By Annie Walker
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. After appearing in television commercials, her first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy License to Drive (1988), followed by the critically acclaimed film Drugstore Cowboy (1989). She then played supporting roles on the television series Twin Peaks (1991), and in films such as Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and Swingers (1996). She gained critical praise for her role as “Rollergirl” in the film Boogie Nights (1997). This led to major roles in the comedy films Bowfinger and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (both 1999).
Graham had leading roles in Say It Isn’t So (2001) and From Hell (2001), and continued to play supporting roles in the films Mary (2005); The Hangover (2009) and its sequel, The Hangover Part III (2013); At Any Price (2012); and Horns (2013). She has had roles on television series such as Scrubs (2004) and Californication (2014).
Graham is a public advocate for Children International and supported the climate change campaign Global Cool in 2007.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Thomas Paine (patriot) –
- William McKinley (25th U.S. president) –
- Anton Chekhov (author) –
- Whitney Warren (architect) –
- Vincente Blasco Ibanez (novelist) –
- W.C. Fields (actor) –
- Barnett Newman (painter) –
- Victor Mature (actor) –
- Katharine Ross (actress ) –
- Tom Selleck (actor) –
- Ann Jillian (actress) –
- Oprah Winfrey (television host) –
- Judy Norton-Taylor (actress) –
- Heather Graham (actress) –
- Sara Gilbert (actress) –
- Justin Hartley (actor) –
- Adam Lambert (singer) –
Died
- Robert Frost (poet) –
- Jimmy Durante (actor) –
- Dick “Night Train” Lane (football player ) –
- Harold Russell (received two Oscars for portrayal of wounded veteran in The Best Years of Our Lives, after losing both his hands in WW II) –
- Joshua Miner (Outward Bound USA founder) –
- Mary-Ellis Bunim (producer who helped bring television into the age of reality with The Real World and Road Rules) –
- Larry L. McGraw (founder of Home Orchard Society) –
- Rod McKuen (poet) –
Events
- Geologist William Edmond Logan became first Canadian-born knight–
- Kansas was admitted to the Union as the 34th state–
- Charles Steinmetz patented a system of distribution by alternating current.–
- U.S. physician Emil H. Grube became the first to use X-ray treatment for breast cancer–
- American Baseball League formed in Chicago–
- Carl Taylor’s ice cream cone-rolling machine patented–
- The Baseball Hall of Fame elected its first members–
- Actor Paul Newman married actress Joanne Woodward–
- Emily H. Warner became the first female pilot of a U.S. commercial airline–
- 21-pound 8-ounce bowfin caught in Forest Lake, South Carolina–
- Julio Cesar Chavez suffered the first defeat of his pro boxing career, losing his WBC super lightweight crown on a split decision to 32 year-old Frankie Randall in Las Vegas–
Weather
- The “Great Olympic Blowdown” windstorm struck the Washington coast, with winds up to 113 mph. Eight billion board feet of timber was destroyed in North Head, Washington.–
- 62 degrees in Nampa, Idaho–
- Fields full of snow rollers were sighted in Weld County, Colorado.–
- January 26 to 29: An atmospheric river caused a major West Coast storm –
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