ON THIS DAY 7 16 2023

This Day in History: July 16

Featured Event

1969




Apollo 11



lifted off from NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and four days later two of its astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, became the first humans to set foot on the Moon.

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Featured Biography

Will Ferrell
American actor and writer







Will Ferrell, in full John William Ferrell, (born July 16, 1967, Irvine, California, U.S.), American comedy actor, writer, and producer known for his impersonations and for his portrayal of dim-witted but endearing characters.
Ferrell grew up in suburban Irvine, California, where he played varsity football and drew laughs for reading the high school’s morning announcements in a variety of voices. He later studied sports journalism at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After graduating in 1990, he worked as a sports broadcaster on local cable before studying acting and comedy. After a year of training with the Los Angeles improv comedy group the Groundlings, he became a member of the company, and in 1995 he was invited to join the television sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL).


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