JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS IS 50 TODAY

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Julia Louis–Dreyfus is best known for her sitcom roles in Sinfield on
NBC-TV from 1989 to 1998 and The New Adventures of Old Christine
seen on CBS-TV from 2006 to 2010. The latter show received nine
Emmy nominations, winning one for Louis-Dreyfus’ performance
in the first season.

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BILLY GRAY BECAME 73 TODAY

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Actor Billy Gray is best known for his role as James “Bud” Anderson Jr.
in the television sitcom Father Knows Best. The show ran from October 3,  
1954 till May 23, 1960. It began on NBC-TV and concluded on CBS-TV.

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MUSIC SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DATE IN 1959

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THE BELL TELEPHONE HOUR was seen on NBC-TV and ran until the spring
of 1968. The concert series was one of the first TV shows to be telecast
exclusively in color using a system perfected by RCA in 1954. It aired
every week on Friday evenings. 

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ACTOR J. K. SIMMONS IS 56 TODAY

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J.K. Simmons is best known for his portrayal as police psychiatrist
Dr. Emil Skoda in the NBC-TV series Law & Order. Simmons was a
Broadway actor and singer prior to his film and television career.

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Simmons, right, with Marlon Wayans in a scene from Ladykillers,
a 2004 dark comedy from the Coen brothers.

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J.K. Simmons in the role of J. Jonah Jameson from Spider-Man,2004.

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ELVIS PRESLEY WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1935

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           Gladys and Vernon Presley with young Elvis in 1937  

                     
           Elvis on a special Milton Berl Show aboard the USS Hancock in    
           San Diego. It was the first of two appearances on the NBC show.

                       Elvis on the the Ed Sullivan show in 1956 

            
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                              Elvis joined the US Army in 1958 

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                     Priscilla and Elvis with Daughter Lisa Marie

         Elvis in H. 

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