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TV SHOW PREMIERED ON THIS DATE IN 1969

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This is Tom Jones was a British variety series starring Tom Jones. The show
was exported to the United States by ITC Entertainment and was networked
there by ABC-TV. The series ran between 1969 and 1971 for a total of 65 
color episodes. The show featured guest appearances by many top actors, 
comedians and singers of the time, including Bob Hope.

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                                       Tom Jones, then and now

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MIGUEL FERRER IS 56 TODAY

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Actor Miguel José Ferrer is often cast in roles as a villain. Ferrer was
born the oldest of five children of Academy Award-winner Jose’Ferrer 
and singer Rosemary Clooney. Ferrer began his career in the early
1980s making guest appearances on episodic television. He  had a
small part in Star Trek lll: The Search For Spock (1984) as the helm
officer Excelsior. A major role for the actor came in the 1987 action
movie Robocop.

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                           Miguel Ferrer as helm officer in Star Trek lll.

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                            Ferrer, far right, in a scene from Robocop

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MIKE FARRELL BECAME 72 TODAY

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Michael Joseph "Mike" Farrell is an actor, best known for his role as Captain
B.J. Hunnicutt (shown above) on the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H (1975–83). He
Stayed with the series for its remaining eight years on the air. During that
time, Farrell wrote five episodes and directed four.  Even before he was
well-known, Farrell was an activist for many political and social causes.

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RONALD REAGAN WOULD HAVE BEEN 100 TODAY

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Ronald Wilson Reagan , known as the “The Great Communicator”, was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975) and prior to politics, a Hollywood actor.  

Many conservative and liberal scholars agree that Ronald Reagan has been the most
most influential president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, leaving his imprint on American politics,

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TODAY IS DAVID BRENNER’S 75th BIRTHDAY

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David Brenner  is a standup comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker. Prior to
beginning his standup career, he wrote and directed over a hundred made-for-TV documentaries, which garnered him many awards, including an Emmy. Making his national television debut on the The Tonight Show, he has since become the most frequent guest on the show, with 158 appearances.

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