American actress and director

Joely Fisher

Joely Fisher is an American actress and singer, the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens, and half-sister of actress Carrie Fisher. Her breakthrough came in 1994, starring as Paige Clark in the ABC sitcom Ellen, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film at the 55th Golden Globe Awards. Fisher later starred in the 1999 comedy film Inspector Gadget and had leading roles in the Lifetime comedy-drama Wild Card (2003–2005), and Fox sitcom 'Til Death (2006–2010).

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1967

October 29

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1960s

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312 Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded.
437 Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius.
1390 First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
1467 Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Prince-Bishopric of Liège.

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The world in 1967

When Joely arrived

april 14 Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new President of Togo, a title he will hold for the next 38 years.
april 21 A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
april 21 A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000. Belvidere sustains over 500 casualties as a violent tornado strikes the high school. Another tornado near Chicago causes another 500 casualties, devastating Oak Lawn.
april 23 Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit.

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Al Suomi 1913–2014 American ice hockey player and referee (died 2014) Amanda Beard 1981– American swimmer Antonio Luna 1866–1899 Filipino general (born 1866) Dan Castellaneta 1957– American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer Dominick Dunne 1925–2009 American journalist and novelist (born 1925) Frans de Waal 1948– Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic (died 2024) John Byng 1704–1757 British admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1704) Joseph Goebbels 1897–1945 German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1897) Kelly Smith 1978– English footballer

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Sung Jae-gi 1967–2013 South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967) A. R. Rahman 1967– Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, and philanthropist Adam Hughes 1967– American author and illustrator Anderson Cooper 1967– American journalist and author Carl Ouellet 1967– Canadian wrestler and sportscaster Carrie-Anne Moss 1967– Canadian actress Cynthia Breazeal 1967– American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic Deion Sanders 1967– American football and baseball player and coach Jane Sixsmith 1967– English field hockey player

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