March 24, 1874 — Harry Houdini born
Born Ehrich Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, his family emigrated to America when he was four, and lived in Appleton, Wisconsin,...
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Adam Sandler
March 11, 1895 — Shemp Howard of the Thee Stooges is born
Born Samuel Horwitz, Shemp Howard and his brother, Moe Howard, were two of the original Three Stooges, one of the...
April 4, 2020
October 4, 1902 — Larry Fine born
Louis Feinberg, a kid from Philadelphia, got his start in vaudeville as a violin player. But his comedic talents soon...
February 10, 2020
October 22, 1903 — Curly Howard born
Jerome Lester Horwitz, better known to the world as Curly Howard, was born in Brooklyn, New York. His older brothers,...
February 8, 2020
April 10, 1910 — Sam Schulman born
Born in New York City, most of Schulman’s life was lived on the opposite coast. His companies provided backing money...
January 7, 2020
February 29, 1916 — Dinah Shore born
Born Frances Rose Shore in Winchester, Tennessee, Dinah Shore almost didn’t become a star. She studied at Vanderbilt University, graduating...
November 14, 2019
July 8, 1916 — Eppie Lederer and Pauline Phillips born
Better known respectively by their noms du plume, Ann Landers and Dear Abby, Esther Pauline Friedman and Pauline Esther Friedman...
October 24, 2019
January 29, 1921 — Gene Klein born
Born in the Bronx, Klein moved to California as a young man and became wealthy running car dealerships, and later...
September 1, 2019
December 28, 1922 — Stan Lee born
Born Stanley Lieber in Manhattan to Romanian parents, it was under a pen name that he would become known as...
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January 26, 1925 — Paul Newman born
One of the greatest actors of the Twentieth Century, Paul Newman starred in – among others – “The Hustler”. “The...
August 4, 2019
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