Kurt Cobain – the American singer, songwriter and artist – was born on February 20, 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington.
In 1985 Cobain founded the short-lived punk band Fecal Matter, and more famously, he founded Nirvana in 1987.
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Andrew Breitbart was born on this day in 1969
Andrew Breitbart — an American journalist who founded Breitbart News and co-founded HuffPost — was born on this day — February 1, 1969 — in Los Angeles, California. Tragically, he passed away in 2012.
Mr. Breitbart is best remembered for his formulation “politics is downstream from culture” – which has come to be known as The Breitbart Doctrine. He was educated at the Brentwood School and holds a BA in American studies from Tulane University.
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Carmen Lynch was born
on this day in 1972
Carmen Michelle Lynch — the American stand-up comedian — was born on this day — January 17, 1972 — in California.
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Jeff Bezos was born
on this day in 1964
Jeff Bezos – the American entrepreneur and founder of Amazon – was born on January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr Bezos is a graduate of Princeton University.
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Zack de la Rocha was born on this day in 1967
Zack de la Rocha – best known for his work as vocalist and lyricist for Rage Against the Machine – was born on this day – January 12, 1970 – in Long Beach, California.
Dmitri O’Bannon here: I recently learned that Zack de la Rocha wrote the afterword for the upcoming book Fearless Vampire Killers: The Bad Brains Photographs by Glen E. Friedman. This book will ship on April 1, 2025.
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Bradley Cooper was born on this day in 1975
Bradley Charles Cooper — the American actor — was born on this day — January 5, 1975 — in Abington Township, Pennsylvania.
He holds a BA from Georgetown University — where he majored in English and minored in French — and an MFA in acting from the Actors Studio Drama School at The New School.
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Dominic LeBlanc was born on this day in 1967
Dominic LeBlanc – the Canadian lawyer and politician – was born on December 14, 1967 in Ottawa, Ontario.
Mr. LeBlanc serves as a Member of Canada’s Federal Parliment representing the riding of Beauséjour in the province of New Brunswick. He holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Toronto, law degree from the University of New Brunswick, and a Masters of Law from Harvard University.
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Brené Brown was born on this day in 1965
Brené Brown — the American academic and podcaster — was born on this day — November 18, 1965 — in San Antonio, Texas.
Ms. Brown holds a Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995, a Master of Social Work degree, and a PhD in social work at the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work.
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Lisa Su was born on this day in 1969
Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su – the president and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices – was born on thi day – November 7, 1969 – in Tainan, Taiwan.
She holds a BS, MS, and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Kamala Harris was born
on this day in 1964
Kamala Harris – the 49th and current vice president of the United States – was born on this day – October 20, 1964 – in Oakland, California. She holds a BA from Howard University and JD from the University of California College of the Law.
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