On This Day April 25
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1874 – Magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weisz (d. 1926)
1951 – Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger
1970 – Actress Lara Flynn Boyle (“Twin Peaks,” “The Practice,” “Men In Black II”)
1973 – Emmy-winning actor Jim Parsons (“Garden State,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Hidden Figures”)
1974 – Actress Alyson Hannigan (“American Pie,” “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “How I Met Your Mother”)
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1932 – Singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim, born Herbert Buckingham Khaury (d. 1996)
1940 – Oscar and Grammy-winning jazz musician Herbie Hancock
1947 – Comedian and retired “Late Show” host David Letterman
1950 – Actor-singer and former teen heartthrob David Cassidy (“The Partridge Family”) (d.2017)
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1956 – The Platters serve up the No. 1 single in America: “The Great Pretender.”
1967 – “Kind of a Drag,” by The Buckinghams, begins two weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100.
1982 – Cher makes her Broadway acting debut in “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.”
1995 – TLC marks its fourth and final week on top of the pop chart with “Creep.”
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1937 – Singer Don Everly of The Everly Brothers (“”Wake Up, Little Susie”)
1948 – Funk musician Rick James (“Super Freak,” “Give It To Me Baby”) (d. 2004)
1965 – Actress Sherilyn Fenn (“21 Jump Street,” “Two Moon Junction,” “Twin Peaks”)
1971 – Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (“Six Feet Under,” “Dexter”)
1994 – Singer-songwriter Harry Styles, formerly of the popular boy band One Direction
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1978 – “Baby Come Back,” by Player, begins its third and final week as a No. 1 single.
1995 – TLC marks the first of four weeks as Billboard singles chart-toppers with “Creep.”
2006 – “Grillz,” by Nelly featuring fellow rappers Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp, is the No. 1 single.
2017 – Ed Sheeran rules the Billboard Hot 100 with “Shape of You.”
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1934 – Game show host Wink Martindale (“Tic Tac Dough,” “Gambit,” “Dedt”)
1964 – Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei (“My Cousin Vinny,” “In the Bedroom,” “The Wrestler”)
1966 – Comedian Fred Armisen (“Saturday Night Live,” “Portlandia”)
1969 – Grammy-winning rapper-record producer Jay Z, born Shawn Corey Carter
1954 – The Chordettes settle in at No. 1 on the singles chart for seven weeks with “Mr. Sandman.”
1965 – The Byrds kick off three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
1993 – Cancer claims the life of rock composer-guitarist Frank Zappa at the age of 52.
2004 – The Usher-Alicia Keys duet, “My Boo,” enters its sixth and final week as a No. 1 single.
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