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CHUBBY CHECKER IS 75 TODAY

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Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans in Spring Gully, South Carolina)

Recording artist Chubby Checker dominated the 1960s music scene with the
dance song "The Twist." and also made the "Limbo Rock" song and dance
style popular. In September 2008 "The Twist" topped Billboard’s list of the
most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958.

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Dick Clark and Chubby Checker on American Bandstand.

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CAMILLE BOHANNON

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Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is 65 years old today.

As a youngster, Sting delivered milk early in the morning with his father. He
was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters
Hall of Fame.

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Original run on CBS-TV: October 2, 1959 – June 19, 1964.

In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked The Twilight Zone as the third
best-written TV series ever and TV Guide ranked it as the fifth greatest show
of all time.

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Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975)

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MOVIE PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1968

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The independent horror film Night of the Living Dead was directed by George
A.
Romero
and starred  Duane Jones and Judith O’Dea. It was completed on
a $114,000 budget and became a financial success, grossing $12 million
domestically and $18 million internationally. The film has been a cult classic 
ever since. Night of the Living Dead has been selected by the Library of
Congress
for preservation in the National Film Registry, as a film deemed
"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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George Andrew Romero turned 76 in February.

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JULIE ANDREWS IS 81 TODAY

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Dame Julia Elizabeth
"Julie" Andrews (Wells) 

Julie Andrews gained fame for her beloved musical roles in Mary Poppins and
The Sound of Music, and became a Dame for the performing arts for Queen
Elizabeth II
. She also became the most successful actress in the world after
appearing in Torn Curtain and Thoroughly Modern Millie in the 1960s.

Andrews was a child actress who began singing onstage with her parents in
1945 and who appeared in a stage production of Jack and the Beanstalk.

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