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SYLVESTER STALLONE IS 66 TODAY

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High School yearbook, 1965

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Sylvester Stallone (Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone) is known for his
macho action roles in films such as boxer Rocky Balboa and soldier John
Rambo. Stallone was voted into boxing’s Hall of Fame in 2010.

 

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Rambo: First Blood, 1982

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LINDSAY WAGNER IS 63 TODAY

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Lindsay Wagner is probably best known for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers
in the television series The Bionic Woman (1976-1978 on ABC/NBC). She
won an Emmy for her work on the show.

Wagner was born in Los Angeles, California, later moving with her mother
and stepfather to Portland, Oregon, where she attended David Douglas
High School. She furthered her education at the University of Oregon.

 

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HOPPY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1895

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William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy with his horse Topper


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William Lawrence Boyd
(June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972)

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In 1950, Hopalong Cassidy was featured on the first lunchbox to bear
an image, causing sales for Aladdin Industries to jump from 50,000 units
to 600,000 units in just one year.

 

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FILM ICON IS 82 TODAY

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Clint Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the
TV
series Rawhide (1959–1965). He rose to fame for playing the Man with
No
 Name in Sergio Leone‘s Dollars trilogy of spaghetti westerns during the 
late 1960s and as Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films. Eastwood won
Academy Awards for Best Director and Producer of the Best Picture for
the films Unforgiven In 1992 and Million Dollar Baby in 2004. Eastwood
has contributed to over 50 films over his career as actor, director, and
producer.



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Clint in Dirty Harry

 

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Eastwood in Unforgiven

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Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, 2008

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FOLK HERO BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1837

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    James Butler Hickok
(May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876)

He was known as Wild Bill Hickok, a legend of the American Old
West
. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation
as a lawman and professional gambler, resulted in his fame, though
some of his exploits are fictionalized.

Hickok came to the West as a stagecoach driver, then became a
lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Hickok
was involved in several notable shootouts. He was shot and killed
while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory,
now South Dakota.

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The grave marker of Wild Bill in Deadwood, South Dakota

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