February 6
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1788 - Although the people of Massachusetts had already drafted their state constitution some eight years earlier, it wasn’t until this day that the state became the sixth to enter the United States of America. Those who live in the Bay State must have a strong constitution; theirs is the oldest state constitution to still be in effect. Massachusetts is derived from two Indian words meaning ‘great mountain place’. This great mountain place in New England was one of the most important of the 13 colonies in the nxew America, which gave it its other nickname, Old Colony State. Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, has been the center of activity in the state since those old colony days. Massachusetts state symbols include the chicadee, state bird; American elm, state tree; ladybug, state insect; All Hail to Massachusetts, state song; and mayflower, the state flower. Which arrived first, the ship or the flower? Unique to Massachusetts is a state beverage: cranberry juice and a state muffin ... corny but true, the corn muffin is official. It’s difficult to be serious after that, but the Massachusetts state motto is: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace; but peace only under liberty).1843 - The first minstrel show in America, the original Virginia Minstrels, opened at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City.
1926 - The National Football League (NFL) adopted a rule that made players ineligible for competition until their college classes graduate.
1929 - Rudy Vallée and his orchestra recorded Deep Night (Victor disc #21868). It says in the fine print, under the artist’s name, that the tune was written by Vallée, himself.
1932 - Dog sled racing happened for the first time in Olympic competition. The demonstration program was presented by the United States and Canada. “Mush! Mush! Onward you huskies!”
1937 - K. Elizabeth Ohi became the first Japanese-American woman lawyer as she received her degree from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL.
1943 - Frank Sinatra made his debut as vocalist on radio’s Your Hit Parade this night. Frankie had left the Tommy Dorsey Band just four months prior to beginning the radio program. He was described as, “...the biggest name in the business.”
1945 - U.S. General Douglas MacArthur reported the liberation of Manila and the rescue of 5,000 prisoners.
1950 - For the first time, NBC radio broadcast Dangerous Assignment. The show starred Brian Donlevy in the role of soldier of fortune, Steve Mitchell.
1958 - 23 persons aboard a British European Airways (BEA) airliner, including eight members of the Manchester United Football team, were killed when the plane crashed during takeoff from Munich, Germany during a snowstorm. The remaining 21 passengers and crew on board survived the accident.
1960 - Rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter Jesse Belvin died in a car crash in Little Rock, AR. Belvin, who began his career as half of the duo of Jesse and Marvin, was 26 years old. His Goodnight My Love was a top-ten R&B hit in 1956.
1967 - Muhammad Ali retained his world heavyweight title and won the WBA heavyweight title with a 15-round decision over Ernest Terrell in the Houston Astrodome.
1968 - Joan Whitney Payson was elected president of the New York Mets. She turned out to be a good luck charm. One year later, the ‘Miracle’ Mets became world champions.
1968 - The Xth Winter Olympic games opened in Grenoble, France. Some 18,000 people participated in the opening ceremonies as the games were dedicated by General Charles de Gaulle. Thousands of scented paper roses were dropped from helicopters against a background of five circles drawn in the sky by the smoke of parachutists. And Olympic flags were shot into the air by cannons.
1971 - NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard took a six-iron that he had stashed away inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon. Shepard whiffed the first swing, so, he got a ‘Mulligan’ on that one. The others were good, crisp shots that went, oh, a few hundred yards in the vacuum of space. Due to the bulkiness of his moonwalk suit, however, he didn’t quite get enough of a swing to launch the golf balls into orbit. But he did take a couple of divots. Boy, what he might have done with a driver or three-wood. Fore!
1977 - Queen Elizabeth II marked her Silver Jubilee, the twenty-fifth anniversary of her accession to the British Throne. Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen then travelled some 56,000 miles to share the anniversary with her people.
1981 - Former Beatles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison teamed up once again to record a musical tribute to John Lennon. The result of that session became All Those Years Ago. The song went to #2 on the pop music charts for three weeks. It was recorded on Harrison’s own Dark Horse label.
1981 - Orchestra leader Hugo Montenegro died in Palm Springs, California of emphysema. His arrangement of the spaghetti western theme The Good, the Bad and the Ugly went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 June 1, 1968.
1987 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan turned 76 years old this day, adding another year to the record of being the oldest U.S. President in history. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had been the previous recordholder, by serving the country from the Oval Office at age 70.
1989 - Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman died in Greenwich, CT at the age of 77.
1991 - Comedian and TV performer Danny Thomas died in Los Angeles at age 79. Thomas is fondly remembered from the popular Make Room for Daddy TV series. He also served behind the scenes, as TV producer with Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Spelling, creating such hits as The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show and The Mod Squad. Thomas founded the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.
1992 - A Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules military transport plane making touch-and-go landings crashed into a hotel and restaurant in Evansville, Indiana. The crash killed all five crew members aboard the plane, two restaurant workers, and nine people in a hotel meeting room.
1993 - Riddick Bowe stopped Michael Dokes in the first round at Madison Square Garden in New York. It was Bowe’s first defense of his heavyweight title.
1993 - Tennis Hall-of-Famer and human rights advocate Arthur Ashe died of AIDS in New York at age 49. Ashe was the first black man to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
1994 - Actor Joseph Cotten died in Los Angeles. He was 88 years old. Cotten played the part of Jed Leland in Citizen Kane [1941]. In the years following, he played many important character roles and various memorable appearences in TV productions.
1995 - The U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery came within forty feet of the Russian space station MIR in a practice run for an official rendezvous between the two later in the year.
1995 - Keith Lockhart replaced John Williams as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Williams had led the orchestra since 1980, when he took over after the death of the legendary Arthur Fiedler.
1996 - A Turkish-owned Boeing 757 jetliner crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from the Dominican Republic. 189 people, mostly German tourists, were killed.
1997 - Miami strip club (Porky’s) owner, Ludwig ‘Tarzan’ Fainberg, was charged with trying to broker the sale of a Russian nuclear submarine to Columbian drug barons. He had already purchased six Russian helicopters for drug traffickers.
1998 - These movies debuted in the U.S.: Blues Brothers 2000, starring Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, J. Evan Bonifant, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, B.B. King and Nia Peeples; and The Replacement Killers, with Chow Yun-Fat and Mira Sorvino.
1998 - Washington National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, for former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
2000 - Social Democrat Tarja Halonen edged out her rival in a run-off to become Finland’s first female president.
2001 - Ariel Sharon was elected Israeli prime minister in a landslide win over Ehud Barak.
2002 - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II reached a bittersweet milestone, somberly marking 50 years as Queen on the anniversary of the death of her father, King George VI.
2003 - ABC-TV’s 20/20 news magazine aired a British documentary on pop star Michael Jackson in which he revealed he sometimes let children sleep in his bed.
2004 - These films debuted in the U.S.: Barbershop 2: Back in Business, starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy, Leonard Earl Howze, Harry Lennix and Queen Latifah; Catch That Kid, with Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, John Carroll Lynch and James LeGros; The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, with Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell, Brian Howe, Jennifer Blaire, Larry Blamire, Dan Conroy, Robert Deveau and Darren Reed; and Miracle, starring Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Nathan West, Eddie Cahill, Noah Emmerich.
2004 - An earthquake measuring 7.1 hit the remote Papua province in Indonesia. The temblor flattened houses and left at least 34 people dead and hundreds injured.
2005 - Super Bowl XXXIX (Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, FL): New England Patriots 24, Philadelphia Eagles 21. For the third time in four years, the New England Patriots were Super Bowl champs. The Patriots held off the Philadelphia Eagles to join the Dallas Cowboys as the only teams to win three titles over a four-year span. Deion Branch, who had eleven catches (tying a Super Bowl record at the time), was named the MVP. Quarterback Tom Brady finished the big game with 236 yards passing and two touchdowns. The New England defense forced four turnovers and had four sacks. “To me this trophy belongs to these players,” coach Bill Belichick said. “They met all comers this year, a very challenging year. We’re thrilled to win. These players played great all year, their best in the big games and they deserve it, they really deserve it.” Tickets: $600, but no longer available to the general public; distributed through NFL teams only.
2006 - Stephen Harper was sworn in as Canada’s 22nd Prime Minister. David Emerson abandoned the Liberal Party to join Harper’s Conservative Party and was appointed as Minister of International Trade. Harper also appointed Michael Fortier, an unelected party supporter, to be minister of public works and government services -- and to the Canadian senate.
2007 - Singer, composer, author, actor Frankie Laine died at 93 years of age. Laine (born Francesco Paolo Lo Vecchio) died in San Diego, CA. His many hit songs over the years included Mule Train, Cool Water, That’s My Desire, Jezebel, Cry of the Wild Goose, I Believe, Moonlight Gambler and the theme song from the TV show Rawhide.
2008 - Israel launched airstrikes against Hamas militants firing rockets from the Gaza Strip on and vowed to fight on until the territory’s Hamas rulers halt attacks. This while Hamas rockets wounded two young sisters at Kibbutz Beeri.
2009 - He’s Just Not That Into You opened in the U.S. The romantic comedy stars Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson and Justin Long.
2009 - California ordered 200,000 employees, 90% of the state work force, to take an unpaid day off amid the state’s fiscal crisis.
2010 - Two small planes collided in flames over Boulder, Colorado’s outskirts, killing the three people aboard. But a glider under tow by one of the aircraft cut loose and flew through the fireball to safety.
2010 - A giant steel float that will be part of a floating island of entertainment facilities in Seoul, South Korea began its snails-paced trip towards the Han River. The three-meter high float, 85 meters long and 49 meters wide, will be part of Viva, one of three artificial islets to be built near the southern end of Banpo Bridge.
2011 - The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XLV (45), defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas. Most valuable player was Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who passed for 304 yards and three touchdowns. The Packers beat the Steelers at their own game, taking care of the ball (no turnovers) and taking advantage of three turnovers by the Steelers. The game was the eighth Super Bowl appearance for the Steelers, founded in 1933 as the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the fifth for the Packers, founded in 1919 as the Indian Packers.
2012 - Pennsylvania Democrat state Representative Bill DeWeese was convicted of conspiracy, conflict of interest and theft for using taxpayer resources for political purposes. Eleven other Democrats -- and nine Republicans -- had already been convicted or pleaded guilty in the ongoing corruption investigation.
2013 - The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service announced plans to stop delivery of mail on Saturdays, beginning in August 2013. But the plans were put on hold in April after Congress slipped language prohibitting the change into a continuing resolution to fund the U.S. government.
2014 - Millions of commuters faced travel chaos because of a 48-hour ‘tube strike’ by London Underground workers who were angry over ticket office closures and job cuts.
2015 - Motion pictures opening in U.S. theatres included: Jupiter Ascending, with Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum and Eddie Redmayne; Seventh Son, starring Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges; the animated adventure, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, featuring the voices of Antonio Banderas, Seth Green, Clancy Brown, Thomas F. Wilson, Jesica Ahlberg and Tom Kenny; the documentary, Ballet 422; Enter the Dangerous Mind, starring Gina Rodriguez, Nikki Reed and Scott Bakula; Love, Rosie, with Lily Collins, Sam Claflin and Suki Waterhouse; One Small Hitch, starring Shane McRae, Aubrey Dollar and Daniel J. Travanti; Pass the Light, with Cameron Palatas, Dalpre Grayer and Alexandria Deberry; and The Voices, starring Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton and Anna Kendrick.
2015 - Canada’s highest court unanimously struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicide for mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses.
2016 - Five people were killed when a massive avalanche buried skiers from the Czech Republic taking part in a freeriding camp in the Austrian Alps.
2017 - After 65 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II, already the world’s longest reigning sovereign, set a record this day as the first British monarch to reach her sapphire jubilee.
2017 - San Francisco’s Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor Jane Kim announced a deal to make City College of San Francisco free of charge to all city residents.
2018 - The White House confirmed POTUS Donald Trump’s order for a large-scale military parade with soldiers marching and tanks rolling. Critics said it would be a waste of money and was akin to events organized by authoritarian regimes. (August 2018 Pentagaon cost estimates of some $92 million forced Trump to abandon the parade plan.)
2018 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution prohibiting members from engaging in sexual relationships with staff. The resolution also required that any monetary settlements in sexual misconduct cases be paid by legislators personally. The prohibition, pushed by Represenative Barbara Comstock, took immediate effect as Congress moved toward changing the system for reporting and adjudicating employees’ claims of sexual harassment.
2019 - Virginia’s Attorney General, Mark Herring, admitted that he wore brown makeup and a wig in 1980 to look like a rapper during a party as a student at the University of Virginia. That same day political scientist and politician, Vanessa Tyson, issued a statement saying Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax had forced her to perform oral sex on him in a hotel room in 2004.
2019 - Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabic rejected an independent freedom watchdog’s report that downgraded the Balkan country from “free” to “partly free.” Every Saturday for many weeks, tens of thousands of people had marched in Belgrade and Serbia’s other cities and towns to protest what they said is President Aleksandar Vucic’s autocratic rule.
2020 - Senator Bernie Sanders claimed victory in the Iowa caucuses, three days after the vote concluded and with results still trickling in. 97% of the precincts had reported vote tallies. Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who had claimed victory in Iowa three days earlier was second. Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, called for a recanvass of the results of the Iowa caucuses, saying it was needed to “assure public confidence.”
2020 - A Santa Clara County, California woman died of the coronavirus, marking the earliest known victim of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. 57-year-old Patricia Dowd, who worked as a manager for a semiconductor company, “exercised routinely, watched her diet and took no medication,” Rick Cabello, Dowd’s brother, said.
2020 - Chinese President Xi Jinping declared a ‘people’s war’ against the fast-spreading coronavirus. Chinese health authorities reported 563 deaths and another sharp jump in the number of confirmed cases -- to 28,018. Outside mainland China, at least 260 cases had been confirmed. China finished building a second new hospital to isolate and treat patients of the virus.
2021 - Four skiers were killed and four others were rescued near Salt Lake City, Utah -- in what turned out to be the deadliest U.S. snowslide in seven years.
2021 - South Korea eased curfews on some 500,000 restaurants and other businesses outside greater Seoul, letting them stay open an hour later. The easing came after a public backlash over tight curbs to contain COVID-19. The restrictions were aimed at banning gatherings of five or more people.
2022 - French President Emmanuel Macron flew to Moscow in bid to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to dial down tensions with Ukraine. This, while White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan predicted a Russian invasion of Ukraine “any day,” -- a conflict that would come at an “enormous human cost.”
2022 - 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II marked her platinum jubilee, a first for a British monarch.
2023 - Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee -- marking seventy years on the throne.
2023 - Massive earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria. A 7.8 magnitude at 4.15am 23 kilometers east of Nurdagi. And a 7.5 magnitude at 1:24pm located around 59 miles (95 kilometers) to the southwest -- with many strong aftershocks causing buildings to collapse. The death toll was some 59,000 in Turkey and at lease 8,000 in Syria. Rescue crews searched for survivors in the rubble but were hampered by snow.
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Birthdays on This Day February 6
1564 - Christopher Marlowe
poet, dramatist: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus; died May 30, 15931756 - Aaron Burr
3rd U.S. Vice President; killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and was known as a traitor although never convicted; died Sep 14, 18361895 - Babe (George Herman) Ruth
‘The Sultan of Swat’, ‘The Bambino’: Baseball Hall of Famer: Boston Red Sox pitcher [won 89 games over six seasons/World Series: 1915, 1916, 1918], NY Yankees outfielder [World Series: 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932/60 home runs in 1927/all-star: 1933, 1934], Boston Braves; 714 home runs in 22 seasons; died Aug, 16, 19481911 - Ronald Wilson Reagan
40th U.S. President [1981-1989]; governor of California [1967-1975]; actor: King’s Row, General Electric Theatre, Death Valley Days, Knute Rockne, All-American, Bedtime for Bonzo; formerly married to actress, Jane Wyman; married to former actress, Nancy Davis; son, Michael, is a radio talk-show host; son, Ron, has appeared frequently on television; daughter, Patty, is a writer; died June 5, 20041913 - John Lund
actor: My Friend Irma, The Wackiest Ship in the Army; died May 10, 19921914 - Thurl Ravenscroft
commercial voice: Tony the Tiger: “They're g-r-r-r-e-a-t!”; TV’s "How the Grinch Stole Christmas": “You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”; Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Paul Bunyan, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Aristocats, The Brave Little Toaster; died May 22, 2005)1917 - Zsa Zsa (Sari) Gabor
actress: Boy’s Night Out, Moulin Rouge, Ninotchka; Beverly Hills police slapper; died Dec 18, 20161922 - Patrick Macnee
actor: The Avengers, A View to a Kill, Battlestar Gallactica, This is Spinal Tap, Thunder in Paradise; died Jun 25, 20151927 - Smoky (Forrest Harrill) Burgess
baseball: catcher: Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies [all-star:1954], Cincinnati Redlegs [all-star: 1955], Pittsburgh Pirates [all-star: 1959-1961, 1964/World Series: 1960], Chicago White Sox; died Sep 15, 19911929 - Sixten Jernberg
cross-country skier: Winter Olympics record: most medals won by a man [9: 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze]; died Jul 14, 20121931 - Rip (Elmore) Torn
actor: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Extreme Prejudice, RoboCop 3, Beyond the Law, The President’s Plane is Missing; died July 9, 20191931 - Mamie Van Doren (Joan Olander)
actress: High School Confidential, The Candidate, Three Nuts in Search of a Bolt, Teacher’s Pet, Francis Joins the WACs; pinup model1932 - François Truffaut
director: Fahrenheit 451, The Bride Wore Black; died Oct 21, 19841939 - Mike Farrell
actor: M*A*S*H, The Interns, The Man and the City1940 - Tom Brokaw
news anchor: NBC Nightly News, Today; author: The Greatest Generation1941 - Gigi Perreau
actress: Journey to the Center of Time, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Dance with Me Henry, The Betty Hutton Show, Follow the Sun1943 - Fabian Forte
singer: Turn Me Loose, Tiger; actor: Hound Dog Man, The Longest Day1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt
actress: Scorpio, Dream Lover, Turnaround, The Wild Angels, Marlowe, Dallas1945 - Bob Marley
singer, songwriter, musician: guitar: Easy Skanking, Natty Dread, No Woman No Cry, Mellow Mood; died May 11, 19811945 - Michael Tucker
actor: L.A. Law, For Love or Money, Radio Days, Diner1947 - Rik Massengale
golf: champ: Bob Hope Chrysler Classic [1977]1950 - Natalie Cole
Grammy Award-winning singer: Best New Artist [1975]; This Will Be, I’ve Got Love on My Mind; daughter of Nat ‘King’ Cole; died Dec 31, 20151950 - Rich Glover
football: U of Nebraska DE: Outland Trophy winner [1972]; NFL: NY Giants; defensive line coach: New Mexico State1951 - Kevin Whately
actor: Inspector Morse, Lewis, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Peak Practice1955 - Eric Money
basketball: Univ. of Arizona; Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers1957 - Kathy Najimy
actress: Veronica’s Closet, Sister Act, King of the Hill, Step Up 3D, California Romanza, Prop 8: The Musical, Two Sisters, Getting Played, Say Uncle, The Scream Team; more1957 - Simon Phillips
musician: drums: groups: Toto, The Who, Jeff Beck, Whitesnake, Jack Bruce, Brian Eno, Duncan Browne, Toyah, Mike Oldfield, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Gary Moore, 10cc
1957 - Robert Townsend
actor: The Meteor Man, The Mighty Quinn, Hollywood Shuffle, A Soldier’s Story1958 - Barry Miller
Tony Award-winning actor: Biloxi Blues [1985]; Saturday Night Fever, The Last Temptation of Christ1960 - Megan Gallagher
actress: A Time to Remember, Van Wilder, Lethal Vows, ...And Then She Was Gone, L.A. Law, Sins of the Past1962 - Richie McDonald
singer: group: Lonestar: Don’t Know Why, Peace, Amazed, I’m Already There, Saturday Night, Come Cryin’ to Me, What Would It Take; more1962 - Axl Rose
musician: keyboards, singer: group: Guns n’ Roses: Welcome to the Jungle, November Rain, Sweet Child O’ Mine, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Nightrain, Estranged, Don’t Cry, Patience1966 - Rick Astley
musician: drums, piano/keyboards, guitar, sax; singer: Never Gonna Give You Up, Whenever You Need Somebody, Together Forever, My Arms Keep Missing You, The Ones You Love1966 - Tom Tupa
football [punter]: Ohio State Univ; NFL: Phoenix Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Redskins
1969 - Tim Taylor
hockey [center]: Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning1969 - Bob Wickman
baseball [pitcher]: New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians1971 - Brian Stepanek
actor: The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Transformers, The Island, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Two and a Half Men, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, Mixels [voice of Magnifo]1980 - Kim Poirier
actress: Paradise Falls, Decoys 2: Alien Seduction, Eureka, Foodland, Awaken, Four Saints, Shhh, Mad Men1982 - Alice Eve
actress: She’s Out of My League, Entourage, Sex and the City 2, Men in Black 3, The Decoy Bride, Star Trek into Darkness, Starter for 10, Big Nothing1983 - Michael Robinson
football [fullback]: Penn State Univ; NFL: Seattle Seahawks [2013 NFC champs]1985 - Crystal Reed
actress: Crazy, Stupid, Love, Teen Wolf, Jewtopia, Crush, Skyline, Drop Dead Diva, The Hard Times of RJ Berger1985 - Kris Humphries
basketball [forward]: NBA: Utah Jazz [2004–2006], Toronto Raptors [2006–2009], Dallas Mavericks [2009–2010], New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets [2010–2013], Boston Celtics [2013–2014], Washington Wizards [2014–2016], Phoenix Suns [2016], Atlanta Hawks [2016–2017]1986 - Dane DeHaan
actor: Chronicle, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, A Cure for Wellness, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Lawless, Kill Your Darlings, The Place Beyond the Pines, In Treatment1990 - Jermaine Kearse
football [wide receiver]: Univ of Washington; NFL: Seattle Seahawks [2012- ]: 2014 Super Bowl XLVIII champs, 2015 Super Bowl XLIX1994 - Charlie Heaton
actor: Stranger Things, Shut In, As You Are, Urban & the Shed Crew, The New Mutants1997 - Collin Morikawa
golf pro: 2020 PGA Championship; 2021 British Open
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Hit Music on This Day February 6
1949A Little Bird Told Me (facts) - Evelyn Knight
Far Away Places (facts) - Margaret Whiting
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