30 November is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day was born in the year: 1645 – Andreas Werckmeister, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1706) 1667 – Jonathan Swift, Irish author (d. 1745) 1748 – Joachim Albertini, Italian-Polish composer (d. 1838) 1754 – Ferdinand Ries, German composer (d. 1812) 1764 – Franz Xaver Gerl, Austrian singer and composer (d. 1827) 1796 – Carl Loewe, German composer (d. 1869) 1810 – Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (d. 1880) 1813 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d. 1888) 1835 – Mark Twain, American author (d. 1910) 1840 – Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Birks & Mayors (d. 1928) 1909 – Robert Nighthawk, American singer and guitarist (d. 1967) 1911 – Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953) 1912 – Jaan Hargel, Estonian conductor, music teacher, oboe and flute player (d. 1966) 1912 – Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006) 1915 – Brownie McGhee, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996) 1915 – Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005) 1924 – Shirley Chisholm, American educator, politician, and author (d. 2005) 1924 – Allan Sherman, American comedian, singer, scriptwriter, and producer (d. 1973) 1929 – Joan Ganz Cooney, American television producer, co-founded Sesame Workshop 1930 – G. Gordon Liddy, American conspirator, lawyer, talk show host, and actor 1931 – Jack Ging, American actor 1931 – Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (d. 2007) 1931 – Margot Zemach, American childrens book illustrator (d. 1989) 1932 – Bob Moore, American bassist and orchestra leader (The Nashville A-Team) 1936 – Dmitri Anosov, Russian mathematician 1936 – Abbie Hoffman, American activist and author, co-founded the Youth International Party (d. 1989) 1937 – Frank Ifield, English-Australian singer 1944 – George Graham, Scottish footballer 1945 – Roger Glover, Welsh bass player, songwriter, and producer (Deep Purple, Episode Six, and Rainbow) 1945 – Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist 1949 – Jimmy London, Jamaican singer-songwriter 1953 – Shuggie Otis, American singer-songwriter 1953 – June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (d. 2006) 1954 – Lawrence Summers, American economist and academic, 27th President of Harvard University 1955 – Billy Idol, English singer-songwriter and actor (Generation X and Chelsea) 1957 – John Ashton, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Psychedelic Furs) 1957 – Richard Barbieri, English keyboardist and songwriter (Porcupine Tree and Japan) 1957 – Andrew Calhoun, American singer-songwriterr 1958 – Stacey Q, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Q and SSQ) 1958 – IZ the Wiz, American painter (d. 2009) 1959 – Cherie Currie, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Runaways) 1960 – Gary Lineker, English footballer 1965 – David Laws, English politician, Minister of State for Schools and the Cabinet Office 1968 – Desree, English singer-songwriter 1969 – Mike Stone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Queensrÿche and The Stick People) 1973 – Im Chang-jung, South Korean actor and singer 1973 – John Moyer, American bass player (Disturbed, The Union Underground, and Adrenaline Mob) 1974 – Sébastien Tellier, French singer-songwriter 1975 – Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013) 1977 – Steve Aoki, American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Recordsr 1978 – Clay Aiken, American singer and actor 1983 – Andy Akinwolere, Nigerian-English television host 1987 – Dougie Poynter, English singer-songwriter and bass player (McFly) 1993 – Yuri Chinen, Japanese actor and singer (NYC and Hey! Say!
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:34:34 +0000
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