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MARK HAMILL IS 63 TODAY

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Mark Hamill as  Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy

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Mark Richard Hamill was born in Oakland, California, and raised in 
Virginia.

Besides his best known portrayal in the Original Star Wars trilogy, Hamill
also did voice acting as The Joker in Batman, the Animated TV series,
from 1992 to 1995 on Fox.

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Camille Bohannon

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Camille Bohannon

        

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PROBE LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1962

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An Atlas rocket leaves the launch pad at Cape Canaveral with Mariner
2 on board

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Mariner 2 was the first robotic space probe to conduct a successful planetary
encounter when it passed within 22,000 miles of Venus on December 14, 1962.


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Dr. William H. Pickering, (center) Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director, is
presenting a Mariner 2 spacecraft model to President John F. Kennedy 
in 1963.

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Sandy Kozel

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)

Charles Lindbergh Spirit of St Louis

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