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1931 - Birth of Dan Rather in Wharton, Texas, USA; American television news anchor (CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes).

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1937 - Birth of Michael Landon in Forest Hills, New York, USA; actor (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven).

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1937 - Birth of Tom Paxton in Chicago, Illinois, USA; folk singer/songwriter ("Forest Lawn").

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1942 - Birth of David Ogden Stiers in Peoria, Illinois, USA; actor (Charles Emerson Winchester - M*A*S*H, Doc).

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1944 - Birth of Kinky Friedman in Palestine, Texas, USA; country rocker ("Ride 'em Jewboy").

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1944 - Birth of Sally Kirkland in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Anna, Sting, Private Benjamin, Big Bad Mama).

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1947 - Birth of Deidre Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Days of Our Lives, Our House).

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1949 - Birth of Terrence W Wilcutt in Russellville, Kentucky, USA; Major US Marine Corp/astronaut.

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1950 - Birth of Jane Pauley in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; newscaster (Today, NBC Weekend).

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1980 - Birth of Samaire Armstrong; American actress.

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