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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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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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The original radio series of “Father Knows Best” starred Robert Young as
Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife Margaret was first portrayed by
June Whitley and later by Jean Vander Pyl. The Anderson children were
Betty (Rhonda Williams), Bud (Ted Donaldson), and Kathy was played
by
 (Norma Jean Nillson). The show was sponsored through most of its
run by
General Foods, the series was heard Thursday evenings on
NBC until March 25, 1954. It went to television on May 27, 1954. 

Only Robert Young remained of the radio cast when the series moved to
CBS Television.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911

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Homer Durward Kirby (August 24, 1911 – March 15, 2000)

Television host and announcer Durward Kirby is best remembered
for The Garry Moore Show in the 1950s and Candid Camera, which
he co-hosted with Allen Funt from 1961 through 1966.

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BARBARA EDEN TURNED 83 TODAY

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Barbara Eden was born Barbara Jean Morehead in Tucson, Arizona

Actress Eden is best known for her role on NBC TV’s I Dream of Jeanie from
1965 to 1970 and appeared in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in 1961.She
began singing with local bands at age 14 for $10 a night in local night clubs.

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