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Texan Dooley Wilson is best known for his role as Rick’s
friend and piano player Sam in “Casablanca.”

Ann Turner Cook was chosen as the first Gerber Baby in 1928. On Saturday, she celebrated her 95th birthday.

In posts on social media, Gerber wished Cook, who went on to
become a novelist and English teacher, a Happy Birthday.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Portland woman is celebrating a
special day. Next week, Dr. Edythe Leupp (above) will turn 100
years old.

She’s lived in the Rose City for nearly 50 years. She was the
principal at Duniway Elementary School before moving to
Geroge Fox University in Newberg.

Leupp says turning 100 is bitter-sweet. Her husband passed
away 30 years ago. Despite her loss, it brings her great joy to
see her family grow.

Linda Evans is a actress known primarily for her roles on
television. In the 1960s she played Audra Barkley, the
daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck)
in the Western ABC television series The Big Valley (1965–
1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington
in the 1980s ABC primetime soap opera Dynasty, a role she
played from 1981 to 1989.

During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passed
a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for
service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy.

The resolution, drafted by future U.S. president John Adams and
adopted in Philadelphia, created the Continental Marines and is
now observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.

John Adams (October 30, 1735– July 4, 1826)