Birthdays On This Day September 28 1841 - Georges Clemenceau French government leader; died Nov 24, 1929 1856 - Kate Douglas (Smith) Wiggin writer: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Timothy’s Quest, The Bird’s Christmas Carol; organized 1st free kindergarten in San Francisco, established California Kindergarten Training School; died Aug 24, 1923 1892 - Elmer Rice Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright: Street Scene [prize for drama: 1929]; died May 8, 1967 1901 - William S. Paley Television Hall of Famer, broadcast executive: founder/owner of CBS; died in 1990; died Oct 26, 1990 1902 - Ed (Edward Vincent) Sullivan newspaper columnist, TV host: Toast of the Town, The Ed Sullivan Show; died Oct 13, 1974 1905 - Max (Maximillian Adolph Otto Siegfried) Schmeling International Boxing Hall of Famer: heavyweight champ: bouts: 70; won: 56; lost: 10; drew: 4; KOs: 39; died Feb 2, 2005 1909 - Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin) cartoonist: Li’l Abner; died Nov 5, 1979; see Li’l Abner Day [above] 1912 - Peter Finch (Frederick George Peter Ingle-Finch) Academy Award-winning actor: Network [1976]; Flight of the Phoenix, Raid on Entebbe, Elephant Walk; died Jan 14, 1977 1918 - Arnold Stang comedian, actor: Broadside, The Milton Berle Show, Dennis the Menace; cartoon: voice of Top Cat; died Dec 20, 2009 1919 - Tom Harmon football: University of Michigan [Heisman Trophy: 1940], AFL: NY Americans [1941], NFL: LA Rams [1946-1947]; broadcaster: ABC Sports; World War II fighter pilot [Silver Star, Purple Heart]; father of actor Mark Harmon; died Mar 17, 1990 1923 - William Windom Emmy Award-winning actor: My World and Welcome to It [1969-70]; Murder, She Wrote, The Farmer’s Daughter, The Girl with Something Extra, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, To Kill a Mockingbird 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni (Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastrojanni) actor: White Nights, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Used People, Divorce, Italian Style, La Dolce Vita; died Dec 19, 1996 1926 - Jerry Clower entertainer: LP: Jerry Clower from Yazoo City, Mississippi Talkin’; CMA Comedian of the Year [1974-82]; TV co-host: Nashville on the Road; writer: Ain’t God Good; died Aug 24, 1998 1930 - Tommy Collins (Leonard Sipes) singer: You Better Not Do That, It Tickles, If You Can’t Bite, Don’t Growl, I Made the Prison Band; songwriter: If You Ain’t Lovin’ then You Ain’t Livin’, You Gotta Have a License; died Mar 14, 2000 1934 - Brigitte Bardot (Camille Javal) actress: And God Created Woman, Viva Maria, A Very Private Affair 1935 - Bruce Crampton golf: best PGA year: 1973: won four times and finished second five times; 10 holes-in-one in pro career 1938 - Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl Nelson singer, songwriter: group: The Drifters: There Goes My Baby, Save the Last Dance for Me; solo: Spanish Harlem, Stand by Me, What is Soul, Supernatural Thing Part 1 1941 - Charley Taylor Pro Football Hall of Famer: Washington Redskins wide receiver: played in seven Pro Bowls 1942 - Grant (Dwight ‘Buck’) Jackson baseball: pitcher: Philadelphia Phillies [all-star: 1969], Baltimore Orioles [World Series: 1971], NY Yankees [World Series: 1976], Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1979], Montreal Expos, KC Royals 1943 - J.T. Walsh actor: Breakdown, Hope, Hannah and Her Sisters, Tin Men, Tequila Sunrise, The Grifters, Backdraft, A Few Good Men, Loaded Weapon 1, The Last Seduction, The Client, The Babysitter, Crime of the Century, Pleasantville, Hidden Agenda; died Feb 27, 1998 1946 - Jeffrey Jones actor: The Avenging Angel, Houseguest, Stay Tuned, The Hunt for Red October, Who’s Harry Crumb?, Beetlejuice, Howard the Duck, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Amadeus 1946 - Helen Shapiro singer: Please Don’t Treat Me like a Child, You Don’t Know, Walkin’ Back to Happiness, Tell Me What He Said, Little Miss Lonely, Fever; actress: It’s Trad, Dad, Play It Cool, Oliver! 1952 - Anthony Davis football: Univ. of Southern California All-American, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Oilers, LA Rams 1952 - Sylvia Kristel actress: Emmanuelle series, Lady Chatterly’s Lover, The Concorde: Airport ’79, Beauty School 1954 - Steve Largent Pro Football Hall of Famer: Seattle Seahawks wide receiver; seven Pro Bowls; NFL record holder: most consecutive games with a reception [177], most yards on receptions [13.089], most touchdown passes [100]; member of U.S. House of Representatives [Oklahoma] 1964 - Janeane Garofalo actress: 24, The Larry Sanders Show, The Ben Stiller Show, Saturday Night Live, TV Nation, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, The Cable Guy, Cop Land, Felicity, The Independent, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, The Laramie Project 1967 - Mira Sorvino Academy Award-winning supporting actress: Mighty Aphrodite [1995]; Norma Jean & Marilyn, Tales of Erotica, The Replacement Killers, Joan of Arc: The Virgin Warrior, The Triumph of Love 1967 - Moon Unit Zappa actress: Dark Side of Genius, Heartstopper, Spirit of ’76, The Boys Next Door; daughter of singer Frank Zappa
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