#6628, aired 2013-06-12 | LEGENDS OF ROCK $1000: Since 1968 he's been on the cover of Rolling Stone 23 times--a 2011 issue celebrated his 70th birthday & his 70 greatest songs Bob Dylan |
#5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $800: In December 2002 this senator celebrated his 100th birthday with a party on Capitol Hill Strom Thurmond |
#5808, aired 2009-12-09 | CELEBRATED ON HIS BIRTHDAY $200: Cat in the Hat Day,
March 2 Dr. Seuss |
#5808, aired 2009-12-09 | CELEBRATED ON HIS BIRTHDAY $400: Take a Walk on the Moon Day,
August 5 Neil Armstrong |
#5808, aired 2009-12-09 | CELEBRATED ON HIS BIRTHDAY $800: Gravity Day,
December 25 Isaac Newton |
#5808, aired 2009-12-09 | CELEBRATED ON HIS BIRTHDAY $1000: National Handwriting Day,
January 23 John Hancock |
#5808, aired 2009-12-09 | CELEBRATED ON HIS BIRTHDAY $1,600 (Daily Double): Thesaurus Day,
January 18 (Peter) Roget |
#5787, aired 2009-11-10 | WHATEVER $400: On New Year's Day, 2009, this celebrated "Catcher in the Rye" author celebrated his 90th birthday (J.D.) Salinger |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | AUTHOR-ITATIVE INFORMATION $800: This novelist & author of "Advertisements for Myself" celebrated his 80th birthday on Jan. 31, 2003 Norman Mailer |
#4110, aired 2002-06-14 | THE 1960s $400: On March 26, 1962 this poet celebrated his 88th birthday at the White House, where he got a special medal Robert Frost |
#4025, aired 2002-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: By federal law, his birthday is celebrated on the third Monday in January Martin Luther King |
#2645, aired 1996-02-16 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY $300: On Nov. 30, 1995, this TV host, America's "oldest teenager", celebrated his 66th birthday Dick Clark |
#2380, aired 1994-12-30 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY $100: On Jan. 20, 1994 he celebrated his 98th birthday by performing for a sellout crowd at Caesars Palace George Burns |
#1922, aired 1993-01-05 | DATES $100: Having been born on this date, Rossini technically celebrated his birthday only once every 4 yrs. February 29 |
#1638, aired 1991-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: His birthday was first observed in the late 1700s; some celebrated on February 11, some February 22 Washington |
#468, aired 1986-09-24 | RELIGION $600 (Daily Double): He called himself "a transmitter, not an innovator", so the Chinese picked his birthday for Teacher's Day Confucius |