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photo: pinterestPhoto: en.r8lst.com Chance The Rapper (1993) Lorraine Nicholson (1990) Gina Carano (1982) Fredrik Ljungberg (1977) Alek Wek (1977) - British Model & Designer Lukas Haas (1976) - Actor Kelli O’Hara (1976) - Award winning Actress & Singer Sean Maher (1975) Karl Yune (1975) Akon (1973) Max Beesley (1971) Peter Billingsley (1971) - Actor ("A Christmas Story") Vickie Guerrero (1968) Jon Cryer (1965) - Actor ("Superman 4: The Quest for Peace", "Pretty in Pink", "Two and a Half Men") Martin Lawrence (1965) - Actor, comedian David Pirner (1964) - Musician (Soul Asylum) Jimmy Osmond 1963 - Singer (The Osmonds), the youngest Osmond Ellen Barkin (1954) - Actress ("Eddie and the Cruisers") Peter Garrett (1953) - Singer (Midnight Oil) Jay O. Sanders (1953) - American Character Actor Billy West (1952) - Voice actor, singer, comedian, musician, songwriter and former radio personality Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947) - Retired Professional Basketball Player Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (1971 – RIP 1995) Dusty Springfield (1939 – RIP 1999) - Pop Singer/Recording Artist Stanley Robert "Bobby" Vinton, Jr. (1935) - Singer Herbie Mann (1930 – RIP 2003) - Was an American jazz flautist and important early practitioner of world music. Roy Hamilton (1929 – RIP 1969) Edie Adams (1927 – RIP 2008) Barry Nelson (1917 – RIP 2007) John Hodiak (1914 – RIP 1955) Les Tremayne (1913 – RIP 2003) Neville Brand (August 13, 1920 - April 16, 1992) Andy Russell (September 16, 1919 - April 16, 1992) Lucille Bremer (February 21, 1917 - April 16, 1996) Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 - April 16, 2002) 1993 - Boiling Point starring Wesley Snipes and Dennis Hopper is a drama film about a pair of sociopath killers who take on the mob and authorities to make one last score. 1954 - Roy Orbison attended an Elvis Presley show in Dallas, TX. 1956 - Buddy Holly released his first single, "Blue Days, Black Nights." 1964 - The Rolling Stones' debut album, "The Rolling Stones" was released in the U.K. 1965 - The Hollies opened their first tour of the U.S. at the Brooklyn Paramount theater in New York. 1966 - Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" was released. 1971 - The Rolling Stones released "Brown Sugar" in the UK. It was the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records. 1972 - The Electric Light Orchestra played their first live show in England. 1974 - Queen held its first U.S. concert at Regis College, CO. 1983 - Kirk Hammett played his first show with Metallica in New Jersey. 1990 - Over 72,000 people gathered at London's Wembley Stadium for an anti-apartheid concert honoring Nelson Mandela. Mandela had recently been released from prison. 1993 - Billy Burnette announced that he was leaving Fleetwood Mac to concentrate on recording country music. 1996 - KISS announced a reunion tour with makeup. 1999 - Shania Twain became the first woman to be named as songwriter/artist of the year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. 2002 - Sony Music Entertainment filed a complaint against the Dixie Chicks for breach of contract. Sony argued that they would lose $100 million if the Dixie Chicks did not provide the five remaining albums on their contract. 2015 - In Garland, TX, Lady Antebellum's tour bus caught on fire. None of the four people aboard were injured. 1935 - "Fibber McGee and Molly" premiered. 1956 - ABC premiered the TV show "Rhythm on Parade." 1962 - Walter Cronkite began anchoring "The CBS Evening News". 1973 - Paul McCartney starred in his first TV special, "James Paul McCartney." 1912 - Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. 1922 - Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, to set a women's record. 1922 - The Soviet Union and Germany signed the Treaty of Rapallo under which Germany recognized the Soviet Union and diplomatic and trade relations were restored. 1940 - The first no-hit, no-run game to be thrown on an opening day of the major league baseball season was earned by Bob Feller when the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0. 1942 - The Island of Malta was awarded the George Cross in recognition for heroism under constant German air attack. 1943 - Albert Hoffman discovered the hallucinogenic effects of LSD-25 in Switzerland. 1944 - The destroyer USS Laffey survived immense damage from attacks by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa. 1945 - American troops entered Nuremberg, Germany. 1947 - Dr. Frank Back invented the Zoomar lens, the first lens to zoom. 1947 - The French ship Grandcamp exploded and killed 576 people In Texas City, TX. 1948 - The Organization for European Economic Co-operation was established in Paris. 1951 - The sinking of British submarine Affray killed 75 people. 1953 - The British royal yacht Britannia was launched. 1968 - The Pentagon announced that troops would begin coming home from Vietnam. 1968 - Major league baseball's longest night game (six hours) was played with Houston Astros and New York Mets 1-0. 1972 - Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon. It was the fifth manned moon landing. 1972 - Two giants pandas arrived in the U.S. from China. 1982 - Queen Elizabeth proclaimed Canada's new constitution in effect. The act severed the last colonial links with Britain. 1983 - China shelled the Vietnam border in retaliation for raids. 1983 - Brazil detained four Libyan planes en route to Nicaragua after finding weapons, explosives and ammunition on the planes. 1987 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sternly warned U.S. radio stations to watch the use of indecent language on the airwaves. 1987 - The U.S. Patent Office began allowing the patenting of new animals created by genetic engineering. 1992 - Italian financier Carlo de Benedetti and 32 others were convicted of fraud in connection with the 1982 collapse of Banco Ambrosiano. 1992 - The House ethics committee listed 303 current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts. 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