By Lucy Santiago
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Tony Danza (born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1951) is an American actor and retired professional boxer. He is known for co-starring in the television series Taxi (1978–1983) and Who’s the Boss? (1984–1992), for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom The Tony Danza Show (not to be confused with his 2004–2006 daytime variety talk show of the same name). He has also appeared in films such as The Hollywood Knights (1980), Going Ape! (1981), She’s Out of Control (1989), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Crash (2004), and Don Jon (2013).
BOXING CAREER
Danza was a professional boxer with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses (9 knockouts, 7 in the first round). He competed from 1976 until 1979 in the middleweight division.
BOXING RECORD
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- King Henry VII of England –
- Peter Apianus (astronomer) –
- Mark Twain (American writer) –
- Manfred von Richthofen (aviator, aka the Red Baron) –
- Aldo Leopold (American environmentalist) –
- Mary Doyle Keefe (model for Norman Rockwell’s 1943 painting of Rosie the Riveter) –
- Prince (musician) –
Born
- Charlotte Brontë (author) –
- Anthony Quinn (actor) –
- Elizabeth II (Queen of Great Britain) –
- Charles Grodin (actor) –
- Patti Lupone (actress and singer) –
- Tony Danza (actor) –
- Nicole Sullivan (actress) –
Events
- John Adams sworn in as the first vice president of the U.S.–
- Battle of San Jacinto, Texas–
- David Dows, largest five-masted schooner of its time, launched–
- The New York Giants and New York Yankees played an exhibition game to benefit survivors of the Titanic–
- World record: 2,664-pound great white shark caught off southern coast of Australia–
- 70-lb. 5-oz. bigmouth buffalofish caught, Bastrop, Louisiana–
- 50-lb. 8-oz. African pompano caught, Daytona Beach, Florida–
- Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, journeyed into space–
- In a procedure billed as a first in the U.S., Stephanie Yarber, an infertile Alabama woman, received a transplanted ovary from her identical twin sister, Melanie Morgan–
- Thirteen year old Morgan Pozgar won the LG National Texting Championship. She typed the message, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough you’ll always sound precocious. in 15 seconds–
- Chicago White Sox pitcher Phil Humber threw a perfect game–
- Fireball exploded over Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, rattling homes from central California to Reno, Nevada. Experts believe it was caused by a meteoroid about the size of a minivan.–
Weather
- A tornado in northern Illinois killed 52 people–
- Tornadoes in Kansas–
- A Dodger Stadium doubleheader was rained out for the third day in a row, after heavy rains continued to pour down on southern California. In the previous 26 years, only 12 games had been rained out at the stadium.–
- Waterspout formed off Isle of Palms, South Carolina–
- Half-dollar-size hail fell near Marion, South Carolina–
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