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Linda Blair is born

Linda Blair, American actress and animal rights activist, known for american actress and animal rights activist, was born on 1960-01-22. Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and activist.

Linda Blair, American actress and animal rights activist, known for american actress and animal rights activist, was born on 1960-01-22. Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and activist. She is known for portraying Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist (1973).

Historical Significance

Linda Blair is American actress and animal rights activist.

Key People

Linda Blair

actress and animal rights activist

American actress and animal rights activist

– present

Events Before

  1. Johnny Cash performs the first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin State Prison in California

    Johnny Cash performs the first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin State Prison in California

  2. Chad becomes an autonomous republic in the French Community

    The French Community (French: Communauté française) was the constitutional organization set up in October 1958 between France and its remaining African colonies, then in the process of…

  3. USSR's Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to escape Earth's gravity

    A gravity assist, gravity assist maneuver, swing-by, or generally a gravitational slingshot in orbital mechanics, is a type of spaceflight flyby which makes use of the relative movement (e.g.

  4. TV western "Rawhide," starring Clint Eastwood, premieres on CBS

    TV western "Rawhide," starring Clint Eastwood, premieres on CBS

  5. Plane crash known as "The Day the Music Died" kills musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P. Richardson (aka The Big

    Plane crash known as "The Day the Music Died" kills musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper), and the pilot near Clear Lake, Iowa

Events After

  1. Gabrielle Carteris is born

    Gabrielle Carteris is born

  2. Longest recorded strike ends as Danish barbers' assistants end their 33-year strike

    Longest recorded strike ends as Danish barbers' assistants end their 33-year strike

  3. Berry Gordy signs The Supremes to Motown Records

    The Supremes were an American girl group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959 as the Primettes.

  4. First live, nationally televised presidential news conference, held by JFK

    First live, nationally televised presidential news conference, held by JFK

  5. "I Fall to Pieces" single released by Patsy Cline (Billboard Song of the Year 1961)

    "I Fall to Pieces" is a song written by Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard that was originally recorded by Patsy Cline.

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What happened on January 22, 1960?
Linda Blair, American actress and animal rights activist, known for american actress and animal rights activist, was born on 1960-01-22. Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and activist. She is known for portraying Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist (1973).
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Linda Blair is American actress and animal rights activist.
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