Born On This Day...
In 1734 Statesman, William Floyd (signed the Declaration of Independence)
In 1778 Chemist, Sir Humphrey Davy (discovered several chemical elements)
In 1797 American inventor, Joseph Henry (electromagnetism)
In 1807 American author, John Greenleaf Whittier
In 1853 English actor, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
In 1861 Electrical engineer, Arthur Edwin Kennelly (Edison's assistant)
In 1873 Magician, Horace Goldin (developed sawing a woman in half trick)
In 1892 Biochemist, Edwin Joseph Cohn (methods of blood fractionation)
In 1894 Conductor, Arthur Fiedler (The Boston Pops)
In 1903 Author, Erskine Caldwell (Tobacco Road) [d: 4-11-87]
In 1908 Chemist, Willard Frank Libby (carbon-14 atomic clock) [d: 9-8-80]
In 1912 Actor, William Roerick (Henry-The Guiding Light) [d: 11-30-95)
In 1920 Actor, Armin Mueller-Stahl (Shine) (95)
In 1927 Actor, Richard Long (Nanny & Professor, Big Valley) [d: 12-22-74]
In 1929 Actress, Jacqueline Hill (Barbara-Dr. Who) [d: 2-18-93]
In 1929 Political columnist, William Safire (New York Times, Nixon) (86)
In 1930 Publisher, Bob Guccione (Penthouse, Omni) [d: 10-20-10]
In 1931 Actor, Dave Madden (Laugh-In, Rueben-The Partridge Family) [d: 1-16-14]
In 1936 Former baseball player, Roland Sheldon (Yankees) (79)
In 1936 Actor, Tommy Steele (Finian's Rainbow) (79)
In 1937 Country singer/songwriter, Nat Stuckey [d: 8-24-89]
In 1938 Pianist/singer, Arthur Lanon "Art" Neville (Neville Brothers) (77)
In 1939 Singer, Eddie Kendricks (Temptations) (Keep On Truckin) [d: 10-6-92]
In 1942 Blues singer, Paul Butterfield (Better Days) [d: 5-4-87]
In 1944 Actor, Bernard Hill (Titantic) (71)
In 1945 Actor, Christopher Cazenove (Ben Carrington-Dynasty) [d: 4-7-10]
In 1945 Actor, Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters, Congo) (70)
In 1946 Actor/comedian, Eugene Levy (SCTV) (69)
In 1947 Drummer, Jimmy Hodder (Steely Dan) [d: 6-5-90]
In 1947 Actor, Wes Studi (Last of the Mohicans, Geronimo, Heat) (68)
In 1948 Drummer, Jim Bonfanti (Raspberries) (67)
In 1950 Drummer, Carlton "Carlie" Barrett (Bob Marley) [d: 4-17-87]
In 1950 Former football player, Joe Rizzo (Broncos) (65)
In 1951 Blues singer, Wanda Hutchinson (The Emotions) (64)
In 1953 Actor, Barry Livingston (Ernie Douglas-My Three Sons) (62)
In 1953 Actor, Bill Pullman (Last Seduction, Casper, Independence Day) (62)
In 1953 Country singer, Sharon White (62)
In 1957 Baseball player, Bob Ojeda (Mets) (58)
In 1958 Bassist, Mike Mills (R.E.M.) (57)
In 1959 Basketball player, Albert King (56)
In 1961 Singer, Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) (54)
In 1961 Playmate, Venice Kong (September-1985) (54)
In 1962 Drummer/singer, Tim Chewning (Ricochet) (53)
In 1964 Actor, Eric Brown (Buzz-Mama's Family) (51)
In 1965 Basketball player, Jeff Grayer (Olympic-Bronze-1988) (50)
In 1965 Actor, Clive Robinson (Ben-Sunset Beach) (50)
In 1966 Country singer, Tracy Byrd (49)
In 1966 Country singer, Duane Propes (Little Texas) (49)
In 1970 Musician, D.J. Homicide [Craig Bullock] (Sugar Ray) (45)
In 1970 Actor, Sean Patrick Thomas (Save the Last Dance, The District) (45)
In 1971 Basketball player, Nikki McCray (1996 Women's Dream Team) (44)
In 1971 Actress, Sonia Satra (Guiding Light, One Life To Live) (44)
In 1972 Actor, Desmond Askew (Brody-Roswell) (43)
In 1974 Actor, Giovonni Ribisi (My Two Dads, New Leave It To Beaver) (41)
In 1974 Actress, Thuy Trang (Trini-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) (41)
In 1975 Actress/model, Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element, Resident Evil) (40)
In 1975 Actress, Sarah Paulson (Leap of Faith, Down With Love) (40)
In 1975 Singer, Bree Sharp (40)
In 1979 Actress, Jaimee Foxworth (Amen, Judy Winslow-Family Matters) (36)
In 1986 Actress, Vanessa Zima (Baby Sitters Club) (29)
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