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MILESTONES: September 30 birthdays for T-Pain, Fran Drescher, Lacey Chabert

September 30, 2020 Brooklyn Eagle History
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NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include “Police Woman” star Angie Dickinson, who was born in 1931; soul and gospel singer Cissy Houston, who was born in 1933; “Chances Are” singer Johnny Mathis, who was born in 1935; “Blue Bloods” star Len Cariou, who was born in 1939; “Solid Gold” host Marilyn McCoo, who was born in 1943; “All of Me” star Victoria Tennant, who was born in 1950; “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher, who was born in 1957; “Some Kind of Wonderful” star Eric Stoltz, who was born in 1961; “The Matrix Reloaded” star Monica Bellucci, who was born in 1964; “Dharma & Greg” star Jenna Elfman, who was born in 1971; Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard, who was born in 1975; International Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Hingis, who was born in 1980; “Mean Girls” star Lacey Chabert, who was born in 1982; and rapper and actor T-Pain, who was born in 1985.

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SHOOTING STAR: James Dean died on this day in 1955. The rising young film star died in an auto accident near Cholame, California, two hours after getting a speeding ticket. He was 24. His final films, “Rebel Without a Cause” and “East of Eden,” were released posthumously in 1956.

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EARLY ROCK: “The Flintstones” premiered on ABC on this day in 1960. The Hanna-Barbera comedy was the first animated series to air during prime time. Set in pre-historic times in the town of Bedrock, it followed the adventures of two Stone Age families: Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their neighbors Barney and Betty Rubble.  

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Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.

 

Quotable:

“My mother was against me being an actress — until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.”

— Angie Dickinson, who was born on this day in 1931

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