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ON THIS DAY in 1912 actor Bill Quinn was born in New York City.  He is best remembered as barfly Mr. Van Ranseleer on TV's All in the...

It's CINCO DE MAYO! ON THIS DAY in 1899, radio actor Freeman Gosden (pictured, left) was born in Richmond, Virginia. He was "Amos" on the famed, longrunning "Amos 'n'...

ON THIS DAY in 1928 soul singer James Brown was born in Augusta, Ga. Billboard ranked Brown as the most successful R&B performer of all time with 17...

ON THIS DAY in 1902 actor Brian Aherne was born in Worcester England. In 1945, he played sleuth Simon Templar in the CBS radio series, The Saint. He...

     It's Wednesday ON THIS DAY in 1908 actress Eve Arden was born Eunice Quedens in Mill Valley Calif. She won an Emmy for her star-making turn as "Our Miss Brooks",...

ON THIS DAY in 1899 the man who became one of the twentieth century’s finest composers, Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington, was born in Washington, D.C....

ON THIS DAY in 1892 magician & 'mentalist' Joseph Dunninger was born in New York City. He became a radio star in 1943 (on the...

ON THIS DAY in 1900, cartoonist & animator Walter Lantz, the creator of Woody Woodpecker, was born in New Rochelle New York.  He died of...