September 8

September 8

Born on This Day

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  • Female Music Icons of the 1990s and New Millennium
  • Musical Monikers
  • Name Changers

  Pink

  Animal Rights Activist, Film Actress, Dancer, Guitarist, Pianist, Singer / 1979 -

  Contrasting her edgy, tomboyish style with that of her female popstar peers, Pink has had huge success with hits like "You Make Me Sick" and "There You Go".

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  Pink

  Born: September 8, 1979
  Age: 33 years old
  Birthplace: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
  Occupation: Animal Rights Activist, Film Actress, ...
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  • Celebrities and Their Fast Cars
  • Swinging London - Cultural Icons: 1960s
  • Famous Virgoans

  Peter Sellers

  Actor, Comedian / 1925 - 1980

  British actor Peter Sellers was incredibly versatile, playing Chief Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther films with as much ease as Clare Quilty in Lolita.

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  Peter Sellers

  1925 | 54 years old
  Actor, Comedian

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  • Famous Virgoans
  • Famous Black Activists
  • Famous Civil Rights Activists

  Ruby Bridges

  Civil Rights Activist / 1954 -

  Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South.

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  Ruby Bridges

  1954 | 58 years old
  Civil Rights Activist

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  • Country Legends
  • Aviation Accident Victims
  • Name Changers

  Patsy Cline

  Pianist, Singer / 1932 - 1963

  Patsy Cline was a celebrated country singer best known for her crossover hits, including "Crazy" and "Walking After Midnight."

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  Patsy Cline

  Born: September 8, 1932
  Birthplace: Winchester, Virginia, United States
  Occupation: Pianist, Singer
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  • Famous Military Veterans
  • Famous Virgoans
  • Famous Comedians

  Sid Caesar

  Comedian / 1922 -

  Sid Caesar is a comedian and the creator of the classic Emmy Award-winning television variety program Your Show of Shows.

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  Sid Caesar

  1922 | 90 years old
  Comedian

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  • Sparks On The Set
  • Celebrities With Court-side Seats
  • Cast of Dancing with the Stars

  David Arquette

  Film Actor, Television Actor / 1971 -

  David Arquette is an actor known for paying quirky roles primarily in films, from Scream to Eight-Legged Freaks to Never Been Kissed.

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  David Arquette

  1971 | 41 years old
  Film Actor, Television Actor

September 8

Died on This Day

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  • Groundbreaking Women
  • African-American Biopics
  • Real Life Leading Ladies

  Dorothy Dandridge

  Film Actress, Pin-up, Singer / 1922 - 1965

  Dorothy Dandridge was an American actress and popular singer, and was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress.

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  Dorothy Dandridge

  Died: September 8, 1965
  Age: 42 years old
  Place: West Hollywood, California , United States
  Occupation: Singer
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  • Blacklisted
  • Celebrity Enlistees
  • Famous Military Veterans

  Zero Mostel

  Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1915 - 1977

  Stage, television and screen actor Zero Mostel won a Tony Award playing Tevye in Jerome Robbins' Fiddler on the Roof, and starred in Mel Brooks' film The Producers.

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  Zero Mostel

  1977 | 62 years old
  Film Actor, Theater Actor

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  • Famous Pisceans
  • Famous People Named Lee
  • Famous People Born on February 29

  Ann Lee

  Religious Leader / 1736 - 1784

  British religious leader Ann Lee, also known as "Mother Ann," had a vision of the second coming of Christ, which led her to found an American society of Shakers.

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  Ann Lee

  1784 | 48 years old
  Religious Leader

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  • Famous Geminis
  • Famous Songwriters and Composers
  • Famous Germans

  Richard Strauss

  Songwriter / 1864 - 1949

  Richard Strauss was a leading German classical composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras best known for his operas Der Rosenkavalier and Salome.
  

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  Richard Strauss

  Died: September 8, 1949
  Age: 85 years old
  Place: Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany
  Occupation: Songwriter
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  • Famous Sagittarians
  • Famous Chemists
  • Famous Scientists

  Willard Libby

  Chemist / 1908 - 1980

  Willard Libby was a chemist whose technique of carbon-14 dating provided an extremely valuable tool for a variety of scientists.

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  Willard Libby

  1980 | 71 years old
  Chemist

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  • Famous Harlem Residents
  • Famous Virgoans
  • Famous Black Activists

  Roy Wilkins

  Civil Rights Activist, Editor, Journalist / 1901 - 1981

  Roy Wilkins was best known as the executive director of the NAACP and a leader of the African-American civil rights movement.

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  Roy Wilkins

  1981 | 80 years old
  Civil Rights Activist, Editor, ...