Ed Sullivan – 1901 – an American television host, best known for creating and hosting the long-running variety program “The Ed Sullivan Show”, one of the most influential TV variety shows in U.S. history. The show is known for launching or boosting the careers of Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Supremes, The Jackson 5, and countless others.

William Windom – 1923 – an American character actor with a long and varied career in film, television, and stage.

Career Highlights

• Television:
• Best known for starring in the sitcom “My World and Welcome to It” (1969–1970), based on the writings of humorist James Thurber, which won him an Emmy Award.
• Frequent guest on many popular TV series across decades: Star Trek (as Commodore Matt Decker in “The Doomsday Machine”), Murder, She Wrote (as Dr. Seth Hazlitt, a recurring role opposite Angela Lansbury), The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, Columbo, Night Gallery, and The Wild Wild West.
• Film:
• Appeared in notable films such as To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, as prosecutor Horace Gilmer), The Americanization of Emily (1964), and Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971).
• Stage:
• Performed in theater, including a one-man show portraying James Thurber.

Style and Legacy

• Known for his versatility, Windom often played authority figures—judges, doctors, military men—but also had strong comedic timing.
• His career spanned over 50 years, making him a recognizable “face” on American television, even if not always a household name.

Marcello Mastroianni – 1924 – an Italian actor and one of the greatest icons of European cinema.

Career Highlights:

• Rose to international fame in the 1960s, especially through his collaborations with director Federico Fellini.
• His most famous role was as journalist Marcello Rubini in La Dolce Vita (1960), which made him a global star.
• Worked again with Fellini in 8½ (1963), where he played a film director in creative crisis—a role considered one of the greatest performances in cinema history.
• Known for his on-screen partnership with Sophia Loren, appearing in over a dozen films together, including Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) and Marriage Italian Style (1964).
• Acclaimed for his ability to play both comedic and dramatic roles with subtlety and naturalism.

Awards and Recognition:

• Won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival twice (The Pizza Triangle, 1970; Dark Eyes, 1987).
• Received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, more than any other Italian actor.
• Won several David di Donatello Awards (Italy’s top film award).
• Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in world cinema.

Personal Life:

• Married actress Flora Carabella, though they separated later.
• Had a well-known relationship with actress Catherine Deneuve, with whom he had a daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, who is also an actress.

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Hilary Duff – 1987 – an American actress, best known for her roles in “Lizzie McGuire”, “Cheaper by the Dozen”, “A Cinderella Story”, “Raise Your Voice” and “Material Girls”. She also appeared in television series “Younger” and “How I Met Your Father”.

1994 – The 5,000th performance of the original production of the musical “Cats” on the Broadway stage. 

2008 – SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 1 into orbit. That flight, known as Flight 4, marked the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach Earth orbit.

2021 – The James Bond film “No Time to Die” premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth. The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 149.6 million kilometers (93 million miles). Light travels at about 299,792 kilometers per second (186,282 miles per second) in a vacuum.

In Russia, beer was legally classified as a soft drink (not an alcoholic beverage) until 2011.

The Empire State Building has its own ZIP code: 10118. That’s because it houses so many offices and receives such a high volume of mail that the U.S. Postal Service assigned it a unique ZIP code separate from the surrounding area of Midtown Manhattan.