FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY INCLUDE: 100 B.C. - Julius Caesar Roman writer, orator, politician, emperor, dictator: “I came, I saw, I conquered.”; month of July named for him; assassinated Mar 15, 44 B.C. 1886 - Father Edward Joseph Flanagan Catholic priest, founder of Boys Town, Omaha NE; died May 15, 1948 1913 - Dave Garroway TV talk-show host: Today, Garroway at Large; died July 21, 1982 1914 - Sam Hanks auto racer: Indianapolis 500 winner [1957: 135.601 mph]; died June 27, 1994 1927 - Ruben (Colon) Gomez baseball: pitcher: NY Giants [World Series: 1954], SF Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins; died July 26, 2004 1928 - Bob (Robert Edward) Crane actor: Hogan’s Heroes, Return to Peyton Place, Super Dad; DJ: KNX [LA]; found murdered in his hotel room in Scottsdale, AZ June 29, 1978 1931 - Frank Ramsey The Kentucky Colonel: Basketball Hall of Famer: Boston Celtics: played in 7 NBA championships; coach: Kentucky Colonels 1933 - David Storey playwright: The Performance of Small Firms, This Sporting Life 1934 - Wole Soyinka (Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka) author: The Strong Breed, The Lion and the Jewel 1935 - Jack Kemp football: NFL QB: San Diego Chargers, Buffalo Bills; U.S. congressman from NY [1971-1989]: chairman of House Republican Conference [1980-1987]; U.S. presidential candidate [1988]; U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development [1989-1992]; Republican party candidate for vice-president [w/Bob Dole: 1996]; died May 2, 2009 1937 - Charles Coody golf: Masters Champion [1971] 1940 - Patrick Stewart actor: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gunmen, Excalibur, L.A. Story, Conspiracy Theory, X-Men 1941 - Robert Forster actor: Cover Story, Diplomatic Immunity, Delta Force, Standing Tall, The Death Squad, Medium Cool, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Banyon, Nakia 1942 - Stephen Jo Bladd musician: drums: group: J. Geils Band: Centerfold 1942 - Harrison Ford actor: The Fugitive, Clear and Present Danger, Presumed Innocent, Indiana Jones film series, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti, Sabrina, The Devil’s Own, Air Force One, Six Days Seven Nights, Random Hearts 1942 - Roger McGuinn musician: guitar; singer, group: The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man, Eight Miles High, Mr. Spaceman, Turn! Turn! Turn! 1944 - Erno Rubik inventor: Rubik’s Cube 1946 - (Richard) Cheech Marin Cheech of Cheech and Chong; comedic actor: Desperado, Far Out Man, Born in East L.A., Rude Awakening, Nash Bridges, Judging Amy 1946 - Stu Lantz basketball: Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, New Orleans Jazz, LA Lakers; color commentary w/Chuck Hearn on Laker games 1950 - Dennis Giannini hockey: Quebec Aces, Cleveland Barons, Jacksonville Barons, Portland Buckaroos, New Haven Nighthawks, Baltimore Clippers, Rhode-Island Reds 1954 - Louise Mandrell country singer: Put It on Me, Everlasting Love, Reunited [w/husband, R.C. Bannon], You Sure Know Your Way Around My Heart, Some of My Friends are Old Songs, Save Me 1955 - Kevin (Robert) Bell baseball: Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics 1956 - Bill (William Holland) Caudill baseball: pitcher: Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics [all-star: 1984], Toronto Blue Jays 1956 - Mark ‘The Animal’ Mendoza musician: bass: groups: Dictators, Twisted Sister: I Am [I’m Me], The Kids are Back, LPs: Stay Hungry, Come Out and Play, Love is for Suckers 1956 - Michael Spinks International Boxing Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medal-winning boxer [1976]; champion: light heavyweight, heavyweight; total bouts: 33, won: 32, lost: 1, KOs: 21 1961 - Lawrence Donegan musician: bass: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 1972 - Sean Waltman pro wrestler/actor: WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Royal Rumble, WWF Judgement Day, WWF Armageddon
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