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SANDY KOZEL



Harry Lillis
"Bing" Crosby, Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)

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BORN IN ITALY ON THIS DAY IN 1452


Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, (more commonly Leonardo da Vinci)
(April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519)   

Leonardo da Vinci was a renaissance artist, inventor, polymath, musician, and
architect who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper and drew the iconic
Vitruvian Man. He is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. He
also devised such futuristic technology as tanks, concentrated solar power, and
adding machines, and spearheaded some vital breakthroughs in anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics.

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The Last Supper


Mona Lisa

               Firma de Leonardo Da Vinci.svg

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ED DANAHUE

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COVERED BY ROLLING STONE ON THIS DAY IN 1973


Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone."

Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, shortened in 1975 to Dr. Hook, was a rock band,
formed around Union City, New Jersey. They enjoyed considerable success in the
1970s with hits including "Sylvia’s Mother", "The Cover of Rolling Stone", "Sharing
the Night Together
", "A Little Bit More" and "When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman". In addition to their own material, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
performed songs written by the poet Shel Silverstein.

 

 
Ray "Eye Patch" Sawyer turned 79 February 1.

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MIKE GRACIA


Robert "Rob" Reiner is 69 years old today.

Reiner began his career writing for the Smothers
Brothers Comedy Hour
 on CBS television in 1968
and 1969. He is the son of comedian, actor and
producer/director Carl Reiner.

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