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Happy Birthday 424th Diego Velázquez
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Sixty years ago, the film Irma la Duce premiered. What is not to adore? Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Billy Wilder, Andre Previn. I honestly don’t
Happy 125th Birthday Federico García Lorca
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Happy 144th Birthday Pancho Villa
Today is the 144th birthday of the Mexican Revolution leader Pancho Villa. The world is a better place because he was in it and still
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Happy 116th Birthday Rosalind Russell
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Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
Sixty-four years ago today, the cult sci-fi film Teenagers from Outer Space premiered a double feature with Gigantis the Fire Monster, the English-dubbed version of
Happy 117th Birthday Josephine Baker
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Happy 99th Birthday Colleen Dewhurst
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