FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY INCLUDE: 1784 - Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel German astronomer and mathematician: first to triangulate the heavens by observing the parallax of the star 61 Cygni [the change in its angular position as the Earth moved between opposite extremes of its orbit]: Bessel estimated the distance of the star to be 10·1 light years [the Bessel function]; died Mar 17, 1846 1822 - Gregor (Johann) Mendel botanist: his theories formed basis of genetics and heredity in today’s science; died Jan 6, 1884 1890 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy mother of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy; died Jan 22, 1995 1893 - Karl Menninger psychiatrist: founded [w/brother & father] the Menninger Clinic and Foundation, Topeka, KS to care for people with emotional problems; died July 18, 1990 1898 - Stephen Vincent Benét Pulitzer prize-winning poet: see American Poet Day [above]; died Mar 13, 1943 1898 - Alexander (Stirling) Calder sculptor: wood, bronze, mobiles; died Nov 11, 1976 1922 - Jim (Manuel Joseph) Rivera ‘Jungle Jim’: baseball: Chicago White Sox [World Series: 1959], SL Browns, KC Athletics 1923 - Bob (Robert) Dole U.S. Senate majority leader, 1996 GOP candidate for president of U.S. 1924 - Margaret Whiting singer: Moonlight in Vermont, It Might as Well Be Spring, Now is the Hour, Far Away Places, A Tree in the Meadow, w/Jimmy Wakely: Slippin’ Around, Wedding Bells Will Soon Be Ringing 1928 - Orson Bean (Dallas Burroughs) comedian, actor: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; game show panelist: To Tell the Truth, I’ve Got a Secret, Keep Talking; author: 25 Ways to Cook a Mouse 1929 - Marcia Henderson actress: The Aldrich Family, Thunder Bay, Naked Alibi, Deadly Duo; died Nov 23, 1987 1932 - Oscar De La Renta fashion designer 1934 - Louise Fletcher actress: High School High, Two Moon Junction series, Nightmare on the 13th Floor, Final Notice, Flowers in the Attic, Invaders from Mars, A Summer to Remember, Natural Enemies, Lady in Red, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1937 - Chuck Jackson singer: Any Day Now, I Don’t Want to Cry 1938 - Terence Stamp actor: Superman: The Movie, Far from the Madding Crowd, Alien Nation, Billy Budd, Wall Street, Young Guns, The Real McCoy 1940 - George Clinton (aka Dr. Funkenstein, also Maggot Overlord) singer: groups: The Parliaments: [I Just Wanna] Testify; Funkadelic: LP: Funkadelic, Maggot Brain, One Nation Under a Groove, Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome, Trombipulation, The Electric Spanking of War Babies; Parliament: Mothership Connection; Brides of Funkenstein; Parlet; Bootsy’s Rubber Band; solo: LP: Computer Games: single: Atomic Dog; Parliament/Funkadelic motto: Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Followomic Dog 1940 - Alex Trebek game show host: Jeopardy, Concentration, The $128,000 Question; narrator: Heart of Courage 1940 - Thomas Wayne (Perkins) singer: Tragedy; died Aug 15, 1971 1943 - Bobby Sherman singer: Little Woman, Julie, Do Ya Love Me; actor: Shindig, Here Come the Brides, Getting Together; founder of TAC-5, a paramedics group 1944 - Estelle Bennett singer: group: The Ronettes: Be My Baby, Baby I Love You, Do I Love You, [The Best Part Of] Breaking Up, Walking in the Rain; died Feb 11, 2009 1944 - Rick Davies musician: keyboard, singer: group: Supertramp 1944 - Sparky (Albert) Lyle baseball: NY Yankees pitcher: Cy Young Award [1977] 1946 - Danny Glover actor: Lethal Weapon series, Silverado, Escape from Alcatraz, Chiefs, The Color Purple, Angels in the Outfield, Places in the Heart 1947 - Albert Brooks (Einstein) actor: Broadcast News, Lost in America, Private Benjamin, Taxi Driver 1947 - Don Henley drummer, singer: groups: Shiloh; The Eagles: Hotel California; solo: Dirty Laundry, All She Wants to Do is Dance, The End of the Innocence; songwriter: The Boys of Summer 1947 - Cliff (Clifford) Johnson baseball: Houston Astros, NY Yankees [World Series: 1977, 1978], Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers 1955 - Willem Dafoe actor: Platoon, Mississippi Burning, Clear and Present Danger, New York Nights 1956 - Scott (Douglas) Sanderson baseball: pitcher: Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics [World Series: 1990], NY Yankees [all-star: 1991], California Angels, SF Giants, Chicago White Sox 1963 - Rob Estes director, actor: Silk Stalkings, Melrose Place, Days of Our Lives, Aces: Iron Eagle III, Terror in the Mall, Outreach 1963 - Joanna Going actress: Search for Tomorrow, Another World, Dark Shadows, Wyatt Earp, Still Breathing, NetForce, Cupid & Cate 1964 - John Leguizamo actor: The Fan, To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, Super Mario Bros., Carlito’s Way, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Casualties of War; actor, playwright: Mambo Mouth, Spic-O-Rama; comedian: House of Buggin’ 1964 - David Spade writer, comedian, actor: Saturday Night Live, Just Shoot Me, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, Coneheads, A Very Brady Sequel, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, The Rugrats Movie, Lost & Found 1965 - Michael Hickenbottom pro wrestler/actor: WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Wrestlemania series, Royal Rumble series, Sunday Night Heat, WWF Smackdown!, Armageddon 1965 - Patrick Labyorteaux actor: JAG, Mame, Little House on the Prairie, Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College, 3 Ninjas, Redemption of the Ghost, Hollywood Palms 1967 - Irene Bedard actress: Crazy Horse, Grand Avenue, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale; voice-over: Pocahontas
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