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On This Date: Make of This What You Will

Actress Maura Tierney is 39.

Actor Douglas Coler is 39, again.

Actor Nathan Lane is 48.

Actress Morgan Fairchild is 54.

Singer-guitarist Dave Davies is 57.

Football Hall-of-Famer Bob Griese is 59.
 
Actress Blythe Danner is 61.
 
Actress Bridget Hanley is 63.

Football Hall-of-Famer Fran Tarkenton is 64.

Comedian Shelley Berman is 78.

Actor John Fiedler is 79.

Comedian Joey Bishop is 86.

In 1690, the first paper money in America was issued by the colony of Massachusetts.

In 1783, Spain recognized U.S. independence.

In 1809, the territory of Illinois was created.

In 1924, the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, died in Washington at age 67.

In 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, claimed the lives of rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
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