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"BORN TODAY" Ivana Baquero 1994 - Spanish actress Eugene Simon 1992 - Actor (Game Of Thrones) Shia LaBeouf 1986 - Actor (Disturbia, Transformers) Brighton Hertford 1986 - Actress (BJ Jones-General Hospital) Joshua Jackson 1978 - Actor (Mighty Ducks) Ryan Dunn 1977 (RIP) - Founding member of the Jackass and Viva La Bam crew Shane Meier 1977 - Actor (The Matthew Shepard Story) Robby Kiger 1973 - Actor (Josh Fox-Crazy Like a Fox) Chris Rice 1970 - American Singer-songwriter Matt McGrath 1969 - Actor (The Notorious Bettie Page, Boys Don't Cry, The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, and The Impostors) Peter Dinklage 1969 - Actor (Games of Thrones) Sophie Okonedo 1968 - English Actress (Hotel Rwanda) Gioia Bruno 1965 - Rocker (Expose) Dr. Mehmet Oz 1960 - Surgeon and TV personality (The Dr. Oz Show), Hugh Laurie 1959 - English actor (Strapless, Dr. Gregory House-House) Joe Montana 1956 - NFL Quarterback Peter Bergman 1953 - Actor (All My Children, Starland Vocal Band) Michael Swan 1950 - Actor (Duncan-As The World Turns) Graham Russell 1950 - Australian rock vocalist (Air Supply) Frank Beard 1949 - US country rock drummer (ZZ Top) Stephen Schnetzer 1948 - Actor (Cass Winthrop-Another World) Glenn Leonard 1947 - R&B singer (Temptations) Adrienne Barbeau 1945 - Actress (Maude, Swamp Thing) Henry Hill Jr. 1943 (RIP) - Mobster and FBI informant (inspired Goodfellas) Wilma Burgess 1939 (RIP) - Country-pop singer Christina Crawford 1939 - Author, Joan's daughter (Mommie Dearest) Jud Strunk 1936 (RIP) - American musician and comedian (Laugh-In) Gene Wilder 1933 (RIP) American actor ( Blazing Saddles, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) (FEATURED IMAGE) Lucianna Paluzzi 1931 - Actress (Five Fingers, Thunderball) John Bromfield 1922 (RIP) - Actor (Easy to Love) Richard Todd 1919 (RIP) Irish-born British actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident) Vince Lombardi 1913 - NFL coach Jacques Cousteau 1910 (RIP) - French oceanic explorer (Calypso) Lillian Fontaine 1886 (RIP) - Actress (Suddenly it's Spring) Click to see more nostalgic news on "NEXT" page "DIED TODAY" John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979) David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers (December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007) Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick) (January 8, 1924 – 11 June 11, 2015) "MOVIES TODAY" Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1969 - Rascal 1969 - True Grit 1975 - Nashville 1975 - Night Moves 1976 - The Tenant 1980 - Bronco Billy 1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 - Grease 2 1982 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1993 - Jurassic Park 1999 - Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me Click "NEXT" for MUSIC news "MUSIC TODAY" 1928 - King Oliver and his band recorded "Tin Roof Blues." 1940 - The Ink Spots recorded "Maybe." 1949 - Hank Williams made his debut at the 'Grand Ole Opry' in Nashville and received an unprecedented total of six encores. 1957 - Elvis Presley released the single "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear". 1962 - The Beatles recorded a BBC radio program, "Here We Go", at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester, in front of a studio audience composed largely of loyal Cavern fans. 1964 - Manfred Mann recorded "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" 1966 - The Rolling Stones started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Paint It, Black', the group's third US No.1 single. Also a No.1 in the UK, it was the first No.1 single to feature a sitar on the recording. 1966 - European radio stations mistakenly reported that The Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey was dead. Actually, it was guitarist Pete Townshend who had been injured in a car accident a few days earlier. 1967 - Printed in this week's music weekly Melody Maker's ad's pages, 'Freaky lead guitarist, bass and drummer wanted for Marc Bolan's new group. Also any other astral flyers like with car's amplification and that which never grows in window boxes, phone Wimbledon 0697.' The band who formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex, went on to release four underground folk albums before becoming known as T Rex. 1969 - The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Ballad Of John and Yoko' the group's 17th UK No.1. The only two Beatles that played on the track were John Lennon and Paul McCartney. 1976 - AC/DC appeared at Glasgow City Hall, Scotland, on the first night of their Lock Up Your Daughters 19 date UK tour. 1976 - The Carpenters released the album A Kind of Hush. 1977 - As Britain celebrated the Queen's Silver Jubilee, The Sex Pistols reached No. 2 in the singles chart with 'God Save The Queen'. 1977 - KC and the Sunshine Band became only the second group after The Jackson Five to achieve four US No.1's when 'I'm Your Boogie Man' went to the top of the charts.https://youtu.be/PJysQxMnPKE 1983 - Irene Cara was halfway through her run at #1 (three weeks already) with "Flashdance...What A Feeling". 1983 - Loverboy had the highest debuting song with "Hot Girls In Love" 1983 - "My Love" by Lionel Richie was #1 for the fourth straight week on the Adult Contemporary chart. 1988 - George Michael remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the third week with "One More Try". 1988 - Nelson Mandellas 70th birthday tribute took place at Wembley Stadium, London, featuring Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Tracy Chapman, George Michael, Eric Clapton, UB40, The Eurythmics and Simple Minds. The event was broadcast live on BBC 2 to 40 different countries with an estimated audience of 1 billion. 1994 - "Any Time, Any Place" by Janet Jackson was the new #1 song on the R&B chart.https://youtu.be/wQARSXi1Cig 1996 - A Metallica concert at a small club in San Francisco was broadcast live via the Internet. 2000 - Aaliyah went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Try Again'. It became the first "airplay-only" song to reach No.1 on the US singles chart (no points from a commercial single release). Click "NEXT" to see what happened in TV & RADIO "TV/RADIO TODAY" 1976 - Fleetwood Mac performed on The Midnight Special with guest host Helen Reddy. 1999 - Ricky Martin performed on NBC's "Today" show in New York City. 2001 - The first episode of "Fear Factor" aired on NBC. https://youtu.be/lG9TAm0b8Io 2002 - The television singing competition "American Idol" debuted on FOX. "OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS..." 1947 - The U.S. government announced an end to sugar rationing. 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Florida for trying to integrate restaurants. 1963 - Alabama Gov. George Wallace allowed two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama. 1972 - Hank Aaron tied the National League record for 14 grand-slam home runs in a career. 1973 - After a ruling by the Justice Department of the State of Pennsylvania, women were licensed to box or wrestle. 1983 - Drummer Alex Van Halen married Valeri Kendall in Los Angeles, California. Brother Eddie Van Halen was best man. 1981 - The first major league baseball player's strike began. It would last for two months. 1990 - Olivia Newton-John became a United Nations environmental ambassador. 1993 - The Ike and Tina Turner film biography "What's Love Got To Do With It" opened. 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