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Born on this day!! Actor Donald Sutherland is 85. Guitarist Spencer Davis of the Spencer Davis Group is 81. Bassist Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath is 71. Actress Lucie Arnaz is 69. Actor David Hasselhoff is 68. Bassist Fran Smith Jr. of The Hooters is 68. TV producer Mark Burnett (“Survivor,” “The Apprentice”) is 60. Actress Nancy Giles (“China Beach”) is 60. Singer Regina Belle is 57. Country singer Craig Morgan is 56. Bassist Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Folk Implosion) is 54. Contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton is 53. Actor Andre Royo (“The Wire”) is 52. Actress Bitty Schram (“Monk”) is 52. Actor Jason Clarke (“Zero Dark Thirty,” ″Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”) is 51. Director F. Gary Gray (“Straight Outta Compton,” “Furious 8″) is 51. Singer JC of PM Dawn is 49. Rapper Sole’ is 47. Country singer Luke Bryan is 44. Actor Eric Winter (“Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay”) is 44. Actor Mike Vogel (“Under the Dome,” ″The Help”) is 41. Actor Tom Cullen (“Downton Abbey”) is 35. Actor Brando Eaton (“Dexter”) is 34 Singer Jeremih is 33. Actress Billie Lourd (“Scream Queens”) is 28.
THIS DAY IN GENIUS HISTORY
1821 – Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1898 – Spain surrendered to the United States at Santiago, Cuba, ending the Spanish-American War.
1917 – The British royal family changed its name from the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor amid anti-German senitment during World War I.
1938 – “Wrong Way Corrigan” took off from New York, purportedly aiming for California and landing in Ireland.
1945 – President Harry Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet at the opening of the Potsdam Conference.
1955 – Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Calif.
1975 – The American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft linked up for the first time.
1998 – The last Russian Czar Nicholas II was buried 80 years after he and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
Today Is: Celebration of The Horse Day, Disneyland Day, Robin Hood Day, Victims of Baton Rouge, Louisianna Attack Day, World Day for International Criminal Justice, World Emoji Day, Wrong Way Corrigan Day, Yellow Pig Day
TODAY ON TV!
Primetime TV (All Times Eastern)
CBS – 8:00 – McGyver / 9:00 – Magnum PI / 10:00 – Blue Bloods
NBC – 8:00 – The Wall / 10:00 – Dateline NBC
ABC – 8:00 – Shark Tank / 9:00 – 2020
FOX – 8:00 – Friday Night Smackdown
CW – 8:00 – Masters Of Illusion / 8:30 – Masters Of Illusion / 9:00 – Whose Line Is It?
TV Talk Shows
Seth Meyers: Jason Sudeikis, Mike O’Brien (R 6/22/20)
James Corden: Simon Pegg, Ben Platt, Finneas (R 5/20/20)
Lilly Singh: Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger (R 10/21/19)
The View: D.L. Hughley
The Talk: Nia Long
Live with Kelly and Ryan: Jimmie Johnson
Ellen DeGeneres: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Andy Lassner, Kalen Allen (R 2/4/20)
Wendy Williams: Fat Joe (R 12/10/19)
The Real: Alfonso Ribeiro, guest co-host Tisha Campbell (R 10/11/19)
Kelly Clarkson: Chelsea Handler, Ron Funches, Frank Grillo (R 6/23/20)
Tamron Hall: Kevin O’Leary, Alfonso Ribeiro (R 5/15/20)
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