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KEANU REEVES TURNED 50 TODAY

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Keanu Charles Reeves

The Canadian born actor is best known for his roles in Bill & Ted’s Excellent
Adventure
(1989)
,
Speed (1994), Point Break (1991), and The Matrix trilogy 
as Neo (1999-2003-2003).

Excelling in hockey, Reeves originally intended on becoming an Olympic
hockey player for Canada. A serious injury ended this dream.


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PEGGY LIPTON IS 68 TODAY

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Margaret Ann "Peggy" Lipton was born in New York City, New York

Lipton played undercover cop and flower child Julie Barnes on the ABC-TV
series The Mod Squad (1968-1973).

Before fame,Peggy Lipton modeled with the Ford Modeling Agency and
later moved to Los Angeles in 1964, signing a film contract with Universal
Pictures.

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DAVID SOUL IS 71 TODAY

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David Soul (born David Richard Solberg, Jr. in Chicago, Illinois)

Soul teamed up with Paul Michael Glaser in the role of Hutch as part of
the famed ABC duo Starsky and Hutch (1975-1979). He studied political
science when he was 19 years old and later went into music. David Soul
was offered a pro baseball contract in 1962 to play for the Chicago White
Sox, but he turned it down. He became a British citizen in 2004.

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POP SINGER TOMMY SANDS IS 77 TODAY

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Former teen idol Thomas Adrian "Tommy" Sands was born in
Chicago, Illinois. His song "Teen Age Crush" reached No. 2 on
Billboard’s Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1957

A 23 year old Debbie Reynolds recorded “Tammy” for the film "Tammy and
the Bachelor.” The song earned her a gold record and was the best-selling
single by a female vocalist in 1957. The song spent 23 weeks on the "Top
40" charts. It was number one for five weeks on the Billboard pop charts
and was nominated for a "Best Song" Academy Award in 1957, but lost to
"All The Way" from the film, "The Joker Is Wild."

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