July 16
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1790 - The District of Columbia, or Washington, D.C., was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government.1912 - Bradley A. Fiske patented the airplane torpedo. Kids, please, don’t try this at home or near electric lines. And stay off the roof, too!
1926 - The first underwater color photographs appeared in National Geographic magazine. The pictures were taken by National Geographicstaff photographer Charles Martin and scientist W.H. Longley near the Florida Keys.
1934 - The NBC Red radio network premiered the musical drama, Dreams Come True. It was a show about baritone singer Barry McKinley and his novelist sweetheart.
1935 - The first automatic parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, OK. You could drive up and park for only a nickel, in places where parking used to be free.
1942 - French police pulled some 13,000 Jewish men, women and children from their homes in Paris. They were held for several days at an an indoor cycling stadium, then deported to various Nazi death camps.
1945 - The Gadget, the experimental, plutonium bomb, exploded at 5:30 a.m. in the first U.S. test of an atomic bomb. The mushroom-shaped cloud rose to a height of 41,000 feet above the New Mexico desert at Alamogordo Air Base. All life in a one-mile radius ceased to exist.
1948 - The world’s first turbine-propellor aircraft, the Vickers Viscount, made its maiden flight.
1950 - The largest crowd in sporting history -- 199,854 -- watched the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Uruguay defeated Brazil. “Scccoooorrrreeeeee!”
1957 - Marine Major John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record when he flew a jet from California to New York in three hours, 23 minutes and eight seconds.
1964 - As he accepted the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Senator Barry M. Goldwater said, “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice!” He added, “And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!”
1965 - A seven-mile tunnel through Mont Blanc connecting France and Italy was opened by General de Gaulle of France and President Saragat of Italy. (A 1999 fire in the tunnel killed 39 people and forced a three-year rebuilding project.)
1969 - The Crew of Apollo 11 (Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. and Michael Collins) blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon.
1970 - The Pittsburgh Pirates played their first game at Three Rivers Stadium. The Bucs had spent 61 baseball seasons at Forbes Field. Cincinnati’s Reds spoiled the housewarming for the Pirates with a 3-2 win. (The last Pirates game played in that stadium was on Oct 1, 2000.)
1973 - During the U.S. Senate Watergate hearings, former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly disclosed that conversations in President Richard M. Nixon’s offices had been secretly recorded on tape.
1979 - Saddam Hussein declared himself President of Iraq. The following year, Iraq launched a devastating 8-year campaign against Iran.
1981 - Jack Nicklaus played his worst round of professional golf. He scored a 13-over-par 83 at the British Open. He came back the next day, however, and whipped the field with a four-under-par 66.
1981 - After 23 years of familiarity with the name, Datsun, executives of Nissan the Japanese automaker, played with our minds and changed the name of their cars to Nissan. Nissan didn’t begin to show up on nameplates in the U.S. until the 1985 models were released.
1981 - Singer Harry Chapin died in a car crash (possibly brought on by a heart attack) on the Long Island Expressway in New York. Chapin, a folk-rock balladeer, was 38. His hit songs included Taxi, W-O-L-D and the million seller, Cat’s in the Cradle. He was a champion of the hungry and homeless and organized a massive effort to provide food for the needy. This was his legacy to the world; his work continues by other performers.
1985 - The largest crowd to see a baseball game in Minnesota came out to see Darryl Strawberry of the New York Mets score two runs to lead the National League to a 6-1 victory over the American League. The All-Star Game crowd numbered 54,960. It was the 12th win in 13 games for the National League.
1985 - The All-Star Game, televised this day, was the first program broadcast in stereo by a TV network. The NBC milestone soon led to sound enhancement of other network shows.
1986 - Columbia Records announced that after 28 years with the label, the contract of country star Johnny Cash would not be renewed. Cash recorded 13 hits on the pop music charts from 1956 to 1976 -- all but four on Columbia. The others were on Sam Phillips’ Memphis-based label, Sun. Cash’s biggest hit for Columbia was A Boy Named Sue in 1969.
1988 - The Reverend Jesse Jackson arrived in Atlanta for the Democratic National Convention. He told cheering supporters he was seeking “shared responsibility” with nominee-apparent Michael Dukakis.
1990 - An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale devastated the Philippines, killing over 1,600 people. A thousand more were missing. Damage was reported in Manila, Cabanatuan, Baguio and Luzon. It was the worst earthquake in that part of the world since 1976.
1993 - The surging Mississippi River broke through a levee at West Quincy, Missouri, closing the Bayview Bridge, the only bridge across the river to Illinois for more than 200 miles. In a weird twist to this story, James Scott was convicted of causing the Levee to fail and was sentenced to life in prison.
1997 - George of the Jungle opened in U.S. theatres. The family adventure comedy stars Brendan Fraser as the vine swinger, George.
1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard (Massachusetts), killing him, his wife and his sister-in-law. The three had been en route to a Kennedy family wedding. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that Kennedy suffered from spatial disorientation, brought on by a loss of balance in the inner ear. Kennedy’s problems were exacerbated by the hazy night sky and his inability to see the horizon. The NTSB also said investigators did not find any mechanical problems with Kennedy’s plane, a single-engine Piper Saratoga II.
1999 - These motion pictures debuted in the U.S.: The Blair Witch Project, starring Heather Donahue, Michael Williams and Joshua Leonard; Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Lake Placid, with Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White and Meredith Salenger; and The Wood, starring Omar Epps, Taye Diggs, Richard T. Jones, Sean Nelson, Trent Cameron and Duane Finley.
2000 - Families and friends of the victims of the TWA Flight 800 explosion broke ground for a new memorial on Long Island. The memorial is on the shore near where the plane went down, killing all 230 people on board. The memorial was dedicated July 14, 2002.
2001 - At its meeting in Moscow, the International Olympic Committee elected Jacques Rogge, a Belgian surgeon, to succeed Juan Antonio Samaranch as president.
2002 - The Irish Republican Army issued an unprecedented apology for hundreds of “non-combatant” deaths over thirty years.
2003 - Ten people were killed and 63 injured when a car driven by an 86-year-old plowed through a crowded street market in Santa Monica, CA.
2004 - New movies in U.S. theatres: A Cinderella Story, with Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray, Regina King, Julie Gonzalo and Lin Shaye; I, Robot, starring Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride and Alan Tudyk; and Maria Full of Grace, with Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Patricia Rae, Orlando Tobon, John Álex Toro and Yenny Paola Vega.
2004 - U.S. Domestic TV icon Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement by a federal judge in New York for lying about a stock sale.
2005 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released. It was the sixth novel in J.K. Rowling’s popular Harry Potter series.
2006 - Robert Brooks, chairman of Hooters of America, died in South Carolina. He made a fortune selling chicken wings served by scantily clad waitresses. From a single eatery started in 1984 by six friends with no restaurant experience, Brooks eventually turned Hooters into an organization with over 60 million customers in 425 restaurants located in 20 countries.
2007 - The High Court in London upheld a ban on a teenager from wearing a so-called ‘purity ring’ at school to signal her refusal of sex before marriage.
2007 - A 6.8 earthquake struck northwestern Japan, destroying hundreds of homes, buckling bridges and igniting a fire at a nuclear power plant. Ten people were killed and hundreds were injured.
2007 - Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. reached a tentative agreement to buy Dow Jones & Co., publisher of "The Wall Street Journal", for $5 billion.
2008 - The prison sentence of former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee (for tax-evasion) was suspended. The Seoul Central District Court handed Lee a three-year prison sentence, suspended for five years, and fined him 110 billion won ($109 million).
2008 - A truck ploughed into traffic at a closed level crossing in Egypt. The truck pushed a bus, truck and several cars into the path of an oncoming passenger train. 44 people were killed.
2009 - The University of California Board of Regents cut $813 million from budgets but approved pay raises, dividends and other benefits for over two dozen executives.
2010 - New movies in U.S. theatres: Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page Ellen Page; and Kisses, with Kelly O’Neill, Shane Curry, Paul Roe, Neilí Conroy; and The Wild Hunt, with Trevor Hayes, Kaniehtiio Horn, Claudia Jurt and Mark Antony Krupa.
2010 - Canada’s Defense Minister Peter MacKay announced the purchase of 65 new fighter jets from Lockheed Martin Corp for C$9 billion ($8.6 billion). It was one of the largest arms deals in Canada’s history.
2011 - U.S. President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama despite a warning from Beijing that the meeting would risk damaging U.S./China relations. Obama commended the Tibetan spiritual leader on his commitment to nonviolence and pursuit of the ‘Middle Way’ approach with China. And in the nearly 45-minute meeting, the president voiced his support for direct dialogue between China and Tibet as a way to peace.
2012 - U.S. Navy gunners aboard the USNS Rappahannock, a refueling ship, opened fire on a small boat racing toward them in broad daylight near the Gulf city of Dubai. One Indian was killed in the incident, and three were seriously wounded. An Indian fisherman aboard the boat later told officials the crew received no warning before being fired upon. But the Navy said the Rappahannock opened fire only after it repeatedly attempted to warn the boat to turn away from the ship.
2013 - Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena announced that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden had submitted a request for asylum in Russia. Snowden claimed he faced persecution from the U.S. government and could face torture or death.
2013 - Israel condemned the European Union’s ‘guidelines’ that conditioned future E.U. agreements with Israel on the Jewish state’s recognition of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as occupied territories. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reacted, saying, “We will not accept any external edicts on our borders. As the prime minister of Israel, I will not let anyone harm the hundreds of thousands of Israelis living in Judea and Samaria, in the Golan Heights, or in Jerusalem – our united capital. The issue of borders will be determined only in direct negotiations between the sides.”
2014 - Texas blues legend Johnny Winter died (emphysema and pneumonia) in Zurich, Switzerland while on tour. He was 70 years old. Winter was known for his lightning-fast blues guitar riffs, his striking long white hair and his collaborations with greats such as Jimi Hendrix and childhood hero Muddy Waters.
2015 - James Holmes was found guilty of 165 counts of murder, attempted murder, and other charges relating to the July 20, 2012 massacre in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. (On August 24, 2015 Holmes was sentenced to 12 consecutive life sentences plus 3,318 years without parole.)
2016 - Nutritional supplement maker Herbalife agreed to pay $200 million and restructure its business practices to settle a suit in which the Federal Trade Commission accused the company of being a multi-level marketer — also known as a pyramid scheme. The complaint alleged that Herbalife engaged in deceptive marketing practices, falsely promising participants unrealistic riches, including mansions and luxury vehicles.
2017 - More than 7 million Venezuelans cast symbolic votes rejecting unpopular President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to elect a new legislative body with powers to rewrite the constitution and supersede other institutions. The protest vote did not prevent the contentious ‘sham’ election (lowest voter turnout in Venezuela’s modern history) from happening on July 30 -- and the new powers were indeed given to Venezuela’s new governing body and to Maduro.
2017 - Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, said 66 people had been arrested for trading horsemeat unfit for human consumption and it had seized bank accounts, properties and luxury cars following an investigation. Europol said 65 people were arrested in Spain, and the main suspect, a Dutch citizen, was arrested in Belgium.
2018 - The U.S. arrested of Maria Butina, a 29-year-old Russian citizen living in the U.S. She was charged with acting as an agent of the Russian government while developing ties with American citizens and infiltrating political groups.
2019 - Former (1975-2010) U.S. Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens died (age 99) in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Stevens’ long tenure saw him write for the court on most issues of American law, including civil liberties, death penalty, government action and intellectual property. In cases involving presidents of the U.S., he wrote for the court that they were to be held accountable under American law. A registered Republican when appointed, who, throughout his life identified as a conservative, Stevens was considered to have been on the liberal side of the court at the time of his retirement.
2019 - POTUS Trump said the U.S. was not going to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey after the Ankara regime bought a missile defense system from Russia. But Trump called the U.S. refusal to sell the jets to Turkey was “not fair” to either Turkey or the U.S. The Pentagon’s long-standing position was that Turkey could not have both the Russian S-400 system and the U.S. F-35 fighters.
2020 - The CDC reported that some 71,000 Americans had died of drug overdoses in 2019. Fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids accounted for about half of the overdose deaths.
2020 - COVID-19 news: 1)California reported its largest two-day total of confirmed cases, nearly 20,000, along with 258 deaths over 48 hours. 2)Florida reported the largest one-day increase in deaths and its second-largest increase in cases ever: 13,965 new cases with deaths totaling 4,782. 3)Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. 4)Texas reported 10,000 new cases for the third straight day and 129 additional deaths. In Houston, an 86-person Army medical team worked to take over a wing of United Memorial Medical Center. 5)The Republican National Committee said it was sharply restricting attendance on three of the four nights of its convention in Jacksonville, Florida in August, as it looked for ways to move forward with the event while coronavirus cases were spiking.
2020 - A ruling by the European Union Court of Justice invalidated the "EU-US privacy shield" due to concerns over the privacy of Europeans. The court said U.S. surveillance laws were too far-reaching.
2021 - Movies scheduled to open in the U.S. included: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller and Thomas Cocquerel; the animated Space Jam: A New Legacy, featuring characters voiced by LeBron James, Don Cheadle and Cedric Joe; Die in a Gunfight, with Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario and Travis Fimmel; Great White, starring Katrina Bowden, Aaron Jakubenko and Kimie Tsukakoshi; How to Deter a Robber, with Vanessa Marano, Chris Mulkey and Abbie Cobb; and Out of Death, starring Jaime King, Bruce Willis and Lala Kent.
2021 - A federal judge ruled the Obama-era DACA program to be illegal. The program had protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The ruling left the program intact for existing recipients, but barred the government from approving any new applications.
2021 - Firefighters scrambled to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that was spreading several miles a day in windy conditions. The Bootleg Fire had destroyed several dozen homes.
2021 - In other news caused by Mother Nature’s bad temper: thousands of people fled their homes in the southern Netherlands as rising waters broke through a dyke and swamped cities. Flooding that raged through the tourist town of Valkenburg caused some €400 million ($470 million) in damage to homes and businesses.
2022 - Fires in southwestern France displaced some 14,000 people, and Spain’s National Defense Department deployed most of its fire-fighting aircraft to combat more than 30 forest fires across the country. Major wildfires were also raging in Hungary, Croatia, and Crete.
2023 - Taylor Swift’s re-recorded Speak Now album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was her 12th #1 album, surpassing Barbra Streisand’s record for #1 albums by a female artist.
2023 - Persian Gulf International Airport on Iran’s southwestern coast hit a heat index high of 152 degrees Fahrenheit (66.7 C) at 12:30 p.m. This temperature is considered intolerable for humans and animals, and can make it difficult for the body to regulate its internal temperature. At heat indexes above 150°F, the body struggles to cool itself through sweating, which can lead to potentially fatal overheating.
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Birthdays on This Day July 16
1486 - Andrea del Sarto (Vanucchi or di Francesco)
Italian Renaissance artist; subject of poem by Robert Browning; died Sep 29, 15301723 - Sir Joshua Reynolds
artist: The Age of Innocence, Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse, The Infant Hercules, The Strawberry Girl, Garrick Between Comedy and Tragedy; portrait painter: Samuel Johnson, David Garrick, Lawrence Stern, Oliver Goldsmith; 1st president of the Royal Academy; died Feb 23, 17921821 - Mary Baker Eddy
religious leader: founder of Christian Science; died Dec 3, 19101862 - Ida Wells
journalist, antilynching activist: Red Record [first account of lynchings of blacks in U.S. South]; died Mar 25, 19311872 - Roald Amundsen
explorer: discovered the South Pole [Dec 14, 1911]; first man to sail from from the Atlantic to Pacific through the Northwest Passage [1903-1905]; lost at sea while flying rescue mission to airship Italia [stranded in the arctic] June 22, 19281903 - Mary Philbin
silent-film actress: The Phantom of the Opera [1925], The Man Who Laughs, After the Fog, The Temple of Venus, The Trouper, The Blazing Trail; died May 7, 19931907 - Orville Redenbacher
popcorn gourmet & tycoon; died Sep 19, 19951907 - Barbara Stanwyck (Ruby Stevens)
actress: nominated for Best Actress Oscar 4 times out of her 82 films: Stella Dallas [1937], Ball of Fire [1941], Double Indemnity [1944], Sorry Wrong Number [1948]; Emmy Awards for: The Barbara Stanwyck Show [1960-1961], Big Valley [1965-1966], The Thorn Birds [1983]; died Jan 20, 1990
1911 - Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath)
Academy Award-winning actress: Kitty Foyle [1940]; dancer with Fred Astaire in many musicals; appeared in over 70 films in 60 years; died Apr 25, 19951911 - Sonny Tufts
actor: Land’s End, The Parson and the Outlaw, Cat-Women of the Moon, The Untamed Breed, The Well-Groomed Bride, In the Meantime, Darling; died Jun 4, 19701915 - Barnard Hughes
Emmy Award-winning actor: Lou Grant [1977]; Prelude to a Kiss, The Guiding Light, Sisters, Doc; died July 11, 20061920 - Larry (Lawrence Joseph) Jansen
baseball: pitcher: NY Giants [all-star: 1950, 1951/World Series: 1951], Cincinnati Redlegs; died Oct 10, 20091924 - Bess Myerson
Miss America [1945], actress, corporate spokesperson, civic leader: New York City commissioner; died Dec. 14, 20141925 - Cal Tjader (Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr.)
Grammy Award-winning musician: vibes, piano, percussion; composer: Cast Your Fate to the Winds [1962], La Onda Va Bien [1980]; soundtracks for Peanuts TV cartoons; died May 5, 19821925 - Nat Pierce
musician: jazz rhythm pianist; cobandleader: Capp-Pierce Juggernaut; died June 10, 19921926 - Stanley Clements
actor: Bowery Boys movies; Going My Way, Hot Lead and Cold Feet, Looking for Danger, Wiretapper, Boots Malone, The Girl in the Case, Ghosts on the Loose; appeared in over 100 movies; died Oct 16, 19811927 - Mindy Carson
singer: You’re Not in My Arms Tonight, The Touch of Your Lips, Let’s Go to Town [w/The Dorsey Brothers]1930 - Joey Giardello (Carmine Tilelli)
International Boxing Hall of Famer: World Middleweight Champion [1963-1965]; died Sep 4, 20081932 - Max (William) McGee
football: Green Bay Packers wide receiver: Super Bowl I [made juggled reception to score first Super Bowl touchdown], II; died Oct 20, 20071939 - Corin Redgrave
actor: Persuasion, Four Weddings and a Funeral, In the Name of the Father, Excalibur, Between Wars, The Charge of the Light Brigade, A Man for All Seasons; brother of actresses Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave; died Apr 6, 20101940 - Tony Jackson
musician: bass, singer: group: Searchers: Sweets for My Sweet, Needles & Pins, Don’t Throw Your Love Away, When You Walk into the Room, Goodbye My Love; died Aug 18, 20031941 - Desmond Dekker (Dacris)
reggae musician: Israelites, 007 [Shanty Town], You Can Get It if You Really Want; died May 25, 20061942 - Margaret Smith Court
International Tennis Hall of Famer: champion: Australian Open: [1960-1966], French Open [1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973], Wimbledon [1963, 1965, 1970], U.S. Open [1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973]1943 - Jimmy Johnson
football: champion college coach: Miami; pro coach: Dallas Cowboys: Super Bowl XXVII, XXVIII; FOX TV NFL Sunday football analyst1946 - Ron Yary
Pro Football Hall of Famer [tackle]: Minnesota Vikings, LA Rams; career: started in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, XI, played in 7 consecutive Pro Bowls; missed only two games in his career1948 - Rubén Blades
Grammy Award-winning singer [1986, 1988]; duet [w/Linda Ronstadt]: Silencios; songwriter: El Cantante, Tu Carino, GDBD, Move It!; actor: Color of Night, The Two Jakes, One Man’s War, Dead Man Out, The Milagro Beanfield War, Homeboy, Crossover Dreams, The Last Fight1948 - Bob Murray
hockey: NHL: Atlanta Flames, Vancouver Canucks1948 - Pinchas Zukerman
violinist, orchestra conductor: 100 releases, 21 Grammy nominations, two awards1950 - Camille Saviola
actress: The Heights, Civil Wars, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1951 - Jerry Sisemore
football: Univ of Texas; NFL: Philadelphia Eagles tackle: Super Bowl XV1952 - Stewart Copeland
musician: drums: group: The Police: Fall Out, Every Breath You Take, LP: The Equalizer & Other Cliffhangers1956 - Jerry Doyle
actor: Open House, Lost Treasure, Devious Beings, The Outsider, The Long Ride Home, Storm Watch1958 - Michael Flatley
dancer, performer: Lord of the Dance1959 - Gary Anderson
football [kicker]: Univ of Syracuse; NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, SF 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, Tennessee Titans1963 - Phoebe Cates
actress: Gremlins, Drop Dead Fred, Princess Caraboo, Bright Lights, Big City, Fast Times at Ridgemont High1963 - Denise Faye
dancer, choreographer, actress: Chicago, Mighty Aphrodite, Donnie Brasco, American Pie 2, Nine, Burlesque1965 - Claude Lemieux
hockey [right wing]: NHL: Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars1965 - Tina Tyler
actress [1992-2009]: X-rated films: Foxxxy Lady, Leena Meets Frankenstein, Juranal Park, Passenger 69, Coed Carwash1966 - Irène Jacob
actress: U.S. Marshals, Cuisine américaine, My Life So Far, The Pornographer: A Love Story1967 - Will Ferrell
comedian, actor: Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Suburbans, The Ladies Man, The Andy Dick Show, The Ladies Man, Zoolander, Elf, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy1968 - Barry Sanders
Pro Football Hall of Famer [running back]: Oklahoma State Univ; NFL: Detroit Lions
1971 - Corey (Scott) Feldman
actor: License to Drive, The ’Burbs, National Lampoon’s Last Resort, The Goonies, Gremlins, voice: Donatello in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1972 - Kelly Wagner
actress: Lovewrecked, Seek and Hide, Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales, Meddle and Steal, Masters of Horror1972 - Amber Woods
actress [1991-2000]: X-rated films: Unlike a Virgin, Maiden Heaven, Dallas Does Debbie, Battlestar Orgasmica, Bossy Babes, Backdoor Smugglers1979 - Jayma Mays
actress: Glee, Heroes, Ugly Betty, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Bar Starz, Smiley Faces, Flags of Our Fathers, Epic Movie, Red Eye1979 - Kim Rhode
double trap, skeet shooter: six-time Olympic medal winner (including three gold medals), and six-time national champion in double trap1980 - Jesse Jane
actress [2007-2016]: X-rated films: Pirates, Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge, Island Fever 4, Cheerleaders, Body Heat, Fighters, Babysitters 21980 - Adam Scott
golf champ: PGA: 2013 Masters Tournament, 2004 Players Championship, 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship1981 - Zach Randolph
basketball [forward]: Michigan State Univ; NBA: Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks1982 - Carli Lloyd
U.S. footballer [midfielder]: 2008, 2012 Olympic gold medalist: scored the winning goals; U.S. senior national team [2005-2021]: 2015, 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup champs1983 - Duncan Keith
hockey [defender]: NHL: Chicago Blackhawks [2005–2021]: 2010, 2013, 2015 Stanley Cup champs; Edmonton Oilers [2021–2022]1985 - Rosa Salazar
actress: Parenthood, The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, CollegeHumor Originals, American Horror Story: Murder House, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Man Seeking Woman1986 - Timofey Mozgov
basketball [center]: New York Knicks [2010–2011]; Denver Nuggets [2011–2015]; Cleveland Cavaliers [2015– ]: 2016 NBA champs1987 - AnnaLynne McCord
actress: Nip/Tuck, 90210, American Heiress, Blood Out, Excision, Officer Down, Scorned, Dallas [2014]1988 - Sergio Busquets
footballer [defenseman]: Spain national team [2009-2022]: 2010 World Cup champs1991 - Randall Bentley
actor: Heroes, Falling Up, Love’s Unfolding Dream1991 - Alexandra Shipp
actress: Straight Outta Compton, Love, Simon, X-Men film series, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
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