**Mis-cel-la-ne-ous/Birthdays - November 26 1792 - Sarah Moore Grimke antislavery/women’s rights advocate; died Dec 23, 1873 1832 - Mary Edwards Walker physician, women’s right leader: 1st female surgeon in U.S. Army; first woman to receive U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor; died Feb 21, 1919 1908 - Lefty (Vernon Louis) Gomez Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher: NY Yankees [World Series: 1932, 1936-1939/record: won six World Series games without a loss/all-star: 1933-1939/winning pitcher in first all-star game], Washington Nationals; died Feb 17, 1989 1909 - Eugène Ionesco playwright: The Bald Soprano, The Chairs; died Mar 28, 1994 1910 - Cyril Cusack actor: Far and Away, My Left Foot, The Tenth Man, 1984, True Confessions, Les Miserables, The Day of the Jackal, Sacco & Vanzetti, King Lear, Harold and Maude, David Copperfield, The Taming of the Shrew, Fahrenheit 451, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Waltz of the Toreadors, The Elusive Pimpernel, Odd Man Out, Late Extra; died Oct 7, 1993 1912 - (Arnold) Eric Sevareid Emmy Award-winning news correspondent: LBJ-The Man and the President, CBS News with Walter Cronkite [1972-73], The Agnew Resignation, CBS News with Walter Cronkite [10/10/73]; commentator: CBS; died July 9, 1992 1922 - Charles Schulz cartoonist: Peanuts; Emmy Award-winning writer: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving [1973]; died Feb 12, 2000 1933 - Robert Goulet singer: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, My Love Forgive Me, Camelot; actor: Mr. Wrong, Camelot, I’d Rather be Rich, Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Scrooged, Blue Light; died Oct 30, 2007 1935 - Marian Mercer singer, actress: The Dean Martin Show, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters Show, Home Free, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, A Touch of Grace, The Sandy Duncan Show, It’s a Living, The Dom Deluise Show, The Andy Williams Show; died Apr 27, 2011 1938 - Rich Little (Caruthers) comedian and impressionist: over 150 impressions; actor: The Late Shift, Happy Hour, Dirty Tricks 1939 - Tina Turner (Annie Bullock) Grammy Award-winning Pop Singer of the Year [1985]; What’s Love Got to Do with It, Private Dancer, We Don’t Need Another Hero, Theme from Goldeneye; w/Ike Turner: A Fool in Love, Proud Mary; Ike’s ex 1942 - Jan Stenerud Pro Football Hall of Famer: Kansas City Chiefs kicker: NFL career record: 373 field goals kicked [1967-85]; invented kicking tee used by most NFL kickers; Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings 1944 - Alan Henderson musician: bass: group: Them 1945 - John McVie musician: guitar: group: Fleetwood Mac: Dreams 1946 - Art Shell Pro Football Hall of Famer: Oakland Raider LT, Super Bowl XI, XV; coach: Oakland Raiders 1947 - Richie (Richard Joseph) Hebner baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1971], Philadelphia Phillies, NY Mets, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs 1947 - Larry (Lawrence Cyril) Gura baseball: pitcher: Arizona State all-American; Chicago Cubs, NY Yankees, KC Royals [World Series: 1980/all-star: 1980] 1952 - Wendy Turnbull tennis: made it to the finals in singles Grand Slam events 3 times: 1977 U.S. Open, 1979 French Open and Australian Open; captured 9 Grand Slam Doubles and mixed doubles and 13 Senior Grand Slam doubles titles; won bronze medal at the Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in doubles [1988] 1954 - Bob Murray hockey: NHL: Chicago Blackhawks player, coach 1956 - Scott Jacoby Emmy Award-winning actor: That Certain Summer, Wednesday Movie of the Week, To Die For series, Return to Horror High, Midnight Auto Supply, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Bad Ronald, Rivals 1959 - Jamie Rose actress: Falcon Crest, Lady Blue, To Die Standing, Playroom, Rebel Love, Tightrope, Heartbreakers, In Love with an Older Woman, Twirl 1960 - Johnny Hector football: NY Jets RB 1966 - Garcelle Beauvais model, actress: NYPD Blue, Coming to America, Models Inc, The Jamie Foxx Show, Wild Wild West
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