Robert Selden Duvall was born in The Plains, Virginia.

Actor and filmmaker Robert Duvall has been nominated for seven
Academy Awards, winning for his performance in Tender Mercies 
(1983), seven Golden Globes (winning four), and has multiple
nominations and one win each of the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild
Award, and Emmy Award. He received the National Medal of Arts
in 2005. Duvall has starred in some of the most acclaimed and
popular films and television series of all time, including The
Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse
Now (1979), and Falling Down (1993).

Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now.

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The song, “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” was written by Don Raye and Hughie
Prince, and was recorded at Decca‘s Hollywood studios, nearly a year before
the United States entered World War II. The flip side was "Bounce Me, Brother,
With a Solid Four". The Andrews Sisters introduced both songs in the Abbott
and Costello film, Buck Privates which was in production when they made the
record. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Song and was ranked No. 6 on Songs of the Century.

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The presidential cabinet of Abraham Lincoln, depicted drafting the Emancipation Proclamation.

Hiram King "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) 

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Thomas Edison with his Electric Light Bulb.

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is 79 today.

Anthony Hopkins was encouraged by actor Richard Burton
to pursue acting at age 15.

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