By Eunice Charles
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Cheryl Ruth Hines (born September 21, 1965) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as Cheryl David on HBO‘s Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She also starred as Dallas Royce on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory (2011–2014) and made her directorial debut with the 2009 film Serious Moonlight.
Beyond acting, Hines is known for her advocacy work and public presence. She is married to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the 26th and current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Hines was born in Miami Beach, Florida, to James and Rosemary Hines. She spent much of her childhood in Tallahassee, where she was actively involved in the Young Actors Theatre. Despite financial hardships—she reportedly did not have her own bed until after high school—she pursued her education at Lively Technical Center and Tallahassee State College before earning a degree in radio and television production from the University of Central Florida in 1990.
Hines has been actively involved in advocacy work, particularly with United Cerebral Palsy (UCP). Her involvement began after a nephew was born with cerebral palsy, prompting her to seek resources and support from the organization. Over time, she became a vocal advocate and now serves on UCP’s board of trustees. In 2015, Hines and her family won $25,000 for UCP while competing on Celebrity Family Feud.
Hines was raised Roman Catholic.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
A day to support peace and non-violence throughout the world. Observed on the opening day of the annual regular session of the United Nations.
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
If you transpose a term for low, what horses have will plainly show. Transpose these letters yet once more, what’s said in churches you’ll explore. (What word fits the first clue, and when rearranged, fits the others?)
Mean – mane – amen
Born
- Louis Joliet (explorer) –
- Francis Hopkinson (judge) –
- Margaret Taylor (U.S. First Lady) –
- Sir Edmund William Gosse (poet) –
- H.G. Wells (writer) –
- Henry Lewis Stimson (politician) –
- Chuck Jones (Bugs Bunny animator) –
- Donald Glaser (American physicist and inventor of the Bubble Chamber; born in Cleveland, Ohio.) –
- Larry Hagman (actor) –
- Don Felder (musician) –
- Stephen King (author) –
- Bill Murray (actor) –
- Dave Coulier (actor) –
- David James Elliot (actor) –
- Cheryl Hines (actress) –
- Luke Wilson (actor) –
- John Kitna (football player) –
- Virginia Ruano Pascual (tennis player) –
- Jana Kandarr (tennis player) –
- Maggie Grace (actress) –
Died
- Sir Walter Scott (poet) –
- Florence Griffith Joyner (Olympic gold medalist) –
- Alice Ghostley (actress) –
- Richard D. Trentlage (American jingle writer) –
Events
- The New York Sun’s Frank Church replied, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. –
- Stonehenge was sold to a local landowner for 6,600 pounds –
- J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit published –
- The NFL’s longest punt, 98 yards, came off the foot of Steve O’Neal of the NY Jets –
- The NY Jets competed against the Cleveland Browns in the first televised NFL Monday Night Football game –
- Belize becomes fully independent from Great Britain –
- Canada’s “toonie” coin unveiled –
- John F. Kennedy, Jr. married Carolyn Bessette –
- Singer Billy Joel was honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame –
Weather
- The hurricane that came to be known as the Long Island Express slammed into Long Island at 60 mph –
- The Blue Hills Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, had a sustained wind of 121 mph, with a peak gust of 186 mph –
- Hurricane Georges struck Puerto Rico –
- Hurricane Igor struck Newfoundland and Labrador –
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