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TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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George Edward Foreman ("Big George") turned 63 in January

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FILM ICON IS 82 TODAY

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Clint Eastwood tdy

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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IN THE RING WITH ‘’THE GREATEST’’!

beatles & mohammad ali 1964

The Beatles meet  Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) for the first time during
their first U.S. visit on February 18, 1964. The boxer reportedly had no idea
who they were!

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Another photo op picture taken while at Ali’s training camp

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FOREMAN VS FRAZIER ON THIS DAY IN 1973

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