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Born Today :
1967 Kristen Johnston - actress
1964 Crispin Glover - actor
1951 Matt Blair - football player
1947 John Panozzo - drummer (Styx)
1947 Chuck Panozzo - bassist (Styx)
1934 Sophia Loren - actress (Oscar® winner, 1961)
1929 Anne Meara - comedienne, actress
1920 Jay Ward - TV animation producer (Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, George of the Jungle)
1917 Red Auerbach - basketball coach


In the Headlines Today:
1984 The Cosby Show, starring comedian Bill Cosby, premieres on NBC-TV.
1973 Singer/guitarist Jim Croce dies in a plane crash in Natchitoches, LA.
1973 Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in three straight matches.
1519 Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Spain to search for a western passage to Indonesia.