Born On This Day...

In 1470 King Charles VIII of France (1483-98)

In 1768 Elizabeth Monroe, wife of James Monroe (5th U.S. president)

In 1819 William Almon Wheeler, 19th U.S. vice-president (1877-1881)

In 1879 Actor, Walter Hampden (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

In 1883 Basketball Hall-of-Famer, Ed Wachter

In 1898 Actor, George Chandler (Uncle Petrie Martin-Lassie, Ichabod & Me)

In 1900 Actress, Madge Bellamy (White Zombie) [d: 1-24-90]

In 1904 Actress, Glenda Farrell (Kissin' Cousins) [d: 5-1-71]

In 1911 Polish-American writer, Czeslaw Milosz [d: 8-14-04]

In 1917 Singer/actress, Lena Horne (Stormy Weather, The Wiz) [d: 5-9-10]

In 1917 Bandleader/drummer, Buddy Rich (Buddy Rich Band) [d: 4-2-87]

In 1918 Actress, Susan Hayward (I Want To Live, Tulsa) [d: 3-14-75]

In 1927 Author, James Goldman (Butch Cassidy) [d: 10-28-98]

In 1927 Actor, Harvey Vernon (Jasper-Carter Country) [d: 10-9-96]

In 1930 Singer, June Valli (Your Hit Parade, Chiquita Banana) [d: 3-12-93]

In 1934 Magician/illusionist, Harry Blackstone Jr. [d: 5-14-97]

In 1936 Actress, Nancy Dussault (Muriel-Too Close For Comfort) (81)

In 1936 Country bassist/comedian, Doyle Holly (The Buckaroos) [d: 1-13-07]

In 1936 Actor, Tony Musante (Toma, Nowhere To Hide, Mac-Loving) [d: 11-26-13]

In 1937 Singer, Larry Henley (Bread and Butter-Newbeats) [d: 12-18-14]

In 1938 U.S. runner, William Mervin Mills (Olympic-Gold-1964) (79)

In 1942 Explorer/author, Robert Ballard (discovered sunken Titantic) (75)

In 1943 Singer, Florence Ballard (Supremes) [d: 2-22-76]

In 1944 Singer/songwriter, Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) (73)

In 1944 Former baseball player, Ron Swoboda (Yankees, Mets) (73)

In 1946 Singer, William Brown (Ray, Goodman and Brown) (71)

In 1951 Jazz musician, Stanley Clarke (Animal Logic) (66)

In 1951 Astronaut, Stephen Oswald (STS-42, 56) (66)

In 1953 Guitarist, Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) (64)

In 1956 Actor, David Alan Grier (In Living Color, Boomerang) (61)

In 1956 Gospel singer, Ronald Winans (The Winans) [d: 6-17-05]

In 1959 Actor, Vincent D'Onofrio (Men in Black, The Newton Boys) (58)

In 1960 Baseball player, Barry Lyons (57)

In 1962 Baseball player, Tony Fernandez (55)

In 1962 Actress, Deidre Lovejoy (Sally-All My Children) (55)

In 1963 Playmate, Gina Goldberg (May-1981) (54)

In 1963 Actor, Rupert Graves (Madness of King George, Doomsday Gun) (54)

In 1965 Basketball player, Mitch Richmond (1996 Dream Team) (52)

In 1966 Boxer, Mike Tyson (undisputed heavyweight champ 1987-90) (51)

In 1967 Playmate/actress, Tina Bockrath (May-1990/Totally Exposed) (50)

In 1968 Singer, Phil Anselmo (Pantera) (49)

In 1969 Bassist, Tom Drummond (Better Than Ezra) (48)

In 1970 Actor, Brian Bloom (As The World Turns, Zach-Melrose Place) (47)

In 1971 Actress, Monica Potter (Boston Legal, Parenthood) (46)

In 1982 Actress, Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls, Cloverfield, Masters of Sex) (35)

In 1983 Singer, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini (The X-Factor) (34)

In 1983 Actress, Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Tish Jones-Doctor Who) (34)

In 1983 Country singer, Cole Swindell ("Chillin' It") (34)

In 1984 Singer, Fantasia Barrino (American Idol 2004 winner) (33)

In 1985 U.S. swimmer, Michael Phelps (Olympic-8 Gold-2008, Olympic-4 Gold-2012) (32)

In 1985 Wrestler, Cody Rhodes (aka Stardust) (WWE) (32)

In 1986 Wrestler/model, Alicia Fox (WWE's Smackdown) (31)

In 1996 Actor, Elliot Fletcher (Faking It, The Fosters) (21)

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