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1589 - Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan French playwright/poet 1626 - Madame Marie de Sévigné Paris, celebrated letter-writer (Portrait in Letters) 1662 - Giuseppi Vignola composer 1711 - Joseph Umstatt composer 1723 - John Witherspoon clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence 1732 - Nathanael Gottfried Gruner composer 1744 - John Jeffries colonial physician/meteorologist 1748 - Christian Gottlob Neefe German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven 1753 - Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma Frisian regent/patriot 1770 - Alexandre Brongniart Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary) 1775 - Margaretha J de Neufville author (Small Pligten) 1779 - Frans van Campenhout Belgian vocalist/composer (Brabançonne) 1788 - Sir Robert "Bobbie" Peel British PM (1834-46), founded Tories 1788 - Karoly Kisfaludy Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) 1799 - John Lindley English botanist (Elements of Botany) 1804 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg Finland, poet 1810 - Ole Bull composer 1833 - John Watkinson founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess magazine) 1837 - Dwight Lyman Moody US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) 1840 - Hiram Stevens Maxim inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) 1840 - John Boyd Dunlop Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) 1848 - Joris-Karl Huysmans France, writer (Against the Grain) 1848 - Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley] US female outlaw (wild west) 1856 - Otto Brahm German critic/founder (Neue Deutsche Rundschau) 1860 - Jackson Showalter 1st US chess champion (1888-92, 1895-97, 1906-09) 1862 - Felipe Villanueva y Gutiérrez Mexico, composer 1863 - Armand Parent composer 1864 - Carl Tieke composer 1865 - Harvey Worthington Loomis composer 1866 - Arthur Keith Scottish anthropologist 1866 - Henri [Hendrik J] Hall Dutch MP/comic (Put a Lid on it) 1866 - Rossetter Gleason Cole composer 1867 - Casper A Lingbeek vicar/Dutch MP 1868 - Lodewijk Mortelmans composer 1871 - Jovan Ducic Serbian poet (Blue Legends) 1878 - André-Gustave Citroën France, auto maker 1879 - Edward Rigby England, actor (Star Look Down, Young & Innocent) 1881 - Frederick Leonard Lonsdale British playwright (Balkan Princess) 1882 - Felice Lattuada composer 1887 - A P Gütersloh writer 1889 - Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's) 1889 - Ernest Tyldesley cricketer (1st Lancastrian to score 100 100's) 1889 - Ioan Dumitru Chirescu composer 1891 - Elizabeth Ryan Anaheim CA, doubles tennis champion (6 time Wimbledon) 1891 - Karl L Schmidt German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum) 1892 - George Saiko writer 1893 - Roman Ingarden Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica) 1897 - Dirk U Stikker director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO 19-- - Jason Bieler rock guitarist (Saigon Kick-New World) 1900 - Adlai E Stevenson (Governor-D-IL), presidential candidate (D) (1952, 1956) 1902 - Bronislaw Kaper composer 1903 - Ivan Galamian Tabriz Persia, violinist 1903 - Joan Whitney Payson owner of New York Mets & horse stables 1903 - Nathaniel Owings Indianapolis IN, architect (Oak Ridge TN; Sears) 1906 - John Carradine Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling) 1907 - Norton Simon business executive (Simon & Schuster) 1907 - Jan Klaasesz Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56) 1907 - Pierre E J Pflimlin premier France 1909 - Grazyna Bacewicz composer 1910 - Martha van Och-Scholl German/Dutch resistance fighter (WWII) 1912 - Willard Parker New York NY, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman) 1912 - Zoltan Pongracz composer 1913 - Rozelle Claxton pianist/arranger 1914 - William S Burroughs St Louis, novelist (Naked Lunch) 1914 - Alan Hodgkin British physicist (Nobel 1963) 1915 - Robert Hofstadter US atomic physicist 1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor [Zsa Sari], Budapest Hungary, actress (Queen of Outer Space) 1918 - Robert Brown Hebrides Islands Scotland, actor (Here Come The Brides, Primus) 1918 - Charles John "Tim" Holt Beverly Hills CA, actor (Treasure of Sierra Madre, Stagecoach, Hitler's Children) 1918 - Kara Abulfazogli Karayev composer 1919 - Melina Mercouri actress (Never on Sunday) 1919 - Andrea George Papandreou Greek premier (1981-89, 93- ) 1919 - Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx New York NY, comedian/actor (Sayonara, Poseidon Adventure) 1921 - Sir John Pritchard London England, conductor 1922 - Bernard Kalb State Dept spokesman/actor (Dave) 1923 - Stephen J Cannell TV producer/writer 1924 - Robert Lynn anarchist 1926 - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger New York NY, publisher (New York Times) 1927 - Val Dufour New Orleans LA, actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World) 1928 - Andrew M Greeley author/reverend 1928 - Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis middle east scholar 1929 - Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ) Neufeld an der Leitha, chancellor of Austria (1983-86) 1933 - Jörn Donner Helsinki Finland, director (Anna, Tenderness) 1933 - Nick Georgiade New York NY, actor (Untouchables, Run Buddy Run) 1933 - Ron Wilson US percussionist (Joy of Cooking) 1934 - Hank Aaron baseball player (record 755 home runs, 1957 NL MVP) 1935 - Alex Harvey rocker (Just Visiting This Planet) 1935 - John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys supreme commander South Africa army 1980- ) 1937 - Gaston Roelants Belgium, world cross-country champion 1937 - Stuart Damon Brooklyn NY, actor (Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital) 1937 - Cocky van Oost [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides) 1938 - Dick van Niehoff Dutch vocalist (Fouryo) 1938 - John Guare US writer (6º of Separation, Atlantic City, Taking Off) 1939 - Brian Luckhurst cricketer (England opener of 60's & early 70's) 1939 - Jane Bryant Quinn newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book) 1940 - H R Giger artist, special effects designer, (Alien) 1941 - Barrett Strong Detroit MI, singer (Money, That's What I Want) 1941 - David Selby Morgantown WV, actor (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road) 1941 - Stephen J Cannell producer (Rockford Files) 1941 - Rick Laird jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece) 1942 - Roger Staubach NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys) 1942 - Cory Wells Buffalo NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1942 - Susan Hill English playwright (Magic Apple Tree) 1943 - Craig Morton Flint MI, NFL quarterback (Dallas, Denver) 1943 - Charles Winfield Pennsylvania, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel) 1943 - Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer 1943 - Larry Tamblyn rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water) 1943 - Michael Mann Chicago IL, actor/director (Sexpot, Close Friends) 1943 - Nolan Bushnell founder (Atari)/creator (Pong) 1943 - Sven Johnson rocker (Tangerine Dream 1944 - Al Kooper rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die) 1944 - J R Cobb Birmingham AL, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV) 1946 - Charlotte Rampling England, actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict) 1947 - Claude King singer 1947 - David Ladd Los Angeles CA, actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline) 1947 - Mary Louise Cleave Southampton NY, PhD/astronaut (STS 61-B, STS 30) 1948 - David Denny rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) 1948 - Barbara Hershey [Herzstein], Atlanta GA, (Stuntman, Shy People, A World Apart) 1948 - Christopher Guest New York NY, actor (Saturday Night Live, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap, Princess Bride) 1948 - Elco [LC] Brinkman Dutch minister WVC (CDA) 1948 - Nigel Tufnel rocker (Spinal Tap) 1949 - David Sullivan English softporno/newspaper publisher (Sunday Sport) 1949 - Maidarjabyn Ganzorig Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39 backup) 1949 - Nigel Olsson rock guitarist/drummer (Elton John Band) 1950 - Ann Sexton US vocalist (You're Gone too Long) 1951 - Elizabeth Swados Buffalo NY, composer/playwright (1972 TONY) 1954 - Roseanne Katan Jamacia, playmate (September 1978) 1955 - Debra Jo Fondren Los Angeles CA, playmate of year (September, 1977) 1957 - Craig Wilson Beeville TX, US water polo goalie (Olympics-silver-84, 88) 1958 - Jennifer Jason Leigh [Morrow], Los Angeles CA, actress (Single White Female) 1959 - Glenn Dubis Lincoln NB, US 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 88, 96) 1960 - Jane Geddes Huntington NY, LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open) 1960 - William John Readings literary theorist 1962 - Tommy Skeoch rock vocalist (Tesla-Five Man Acoustical Jam) 1964 - Duff [Michael] "Rose" McKagan rocker (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child of Mine) 1964 - Jim Pugh Burbank CA, tennis star 1965 - Ben Lee Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympics-92) 1965 - James David McGovern Teaneck NJ, PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open) 1965 - Tarik Benhabiles Algeria, tennis star 1966 - Jose Maria Olazabal golfer 1968 - Chris Barron rocker (Spin Doctors) 1968 - Regina Rajchitova Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1968 - Roberto Alomar Salinas Puerto Rico, infielder (Baltimore Orioles) 1968 - Will Furrer NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, St Louis Rams) 1969 - Bobby Brown Roxbury MA, singer (Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel) 1970 - Darren Lehmann cricketer (South Africa & Victoria LHB Australian ODI 1996) 1970 - Forey Duckett NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (Saints, Scot Claymores) 1971 - Marcus Redman actor (Raymond-Doogie Howser) 1971 - Dennis Hall Milwaukee WI, 125½ lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-silver-92, 96) 1971 - Dianne Norman Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward (Olympics-96) 1971 - Peter "Chip" Cipollone Ardmore PA, rower (Olympics-1996) 1972 - Chris Bailey ice hockey defenseman (USA, Olympics-98) 1972 - Erin Phillips Mexico MO, Miss Missouri-America (1995) 1972 - Tony Johnson tight end (New Orleans Saints) 1973 - Diego Serrano Quito Ecuador, actor (Tomas Rivera-Another World) 1973 - Israel Raybon defensive end (Carolina Panthers) 1973 - Laura Espinoza-Watson Torrance CA, female infielder (Silver Bullets) 1973 - Richard Matvichuk Ft Saskatchewan Canada, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars) 1974 - Adrienne Johnson WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers) 1975 - Giovanni van Bronckhorst Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord) 1975 - Jan l'Ami Dutch soccer player (Willem II) 1976 - Nancy Feber Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico) 1978 - Kristina Cherina Miss Croatia-Universe (1997) DannyCarlton.net • BytheFireplace.com • America.NeedsYourPrayers.com • LookListenLearn.org • radioJesus.com • phpBible.org • Memorite Rogue • JackLewis.net • TulsaTalk.net • ElevenOClock.com • SpelChek.com • Red Primer |
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