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Saturday, July 17th, 2010



Births

1487 - Esma'il I shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
1674 - Isaac Watts England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)
1744 - Elbridge Gerry (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering
1763 - John Jacob Astor Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
1859 - Luis Mu¤oz Rivera Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party)
1875 - Sir Donald Francis Tovey Eton England, musicologist
1876 - Rosa Jackson Lumpkin Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)
1888 - Shmuel Agnon Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1889 - Erle Stanley Gardner author (created Perry Mason)
1898 - Berenice Abbott Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)
19-- - Alexandra Wilson actress (Josie Watts-Another World)
19-- - Rob Steele rocker (Law & Order-Whiskey Song)
19-- - Thomas Carter Naples Italy, actor (Szysznyk, White Shadow)
19-- - Tonya Lee Williams actress (Dr Olivia Barber-Young & Restless)
1900 - James Cagney actor, A yankee doodle dandy, hold that grapefruit
1902 - Christina Stead Australia, novelist (Man Who Loved Children)
1905 - William Gargan Bkln NY, actor (Dynamite, Ellery Queen)
1909 - Hardy Amies London England, royal dressmaker (Queen Elizabeth II)
1912 - Art Linkletter Saskatchwan Canada, TV host (People are Funny)
1912 - Pal Kov cs Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1952)
1914 - Lucille Benson Scottsboro Ala, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies)
1915 - Dorothy Poynton-Hill US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932)
1916 - Eleanor Steber Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940)
1917 - Lou Bourdeau baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year)
1917 - Phyllis Diller Lima Ohio, comedienne (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number)
1920 - Bill Monroe New Orleans La, newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report)
1920 - Rudolf Karpati Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1921 - George Barnes Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show)
1934 - Donald Sutherland Canada, actor (M*A*S*H, Body Snatchers)
1934 - Pat McCormick comedian (Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show)
1935 - Diahann Carroll Bronx, actress (Julia, Claudine, Dominique-Dynasty)
1935 - P.D.Q. Bach [Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven)
1939 - Spencer Davis Wales, vocalist (Gimme Some Lovin)
1940 - Phyllis Davis Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)
1941 - Daryle Lamonica Oakland Raider QB (AFL leading passer 1967)
1942 - Connie Hawkins Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)
1948 - Brian Glascock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1948 - Cathy Ferguson 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964)
1949 - Terry "Geezer" Butler bassist (Black Sabbath)
1951 - Lucie Arnaz LA Calif, actress (Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer)
1952 - David Hasselhoff Balt Md, (Revenge of the Cheerleaders, Night Rider)
1952 - Phoebe Snow singer (Theme from "It's a Different World")
1956 - Bryan Trottier Val Marie Sask, NHL Center (NY Islanders)
1960 - Karen Price Pasadena Calif, playmate (January, 1981)
1960 - Scott Norwood NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills-Superbowl XXV goat)
1963 - Denise Miller Bkln NY, actress (Billie-Archie Bunker's Place)
1964 - Heather Langenkamp actress (Marie-Just the 10 of Us)
1970 - Mandy Smith England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait) wife of Bill Wyman
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