Born in New York City on this day in 1907, Barbara Stanwyck began her acting career at the tail end of the silent era, then became a major star of the 1930s and 1940s in such classic films as 'Stella Dallas', 'The Lady Eve' and 'Double Indemnity'. When film roles no longer came to the savvy versatile actress in the late Fifties, she moved to television where she appeared in 'Big Valley' and later Dynasty'. She is seen in a glamorous studio shot from the 1940s. 
T.R. Sundaram (93), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
Barbara Stanwyck (93), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
Vasili Katinov (93), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
 1907 - Orville Redenbacher
popcorn gourmet & tycoon; died Sep 19, 1995, geboren

 1907 - Barbara Stanwyck (Ruby Stevens)
actress; died Jan 20, 1990; see Missy Day [above], geboren
1907 Orville Redenbacher popcorn king (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet), geboren
1907 Barbara Stanwyck Bkln, actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds), geboren
MISSY DAY
She was born Ruby Stevens on this day in 1907. Later, she was fondly called ‘Missy’ by the film crews who worked with her. We knew her as Barbara Stanwyck, her stage name. She used it for the first time, at age 18, when she won a leading role in a Broadway play titled, Noose. 

This was not the last time Ms. Stanwyck would win a leading role. In fact she was nominated for Best Actress by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences four times out of her 82 films. Her Oscar nominations were for her roles as Stella Dallas in Stella Dallas (1937), Sugarpuss O’Shea in Ball of Fire (1941), Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (1944), and Leona Stevenson in Sorry Wrong Number (1948). 

Barbara Stanwyck easily crossed over from film to TV as the matriarch, Victoria Barkley, in The Big Valley, and later, as Mary Carson, in the miniseries, The Thorn Birds, and as Constance Colby Patterson in the prime time soap, The Colbys. This time she wasn’t just nominated, she won. Her first Emmy was in 1960-61 for her lead role in The Barbara Stanwyck Show. She received another Emmy for her Big Valley performances in 1965-66 and one for The Thorn Birds in 1983. 

Her popularity increased over the years as did her pay check. In 1944, Ms. Stanwyck was listed by the government as the highest paid woman in the U.S., at $400,000 per year. Not bad for a chorus girl from Brooklyn. 

We miss you, Missy. 

 1940 - Tony Jackson
musician: bass, singer: group: Searchers: Sweets for My Sweet, Needles & Pins, Don’t Throw Your Love Away, When You Walk into the Room, Goodbye My Love, geboren

 1942 - Margaret Court Smith
International Tennis Hall of Famer: champion: Australian Open: [1960-1966], French Open [1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973], Wimbledon [1963, 1965, 1970], U.S. Open [1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973], geboren

 1942 - Desmond Dekker (Dacris)
reggae musician: Israelites, 007 [Shanty Town], You Can Get It if You Really Want, geboren
1942 Desmond Dekker reggae pioneer (The Aces-Israelites), geboren
1942 Margaret Smith Court Australia, tennis pro (1970 Grand Slam), geboren

 1948 - Bob Murray
hockey: NHL: Atlanta Flames, Vancouver Canucks, geboren

 1948 - Pinchas Zukerman

1950 - The American and National Leagues combined to blast into the baseball record books with an unprecedented home-run barrage. Twenty-five round-trippers were hit in the National League and 12 more in the American League. Our scorecard wizards tell us that’s a total of 37 home runs in one day. 

1981 - Jack Nicklaus played his worst round of professional golf. He scored a 13-over-par 83 at the British Open. He came back the next day, however, and whipped the field with a four-under-par 66. 

1981 - After 23 years of familiarity with the name, Datsun, executives of Nissan, the Japanese automaker, played with our minds and changed the name of their cars to Nissan. Nissan didn’t begin to show up on nameplates in the U.S. until the 1985 models were released. 

1981 - Singer Harry Chapin died in a car crash in New York. Chapin, a folk-rock balladeer, was 38. His hit songs included Taxi, W-O-L-D and the million seller, Cat’s in the Cradle. He was a champion of the hungry and homeless and organized a massive effort to provide food for the needy. This was his legacy to the world; his work continues by other performers. 

1985 - The largest crowd to see a baseball game in Minnesota came out to see Darryl Strawberry of the New York Mets score two runs to lead the National League to a 6-1 victory over the American League. The All-Star Game crowd numbered 54,960. It was the 12th win in 13 games for the National League. 

1985 - The All-Star Game, televised this day, was the first program broadcast in stereo by a TV network. The NBC milestone soon led to sound enhancement of other network shows.