By Vickie Sellers
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was nominated for more Emmy Awards for roles in the legal drama Damages (2007–2010) and the NBC dramedy The Good Place (2016–2020). He was awarded a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in 1999.
Danson made his film debut in 1978 in the crime drama The Onion Field. His breakout film role was as Jack Holden in the films Three Men and a Baby (1987) and Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). His other film roles include Body Heat (1981), Dad (1989) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
Danson’s other leading roles on television include the CBS sitcom Becker, CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011–2015), and CSI: Cyber (2015–2016). In 2015, he starred in the second season of FX‘s anthology series Fargo. He has had comedic roles in the HBO project Bored to Death (2009–2011) and Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO (2000–present), and the NBC sitcom Mr. Mayor (2021–2022).
Danson is also known for his longtime activism in ocean conservation. In March 2011, he published his first book, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them which was written with journalist Michael D’Orso. He has been married to actress Mary Steenburgen since 1995.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
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Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Charles Macintosh (chemist & inventor) –
- Charles Goodyear (inventor) –
- Andrew Johnson (17th U.S. president) –
- Ed Flanders (actor) –
- Mary Tyler Moore (actress) –
- Ted Danson (actor) –
- Patricia Clarkson (actress) –
- Kevin Weisman (actor) –
- Jude Law (actor) –
Died
- Earl Hindman (actor) –
Events
- Saint Thomas Becket was murdered by four knights–
- Texas admitted to the Union as the 28th state–
- Gaslights were first used at the White House–
- American Meteorological Society founded at St. Louis, Missouri–
- William Lyon Mackenzie King became 10th Prime Minister of Canada–
- Fred Newton became the first and only person to swim the length of the Mississippi River. It took him about six months to cover the 1,826 miles from Minnesota to New Orleans. He was in the water for 742 hours and was protected from the cold water by a layer of axle grease on his body–
- The discovery of deuterium was publicly announced–
- Lake Washington Floating Bridge construction began, Seattle, Washington–
- Ashrita Furman stood on a Swiss ball for 3 hours, 38 minutes, and 30 seconds–
- Tom Brady of the New England Patriots broke Peyton Mannings’s single-season touchdown pass record when he threw his 50th of the season against the New York Giants–
- Randy Moss of the New England Patriots set an NFL record with 23 touchdown catches–
- The New England Patriots set an NFL record by winning 16 out of 16 games in the regular season–
Weather
- “Morning silvered by the icicles everywhere shining,” New London, Connecticut–
- Thirty inches of snow fell on central Illinois–
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