Born On This Day: Clint Eastwood turns 82 today An American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide. He rose to fame for playing the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy of spaghetti westerns (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), and as Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films (Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, and The Dead Pool) throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

In Memoriam: Jack Dempsey died 29 years ago today An American professional boxer who held the World Heavyweight Championship from 1919 to 1926. Dempsey's aggressive style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records, including the first million dollar gate. He is listed #10 on The Ring's list of all-time heavyweights and #7 among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers. In 1950, the Associated Press voted Dempsey as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years.

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Born On This Day: Cee-Lo turns 38 today An American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. He originally came to prominence as a member of the southern hip hop group Goodie Mob, later launching a critically acclaimed solo career and forming Gnarls Barkley with DJ Danger Mouse.

In Memoriam: Alexander Pope died 268 years ago today An 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson.

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Born On This Day: Adrian Paul turns 53 today An actor best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as Duncan MacLeod. Paul first became a model, then a dancer and choreographer. In 1997, he founded the Peace Fund charitable organisation.

In Memoriam: Dennis Hopper died 2 years ago today An American actor. Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954 and appeared in two films, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant.

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Born On This Day: Kylie Minogue turns 44 today An Australian singer, songwriter and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade.

In Memoriam: Gary Coleman died 2 years ago today An American actor, known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and for his small stature as an adult. He was described in the 1980s as "one of television's most promising stars". In 1989, he successfully sued his parents and business advisor over misappropriation of his assets, only to declare bankruptcy a decade later.

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Born On This Day: Christopher Lee turns 90 today An English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), and Count Dooku in the final two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002, 2005).

In Memoriam: Joseph Swan died 98 years ago today A British physicist and chemist, most famous for the invention of the incandescent light bulb before its independent invention by the American Thomas Edison. Swan's first demonstration of the light bulb was at a lecture in Newcastle upon Tyne on 18 December 1878, but he did not receive a patent until 27 November 1880 (patent No. 4933) after improvement to the original lamp.

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Born On This Day: Helena Bonham Carter turns 46 today An English actress. She made her acting debut in a television adaptation of K. M. Peyton's A Pattern of Roses before winning her first film role as the titular character in Lady Jane. She is known for her roles in films such as A Room with a View, Fight Club, and playing the villainess Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series, as well as for frequently collaborating with director and domestic partner Tim Burton.

In Memoriam: Waldo Semon died 13 years ago today An American inventor. He is credited with inventing methods for making polyvinyl chloride useful. Semon put his name into the history books for inventing vinyl, the world's second most used plastic. He found the formula for vinyl by mixing a few synthetic polymers, and the result was a substance that was elastic, but wasn't adhesive.

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Born On This Day: Ian McKellen turns 73 today An English actor. He has won multiple Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, and five Emmy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction.

In Memoriam: Dick Curless died 17 years ago today An American country-music singer, a pioneer of the trucking music genre, commonly known as the "Baron of Country Music." He was easily distinguished because of the patch he usually wore over his right eye.

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Born On This Day: Bob Dylan turns 71 today An American singer-songwriter and poet, who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal chronicler and a reluctant figurehead of American unrest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems of the civil rights movements.

In Memoriam: Nicolas Copernicus died 469 years ago A Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe. Copernicus' book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), is often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining epiphany that began the scientific revolution.

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In Memoriam: Bonnie Parker died 78 years ago today An American outlaw. Parker was one of the best students in her high school, winning top prizes in spelling, writing and public speaking. Parker lived with her mother and worked as a waitress in Dallas. One of her regular customers in the café was postal worker Ted Hinton, who would join the Dallas Sheriff's Department in 1932 and, as a posse member, would participate in her ambush in 1934.

In Memoriam: Clyde Barrow died 78 years ago today An American outlaw. Clyde was first arrested in late 1926, after running when police confronted him over a rental car he had failed to return on time. His second arrest, with brother Marvin "Buck" Barrow, came soon after, this time for possession of stolen goods (turkeys). Despite having legitimate jobs during the period 1927 through 1929, he also cracked safes, robbed stores, and stole cars.

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Born On This Day: Morrissey turns 53 today An English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions.

In Memoriam: Victor Hugo died 127 years ago today A French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements.

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Born On This Day: Mr. T turns 60 today An American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his appearances as a professional wrestler. Mr. T is known for his trademark African Mandinka warrior hairstyle, his gold jewelry, and his tough-guy image.

In Memoriam: Jane Addams died 77 years ago today A pioneer settlement worker, sociologist, author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace. Beside presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, she was the most prominent reformer of the Progressive Era and helped turn the nation to issues of concern to mothers, such as the needs of children, public health, and world peace.

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RIP Robin Gibb

Died today at the age of 62

A singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice and elder brother Barry.

Born On This Day: Cher turns 66 today An American recording artist, television personality and actress. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and three Golden Globes  among others. She is the only person in history to have received all of these awards.

In Memoriam: Randy Savage died 1 year ago today An American professional wrestler, best known for his time in World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career.

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Born On This Day: Pete Townshend turns 67 today An English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career.

In Memoriam: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis  died 18 years ago today The wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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Born On This Day: Tina Fey turns 42 today An American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls (2004) and Baby Mama (2008).

In Memoriam: Ian Curtis died 32 years ago today An English musician, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division.  Curtis, who suffered from epilepsy and depression, committed suicide on 18 May 1980, on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour.

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R.I.P Donna Summer 

Died today at the age of 63

An American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and is a five-time Grammy Award winner. Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the US Billboard chart, and she also charted four number-one singles in the United States within a thirteen-month period.

Born On This Day: Craig Ferguson turns 50 today A Scottish-American television host and stand-up comedian. He is the host of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, an Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody Award-winning late-night talk show.

In Memoriam: John Jay died 183 years ago today An American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States, and the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789–95).

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Born On This Day: Megan Fox turns 26 today An American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001 with several minor television and film roles, and played a regular role on the Hope & Faith television show. In 2004, she launched her film career with a role in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. In 2007, she was cast in the blockbuster film Transformers.

In Memoriam: Charles Perrault died 309 years ago today A French author and member of the Académie française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard).

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Born On This Day: Jamie Lynn Sigler turns 31 today An American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos.

In Memoriam: Emily Dickinson died 126 years ago today An American poet. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or even leave her room. Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.

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Born On This Day: Mark Zuckerberg turns 28 today An American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for co-creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is chairman and chief executive. It was co-founded as a private company in 2004 by Zuckerberg and classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes while they were students at Harvard University.

In Memoriam: Frank Sinatra died 31 years ago today An American singer and film actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the "bobby soxers", he released his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra in 1946.

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Born On This Day: Robert Pattinson turns 26 today An English actor who started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Later, he landed the leading role of Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer.

In Memoriam: Chet Baker died 24 years ago today An American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer. Baker's music earned him a large following (particularly albums featuring his vocals), while his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit" drove his notoriety and fame.

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Born On This Day: Emilio Estevez turns 50 today An American actor, film director, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is well known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire. He is also known for Repo Man, The Mighty Ducks, Maximum Overdrive, and his performances in Western films such as Young Guns.

In Memoriam: Robert Reed died 20 years ago today An American character actor of stage, film and television. In his first big break, he played Kenneth Preston on the popular 1960s TV legal drama, The Defenders, alongside E. G. Marshall. But he was best remembered for portraying the father, Mike Brady, on the popular sitcom, The Brady Bunch, from 1969 to 1974.

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Born On This Day: Eric Burdon turns 71 today An English singer-songwriter best known as a member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance. He was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list - The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

In Memoriam: Bob Marley died 31 years ago today A Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the  band Bob Marley & The Wailers. Marley remains the most widely known performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.

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Born On This Day: Odette Yustman turns 27 today An American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She made her acting debut playing a young, Spanish-speaking student named Rosa in Kindergarten Cop, and later moved on to various television shows and movies. In 2007, she starred in the Lifetime original movie Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape and followed it quickly with a lead role in J. J. Abrams' Cloverfield.

In Memoriam: Stonewall Jackson died 149 years ago A Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee. His military career includes the Valley Campaign of 1862 and his service as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. Confederate pickets accidentally shot him at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

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Born On This Day: Billy Joel turns 63 today An American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA.

In Memoriam: Leonard J. Reinsch died 21 years ago Assisted the White House Press Secretary office in 1945, assisting the transition from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to President Harry Truman. Reinsch was one of the most famous names in radio broadcasting.

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Born On This Day: Melissa Gilbert turns 48 today An American actress, writer, and producer, primarily in film and television. Gilbert is best known as a child actress who starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder, on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie.

In Memoriam: Kamehameha I died 193 years ago today Also known as Kamehameha the Great, conquered the Hawaiian Islands and formally established the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi in 1810. By developing alliances with the major Pacific colonial powers, Kamehameha preserved Hawaiʻi's independence under his rule.

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