By Bert Leeson
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Swoosie Kurtz (/ˈswuːsi/ SWOO-see; born September 6, 1944) is an American actress. She is the recipient of an Emmy Award and two Tony Awards.
Kurtz made her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of Ah, Wilderness. She has received five Tony Award nominations, winning for both Fifth of July (1981) and The House of Blue Leaves (1986); her other nominations were for Tartuffe (1988), Frozen (2004), and Heartbreak House (2007).
For her television work, she has received eight Emmy Award nominations, with one win for Carol and Company in 1990. Other television credits include the NBC drama Sisters (1991–1996), Huff (2004–2006), Pushing Daisies (2007–2009), and the hit CBS sitcom Mike & Molly (2010–2016). Her films include Wildcats (1986), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Stanley & Iris (1990), Citizen Ruth (1996), Liar Liar (1997) and Bubble Boy (2001).
Kurtz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child of author Margaret “Margo” (née Rogers) and Air Force Colonel Frank Allen Kurtz Jr., a decorated World War II American bomber pilot. She got her first name “Swoosie” (which rhymes with Lucy, rather than woozy) from her father. It is derived from the B-17D Flying Fortress bomber which her father piloted during World War II, which was named “The Swoose” (half swan, half goose).
TODAY’S ALMANAC
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Born
- Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg (founder of Lutheranism in America) –
- John Dalton (scientist) –
- Frances Wright (author) –
- Jane Addams (social worker) –
- Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (diplomat) –
- Jo Anne Worley (comedienne) –
- Swoosie Kurtz (actress) –
- Jane Curtin (actress) –
- John Wall (basketball player) –
Died
- Martha Jefferson (wife of Thomas Jefferson; died before presidency) –
- Charles Ammi Cutter (librarian) –
- Leslie McFarlane (Hardy Boys writer) –
- Charles E. Bennett (member of the House of Representatives for 44 years. His legislation in 1955 required that the mint put In God We Trust on all currency. Shortly thereafter, Congress made the words the nation’s motto.) –
- Luciano Pavarotti (opera singer) –
Events
- British Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims who hoped to settle in America–
- U.S. President William McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz–
- A decree was issued in Germany requiring all Jews over the age of six to wear the Star of David–
- CBFT Montreal was the first Canadian TV station to begin regular broadcast programming in both French and English. CBLT Toronto followed two days later–
- CBFT first Canadian TV station to go on air–
- Georgia Gibbs sang “The Hula-Hoop Song” on The Ed Sullivan Show. This was the first national exposure for the hula-hoop craze–
- Canadian highway signs, except in Quebec and Nova Scotia, converted to metric–
- Cal Ripken, Jr. played his 2,131st game and became a part of baseball history by surpassing Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130 consecutive games played–
- Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, hosted Bruce Springsteen for its first rock concert in history–
- Jeff Williams returned to Earth after working 172 days on the International Space Station, thereby making a cumulative total of 534 days in space over several missions – the longest time yet recorded for NASA astronauts.–
Weather
- On “Yellow Day,” forest fires in Michigan and Ontario caused a luminous yellow haze throughout the Northeast–
- Iowa had some early snow when a few flakes fell in Alton–
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