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JENNIFER ANISTON IS 43 TODAY!

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Jennifer Joanna Aniston is a actress, film director, and producer who gained
wide recognition in the 1990s for her portrayal of Rachel Green on the NBC
television sitcom, Friends (1994-2004). The role earned her an Emmy Award,
Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Aniston’s greatest
successes came with the 2003 film Bruce Almighty. She has been selected
to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year.

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Jennifer Aniston with Bruce Almighty co-star Jim Carrey

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HIT RECORD FOR THE KING ON THIS DAY IN 1958

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Elvis Presley received his ninth number one single with the double-sided
hit "Don’t" / "I Beg of You".

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NUMBER-ONE RECORD OF 1958

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Photo of a Danny and The Juniors recording session L-R Dave White, Joe
Terry, Frank Maffei, Danny Rapp (1958)

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MONSTER ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1906

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     Lon Chaney, Jr.
(February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973)

Born Creighton Tull Chaney, Lon Chaney was best known for his
roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor,
Lon Chaney. He portrayed Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies
and Lennie Small in Of Mice and Man (1939)

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Lon Chaney, Jr. as The Wolf Man

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WHEN HOUDINI APPEARED IN PORTLAND

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A 1915 ad promoting Houdini’s appearance at the Orpheum Theater. The
the building was torn down in 1976 to make way for a Nordstrom’s Dept.
Store.

HOUDINI

Harry Houdini

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Postcard depicting the Orpheum Theater in 1916

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