In History – Happy Birthday Willie!

TODAY IN HISTORY - April 29th:

1982 - 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell
1992 - 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
1992 - Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1933 - Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, American country singer (On the Road Again)
1950 - Debbie Stabenow, American politician
1951 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
1954 - Jerome 'Jerry' seinfeld, Brooklyn New York, comedian/actor ('Seinfeld')
1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, England, actor (Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot)
1958 - Eve Plumb, Burbank, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka)
1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, Midway City California, actress (Married to the Mob)1970 - Uma Thurman, actress (Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction), born in Boston, Massachusetts

2011 - Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton.

GOODBYE TO:

1980 - Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, English director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window), dies of renal failure at 80

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