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ROSS SIMPSON


Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye)
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

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SYLVESTER STALLONE IS 70 TODAY


Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone was born in New York.

Director, actor and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone is best known for playing
Italian-American boxer Rocky Balboa in the 1976 film Rocky. He reprised the
role in six sequels, released from 1979 to 2015. He was also John Rambo in 
the Rambo film franchise which ran from 1982 to 2008. 

His mother’s obstetricians used forceps during his birth, which paralyzed the
left half of his face and gave him his trademark facial expression.

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1964


The song "How Do You Do It?" was the debut single by
Liverpudlian
band Gerry and the Pacemakers
. It reached number-nine on the U.S.
charts.

      

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS EVENTS

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SANDY KOZEL

 


Theodore Samuel
"Ted" Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002)

Nicknamed: "The Kid", "The Splendid Splinter", "Teddy Ballgame",
"The Thumper" and "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived".

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SINGER HUEY LEWIS IS 66 TODAY


Huey Lewis (Hugh Anthony Cregg III) was born in New York.

Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis
and
the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the
band’s songs. He learned how to play the harmonica while
hitchhiking across the country.

"The Power of Love", also called "Power of Love", is a 1985
single by Huey Lewis and the News, written for and featured
in the 1985 blockbuster film Back to the Future
.  It gave the
band their first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

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