Today is the 94th birthday of the singer Harry Belafonte. While I was researching him today, a listing popped up for a concert tonight at
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Happy 99th Birthday Alan Hale Jr.
Today is the 99th birthday of the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island: Alan Hale Jr. He was a film and theatre actor before landing that role,
Happy 93rd Birthday Harry Belafonte
Today is the 93rd birthday of the singer Harry Belafonte. While I was researching him today, a listing popped up for a concert tonight at
Happy 73rd Birthday Liza Minnelli
Today is Liza Minnelli’s 73rd birthday. She is entertainment royalty and phoenix. Just when you think she is out, from the ashes, she comes back better,
Happy 153rd Birthday Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte
Today is the 153rd birthday of the first Native American physician, activist, and today’s Google Doodle Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte. Her story should inspire
Happy 127th Birthday Cole Porter
Today is the 127th birthday of the composer who wrote the songs “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top,” and “Let’s Do It,
Happy 88th Birthday Lorraine Hansberry
Today is the 88th birthday of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry. She wrote one of the most significant plays of the 20th century. Her contribution to
Happy 106th Birthday Studs Terkel
Today is the 106th birthday of writer and broadcaster Louis “Studs” Terkel, born in the Bronx, New York . His family moved to Chicago when Terkel was 10
Happy 5th Birthday Scraps
View this post on Instagram Today is my birthday! A year and a half ago, I got adopted by my dads and my paperwork said
Happy 86th Birthday Debbie Reynolds
Today is the 86th birthday of the actress Debbie Reynolds. I love how she was out there working, doing what she loved for her whole
Happy 94th Birthday Sarah Vaughan
Today is the 94th birthday of arguably one of the very best jazz singers of the last century: Sarah Vaughan. Our local public radio station
Happy 129th Birthday Gerald Murphy
Today is the 129th birthday of one half of one of the most elegant couples of the Jazz-Age-Lost-Generation-Paris-in-the-1920s: Gerald Murphy. I think that I first ‘discovered’
