Birthdays November 22 1819 - George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) novelist: Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, Radical, Daniel Deronda; died Dec 22, 1880 1890 - Charles DeGaulle WWII military leader; President of France [1958-1969]; author: The Army of the Future; died Nov 9, 1970 1898 - Wiley Post pioneer aviator, parachutist; co-author: Around the World in Eight Days; killed in plane crash [w/flying companion Will Rogers] August 15, 1935 1899 - Hoagy (Hoagland Howard) Carmichael Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer: Stardust, Lazybones, Two Sleepy People, Skylark, Georgia on My Mind, Ole Buttermilk Sky, Rockin’ Chair, [Up a] Lazy River, One Morning in May, The Nearness of You, Lamplighter’s Serenade, How Little We Know, Memphis in June, In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, New Orleans; singer, piano player, band leader, attorney; died Dec 27, 1981 1907 - Dora Maar photographer, model: Picasso’s lover and subject of many paintings; died July 16, 1997 1914 - Lew Hays founder of PONY League baseball for youngsters; died Apr 11, 1998 1921 - Rodney Dangerfield (Jacob Cohen) “I Don’t Get No Respect”: comedian, actor: Caddyshack, Easy Money, Back to School, Natural Born Killers, Ladybugs, The Dean Martin Show; died Oct 5, 2004 1923 - Arthur Hiller director: The Americanization of Emily, Author! Author!, Love Story, Man of La Mancha, Plaza Suite, Silver Streak, Taking Care of Business 1924 - Geraldine Page Academy Award-winning actress: The Trip to Bountiful [1985]; The Day of the Locust, Harry’s War, Pete ’n’ Tillie, Summer and Smoke, Sweet Bird of Youth, Toys in the Attic; Emmy Award-winner: A Christmas Memory, ABC Stage 67 [1966-1967], The Thanksgiving Visitor [1968-1969]; died June 13, 1987 1926 - Lew (Selva Lewis) Burdette baseball: pitcher: NY Yankees, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves [World Series: 1957, 1958/all-star: 1957, 1959], SL Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels; died Feb 6, 2007 1932 - Robert Vaughn Emmy Award-winning actor: Washington: Behind Closed Doors [1977-78]; The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Magnificent Seven, The Big One, The Towering Inferno, The Bridge at Remagen, Delta Force, Superman 3, The Young Philadelphians 1935 - Michael Callan (Calinieff) actor: Because They’re Young, Cat Ballou, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Love American Style, Occasional Wife 1939 - Allen Garfield (Goorwitz) actor: Diabolique, Night Visitor, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Dick Tracy, The Cotton Club, Mother, Jugs and Speed, The Conversation, The Candidate, The Owl and the Pussycat, Greetings, Bananas 1940 - Terry Gilliam actor: Monty Python series, And Now for Something Completely Different, Life of Brian; director: Brazil, The Fisher King, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1941 - Tom Conti actor: American Dreamer, The Norman Conquests series, The Quick and the Dead, Saving Grace, Masterpiece Theater, Shirley Valentine, The Wright Verdicts 1942 - Guion S. Bluford Jr. astronaut: first African-American on space shuttle missions 1942 - Floyd Sneed musician: drums: group: Three Dog Night: Try a Little Tenderness, One, Easy to Be Hard, Eli’s Coming, Lady Samantha, Mama Told Me [Not to Come], Liar, Joy to the World, Black & White, Shambala 1943 - Wade (Allen) Blasingame baseball: pitcher: Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, NY Yankees 1943 - Billie Jean King (Moffitt) International Tennis Hall of Famer & Women’s Sports Hall of Famer: 20 Wimbledon titles incl. singles champion [1966-1968, 1972, 1973, 1975], Australian Open Champion [1968], French Open Champion [1972], US Open Champion [1967. 1971, 1972, 1974], AP Female Athlete of the Year [1967, 1973], Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year [1973]; founder of Women’s Sports Foundation and WomenSports magazine 1946 - Aston Barrett ‘Family Man’: musician: bass: group: Bob Marley & The Wailers 1950 - Greg (Gregory Michael) Luzinski baseball: Philadelphia Phillies [all-star: 1975-1978/World Series: 1980], Chicago White Sox; high school coach 1950 - Steve ‘Miami’ Van Zandt singer, songwriter, musician: guitar: groups: E Street Band, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul 1950 - Tina (Martina) Weymouth musician: bass: group: Talking Heads: Love Goes to Building on Fire, Psycho Killer, Take Me to the River, I Zimbra, Life During Wartime 1954 - Craig Hundley musician: pianist: group: Craig Hundley Trio; actor: Tammy and the Millionaire, Days of Our Lives, Knots Landing, Schizoid, The Acorn People 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis actress: A Fish Called Wanda, Forever Young, Halloween ’78, Halloween 2: The The Nightmare Isn’t Over!, Trading Places, True Lies, My Girl, Mother’s Boys, Love Letters, Anything But Love, Dominick & Eugene, Operation Petticoat; daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh 1961 - Mariel Hemingway actress: Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4: The Quest for Peace, Manhattan, Civil Wars, Star 80 1963 - Hugh Millen football: QB: LA Rams, Atlanta Falcons, NE Patriots, Denver Broncos 1964 - Stephen Geoffreys actor: Moon 44, 976-EVIL, The Chair, Fright Night, Fraternity Vacation, Heaven Help Us 1967 - Boris Becker tennis: youngest Wimbledon Men’s Champion [17 years old][1985, 1986, 1989], US Open [1989], Australian Open [1991] 1984 - Scarlett Johansson actress: The Horse Whisperer, My Brother the Pig, The Man Who Wasn’t There, An American Rhapsody
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