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FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

100 famous birthdays born on this day

J. P. Morgan

1837🐓Rooster

🇺🇸J. P. Morgan

American financier, banker, and art collector

Boomer Esiason

🇺🇸Boomer Esiason

American football player and commentator

Henry Ian Cusick

🇬🇧Henry Ian Cusick

Scottish actor

Barnaby Joyce

🇦🇺Barnaby Joyce

Australian politician

Arkan

🇷🇸Arkan

Serbian paramilitary commander and mobster

Claire Sweeney

🇬🇧Claire Sweeney

English actress, singer and television personality

Afrika Bambaataa

1957🐓Rooster

🇺🇸Afrika Bambaataa

American DJ, rapper, and producer

Avi Kaplan

🇺🇸Avi Kaplan

American singer-songwriter

Antonio Nusa

2005🐓Rooster

🇳🇴Antonio Nusa

Norwegian footballer

Jan Hammer

🇺🇸Jan Hammer

Czech-American musician

Billy Fury

🇬🇧Billy Fury

British rock and roll musician

Joe Alaskey

🇺🇸Joe Alaskey

American actor

Ferdinand Piëch

🇩🇪Ferdinand Piëch

Austrian industrialist, head of Volkswagen

Taksin

Taksin

King of Siam from 1767 to 1782

Chavela Vargas

🇲🇽Chavela Vargas

Mexican singer

Börje Salming

🇸🇪Börje Salming

Swedish ice hockey player

Cap Anson

🇺🇸Cap Anson

American baseball player

George Adamski

🇺🇸George Adamski

Polish-American ufologist

Dwane Casey

1957🐓Rooster

🇺🇸Dwane Casey

American professional basketball coach

Don Kirshner

🇺🇸Don Kirshner

American songwriter, publisher, music producer, manager

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📅 On This Day

Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.

Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

American Revolutionary War: Colbert's Raid: A Spanish garrison under Captain Jacobo du Breuil defeat British irregulars at Arkansas Post.

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (born 1706)

Chyna

Chyna, American wrestler (born 1969)

Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts, American actress (born 1925)

🌍Holidays & Observances

Flag of American Samoa

Flag Day (American Samoa)

Public holidays in Iraq

FAO Day (Iraq)

Donnán of Eigg

Christian feast day: Donnán of Eigg

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📅 On This Day

Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.

🕊️Remembering

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (born 1706)

Chyna

Chyna, American wrestler (born 1969)

Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts, American actress (born 1925)

🌍Holidays & Observances

Flag of American Samoa

Flag Day (American Samoa)

Public holidays in Iraq

FAO Day (Iraq)

Donnán of Eigg

Christian feast day: Donnán of Eigg

2016

Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush, American political matriarch and literacy advocate, First Lady of the United States (1989–1993), and Second Lady of the United States (1981–1989) (born 1925)

Eddie Cochran

Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)

Chaim Herzog

Chaim Herzog, Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (born 1918)

Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn, American actor (born 1923)

Aimé Césaire

Aimé Césaire, Caribbean-French poet and politician (born 1913)

Robert of Molesme

Christian feast day: Robert of Molesme

Shemon bar Sabbae

Christian feast day: Shemon bar Sabbae

Malbec World Day

Independence Day (Syria)

Evacuation Day (Syria), celebrates the recognition of the independence of Syria from France in 1946.

World Federation of Hemophilia

World Hemophilia Day

April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Public holidays in Gabon

Women's Day (Gabon)

Henry Heath (martyr)

Christian feast day: Henry Heath

Kateri Tekakwitha

Christian feast day: Kateri Tekakwitha (Canada)

2016

Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush, American political matriarch and literacy advocate, First Lady of the United States (1989–1993), and Second Lady of the United States (1981–1989) (born 1925)

Robert of Molesme

Christian feast day: Robert of Molesme