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On this day in History and Celebrity: Birthdays April 6 2014 Merle Haggard - Paul Rudd - Zach Braff

  Merle Haggard - 77(Country outlaw. and Kennedy Center honoree)  (His biggest albums include 1969's "Okie from Muskogee", which features the hit title track and "Mama Tried"; and his disc "Pancho and Lefty" with Willie Nelson with the hit title track and "Reasons to Quit".)  

Billy Dee Williams is 77.(Lando Calrissian in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi"; and lover of COLT .45 MALT LIQUOR . . . AND white women!!!)  

Roy Thinnes (The Invaders) is 76.

Barry Levinson 72

 John Ratzenberger (Cheers) is 66. (Cliff Clavin on "Cheers", the voice of the piggy bank "Hamm" in "Toy Story", and MAJOR DERLIN IN "THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK".)  

Marilu Henner (Taxi, Evening Shade) is 62. (was the Saucy Elaine Nardo on "Taxi".)

Paul Rudd is 45.

Jason Hervey (The Wonder Years) is 42.(Big brother Wayne on "The Wonder Years" butthead. 

Zach Braff (Scrubs) is 39. (He WAS J.D. on "Scrubs", He used to schtupp Mandy Moore anytime he wanted to.)

Candace Cameron Bure (Full House) is 38.

Diora Baird - 31  (Vivian in "Wedding Crashers".)

Tim Hasselbeck - 36  (Former NFL quarterback who schtupps  "View" conservative Gop Clueless bitch Elisabeth Hasselbeck any time SHE wants him to.)  

Eliza Coupe, Actress ("Happy Endings"), turns 33

Charlie McDermott, Actor ("The Middle"), turns 24

 

1830 - The CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS was organized by JOSEPH SMITH in Fayette, New York.  You probably know them as those darn  Mormons.

1868 - Mormon Church leader and Utah governor BRIGHAM YOUNG married his 27th and final wife.  He was 69.  He had 47 children.

1896 The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.
1926 - Q-TIPS COTTON SWABS were introduced.  At the time, they were called"BABY GAYS".

1930 - HOSTESS TWINKIES WERE INVENTED.

1954 - TV DINNERS WERE FIRST PUT ON SALE BY SWANSON & SONS.

1959 - Hal Holbrook opened in the off-Broadway presentation of "Mark Twain Tonight."

1962 - The Russian newspaper "Pravda" warned youths about the dangers of twisting. 

1965 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized the use of ground troops in combat operations in Vietnam.

1983 Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."

1999 - Carmen Electra filed for a divorce from Dennis Rodman. They had only been married six months.

2005  Prince Rainier III of Monaco died at age 81.

On This Day in History and Celebrity Birthdays: February 3 2014: Nathan lane Daddy yankee Blythe Danner

 

Tallulah Belle Willis (20)

 Sean Kingston - 24  ( chubby pop rapper who almost DIED in a jet-skiing accident a while back)

Isla Fisher - 37  ( the psycho broad, Gloria, in "Wedding Crashers"!!!  BORAT a.k.a. Sacha Baron Cohen, gets to nail her in real life.  They have a two-year-old daughter togethe.)

Daddy Yankee - 37  (Talento de barrio!!!  A ella le gusta la gasoline!!!) 

WARWICK DAVIS- 43  (3-FOOT-6 STAR!!!  He IS "Willow" AND Professor Flitwick in the "Harry Potter" movies.(Warwick Davis was also the lead Ewok, Wicket, in "Return of the Jedi" back when he was just 2-FOOT-11!!! 

MAURA TIERNEY - 48  (was Abby on "ER". 

Linda Eder (52)

Nathan Lane - 58  gay broadway star

MORGAN FAIRCHILD - 64  (MILF)

Melanie, Folk singer, turns 67..i gotta a bradn new pair of roller skates!

Bob Griese, Football Hall of Famer, turns 68

Blythe Danner - 71  (Princess Gwyneth Paltrow's mommy.)  (--Played Robert De Niro's wife in "Meet the Parents" and "Meet the Fockers".) 

Fran Tarkenton - 73  (Hall-of-Fame quarterback, businessman AND was host of "That's Incredible!"!!!) 

 

Joey Bishop - Would have been 96 - (1918 - 2007)  (Member of the Rat Pack and  old-school comedian! Regis Philbin used to be his SIDEKICK!)

John Fiedler - Would have been 89 - (1925 - 2005)  (Piglet's voice in "Winnie the Pooh".)

Norman Rockwell - (1894 - 1978)  (Painted 317 covers for the "Saturday Evening Post".)

Gertrude Stein 2/3/1874 - 7/27/1946 American writer.

James Michener 2/3/1907 - 10/16/1997  American novelist/short story writer

1959 - BUDDY HOLLY, RICHIE VALENS, and the BIG BOPPER died in a plane crash in Mason City, Iowa.  This was the "Day the Music Died", ya know.

1991 - NANCY KULP (--the incredibly  Mrs. Hathaway on "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES") died of cancer at the age of 69.

1992 -  MARGE SCHOTTwas suspended as Cincinnati Reds owner for one year for repeatedly using racial and ethnic slurs.  The suspension was lifted after eight months.

1992 - In Los Angeles, the federal trial began for four police officers charged with civil rights violations in the videotaped ass-whooping of BEATEN BLACK MOTORIST RODNEY KING (-

1995 - At the O.J. SIMPSON trial in Los Angeles, prosecution witness DENISE BROWN wept on the stand as she described the humiliation and abuse of her sister, NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON, at the hands of the man who loves, yet kills, white women.

1996 - AUDREY MEADOWS ( Alice Kramden, on "THE HONEYMOONERS") died of lung cancer at the age of 69.  (Audrey was born in Wu-ch'ang China,.  Her parents were Episcopal missionaries.)

2003 - PHIL SPECTOR was arrested for the murder of B-movie "star" Lana Clarkson.  He says she committed suicide . . . or as he so tactfully puts it, she, quote, "kissed the gun."(-Spector's first trial ended in a hung jury.  His second trial ended last year.  He was CONVICTED, and sentenced to 19 years to life.)

2006 - AL LEWIS, who played Grandpa Munster on "The Munsters", died at the age of 82.

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On This Day in History and Celebrity Birthdays: January 26 2014:Ellen Degeneres - Eddie van halen - ANDREW RIDGELEY

Sara Rue - 35  (was on the ABC sitcom "Less Than Perfect" .  

Kirk Franklin - 43  (Gospel music superstar, and ADMITTED PORNO ADDICT.  Remember his crossover hit, "Stomp" with God's Property AND Salt of Salt 'N Pepa?) 

 ANDREW RIDGELEY! - 50 (THE TALENTED HALF OF WHAM!)  (--Out of Wham's three main albums, their biggest was 1984's "Make it Big", which is certified Six-Times Platinum, and features the juggernaut "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" . "Careless Whisper", "Everything She Wants" AND "Freedom".)

Wayne Gretzky - 52  (The Great hockey player.)

Anita Baker - 55  (grammy winning singer.)  

Ellen DeGeneres - 55  (Gets to enjoy have mad lesbian love with 36-year-old Portia de Rossi ANYTIME SHE WANTS TO!!!   She also doesn't like it when dogs are taken away from people.)  

EDDIE VAN HALEN - 58  (The dysfunctional centerpiece of the most dysfunctional rock outfit of all time, Van Halen. reunion.  And

Lucinda Williams - 60 (Critically acclaimed country-type rocker.  )

Scott Glenn, Actor, turns 74

Bob Uecker - 78  (Star of "Major League" AND "Mr. Belvedere"!)

Paul Newman - Would have been 89 - (1925 - 2008)  ("The Sting", "Cool Hand Luke", "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid", "The Color of Money", "The Towering Inferno" AND Newman's Own Salad Dressing!!!)

Gene Siskel - (1946 - 1999)  (Cause of Death:  Complication from brain surgery.)

General Douglas MacArthur - (1880 - 1964)  (Smoked a pipe like Popeye's.)

1784 - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN wrote a letter to his daughter . . . supporting the TURKEY as America's national symbol.  He complained that the eagle was a bird of bad moral character and the turkey was MORE RESPECTABLE.  

1962 - Bishop Burke of the Buffalo, New York, Catholic Diocese BANNED "THE TWIST".  The evil "Twist" could not be danced, sung about or listened to in any Catholic school, parish or youth event(Later that year, "The Twist" was banned from community center dances in Tampa, Florida, as well.)

1963 - THE FOUR SEASONS' mighty hit "WALK LIKE A MAN" was released.

1977 - FLEETWOOD MAC'S original lead guitarist, PETER GREEN, was committed to a mental hospital in England . . . after he fired a gun at a delivery boy who was bringing a royalty check for the group's record sales.

1979 - "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD", starring JOHN SCHNEIDER and TOM WOPAT, premiered on CBS.

 1984 - MICHAEL JACKSON suffered burns about the scalp and neck when his HAIR CAUGHT FIRE in an explosion on the set of a Pepsi commercial!!!  The commercial debuted on MTV on February 27th, 1984, with Michael's flaming head edited out.

1988 - ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S "PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"opened on Broadway.  It's now the longest-running show in Broadway history.

1992 - Following the Super Bowl, BILL CLINTON appeared with his wife HILLARY on "60 Minutes", denying an affair with GENNIFER FLOWERS as reported in a tabloid.  --Hillary said, quote, "I'm not some little woman, standing by my man like Tammy Wynette."  Clinton later admitted that he had indeed enjoyed a sexual affair with Flowers.  And Hillary purchased a copy of "Tammy Wynette's Greatest Hits".

1997 - METALLICA drummer LARS ULRICH married Dr. Skylar Satenstein.    They got divorced in 2004.  (--Before she married Lars, Skylar used to open herself up to Matt Damon.  Matt based the Minnie Driver character in "Good Will Hunting" after her.)

1997 - The GREEN BAY PACKERS beat the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 35-to-21 to win their first SUPER BOWL in 29 years.

2005 - IRV GOTTI and his brother CHRIS surrendered to the Police on charges of laundering money for a drug lord through Murder Inc.

2005 - CONDOLEEZZA RICE was sworn in as the U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE . . . becoming the first African American woman to ever hold that position.

On This Day in History and Celebrity Birthdays: January 21 2014: Robbie Benson Geena Davis

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ROBBY BENSON!!! - 58  (He was Billy Joe McAllister in the 1976  "ODE TO BILLY JOE"!!!  He also starred in the 1978 movie masterpiece, "ICE CASTLES"!!! Robby Benson also provided the voice of the Beast in Disney's "Beauty & The Beast".)

Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton - 38

Geena Davis - 58  ( Geena is a member of Mensa, speaks fluent Swedish . . . AND was a semifinalist for the U.S. Women's Olympic Archery team.  Jeff Goldblum used to schtupp her. )

BILLY OCEAN- 64

Jill Eikenberry - 67  ("L.A. Law" .

MAC DAVIS!!! - 71  (Biggest hit:  "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"!!!  He also wrote "In the Ghetto" for Elvis!!!) 

Placido Domingo - 73  (One of the Three Tenors . . . AND the  Man in the Moon in "Moulin Rouge"  .)

JACK NICKLAUS - 74  (Possibly the greatest Caucasian golfer of  all time.) 

Ann Wedgeworth - 79  (The oversexed Lana on "Three's  Company"!!!)

Edwin Starr - Would have been 72 - (1942 - 2003)  ("War"!!! "What is it good for?  Absolutely nothing.  Good god y'all"!!!)

Richie Havens -woulda have been 72  (Singer who opened Woodstock.)

Wolfman Jack - (1938 - 1995)  

TELLY SAVALAS - (1922 - 1994)  (The lollypop-sucking bald headed bad-ass that was "Kojak"!  "Who loves ya, baby?"  He was also Jennifer Aniston's godfather.)  

 BENNY HILL - (1924 - 1992) GENIUS

Christian Dior 1/21/1905 - 10/24/1957

1908 - New York City lawmakers passed a law making it ILLEGAL FOR WOMEN TO SMOKE IN PUBLIC.

1959 - CARL SWITZER, who played ALFALFA on "THE LITTLE RASCALS", was shot and killed by a former business partner .during an argument over a $50 debt.

1966 - GEORGE HARRISON married his first wife, PATTIE BOYD.  The two met on the set of the movie, "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT".  She left him in the '70s for ERIC CLAPTON. 

1970 - "NANNY & THE PROFESSOR" premiered .starring JULIET MILLS as the Nanny.

1977 - JIMMY CARTER pardoned almost all Vietnam War "DRAFT DODGERS" in one of his first acts as President.

1979 - The PITTSBURGH STEELERS beat the DALLAS COWBOYS, 35-31, in SUPER BOWL 13 . . . to become the first team to win three Super Bowls.  A young dude named TERRY BRADSHAW was the game's MVP.

1984 - The great JACKIE WILSON, who sang "HIGHER AND HIGHER" and "LONELY TEARDROPS" AND had all of his dance moves stolen by MICHAEL JACKSON, died of a heart attack at the age of 49.

1990 - JOHN MCENROE threw his racket at the Australian Open and was ejected from the match immediately. It was the first time a player was kicked out of the tournament in the event's 85-year history. 

1990 - "MTV UNPLUGGED" debuted . . . with SQUEEZE as the first performers.

1994 - LORENA BOBBITT was found not guilty by reason of insanity for chopping off her husband's junk.  Lorena's ex later went on to make such fine films as "John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut", "The Trial Of Lorena Bobbitt" and "Frankenpenis". 

1996 - WYNONNA JUDD married Arch Kelley.  They divorced in 1998.

1996 - The 53rd Annual GOLDEN GLOBES were held in Los Angeles. 

1998 - BILL CLINTON angrily denied reports he'd had "sexual relations with that woman."  On this point, he was not entirely truthful.

2005 - Chaos erupted at radio station WKYS when THE GAME and his entourage allegedly attacked two DJs because of comments one of them made. A few months later one of those DJs, Kwasi Jones, filed a civil lawsuit for $280 million in damages for assault and emotional distress against The Game, 50 CENT, DR. DRE'S label, Aftermath Entertainment, and EMINEM'S label, Shady Records.

On This Day in History and Celebrity Birthdays: January 13, 2014: Rip Taylor Orlando Bloom Patrick Dempsey

Liam Hemsworth - 23  (hunky lil star  "The Last Song".  Schtupps  Miley Cyrus.  They broke up for a while, but they're back together now.)

WILLIAM HUNG!!! - 30  ( Idol reject Flash in the pan.Probably doing Karaoke somewhere.) HE  BANGS NO MORE!

ORLANDO BLOOME!!! - 36  ("WAS" Dashing Will Turner in "Pirates of the Caribbean", and "WAS"handsome twink hairless elf Legolas in the "Lord of the Rings" movies.)

Nicole Eggert - 41  (Blonde Bimbobrain from "Baywatch" and"CHARLES IN CHARGE"!!!  Scott Baio probably schtupped her.)

Patrick Dempsey - 48  (Dr. Derek Shepherd . . . a.k.a. "McDreamy" . . . on "Grey's Anatomy". I'd hit it in a heartbeat.)

Trace Adkins - 51  (Country star and was a runner-up on "The Celebrity Apprentice".) 

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - 52  (Big-headed "Seinfeld" broad.  and  "The New Adventures of Old Christine".)
   

Richard Moll - 70  (Bull on "Night Court"!!!  He also played the Abominable Snowman in Ringo Starr's classic, 1981 comedy "Caveman"!!!)

RIP TAYLOR!!! - 79  (hysterical fabulous comedian and comedy legend !!!  Don't YOU wish you could just reach into your pocket and throw some confetti whenever you felt like it???  How cool would that be? Just glitter bombing the world at your will)

CHARLES NELSON REILLY!!! - Would have been 82 - (1931 - 2007)  (Director genius and incredible Character actor and  "MATCH GAME" PANELIST, WHO WAS IN TOP  FORM DURING "MATCH GAME '73" AND "MATCH GAME '76"!!!)

Robert Stack - Would have been 94 - (1919 - 2003)  (Old actor.  He hosted "Unsolved Mysteries", starred in "Airplane!" and played Eliot Ness on "The Untouchables" TV series.)

Sophie Tucker 1/13/1884 - 2/9/1966 American entertainer "go ahead and applaud the old Gal..Dead but not forgotten by me..." Bette Midler

OMFG..RIP TAYLOR and the $1.98 Beauty Pageant

 

1863 - THOMAS CRAPPER unveiled his invention . . . the one-piece pedestal flushing toilet.

1929 - WYATT "DAMM" EARPdied in Los Angeles at the age of 80.  He kicked all manner of cowboy ass in the Gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

1957 - Elvis Presley recorded "All Shook Up" and "That’s When Your Heartaches Begin" in Hollywood.

1957 - After seeing Yale students toss pie tins from Frisbie's Pie Company in the air, an executive at Wham-O decided to mass-produce the first FRISBEE.

1964 - The Beatles released "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the U.S.

1979 - The YMCA filed a libel suit against the VILLAGE PEOPLE for their way gay hit, "In the Navy".  KIDDING!!!  It was for the song "YMCA".  The suit . . . and all manner of tight pants . . . were later dropped.  (???)

1985 - On a 130-yard hole at a golf course in Spain, one Otto Butcher became the OLDEST PERSON EVER to hit a hole-in-one . . . at AGE 99.

1988 - HANK WILLIAMS JR.'S "duet" with his late father, "There's a Tear in My Beer", was released.

1992 - WOODY ALLEN and MIA FARROW ended their 12-year relationship when Mia found naked pictures of her adopted daughter SOON-YI in Woody Allen's apartment.  She was later awarded custody of their children.

1993 - Bobby Brown was arrested in Augusta, GA, for simulating a sex act onstage. It was the second time that he had been arrested by the Augusta police department for the same offense. 

1994 - Two of TONYA HARDING'S chubby hoodlum bodyguards were arrested and charged with conspiracy in the clubbing of NANCY KERRIGAN.

1999 - MICHAEL JORDAN announced his SECOND retirement from the Chicago Bulls.

2002 - While watching football at the White House, GEORGE W. BUSH choked on a deadly PRETZEL . . . to the point of PASSING OUT.

2003 - PETE TOWNSHEND of THE WHO was arrested for accessing child pornography on the Internet.  Luckily for him, the cops bought his excuse about doing "research".

RIP TAYLOR on the DATING GAME...OH SO GAY in another Time!! America was so slowwww..But this is hysterica