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RICHARD DREYFUSS IS 66 TODAY
Dreyfuss is best known for starring in a number of film, television, and
theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Grafitti
(1973), Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and
Mr. Holland’s Opus which was filmed in Portland, Oregon (1995).
Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for his role
in The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland’s
Opus.
LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~
KATE JACKSON IS 65 TODAY
Lucy Kate Jackson is best known for her role as Sabrina
Duncan in the popular ABC television series Charlie’s
Angels (1976-1981). Jackson is a three-time Emmy Award
nominee in the Best Actress category and has been
nominated for several Golden Globe Awards. Jackson
was briefly employed as a page at NBC’s Rockefeller
Center studios.
PROGRAM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN1956
From left: David Brinkley and Chet Huntley
The Huntley-Brinkley Report was the NBC television network’s flagship evening
news program from October 29, 1956, until July 31, 1970. It was anchored by
Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C. The
show replaced the Camel News Caravan, anchored by John Cameron Swayze
and initially ran for 15 minutes, but expanded to 30 minutes in 1963.
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