By Penny Bancroft
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Michael Vartan is a French-American actor, known for his role as Michael Vaughn on the ABC television action drama Alias, his role on the TNT medical drama Hawthorne, and his role on the E! drama The Arrangement as Terence Anderson. His film roles include The Pallbearer, Never Been Kissed, The Next Best Thing, One Hour Photo, Monster-in-Law, Rogue, Colombiana, and Small Town Crime.
Vartan began dating his Alias co-star Jennifer Garner in mid-2003. After several months of rumors, their break-up was confirmed in August 2004.
In March 2010, Vartan announced his engagement to Lauren Skaar, whom he met in a Whole Foods Market parking lot in Los Angeles in 2009. The couple married on April 2, 2011, at the Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach, California. Skaar filed for divorce in July 2014, citing irreconcilable differences.
Vartan is also a fan of ice hockey, a trait incorporated into his character, Michael Vaughn, on Alias.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Anders Celsius (astronomer) –
- James Agee (writer) –
- Buffalo Bob Smith (entertainer, Howdy Doody host) –
- Bruce Lee (martial artist & actor) –
- Jimi Hendrix (musician) –
- Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (daughter of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy) –
- Fisher Stevens (actor) –
- Michael Vartan (actor) –
Died
- Alexandre Dumas fils (author) –
- Baby Face Nelson (gangster) –
- Eugene O’Neil (playwright) –
- Lotte Lenya (actress) –
Events
- Shakespeare got a license to marry Anne Hathaway–
- The American Statistical Association founded in Boston–
- Spectacular Andromedid meteor storm, 13,000 per hour–
- Penn. Station opened in New York City–
- C.A.R.E. founded–
- Basketball player Wilt Chamberlain scored 18 baskets in a row–
- In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and city supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by former supervisor Dan White–
- Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 2.0 was released, starting the first browser war (with Netscape’s Navigator)–
Weather
- The Portland Storm brought 27 inches of snow to New London, Connecticut–
- 0.5” snow began falling in northern Florida–
- Tallahassee, Florida, experienced freezing temperatures, with a low of 20 degrees F–
- A blizzard with lightning struck parts of South Dakota–
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