By Penny Bancroft
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Marg Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s and first came to attention for playing the role of Siobhan Ryan on the daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope from 1982 to 1986. She is best known for her role as Catherine Willows in the CBS police procedural drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–13), the subsequent television film Immortality (2015), and the second and third seasons of the sequel series CSI: Vegas (2022–2024). Helgenberger is also known for playing the role of K.C. Koloski in the ABC drama China Beach (1988–91), which earned her the 1990 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for roles in the TV series Under the Dome and Intelligence, and the films Species (1995), Species II (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), and Mr. Brooks (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
What English word has all the vowels in alphabetical order?
Facetiously
Died
- André Michaux (botanist) –
- Louis Riel (Canadian politician) –
- Clark Gable (actor) –
- William Holden (actor) –
- Northern Dancer (racehorse) –
Born
- Louis-Honoré Fréchette (Canadian poet) –
- W.C. Handy (composer) –
- George Kaufman (director of theater) –
- Paul Hindemith (composer) –
- Mary Margaret McBride (radio commentator) –
- Burgess Meredith (actor) –
- Marg Helgenberger (actress) –
- Dwight Gooden (baseball player) –
- Lisa Bonet (actress) –
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (actress) –
- Kimberly J. Brown (actress) –
Events
- Napoleon E. Guerin granted patent for cork life preserver–
- Philadelphia Orchestra played its inaugural concert–
- Oklahoma admitted to the Union as the 46th state–
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is established–
- Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical, The Sound of Music, premiered–
- Skylab 4 launched from Kennedy Space Center–
- President Nixon signed a bill authorizing construction of a trans-Alaska oil pipeline–
- Mother Teresa received honorary U.S. citizenship–
- Meteor fireball turned night into day in Finland–
Weather
- Tucson, Arizona, received 6 inches of snow–
- Low temperature in Lincoln, Montana, of -53 degrees Fahrenheit–
- Anchorage, Alaska, reached 45 degrees F and received 8.4 inches of snow–
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