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Happy 95th Birthday Fred McFeely Rogers
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Happy 195th Birthday Henrik Ibsen
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Eraserhead (1977)
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Happy 121st Birthday William H. Johnson
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Happy 95th Birthday John Kander
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Pink Flamingos (1972)
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Happy 54th Birthday Alexander McQueen
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Happy 84th Birthday Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev
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Happy 106th Birthday Nat King Cole
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