Archive for August, 2014

THIS DAY IN HISTORY ~ 45 YEARS AGO

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Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski outside their home on Cielo Drive, 1969

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NIXON’S FAREWELL TO THE STAFF, 1974

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A portrait of former President Richard M. Nixon is replaced by
that of his successor Gerald R. Ford as the 38th president of
the United States.

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SAM ELLIOTT IS 70 TODAY

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Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott was born in Sacramento, California and moved
from California to Oregon with his family during his teenage years, where he
graduated from David Douglas High School in Portland. He attended Clark
College
in Vancouver, Washington. He worked in construction while studying
acting in Los Angeles and served in the California Army National Guard.

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CONNIE STEVENS, BIRTHDAY 76 TODAY

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Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia in Brooklyn, NY) 

Actress and singer Connie Stevens played Cricket Blake on the ABC television
series Hawaiian Eye (1959-1963).  She married her second husband, Eddie
Fisher
in 1967.

Stevens had hit singles as a solo artist with "Sixteen Reasons" (1960), being
her biggest hit, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Sandy Kozel

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Dustin Lee Hoffman is 77 years old today

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