FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY INCLUDE: 1807 - David Atchison politician: organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad; president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, president of U .S. for one day [March 4, 1849], the Sunday before Zachary Taylor (refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday) was sworn in; Atchison counties in KS and MO are named for him; died Jan 26, 1886 1862 - Carrie Bond composer: I Love You Truly, A Perfect Day; died Dec 28, 1946 1902 - Lloyd (Benedict) Nolan Emmy Award-winning actor: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial [1955]; Airport, Hannah and Her Sisters, Earthquake, Ice Station Zebra, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place, Julia, Martin Kane, Private Eye; died Sep 27, 1985 1912 - Jean Parker (Lois Green Zelinska) actress: Apache Uprising, The Gunfighter, The Texas Rangers, Little Women [1933]; died Nov 30, 2005 1913 - Bob (Robert Boden) Scheffing baseball: catcher: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, SL Cardinals; died Oct 26, 1985 1921 - Alex Haley Pulitzer Prize-winning author: Roots [1977]; The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Queen; died Feb 10, 1992 1925 - Mike Douglas (Dowd) TV host: The Mike Douglas Show; singer: The Men in My Little Girl’s Life; The Music Show, Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge; died Aug 11, 2006 1925 - Carl Rowan journalist: NBC News, Chicago Daily News; author: Dream Makers, Dream Breakers: The World of Justice Thurgood Marshall, Breaking Barriers, Wait Till Next Year, Go South in Sorrow, South of Freedom; director: U.S. Information Agency; U.S. Ambassador to Finland; died Sep 23, 2000 1926 - Claus von Bulow business mogul: subject of film: Reversal of Fortune 1928 - Arlene Dahl actress: Night of the Warrior, Slightly Scarlet, Three Little Words, One Life to Live; author: beauty book series; TV host: Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, Opening Night; wife of actor Fernando Lamas, mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas 1933 - Jerry Falwell leader of religious right: Moral Majority head, preacher; died May 15, 2007 1936 - Bill (William Charles) Monbouquette baseball: pitcher: Boston Red Sox [all-star: 1960, 1962, 1963], Detroit Tigers, NY Yankees, SF Giants 1937 - Anna Massey actress: A Doll’s House, Frenzy, Bunny Lake is Missing, Anna Karenina; died Jul 3, 2011 1938 - Vada (Edward) Pinson baseball: Cincinnati Redlegs, Cincinnati Reds [all-star: 1959, 1960/World Series: 1961], SL Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, California Angels, KC Royals; died Oct 21, 1995 1941 - Bill Munson football: Utah State Univ., LA Rams, Seattle Seahawks, SD Chargers, Detroit Lions; Asst. G.M.: Buffalo Bills; died July 10, 2000 1942 - Mike Hugg musician: drums: groups: Chapter Three, Manfred Mann: 5-4-3-2-1, Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Oh No Not My Baby, If You Gotta Go Go Now, Just like a Woman, The Mighty Quinn, Pretty Flamingo, Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 1942 - Otis Taylor football: Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver: UPI AFC Player of the Year [1971]: Super Bowl I, IV 1942 - Guy Villari singer: group: The Regents: Barbara Ann 1943 - Jim Kale musician: bass: group: The Guess Who: No Time, American Woman, No Sugar Tonight, Hand Me Down World, Share the Land, Albert Flasher, Rain Dance, Star Baby, Clap for the Wolfman, Dancin’ Fool 1948 - Ken Mendenhall football: Univ. of Oklahoma, Green Bay Packers 1949 - Eric Carmen musician: bass, keyboards, songwriter, singer: group: The Raspberries: Go All the Way; solo: All By Myself, Never Gonna Fall in Love, Almost Paradise, Again, Hungry Eyes, Make Me Lose Control 1950 - Erik Braunn musician: guitar, singer: group: Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 1950 - Steve Wozniak founder: Apple Computer, Inc [1976: w/Steve Jobs] 1953 - Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) wrestler, actor: Mr. Nanny, Suburban Commando, Thunder in Paradise 1954 - Joe Jackson singer: Steppin’ Out, Is She Really Going Out with Him?, It’s Different for Girls, On the Radio, Happy Ending, Be My Number 2
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