Wake Up, Crystal Lake - March 31 (Happy Birthday, Mr. Kotter)

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Today's Birthdays:

• 1976 Colin Farrell (actor)
• 1971 Ewan McGregor (actor)
• 1948 Rhea Perlman (actress)
• 1948 Al Gore (45th US Vice President)
• 1945 Gabriel (Gabe) Kaplan (actor, comedian)
• 1943 Christopher Walken (actor)
• 1935 Richard Chamberlain (actor)
• 1935 Herb Alpert (bandleader)
• 1934 Shirley Jones (singer, actress)
• 1928 Gordie Howe (hockey player)
• 1927 William Daniels (actor)
• 1925 Leo Buscaglia (lecturer, author)
• 1922 Richard Kiley (actor)
• 1915 Henry Morgan (Von Ost, Jr) (comedian)
• 1732 Franz Joseph Haydn (composer)
• 1596 Rene Descartes (philosopher)