By Terrianna Daniels
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Julianna Margulies (/ˈmɑːrɡjʊliːs/; born June 8, 1966) is an American actress. After several small television roles, Margulies received wide recognition for her starring role as Carol Hathaway in the NBC medical drama series ER (1994–2009), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to four Golden Globe Award nominations. In 2009, she took on the lead role of Alicia Florrick in the CBS legal drama series The Good Wife (2009–2016). Her performance garnered critical acclaim, winning an additional two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Television Critics Association Award.
Margulies also had roles in the TNT miniseries The Mists of Avalon (2001), the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (2006–2007), the National Geographic miniseries The Hot Zone (2019), and currently stars as Laura Peterson in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2021–present).
She starred in the adventure film Dinosaur (2000), the drama film Evelyn (2002), the supernatural horror film Ghost Ship (2002), the action horror film Snakes on a Plane (2006), the comedy drama film City Island (2009), the crime comedy film Stand Up Guys (2012), and the comedy drama film The Upside (2017).
Margulies has received one Golden Globe Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and eight Screen Actor Guild Awards, making her the second most awarded woman ever within SAG after Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She is also the recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2015, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Born
- Robert Schumann (composer) –
- Frank Lloyd Wright (architect) –
- Barbara Bush (U.S. First Lady) –
- Jerry Stiller (actor) –
- Joan Rivers (comedian) –
- Bruce McCandless II (astronaut) –
- Scott Adams (cartoonist, creator of Dilbert) –
- Julianna Margulies (actress) –
- David Sutcliffe (actor) –
Died
- Andrew Jackson (7th U.S. president) –
- Leroy “Satchel” Paige (baseball player) –
- Glenne Headly (actress) –
- Anthony Bourdain (chef, writer, and travel show host) –
Events
- An advertisement in a NYC newspaper by a Mr. Hull of 76 Chatham Street announced that he would start manufacturing ice cream on a commercial basis. It was the first known U.S. ad for commercial ice cream.–
- Ives McGaffey was granted a patent for the first U.S. hand-pumped vacuum cleaner–
- The bald eagle was placed under federal protection as an endangered species in the U.S.–
- Jennifer Reinke spelled “chihuahua” to win Scripps National Spelling Bee–
- James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of MLK, Jr., was arrested by Scotland Yard detectives at Heathrow Airport in London–
- The New York Yankees retired the No. 7 uniform of baseball player Mickey Mantle–
- U.S. release of movie Ghostbusters–
- For the first time in 121.5 years, the Sun was partially eclipsed by the planet Venus (Transit of Venus)–
Weather
- Tornado struck National Weather Service office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma–
- Barneveld, Wisconsin, was devastated by a tornado–
- Louisiana was hit by eight tornadoes, including a strong one that caused major damage in Baton Rouge–
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