Born On This Day...

In 1772 English poet/essayist, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In 1808 Clergyman/poet, Samuel F. Smith (My Country 'Tis Of Thee)
In 1813 Caroline Fillmore, second wife of U.S. President Millard Fillmore
In 1833 Inventor, Alfred Bernhard Nobel (dynamite, established peace prizes)
In 1845 Poet, Will Carleton
In 1908 Novelist, Louis L'Amour [d: 6-10-88]
In 1912 Conductor, Sir Georg Solti (Fidelio) [d: 9-5-97]
In 1915 Bandleader/pianist, Owen Bradley [d: 1-7-98]
In 1917 Trumpeter, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (created be-bop) [d: 1-6-93]
In 1919 Cuban singer, Celia Cruz (Queen of Salsa) [d: 7-16-03]
In 1920 Actor, Hy Averback (Mr. Romero-Our Miss Brooks) [d: 10-14-97]
In 1925 Actress, Joyce Randolph (Trixie Norton-Honeymooners) (94)
In 1928 Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Edward Charles ''Whitey'' Ford (Yankees) (91)
In 1929 Author, Ursula K. Le Guin (Left Hand of Darkness) [d: 1-22-18]
In 1933 Actress, Georgia Brown (Study In Terror, Fixer) [d: 6-6-92]
In 1940 Singer, Jimmy Beaumont (Since I Don't Have You-The Skyliners) (79)
In 1940 Journalist/author, Frances FitzGerald (Fire In The Lake) [d: 10-7-17]
In 1940 Singer/keyboardist, Manfred Mann (The Mighty Quinn) (79)
In 1940 Actress, Julie Parrish (Maggie-Capitol, 90210) [d: 10-01-03]
In 1941 Guitarist, Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the MGs, Blues Brothers) (78)
In 1942 Singer/guitarist, Elvin Bishop (Fooled Around And Fell In Love) (77)
In 1942 Judge, Judy Sheindlin (Judge Judy) (77)
In 1943 Singer/guitarist, Ron Elliott (Laugh Laugh-Beau Brummels) (76)
In 1943 Actress/dancer, Paula Kelly (Liz-Night Court) (76)
In 1943 Football player, Brian Piccolo (Bears) ("Brians Song") [d: 6-16-70]
In 1945 Actor, Everett McGill (Ed Hurley-Twin Peaks, Under Seige II) (74)
In 1945 Singer, Kathy Young (Happy Birthday Blues) (74)
In 1946 Trumpeter, Lee Loughnane (Chicago) (73)
In 1949 Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu (70)
In 1950 Astronaut, Ronald E. McNair (Challenger disaster) [d: 1-28-86]
In 1952 Writer, Patti Ann Davis-Reagan (daughter of President Reagan) (67)
In 1952 Keyboardist/singer, Brent Mydland (Grateful Dead) [d: 7-26-90]
In 1953 Guitarist/keyboardist, Charlotte Caffey (Go-Gos) (66)
In 1953 Guitarist, Eric Faulkner (Bay City Rollers) (66)
In 1954 Bassist, Phillip Chen (Jeff Beck Group, Rod Stewart) (65)
In 1956 Actress/author, Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia-Star Wars) [d: 12-27-16]
In 1957 Singer/bassist, Julian Cope (Echo and the Bunnymen) (62)
In 1957 Guitarist, Steve Lukather (Toto) (62)
In 1959 Baseball player, George Bell (Blue Jays, AL MVP-1987) (60)
In 1961 Guitarist, Michael Kelly Smith (Britney Fox) (58)
In 1969 Singer, Garfield Bright (Shai) (50)
In 1970 Bassist, Che Colavita Lemon (Jimmie's Chicken Shack) (49)
In 1971 Model, Jade Jagger (daughter of Mick Jagger) (48)
In 1973 Keyboardist/singer, Charlie Lowell (Jars of Clay) (46)
In 1976 Actor, Jeremy Miller (Ben-Growing Pains) (43)
In 1976 Actor, Andrew Scott (Spectre) (43)
In 1978 Actor, Will Estes (The New Lassie, American Dreams) (41)
In 1978 Actor, Michael McMillan (Henry Gibson-What I Like About You) (41)
In 1980 Model/reality star, Kim Kardashian (Keeping Up With The Kardashians) (39)
In 1982 Actor, Matt Dallas (Kyle XY) (37)
In 1983 Actor, Cody Johns (Cody & Lexy) (36)
In 1991 Rapper, Yella Beezy (28)
In 1993 Country singer, Kane Brown (26)
In 1993 Actress, Louriza Tronco (Zapped) (26)
In 2001 Actress, Ashley Liao (Fuller House) (18)

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