**Miscellaneous/Birthdays - January 28 1841 - Sir Henry Morton Stanley explorer: leader of African expedition to find the missing missionary, David Livingstone: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” said Mr. Stanley; died May 10, 1904 1887 - Artur Rubinstein American pianist: played solo for the Berlin Symphony at the age of 12; died Dec 20, 1982 1927 - Ronnie Scott (Schatt) jazz musician: tenor sax, bandleader; jazz club owner in London; died Dec 23, 1996 1927 - Jim Bryan auto racer: Indianapolis 500 winner [1958] 1929 - Acker (Bernard) Bilk clarinetist, composer: Stranger on the Shore 1934 - Bill (William De Kova) White baseball: NY Giants, SF Giants, SL Cardinals [all-star: 1959-1961, 1963, 1964/World Series: 1964], Philadelphia Phillies first baseman; broadcaster: NY Yankees 1935 - Nicholas Pryor actor: Hoffa, Pacific Heights, Risky Business, The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh, The Happy Hooker, Force Five, The Bronx Zoo, Beverly Hills 90210 1936 - Alan Alda (Alphonso D’Abruzzo) actor: M*A*S*H, Paper Lion, The Four Seasons, Same Time Next Year, California Suite 1936 - Bill Phillips country singer: Put It Off till Tomorrow, Georgia Town Blues [w/Mel Tillis] 1943 - John Beck actor: Suspect Device, A Climate for Killing, Time Machine, Rollerball, Sleeper, Paperback Hero, Three in the Attic, Nichols, Flamingo Road, Dallas 1943 - Paul Henderson hockey: NHL: Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs [scored winning goal in Canada/Soviet Union Summit Series: 1972], Atlanta Flames 1943 - Dick Taylor musician: bass, guitar: group: The Pretty Things: Don’t Bring Me Down 1944 - Fred Hoaglin football: Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts; Jacksonville Jaguars TE coach 1944 - Susan Howard (Jeri Lynn Mooney) actress: Sidewinder One, The Power Within, Dallas 1944 - Brian Keenan musician: drums: groups: Manfred Mann; The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today 1945 - Marthe Keller actress: Young Catherine, The Nightmare Years, The Amateur, Black Sunday, Marathon Man, And Now My Love 1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov Bolshoi ballet dancer: defected to U.S.; actor: The Turning Point, That’s Dancing, Dancers 1949 - Jack Egers hockey: NHL: NY Rangers, SL Blues, Washington Capitals 1950 - Barbi Benton Playboy cover girl, significant other of Hugh Hefner; actress: For the Love of It, Deathstalker 1959 - Dave Sharp musician: guitar: group: The Alarm: 68 Guns, Where were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, The Bells of Rhymney 1977 - Joey Fatone Jr. singer: group: ’N Sync: I Want You Back, Tearin’ Up My Heart, Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You, I Drive Myself Crazy, Music Of My Heart 1981 - Elijah Wood actor: The Lord of the Rings series,Flipper, North, Radio Flyer, Forever Young, Avalon, Back to the Future, Forever Your Girl video
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