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Keke Palmer - 19 ("Akeelah and the Bee" star . . . Ice Cube's football-playing niece in "The Longshots" . . . and the star of the Nickelodeon show "True Jackson V.P.")
Dylan O'Brien - 21 (Stiles on MTV's "Teen Wolf".)
Chris Pine - 32 (He is the young super hot stud James Kirk in the "Star Trek" prequels.Was also the Stud from "The Princess Diaries 2" and the Lindsay Lohan movie "Just My Luck". )
Macaulay Culkin - 32 (Is he slowly killing himself with heroin and painkillers?)
Thalia - 41 (The new and improved upgraded Mrs. Tommy Mottola.)
Melissa McCarthy - 42 ( "Mike and Molly" and "Bridesmaids".)
Adrian Young - 42 (No Doubt's drummer.)
Chris Burke - 46 (Corky from "Life Goes On".)
Tom Ridge, Former director of homeland security, turns 66 ( think his ass is orange?)
VALERIE SIMPSON - 66 (The surviving half OF the AWESOME ASHFORD & SIMPSON. )
Geraldine Ferraro - 1935 - 2011) (First woman nominated for vice president.)
Michael Jeter - Would have been 60 - (1952 - 2003) (whom your kids may know better as Elmo's mime-like buddy, the 2nd Mr. Noodle on "Sesame Street". I MISS YOU, MR. NOODLE.)
MOTHER TERESA - (1910 - 1997)
1907 - HARRY HOUDINI jumped off a bridge over the San Francisco Bay with his hands tied to a 75-pound ball-and chain. He swam to the surface in less than two minutes minus said attachments.It was a trick.
1920 - The 19th Amendment, GUARANTEEING AMERICAN WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE, was declared in effect.
1946 - NORMA JEAN BAKER signed a contract with 20th Century Fox. She soon changed her first name to Marilyn after dancer Marilyn Miller . . . and her last name to her mother's maiden name, Monroe. She used to have relations with lots of famous men..
1953 - The CLASSIC sci-fi movie "THE WAR OF THE WORLDS" .was released ( not the Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg version )
1968 - The BEATLES released "HEY JUDE". The song was #1 for NINE weeks longer than any of the band's other hits.
1970 - JIMI HENDRIX made his last public appearance, at England's Isle of Wight Pop Festival. He shared top billing with BOB DYLAN, JONI MITCHELL, and RICHIE HAVENS. Jimi would die less than a month later.
1974 - CHARLES LINDBERGH, the first man to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic, died at his home in Hawaii at the age of 72.
1986 - TED KNIGHT the genius who played Ted Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" AND Henry Rush, animator of Cosmic Cow on "Too Close For Comfort", died of cancer at the age of 62.
1987 - SONNY BONO announced he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, California. To his critics he said, quote, "I've never been qualified for anything I've done." Because of his truth-telling skills, he won. But because of his skiing skills, he is no longer with us. WHAT TREE?
