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Celebrity Birthdays & What Happened in History June 8th

Birthday today for June 8th?! Happy Birthday!! You may find it cool to know that you’re sharing your birthday with:

Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding Out for a Hero artist, Bonnie Tyler is 75 today!!

Julianna Margulies is 60, she’s Alicia Florrick on “The Good Wife” and Carol Hathaway on “ER”. 

Sturgill Simpson is celebrating his 48th birthday!

He won a Grammy for Best Country Album at the 59th Grammy Awards for his album “A Sailor’s Guide To Earth” in 2017. 

Dr. Natalie Manning on “Chicago Med”, Torrey DeVitto is 42. If you’re wondering, the answer is no, Torrey is not related to Danny DeVito.

What happened on this day in History:

If we go back 58 years, to 1968, James Earl Ray, who was wanted at the time for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. He was captured and arrested in London.  He ended up serving 30 years of his 100-year sentence before dying in prison at the age of 70. 

In sports, we go back to 1982, on this day, 44 years ago, baseball Hall of Famer Leroy “Satchel” Paige passed away at the age of 75. 

In movies 42 years ago “Ghostbusters” and “Gremlins” debuted in theaters, the year was 1984!  “Ghostbusters” made $13.6 Million that weekend, “Gremlins” made $12.5 Million

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