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ED O’NEILL IS 70 TODAY

 


Edward Philip "Ed" O’Neill, Jr. was born in Youngstown, Ohio.

Ed O’Neill played Al Bundy on Fox- TV’s Married…With Children (1987-1997) 
and also stars as Jay Pritchett on ABC’s sitcom Modern Family (2009-present).

O’Neill briefly worked as a social studies teacher before pursuing acting. He is
a martial arts black belt, and was almost a professional football player but got
cut in training camp.

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SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

Frank Sinatra’s Strangers in the Night reached number one on both the
Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart, it was the title song
for Sinatra’s 1966 album Strangers in the Night, which became his most
commercially successful album.

               

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TIM MAGUIRE


Apollo 13 crew from left: Fred Haise, Jack Swigert, and James Lovell. 


James Arthur "Jim" Lovell, Jr. became 88 in March.


Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. turned 82 in November.


John Leonard "Jack" Swigert, Jr.
(August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982)


Swiger died of respiratory failure due to cancer.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1921


Kevin Joseph "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992)

Connors played the role of frontiersman Lucas McCain on the ABC-TV series The Rifleman (1958-1963). He was both a professional basketball and baseball player
before turning to acting.

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SANDY KOZEL



Samuel Burl
"Sam" Kinison (December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992)

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