By StephanieLee Elliott
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Stacy Ann “Fergie” Ferguson (/ˈfɜːrɡi/ FUR-ghee; born March 27, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. As a child, Fergie starred on the children’s television series Kids Incorporated (1984–1989), and voiced Sally Brown in two Peanuts television specials and in The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1984–1986). She later co-founded the girl group Wild Orchid, and performed on two albums in the 1990s.
During the 2000s, Fergie achieved international fame as a part of the hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas, recording four albums with them. Her debut solo album, The Dutchess (2006), peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. It spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles “Big Girls Don’t Cry“, “Glamorous” and “London Bridge“, and the top-five singles “Clumsy” and “Fergalicious“. Her second solo album, Double Dutchess (2017), was released alongside a film and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200. It spawned the top 40 singles “L.A. Love (La La)” and “M.I.L.F. $“.
Fergie has acted in the disaster film Poseidon (2006), the double feature Grindhouse (2007), the musical drama Nine (2009), and the comedy film Marmaduke (2010). She also hosted the reality series The Four: Battle for Stardom (2018). Her other ventures include launching two footwear lines and five fragrances beginning with Avon‘s Outspoken in 2010.
Fergie has sold over 35 million albums and 60 million singles worldwide. Her accolades include eight Grammy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Billboard ranked her among the top artists of the 2000s and named her Woman of the Year in 2010.
Fergie was born on March 27, 1975, in Hacienda Heights, California, to Terri (née Gore) and Jon Patrick Ferguson. She has a younger sister named Dana Ferguson; their ancestry includes English, Irish, Mexican, and Scottish. Ferguson was raised Roman Catholic and attended Mesa Robles Middle School and Glen A. Wilson High School. She was a cheerleader, straight-A student, spelling bee champion, and Girl Scout.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
The windiest place in the world is Commonwealth Bay, George V Coast, Antarctica, where winds often reach 200 mph! The highest surface wind speed, 251 mph, was recorded on Australia’s Barrow Island during Cyclone Olivia in 1996. Previously, 231 mph was recorded on top of Mount Washington, New Hampshire (on April 12, 1934).
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
One solution is: Herein
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Died
- Pope Gregory XI –
- Wilhelm Beer (astronomer) –
- Yuri Gagarin (first man in space) –
- Easley Blackwood (bridge game expert) –
- Ferry Porsche (automobile manufacturer) –
- Dudley Moore (actor) –
- Billy Wilder (Oscar-winning filmmaker) –
- Milton Berle (comedian) –
- Edward J. Piszek (once made too many crab cakes for a local bar and threw the extras in a freezer, an accident that led to a frozen seafood empire, Mrs. Paul’s Kitchens) –
Born
- Nathaniel Currier (lithographer) –
- Wilhelm Roentgen (physicist) –
- Henry Royce (automobile manufacturer) –
- Patty Smith Hill (educator) –
- Gloria Swanson (actress) –
- Snooky Lanson (singer) –
- Sarah Vaughan (jazz singer) –
- David Janssen (actor) –
- Michael York (actor) –
- Quentin Tarantino (actor, director, & writer) –
- Mariah Carey (singer) –
- Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson (singer) –
- Brenda Song (actress) –
Events
- British General William Howe, his troops, and many Tories, sailed from Boston’s outer harbor for Halifax, Nova Scotia, after evacuating the city –
- The first steam fire engine was tested in New York City –
- A corkscrew was patented by M.L. Byrn of New York City –
- Andrew Rankin received a patent for the urinal –
- Regina made capital of N.W.T. –
- First cherry trees, a gift from Japan, planted on Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. –
- Seattle Metropolitans became first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup –
- Steve McQueen made his debut on a Goodyear Playhouse episode called The Chivington Raid”“ –
- Nikita Khrushchev became Premier of the Soviet Union in addition to first secretary of the Communist Party –
- 9.2-magnitude earthquake, Prince William Sound, Alaska –
- Marlon Brando turned down an Oscar for his performance in The Godfather as a gesture of support for the Indians occupying the Wounded Knee reservation in South Dakota –
- A Dutch KLM 747 collided on takeoff with a Pan American 747 at Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 582 people –
- Mt. St. Helens erupted after 123-year dormancy, starting a series of events that led to a cataclysmic eruption on May 18. –
- X-43A Scramjet flew at Mach 7 –
- 25-pound 2-ounce burbot caught in Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan –
- 50-pound carp caught in MacArthur Park Lake in Los Angeles, California –
- Almost 800 students of the Pike County Elementary School in Zebulon, Georgia, wished janitor Haze Mabry a happy 80th birthday –
Weather
- Series of spring dust storms in Kansas blotted out sun, 70 mph westerly gale –
- This was the last of three days of snow that brought 50 inches to the Black Hills of South Dakota –
- Fatal tornadoes occurred in the United States on this day and on the 27th of every month though August – as well as in November. –
- A fast-moving blizzard swept through eastern Newfoundland –
- 5.75 inches of rain fell in Nashville, Tennessee –
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