Ted Danson’s brithday:
Ted is best known for the bar owner Sam Malone from the TV series Cheers which ran from 1982 – 1993, he also starred as Dr John Becker in the in the sucessful TV series “Becker” from 1998 – 2004.
In addition to his TV shows he has been in a number of well known movies including Three Men and a Baby, Three Men and a Little Lady and Saving Private Ryan. His awards include Two Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ( Cheers 1990 and 1993 ) .
Also today:
- 1989 – The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.[2]
- 1997 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the city’s 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
- Birthdays:
- 1960 – David Boon, Australian cricketer
- 1960 – David Gilbert, Australian cricketer
Anniversary of death of 2020 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (b. 1922)
