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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1899
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986)
Cagney won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of
performances. He is best remembered for playing tough guys
in movies like The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels
with Dirty Faces (1938) and White Heat (1949). Orson Welles
said of Cagney that he was "maybe the greatest actor who
ever appeared in front of a camera."
DONALD SUTHERLAND IS 79 TODAY
Donald Edward McNichol Sutherland
Canadian born actor Donald Sutherland’s film career spans nearly 50 years with
notable movie roles that have included soldiers in popular war movies such as
The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970) and Kelly’s Heroes (1970). He has
also portrayed diverse characters in such films as Klute (1971), Invasion of
the Body Snatchers (1978), and JFK (1991). Donald is the father of actor
Kiefer Sutherland.
‘’KID CRITICS’’ ON KOIN RADIO ~ 970
KOIN, originally aired as KQP on November 9, 1925. The call letters were
later changed to KOIN on April 12, 1926. It became an affiliate of CBS, the
Columbia Broadcasting System, on September 1, 1929. During the golden
years of radio, KOIN was one of Portland’s major stations, with many local
programs and its own studio orchestra.
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