FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY INCLUDE: 1572 - Ben Johnson actor: The Poetaster, Satiromastix; poet: Song: To Celia; playwright: Every Man in His Humour, Every Man Out of His Humour, Cynthia’s Revels, War of the Theatres, Sejanus, His Fall, The Masque of Owles, The Alchemist, The Devil is an Ass; died Aug 6, 1637 1776 - John Constable landscape artist: The White Horse, The Hay-Wain, The Cornfield, Stoke-by-Nayland, Arundel Mill and Castle; died Mar 31, 1837 1864 - Richard Strauss composer: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote, Till Eulenspiegel; died Sep 8, 1949 1880 - Jeannette Rankin U.S. Congresswoman: 1st woman to be elected to this position; only dissenting vote as Congress passed a Declaration of War against Japan [1941]; died May 18, 1973 1900 - Lawrence (Edmund) Spivak producer: Washington Exclusive, TV host: Meet the Press, The Big Issue; magazine publisher: F&SF (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction); died Mar 9, 1994 1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau marine explorer: PBS-TV producer; co-inventor of Aqua-Lung; died June 25, 1997 1913 - Vince Lombardi Pro Football Hall of Famer: coach: Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl I, II; “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”; died Sep 3, 1970 1913 - Risë Stevens (Risë Steenberg) mezzo-soprano: New York Metropolitan Opera: Orpheus; Mozart’s Cherubino and Dorabella; Delilah of Biblical fame; La Giocanda’s Laura; Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus; Carmen [her role described as “voluptuous, earthy, and white-hot in her alternating moods of passion and anger.”]; resident: of Mannes College of Music, New York; radio: frequent guest appearances; actress: The Chocolate Soldier, We Must Have Music, Going My Way, Journey Back to Oz; died March 20, 2013 1919 - Richard Todd (Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd) actor: The Hasty Heart, The Longest Day, The Big Sleep, House of the Long Shadows, Never Let Go 1920 - Shelly Manne composer, musician: drummer: Peter Gunn score; actor: Man with the Golden Arm; died Sep 26, 1984 1925 - William Styron author: Sophie’s Choice, The Confessions of Nat Turner; died Nov 1, 2006 1933 - Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman) actor: Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Producers, The Woman in Red, Silver Streak, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Murder in a Small Town, The Lady in Question 1937 - Chad Everett (Raymon Cramton) actor: Medical Center, The Dakotas, The Singing Nun, Jigsaw Murders, Airplane 2: The Sequel, McKenna; died Jul 24, 2012 1939 - Wilma Burgess country singer: Baby, Misty Blue, Don’t Touch Me, Tear Time; died Aug 26, 2003 1939 - Jackie Stewart (John Young Stewart) auto racer: 3-time World Grand Prix champion, sportscaster 1940 - Joey Dee (Joseph DiNicola) singer: group: Joey Dee and The Starliters: Peppermint Twist, Shout, Hot Pastrami with Mashed Potatoes; films: Hey, Let’s Twist, Two Tickets to Paris 1945 - Adrienne Barbeau actress: Swamp Thing, Maude, Cannonball Run, Silk Degrees, Double-Crossed, Two Evil Eyes 1946 - John Lawton singer: solo: LP: Take No Prisoners; groups: Rough Diamond, Uriah Heep, Lucifer’s Friend 1948 - Dave (David) Cash baseball: second baseman: Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1971], Philadelphia Phillies [all-star: 1974, 1975, 1976], Montreal Expos, SD Padres 1949 - George Willig stunt man: climbed World Trade Center 1950 - Serge Lajeunesse hockey: NHL: Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers 1951 - Doug Kotar football: Univ. of Kentucky, NY Giants 1952 - Donnie Van Zandt musician: guitar, singer: group: .38 Special: Hold on Loosely, Fantasy Girl, Caught Up in You, You Keep Runnin’ Away, LPs: Tour De Force, Strength in Numbers 1954 - Gary Fencik football: Chicago Bears safety: Super Bowl XX 1956 - Joe Montana football: San Francisco 49ers quarterback: Super Bowl XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV: Super Bowl career records for yards gained, passes completed, touchdowns thrown and highest completion percentage; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback 1965 - Pamela Gidley actress: C.S.I., The Pretender, Angel Street, Freefall, Jane Austen’s Mafia! 1978 - Joshua Jackson actor: Dawson’s Creek, The Mighty Ducks series, On the Edge of Innocence
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