FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY INCLUDE: 1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley author; died Feb 1, 1851; see Frankenstein Day [above] 1837 - Ellen Arthur (Ellen Lewis Herndon) wife of Chester A. Arthur [21st U.S. President]; died Jan 12, 1880 [Arthur became President in 1881] 1891 - Dr. Claire Straith cosmetic surgeon; developed many techniques of plastic surgery, designed new surgical instruments for this type of surgery; was instrumental in auto manufacturers use of safety glass; died July 13, 1958 1896 - Raymond (Hart) Massey actor: The President’s Plane is Missing, McKenna’s Gold, How the West was Won, The Great Impostor, Battle Cry , The Naked and the Dead, East of Eden, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Dr. Kildare; died July 29, 1983 1898 - Shirley Booth (Thelma Booth Ford) Academy Award-winning actress: Come Back Little Sheba [1952]; Hot Spell, The Matchmaker; Emmy Award-winner [1962]: Hazel ; A Touch of Grace; died Oct 16, 1992 1901 - Roy Wilkins civil rights leader: Executive Director of NAACP; died Sep 8, 1981 1906 - (Rose) Joan Blondell actress: The Baron, The Champ, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Public Enemy; died Dec 25, 1979 1908 - Fred (Fredrick Martin) MacMurray actor: My Three Sons, The Caine Mutiny, Egg and I, Above Suspicion, The Apartment, The Happiest Millionaire, The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, The Miracle of the Bells; died Nov 5, 1991 1914 - Julie Bishop (Wells) actress: Westward the Women, Rhapsody in Blue, My Hero; died Aug 30, 2001 1918 - Ted (Theodore Samuel) Williams ‘The Kid’, ‘The Thumper’, ‘The Splendid Splinter’: Baseball Hall of Famer: Boston Red Sox outfielder [World Series: 1946/all-star: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946 thru 1951, 1953 thru 1960/Baseball Writers’ Award: 1946, 1949]; died July 5, 2002 1919 - Kitty Wells (Muriel Ellen Deason) ‘The Queen of Country Music’: Country Music Hall of Famer: Jealousy, It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels, I Don’t Want Your Money, I Want Your Time, Payin’ for that Back Street Affair, Makin’ Believe, Searching, Heartbreak U.S.A., We’ll Stick Together [w/husband Johnny Wright]; died Jul 16, 2012 1922 - Regina Resnik mezzo-soprano: songs from Kismet 1923 - Vic Seixas tennis champion: Wimbledon [1953]; U.S. Open [1954] 1927 - Geoffrey Beene fashion designer 1931 - John Swigert Jr. NASA astronaut: flew on Apollo 13: said, “Houston, we have a problem!”; died Dec 27, 1982 1935 - John Phillips singer: group: The Mamas & The Papas: Monday Monday, California Dreamin’, Creeque Alley; songwriter: California Dreamin’, San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair]; actress MacKenzie Phillips’ father; died Mar 18, 2001 1939 - Elizabeth Ashley (Cole) actress: The Carpetbaggers, Ship of Fools, Stagecoach, Paperback Hero, Dangerous Curves, Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday, Evening Shade 1941 - John McNally singer, musician: guitar: The Searchers: Needles and Pins, Love Potion Number 9 1942 - Coy (Lander McCoy) Bacon football: LA Rams [1968-1972], San Diego Chargers [1973-1975]; Cincinnati Bengals [1976-1977]; Washington Redskins [1978-1981] 1943 - Jean-Claude Killy Olympic Gold Medal skier [3]: downhill, slalom and giant slalom [1968] 1944 - Tug (Frank Edwin) McGraw baseball: pitcher: NY Mets [all-star: 1972/World Series: 1973], Philadelphia Phillies [all-star: 1980/World Series: 1980]; died Jan 5, 2004 1947 - Billy Keller basketball: Purdue Univ., Indiana Pacers [ABA league champions: 1970, 1972, 1973] 1947 - Peggy Lipton actress: Twin Peaks, The Mod Squad 1947 - Jon (Paul) Kolb football: Pittsburgh Steelers tackle: Super Bowl: IX, X, XIII, XIV 1950 - Micky Moody musician: guitar: group: Whitesnake: Fool for Your Loving, Don’t Break My Heart Again 1951 - Timothy Bottoms actor: Last Picture Show, The Paper Chase, The Other Side of the Mountain Part II, Texasville, East of Eden 1954 - David Paymer actor: Unforgettable, Nixon, Get Shorty, City Slickers series, Mr. Saturday Night, Crazy People, No Way Out, The Commish, Downtown 1972 - Cameron Diaz model; actress: The Mask, Head Above Water, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, There’s Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Charlie’s Angels [2000]
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