Born On This Day...

In 1794 American statesman, Edward Everett
In 1862 Astronomer, William W. Campbell (stellar motions)
In 1862 Charles Evans Hughes, the 11th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
In 1888 English actor Donald Calthrop (Scrooge)
In 1889 Cornetist, Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca (Dixieline Jazz Band)
In 1899 Chemist, Percy Julian (held more than 138 chemical patents)
In 1902 Newscaster, Quentin Reynolds (It's News To Me) [d: 3-17-65]
In 1906 Cartoonist, Dale Messick (Brenda Starr) [d: 4-5-05]
In 1908 Author, Leo Rosten (The Joys Of Yiddish) [d: 2-19-97]
In 1911 U.S. 100m runner Stella Walsh (Olympic-Gold-1932) [d: 12-4-80]
In 1912 Actor, John Larkin (12 O'Clock High, Edge of Night) [d: 1-29-65]
In 1913 Fashion designer Oleg Cassini (Jackie Kennedy) [d: 3-17-06]
In 1916 Football Hall-of-Famer, Dan Fortmann (Bears) [d: 5-23-95]
In 1916 Producer/director Howard Koch (The Odd Couple) [d: 2-16-01]
In 1918 Journalist, Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber [d: 4-11-18]
In 1919 Former New York Governor Hugh Carey [d: 8-7-11]
In 1928 Widow of Robert F. Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy (95)
In 1930 U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady (1988-93) (93)
In 1931 Actor, John Sheffield (Boy Tarzan movies) [d: 10-15-10]
In 1932 Actor, Joel Grey (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution) (91)
In 1934 American poet Mark Strand (Another Republic) [d: 11-29-14]
In 1935 Songwriter, Richard Berry (Louie Louie) [d: 1-23-97]
In 1939 Actress, Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Its A Living) (84)
In 1941 Syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman (82)
In 1941 Astronaut, Frederick Hauck (STS-7, 26, 51-A) (82)
In 1947 Actor, Peter Riegert (Animal House, Crossing Delancy) (76)
In 1947 Actor, Meshach Taylor (Anthony-Designing Women, Dave's World) [d: 6-28-14]
In 1950 Actor/comedian Bill Irwin (Eight Men Out, Interstellar) (73)
In 1955 Actress, Michele Scarabelli (Airwolf, Susan-Alien Nation) (68)
In 1955 Singer, Neville Staple (The Special) (68)
In 1957 Actor, John Castellanos (John Silva-Young & Restless) (66)
In 1958 Singer/guitarist Stuart Adamson (Big Country) [d: 12-16-01]
In 1960 British TV host Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear) (63)
In 1961 Guitarist, Douglas Hopkins (Gin Blossoms) [d: 12-5-93]
In 1961 Guitarist, Nigel Pulsford (Bush) (62)
In 1961 Actor/model, Lucky Vanous (Diet Coke, Matt-Pacific Palisades) (62)
In 1964 Country singer Steve Azar (59)
In 1966 Singer, Lisa Stansfield (All Around The World) (57)
In 1970 Bassist, Dylan Keefe (Marcy Playground) (53)
In 1970 Actor, Johnny Messner (Rob-Guiding Light) (53)
In 1970 Singer, Delroy Pearson (Five Star) (53)
In 1972 Actor, David Matthiessen (Leo Deschanel-Sunset Beach) (51)
In 1973 Actress, Jennifer Esposito (Spin City, Bluebloods, NCIS) (50)
In 1974 Actress/model Tricia Helfer (Six-Battlestar Galactica) (49)
In 1979 Actor, Josh Server (All That) (44)
In 1986 Reality star Stephanie Pratt (The Hills) (37)
In 1987 Singer, Lights ("Ice," "Toes") (36)
In 1987 Singer, Joss Stone (The Soul Sessions) (36)
In 1993 Actor, Marcus Johns (Expelled, Cold) (30)
In 1994 Actress, Dakota Blue Richards (The Golden Compass) (29)
In 1995 Singer, Kieran Alleyne (5 After Midnight) (28)
In 2000 Actress, Morgan Lily (X-Men: First Class, Flipped) (23)

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

City Page Survey

Fall Book Discussion and Movie Series

Book discussion group to meet