Born on This Day
Versatile actor who played a meek banker in "Terms of Endearment" and an alien in "3rd Rock From the Sun."
American boxer who won the heavyweight championship a record four times, including a 1996 upset over Mike Tyson.
Drag performer and LGBTQ trailblazer who mixed humor and shock value in films like "Pink Flamingos" and "Hairspray."
The Kalamazoo Wings hockey team sets a world record for the most foam fingers waved simultaneously at a game—3,414 fans waved at once. Giant foam fingers have been a thing since 1971, when a high school teacher in Iowa made a papier-mâché prototype.
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