By Michelle Dumas
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for an Academy Award.
Born to singer Bill Hudson and actress Goldie Hawn, Hudson made her film debut in the 1998 drama Desert Blue, which was followed by supporting roles in several films. She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe‘s musical drama Almost Famous (2000), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and received an Oscar nomination in the same category.
Throughout the 2000s, Hudson starred in a succession of romantic comedies, most notably in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), You, Me and Dupree (2006), Fool’s Gold (2008), and Bride Wars (2009). On television, she had a recurring role in the musical series Glee (2012–2013) and a starring role in the second season of Truth Be Told (2022). Her other film credits include The Skeleton Key (2005), Nine (2009), Rock the Kasbah (2015), Deepwater Horizon (2016), Mother’s Day (2016), Music (2021), and Glass Onion (2022).
Hudson is a co-founder of the fitness brand and membership program Fabletics, operated by TechStyle Fashion Group. She is also the author of the non-fiction books Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body (2016) and Pretty Fun: Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition (2017).
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
How does one care for a bronze statue that is kept outdoors?
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Rostrum
Puzzle of the Day
What kind of ears do engines have?
Born
- Roger Sherman (American statesman) –
- Dick Sargent (actor) –
- Jayne Mansfield (actress) –
- Tim Curry (actor) –
- Tony Plana (actor) –
- Ashley Judd (actress) –
- James Franco (actor) –
- Kate Hudson (actress) –
- Hayden Christensen (actor) –
- Maria Sharapova (tennis player) –
- Simu Liu (actor) –
Died
- Charles Darwin (naturalist) –
- Daphne du Maurier (author) –
- Norris McWhirter (co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records, final arbiter on everything from the fastest climb of Mount Everest to the world’s longest hot dog) –
Events
- The American Revolution began with the first shot fired at Lexington (no one knows from which side). The shot heard round the world” (a reference from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem “The Concord Hymn”) occurred at the North Bridge in Concord later that same day. It was the first exchange where colonial militiamen were ordered to fire upon British soldiers.”–
- The Boston Marathon was held for the first time–
- Great fire in Toronto started–
- Canadian runner Tom Longboat won the Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 24 seconds–
- Women granted the right to vote in Alberta, Canada–
- Leslie Irvin made the first free-fall parachute jump, Dayton, Ohio–
- John C. Miles won Boston Marathon–
- Oxford English Dictionary completed–
- Surgeon’s Loch Ness monster hoax photo taken–
- Movie Stand Up and Cheer released in U.S., first to seriously launch Shirley Temple’s film career–
- Spring peepers heard in Dublin, NH–
- WIYY DJ Bob Rivers began an on-air vigil until baseball’s Baltimore Orioles won (which was in 258 hours)–
- Oklahoma City bombing–
- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was elected pope. He chose the name Pope Benedict XVI. He was the oldest pope elected since 1730–
- The death of the oldest known spider (43-year-old trapdoor species) was announced –
- NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter became the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet (Mars).–
Weather
- Last snow of a late winter raised snow cover to 3 feet in southern New Hampshire–
- In the second day of an early-season heat wave in the Northeast, Providence, Rhode Island, reached 98 degrees F–
- The Boston Marathon was run in 90-degree heat–
- The temperature reached 88 degrees F in Portsmouth, New Hampshire–
- Lead, South Dakota, received 59 inches of snow–
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