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DAVID FROST IS 72 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Sir David  Frost, is a British journalist, comedian, writer and media personality, 
is must known for his interviews with various political figures, the most famous
being Richard Nixon in August of 1977. The interviews were the most watched
in the history of television and were the subject of a play in 2006 and the 2008
Ron Howard film  Frost Nixon.

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Picture taken of David Frost (left) during the actual interview with Richard Nixon

Nixon talks time mag 
May 1977 issue

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May 23, 1977 issue

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PREMIER OF SONNY & CHER MOVIE ON THIS DATE IN 1967


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RUSSELL CROW IS 47 TODAY

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Russell Crowe  is a New Zealand-born Australian actor and musician. His acting
career began in the late 1980s with roles in Australian television. In the late
1990s, Crowe transferred his acting ambitions to the United States with his
breakout role in L.A. Confidential (1997). Crowe won the Academy Award for
Best Actor for Gladiator in 2001 and has received three Academy Award
nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role:The Insider (1999) Gladiator
(2000), and Beautiful Mind (2001).

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Russell Crow in Gladiator

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NEWS BROADCASTER BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1892

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Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981)
has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was
inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989. 

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GREGORY PECK WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1916

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Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was one of 20th Century Fox’s 
most popular stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. One of his best known roles 
roles was that of Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird, which
won him an Academy Award. In 1999, the American Film Institute named 
Peck among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at #12.

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1949

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1977

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