Billy Madison is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis. It stars Adam Sandler in the title role, along with Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald and Darren McGavin. The film was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, and produced by Robert Simonds. It made over $26.4 million worldwide and debuted at #1.[1] The film is about a slacker (Billy Madison) who must go back to school in order to take over his father's company. The comedy also features Chris Farley and Steve Buscemi with uncredited appearances. Sandler would later form a production company, Happy Madison Productions, named after a combination of this film's title character and Happy Gilmore's.
ON THIS DAY....
1718 | Hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some of them settling in present-day New Orleans. |
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1825 | Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil. |
1875 | Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours. |
1916 | The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior. |
1921 | The United States signed a peace treaty with Germany. |
1950 | President Harry S. Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike. |
1975 | The album "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen was released. |
1984 | Author Truman Capote was found dead at age 59. |
1985 | Samantha Smith, the schoolgirl whose letter to Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her peace tour of the communist country, was killed with her father in an airplane crash in Maine. |
1997 | The tobacco industry agreed to an $11.3 billion settlement with the state of Florida. |
1998 | Former Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell died at age 90. |
2003 | Tennis champion Pete Sampras announced his retirement during a news conference at the U.S. Open in New York. |
2009 |
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., died at age 77. |
On Aug. 25, 1944, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.
BIRTHDAYS!!!!
921 | Monty Hall, Game show host ("Let's Make a Deal"), turns 92 |
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1931 | Regis Philbin, Talk show, game show host, turns 82 |
1933 | Wayne Shorter, Jazz saxophonist, turns 80 |
1933 | Tom Skerritt, Actor ("Picket Fences"), turns 80 |
1939 | Marshall Brickman, Filmmaker, turns 74 |
1946 | Rollie Fingers, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 67 |
1949 | Gene Simmons, Rock musician (Kiss), turns 64 |
1951 | Rob Halford, Rock singer (Judas Priest), turns 62 |
1954 | Elvis Costello, Rock musician, turns 59 |
1958 | Tim Burton, Director, turns 55 |
1961 | Billy Ray Cyrus, Country singer, turns 52 |
1961 | Ally Walker, Actress, turns 52 |
1964 | Blair Underwood, Actor, turns 49 |
1966 | Albert Belle, Baseball player, turns 47 |
1967 | Jeff Tweedy, Rock singer (Wilco), turns 46 |
1968 | Rachael Ray, TV chef, turns 45 |
1970 | Claudia Schiffer, Model, turns 43 |
1981 | Rachel Bilson, Actress ("The O.C."), turns 32 |
Sean Connery turns 83
Blake Lively turns 26
RABBLE ON!!!!