, The Hunger Games, The Girl; voice actor: Dobby the house elf in the Harry Potter film series1967 - Leslie Jones
comedian, actress: Saturday Night Live, Lottery Ticket, Top Five, Masterminds, The New Beachcombers, We Are Family, Ghostbusters [2016]1969 - Angie Everhart
model, actress: Undercover, Executive Target, Welcome to Hollywood, Denial, Point Doom1970 - Tom Everett Scott
actor: Grace Under Fire, That Thing You Do!, An American Werewolf in Paris, The Love Letter1971 - Shane Mosley
boxer: held world titles in three weight divisions: IBF lightweight, Lineal, WBC, & WBA[Super] welterweight, Lineal, WBC, WBA[Super], & The Ring light-middleweight1973 - Shannon Elizabeth
actress: American Pie, American Pie 2, Scary Movie, Seamless, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; TV host: VH11976 - Oliver Hudson
actor: Rules of Engagement, Nashville, Going Greek, Dawson’s Creek, Scream Queens1978 - Devon Sawa
actor: Casper, Little Giants, Now and Then, The Boys Club, Slackers1981 - Athena Karkanis
actress: Manifest, House of Cards, The Expanse, Wild Kratts Alaska: Hero’s Journey, Saw IV, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Saw VI, The Barrens, The Art of War II: Betrayal, Sacrifice, The Best Years, The Border, Lost Girl1985 - Alyssa Diaz
actress: As the World Turns, How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, Anyone, Wednesday Afternoon1987 - Evan Rachel Wood
actress: Westworld, Profiler, Search for Grace, Practical Magic, Once and Again1988 - Kevin Love
basketball [center]: UCLA; NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves [2008-2014]; gold medalist with U.S. national team [2010]; Cleveland Cavaliers [2014-2023]: 2016 NBA champs, 2017 NBA finals, 2018 NBA finals; Miami Heat [2023- ]1990 - Danielle Brooks
actress: Orange Is the New Black, Modern Love, The Angry Birds Movie; Broadway: The Color Purple, Time Out of Mind1996 - Donovan Mitchell
basketball [shooting guard]: NBA: Utah Jazz [2017–2022]; Cleveland Cavaliers [2022– ]1997 - Dean-Charles Chapman
actor: Game of Thrones, Into the Badlands, The Revolting World of Stanley Brown; London stage: Billy Elliot the Musical
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