In History – “Flameworthy” Award for Toby Keith

IN HISTORY - April 7th:

1970 - 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy", John Wayne & Maggie Smith win
2003 - 37th CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards: Toby Keith & Martina McBride wins

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1915 - Billie Holiday, [Eleanora Fagan], jazz singer (Lady Sings the Blues), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1928 - James Garner, American actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick), born in Norman Oklahoma, (d. 2014)
1933 - Wayne Rogers, Birmingham Ala, actor (M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs)
1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, director (Godfather, Apocalypse Now), born in Detroit, Michigan
1964 - Russell Crowe, Australian/New Zealand actor (A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator), born in Wellington, New Zealand

2003 - Academy Award "Gladiator" actor Russell Crowe (39) weds singer Danielle Spencer (32) at his 560-acre cattle farm in Nana Glen, New South Wales, Australia

GOODBYE TO:

1972 - "Crazy" Joe Gallo, American mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party by rival mobsters
2012 - Mike Wallace [Myron], American media personality, dies at 93
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