Archive for April, 2011

SINGER TOMMY JAMES TURNED 64 TODAY

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Tommy James (born Thomas Gregory Jackson in Dayton, Ohio) is a
pop-rock musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the leader of
the 1960s rock band Tommy James and the Schondells. The group still
gets together from time to time for special video/TV events and nostalgia
shows.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE PFEIFFER ~ 53 TODAY

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Actress Michelle Pfeiffer She made her screen debut in 1980, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Scarface (1983). Her prominent
films include Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Batman
Returns
(1992), and The Age of Innocence (1993). Michelle Pfeiffer has won
numerous awards for her work, including the Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress-Motion Picture Drama for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) which
also resulted in a nomination for an Academy Award. She received a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.

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LIFE ~ ON THIS DATE IN 1961

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NETWORK TV DEBUT ON THIS DATE IN 1957

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Journalist Mike Wallace, who interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers 
during his career, debuted on network TV with The Mike Wallace Interview on ABC (1957-1958). Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally until 2008. Wallace has suffered from health problems more recently and in June 2008 his son Chris said that his father would not be returning
to television. 

 

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Mike Wallace interviewing Margret Sanger, Founder of The American
Birth control League.

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Wallace with painter Salvador Dali


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JAMES MONROE ~ BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1758

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James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831)

Monroe is most noted for his proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823,
which stated that the United States would not tolerate further European
intervention in the Americas.

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