Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of October 07:
1728 Caesar Rodney Delaware, patriot, signed Declaration of Independence 1746 William Billings Boston Mass, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon) 1849 James Whitcomb Riley US, poet (The Raggedy Man) 1866 Martha McChesney Berry US, founded Berry School for Children 1870 Uncle Dave Macon entertainer 1879 Joe Hill Jevla Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr 1879 Leon Trotsky Russian revolutionary leader/writer (Diary in Exile) 1885 Niels Bohr Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922) 1887 Jack Mulhall Wappinger Falls NY, actor (Ken Murray Show) 1888 Henry A Wallace (D/P) 33rd VP, Progressive pres candidate 1889 Clarence Muse Balt Md, actor (Sam-Casablanca) 1896 Elijah Muhammad famous African 1898 Alfred Wallenstein Chicago Illinois, conductor (Chic Symph 1922-29) 19-- Ann Curless singer (Expos‚-What You Don't Know) 19-- Jill Larson actress (Opal Cortlandt-All My Children) 19-- John Loprieno actor (Cord Roberts-One Life to Live) 19-- Joseph Sirola NYC, actor (Magician, Montefuscos) 19-- Melinda Fee LA Calif, actress (Dr Kate Westin-Invisible Man) 1901 Frank X Boucher Ottawa, All-star NHL center (Ottawa, NY Rangers) 1904 Chuck Klein Indianapolis In, Phila Phillies (43 HRs in 1929) 1905 Andy Devine [Jeremiah Schwartz], Flagstaff Az, actor (Andy's Gang) 1906 James E Webb head of NASA (1961-68) 1911 Vaughn Monroe Akron Oh, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show) 1914 Alfred Drake singer/actor (Kiss Me Kate) 1914 Sarah Churchill actress (All Over Town, Royal Wedding) 1916 Walt W Rostow economist (Politics & Stages of Growth) 1917 Helmut Dantine Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak) 1917 June Allyson Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas) 1919 Erik Elms„ter Sweden, 1st to compete in summer & winter Oly (1948) 1919 Gabriel Dell Barbados, actor (Steve Allen Show) 1922 Martha Stewart Bardwell Ky, singer/actress (Daisy Kenyon, Doll Face) 1926 Diana Lynn actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go) 1927 Al Martino Phila, singer (Here in My Heart)/actor (Godfather) 1931 Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of S Afr (Nobel Peace Prize 1982) 1933 Paul B Price Cataret NJ, actor (Busting Loose) 1934 Willie Naulls NBA star (NY Knicks) 1935 Thomas M Keneally Australia, novelist (Blood Red Sister Rose) 1938 Robert Drivas Chicago, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Illustrated Man) 1943 Oliver North military man (contra hearings) 1951 John Cougar Mellencamp Seymour Indiana, rocker (Jack & Diane) 1952 Ludmila Tourischeva USSR, gymnast (Olympic-gold-1972) 1953 Christopher Norris NYC, actress (Summer of '42, Eat My Dust) 1954 Tico Torres drummer (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name) 1955 Yo-Yo Ma Paris France, world famous Chinese cellist 1956 James Van Patten Brooklyn NY, actor (Bo-Chisholms) 1958 Kim Morris San Diego Ca, playmate (Mar, 1986) 1961 Judy Landers Phila, actress (Vega$, BJ & the Bear, Madame's Place) 1974 Alexander Polinsky SF Calif, actor (Adam-Charles in Charge)
Deaths which occurred on October 07:
1849 Edgar Allen Poe poet, dies in Balt at 40 1959 Mario Lanza singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack 1988 Billy Daniels singer, dies of cancer at 73 1990 John "Cat" Thompson basketball hall of famer, dies at 84 1991 Leo Durocher baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86
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3761 -BC- Origin of Jewish Mundane Era 336 St Mark ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1571 Turkish fleet defeated by Spanish & Italians in Battle of Lepanto 1737 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft & kill 300,000 (Bengal, India) 1765 The Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY 1777 Americans beat Brits in 2nd Battle of Saratoga & Battle of Bemis Hts 1780 British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC 1816 1st double decked steamboat, the Washington, arrived in New Orleans 1826 Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations 1868 Cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens 1871 16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters 1886 Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba 1900 The term "orienteering" is 1st used for an event 1908 Crete revolts against Turkey & aligns with Greece 1916 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee 1919 1st London-Amsterdam airline service begins (Brit Aerial Transport) 1924 160 consecutive days of 100ø at Marble Bar, Australia begins 1927 Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in world series game (World Series #24) 1931 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY 1933 NY Giants beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 1 in 30th World Series 1935 Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 32nd World Series 1938 Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with the letter J 1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day) 1950 NY Yankees sweep Phila Phillies in 47th World Series 1950 US forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel 1952 NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series - Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins 1957 "American Bandstand" premieres 1958 Potter Stewart appointed to US Supreme Court 1958 US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury 1959 Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3 1960 "Route 66" premieres 1963 Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary 1963 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti & Dominican Republic, kills 7,190 1964 NY Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 & 29th in 61 World Series 1965 50 mph gust carries 165 lb Robert Mitera's tee shot 447 yards to score the world's longest straight hole-in-one in Omaha 1965 Robert Mitera aces 447-yd 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebraska 1967 Beatles turn down $1 million NY concert offer by Sid Berstein 1968 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system 1972 1st season game at Nassau Coliseum, Flames-3, Islanders-2 1977 With 2 outs in top of 9th, Dodgers trailing Phillies 5-3 in playoffs, score 3 runs & win 6-5. Dodgers hold 2-1 game lead 1981 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3 1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader 1985 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB 1985 KHQ-AM in Spokane Wash's final transmission 1985 Lynette Woodward, chosen as 1st woman on the Harlem Globetrotters 1985 PLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as NY Yankee manager 1988 Latvian flag raised in Riga for 1st time since annexation by USSR 1988 Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson 1988 WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 & WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (NYC radio) 1989 Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander 1989 Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games) 1990 Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens 1991 Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Fiji : Deed of Cession (1874) German Dem Rep : Constitution Day (1949) Libya : Evacuation Day Massachusetts : Grandparents Day - - - - - ( Sunday ) Missouri : Missouri Day - - - - - ( Monday ) World : Child Health Day, Universal Children's Day (1928) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious History
1810 Birth of Henry Alford, Anglican scholar. He was a member of the 1881 ERV Bible translation committee, but is better remembered today for writing the hymn "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come." 1832 Birth of Charles Converse, American lawyer and sacred composer. Converse penned the hymn tune CONVERSE, to which we sing today "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." 1930 Missionary linguist Frank C. Laubach wrote in a letter: 'Beside Jesus, the whole lot of us are so contemptible.... But God is like Jesus, and like Jesus, He will not give up until we, too, are like Jesus.' 1943 While WWII was raging, the American Council of Volunteer Agencies for Foreign Service was formed. It was as an interfaith venture to bring Protestant, Catholic and Jewish agencies involved in international relief together under one roof. 1955 The religious drama 'Crossroads' first aired over ABC television. An anthology which dramatized true experiences of clergymen of all denominations, the program ran for two years.
Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of October 06:
1820 Jenny Lind Sweden, soprano/nightingale (Agathe-Der Freischultz) 1824 Henry Chadwick baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book 1831 Richard Dedekind mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) 1846 George Westinghouse responsible for alternating current in US 1849 Sir Basil Zaharoff arms dealer, "merchant of death" 1862 Albert Jeremiah Beveridge US, politician/author (Progressive) 1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden broadcast 1st program of voice & music 1882 Karol Szymanowski Timoshovka Ukraine, composer (Stabatmater) 1884 Lloyd Spooner US, marksman (Olympic-4 gold/1 silver/2 bronze-1920) 1887 Le Corbusier Switzerland, architect/city planner/artist (Urbanisme) 1887 Mart¡n Luis Guzm n Mexico, novelist (The Eagle & the Serpent) 1888 Li Ta-chao cofounder with Mao Tse-tung of Chinese Communist Party 1895 Caroline Gordon Kentucky, writer (Green Centuries) 1897 Jerome Cowan NYC, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show) 19-- Mike Tylo actor (Guiding Light) 19-- Tony Cavazo rocker (Hurricane-I'm On To You) 1905 Helen N Moody tennis pro (8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938) 1906 Janet Gaynor Philadelphia, actress (Sunrise, A Star Is Born) 1909 Carol Lombard actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only) 1914 Thor Heyerdahl Norway, anthropologist/explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku) 1925 Shana Alexander NYC, journalist (60 Minutes) 1926 Alan Copeland LA Calif, orch leader/singer (Your Hit Parade) 1927 Paul Badura-Skoda Vienna Austria, pianist (Mozart Interpretation) 1930 Hafez al Assad president (Syria) 1936 Anna Quayle actress (Mistress Pamela) 1940 Ellen Travolta Englewood NJ, actress (Louise-Joanie Loves Chachi) 1942 Britt Ekland Stockholm Sweden, actress (Wicker Man, Asylum) 1942 Fred Travalena NYC, comedian/impressionist (Buy & Cell) 1943 Michael Durrell Brooklyn NY, actor (Shannon, V, Alice, Chiefs) 1946 Gary Gentry baseball player (NY Mets) 1947 Klaus Dibiasi Italy, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1968, 72, 76) 1960 Jeffrey Trachta Staten Island NY, actor (Thorne-Bold & Beautiful) 1960 Richard Jobson British TV person/rocker (Skids-Scared to Dance)
Deaths which occurred on October 06:
1891 Charles Stewart Parnell leader of the Irish party, dies 1951 Henry Gurney British high commissioner to Malaya assassinated 1956 Walter Herlihy announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 1969 Walter Hagen PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76 1975 Henry Calvin actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57 1981 Anwar Sadat assassinated Hosnai Mubarak becomes Egytian president 1983 Terence Cooke NY's Cardinal, dies at 62 1989 Bette Davis dies at 81
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891 Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1683 13 German families arrive in present day Philadelphia 1781 Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War 1857 American Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC) 1863 Dr Charles H Sheppard opens the 1st public bath, in Brooklyn 1866 1st train robbery in US 1876 American Library Association organized in Philadelphia 1884 Naval War College established in Newport RI 1886 Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Resident Patient" (BG) 1889 Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture 1890 Mormon Church outlaws polygamy 1908 Austria annexes Bosnia & Herzegovina 1908 Yanks lose 100th game of the year go 51-103 for season 1910 Braves beat Phillies 20-7 1923 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies) 1923 USSR adopts experimental calendar 1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 HRs in a world series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5 (World Series #23) 1927 "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (NYC) 1928 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China 1935 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches 1936 NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in 33rd World Series 1939 Hitler announces he has no attention of war with Britain & France 1940 Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat & Skyline in SF 1941 NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series 1947 NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series 1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine 1949 Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO) 1959 Single game World Series (World Series #56) attendance record set (92,706 in LA) 1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon 1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show" 1963 LA Dodgers sweep NY Yankees, in 60th World Series 1965 Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony" 1966 Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout (World Series #63) 1967 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies 1972 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico 1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria & Egypt attack Israel 1976 John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world & cycling 50,600 miles 1976 Pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" 1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat KC Royals 5-3 in 5th & deciding playoff game 1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5 1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yds 1'9" 1979 Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit the White House 1982 Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals 1983 Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs 1983 Islander's Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick 1983 NY Jets announce they are leaving Shea for the Meadowlands 1985 Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m women's record (47.6) in Australia 1985 Yankee Phil Niekro becomes the 18th pitcher to win 300 games & also at 46 becomes the oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0 1988 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant 1990 US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) launches into orbit 1991 Elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky) 1991 NY Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Egypt : Military Day Massachusetts : Grandparents Day - - - - - ( Sunday ) Missouri : Missouri Day - - - - - ( Monday ) World : Child Health Day, Universal Children's Day (1928) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious History
1520 German reformer Martin Luther, 36, published "Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church," his famous writing which attacked the entire sacramental system of the Catholic Church. 1552 Birth of Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit who was sent as a missionary to China in 1583. His complete adoption of Chinese customs raised the issue of the limits of "accommodation" to other cultures, in the preaching of the gospel. 1683 A band of religious refugees from Krefield, Germany came ashore at Philadelphia -- the first Mennonites to arrive in North America. Their pastor, F. Daniel Pastorius, was considered by many the most learned man in America at the time. 1899 B.H. Irwin began issuing "Live Coals of Fire," official publication of the Fire Baptized Holiness Association of America. Organized in 1898, the denomination was comprised of former Methodists, Quakers and River Brethren. 1982 In his daily radio broadcast, American Bible expositor Derek Prince declared: 'God accepts responsibility for the maintenance of his appointed temple -- our body.'
_869 The Fourth Constantinople (8th Ecumenical) Council opened under Pope Adrian II in the West and Emperor Basil I in the East. During its six sessions, the council condemned iconoclasm. It was the last ecumenical council held in the East. 1744 Following his ordination, David Brainerd, 26, began three years of intense missionary labors among the Indians along the Susquehannah River in New Jersey. Increasing illness from the elements led to Brainerd's premature death, after only three years. 1833 Birth of William G. Tomer, American Civil War veteran and Methodist hymnwriter. It is to his tune, FAREWELL, that today we sing the hymn, "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." 1969 Death of Harry Emerson Fosdick, 91. He pastored Riverside Church in New York City 1926-46, and authored the enduring hymn, "God of Grace and God of Glory." 1989 Ten months after being indicted by a federal grand jury, televangelist Jim Bakker, 50, was found guilty on 24 counts of mail and wire fraud. Three weeks later, on October 24th, Bakker was fined $500,000 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
869 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens 1450 Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX 1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries 1762 The opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna) 1813 Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British 1864 Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing the South 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1867 Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska 1875 Palace Hotel on Market Street, SF opens 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perc‚ War 1892 Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeyville, Kansas bank holdup 1906 Henry Mathewson (NY Giants) walks 14 men 1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8) 1907 Phila A's Rube Vickers no-hits Wash Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1910 Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic 1912 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1912 Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium 1921 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0 (World Series #18) 1921 Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect 1922 Yanks & Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie world series game (World Series #19) 1923 Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star 1925 WSM-AM in Nashville Tenn begins radio transmissions 1931 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn) 1941 Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely, would have been the last out, instead Yanks score 4 and win 7-4 1942 St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series 1945 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio 1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman 1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in world series (World Series #44) 1953 50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY 1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the US 1953 Yankees break own record with 5th consecutive World Series win - Billy Martin's 12 hits set record (World Series #50) 1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US 1956 Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53) 1960 Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die) 1962 Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do" 1963 Hyde St Pier re-opens as State Historical Park 1964 SF Fire Department Museum is dedicated 1965 Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups 1965 Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite 1969 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal 1970 PBS becomes a network 1970 Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross 1972 Herbert Mullin first kills, to prevent earthquakes 1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins the Nobel Prize for literature 1980 Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417 1981 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American 1982 NJ Devils 1st game, ties Pitts Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands 1982 Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, NM 1983 Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize 1984 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched 1985 Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game 1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms 1988 Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism 1990 Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obscenity (Mapplethorpe photos) 1991 Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf
1941 Louis D Brandeis 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice, dies at 84 1967 Clifton C Williams Jr astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash 1976 Barbara Nichols actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46 1981 Gloria Grahame actress (Sue-Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 55 1981 Jud Strunk singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48 1984 Leonard Rossiter actor, dies of a heart attack at 57 1990 Meir Kahane founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58
1703 Jonathan Edwards US, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin) 1713 Denis Diderot France, encyclopedist (Dictionnaire Encyclop‚dique) 1830 Chester Alan Arthur Fairfield Vt, (R) 21st Pres (1881-85) 1840 John Addington Symonds Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics) 1864 Louis LumiŠre with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895 1882 Robert Hutchings Goddard Worcester Mass, rocket pioneer 1887 Ren‚ Cassin pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1968) 19-- Bever-Leigh Banfield NYC, actress (Officer Edie-Open All Night) 19-- Brian Johnson rocker (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)) 19-- Shell Kepler actress (Amy Vining-General Hospital) 19-- Thom Christopher actor (Carlo Hesser-One Life to Live) 19-- Troy Luccketta rock drummer (Tesla-Psychotic Supper) 1902 Ray Kroc Illinois, founder of McDonalds/owner (San Diego Padres) 1904 John Hoyt Bronxville NY, actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick & Mary) 1908 Joshua Logan Broadway producer (South Pacific) 1912 Tony Martin Brooklyn NY, announcer (Arthur Godfrey) 1919 Allen Ludden Mineral Point Wisc, TV host (Password) 1919 Donald Pleasence Worksop England, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Halloween) 1921 Bill Willis AAFC, NFL guard (Cleveland Browns) 1923 Glynis Johns Pretoria South Africa, actress (Mary Poppins) 1923 Philip Berrigan militant priest (Chicago 7) 1924 Bill Dana Quincy Mass, comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez) 1925 Gail Davis Little Rock Ark, actress (Annie Oakley) 1929 Richard F Gordon Jr Seattle, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 11, Apol 12) 1930 Pavel R Popovich Ukraine, cosmonaut (Vostok 4, Soyuz 14) 1930 Skip Homeier Chicago Illinois, actor (Beachhead, Dakota Incident) 1933 Diane Cilento Australia, actress (Agony & Ecstasy, Wicker Man) 1935 Peter Brown NYC, actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold & Beautiful) 1937 Barry Switzer football coach (Oklahoma) 1941 Ricardo Hoffmann marathon swimmer (299 miles) 1943 Steve Miller Milwaukee, rocker (Abracadabra, Space Cowboy) 1948 Sal Viscuso Brooklyn NY, actor (Soap, Montefuscos) 1950 Jeff Conway NYC, actor (Bobby-Taxi) 1951 Bob Geldof pop musician (Boomtown Rats, Band Aid) 1951 Karen Allen Illinois, actress (Cruising, Starman, Wanderers) 1951 Leah Poulos-Mueller US, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980) 1952 Clive Barker producer (Hell Raiser) 1954 Duncan Regehr Alberta Canada, actor (Wizards & Warriors) 1955 Leo Barnes rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go) 1957 Jeanne Evert tennis player, Chris' sister 1958 Brent W Jett Jr Pontiac Mich, USN Lt Commander/astronaut 1958 Lee Thompson sax (Madness-Baggy Trousers) 1962 Ken Noda NYC, pianist (Rivalry) 1962 Michael Andretti Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame (elected 1986) 1965 Mario Lemieux Montreal, Pitts Penguin (#66) high scorer 1965 Penny Baker Buffalo NY, playmate (January, 1984) 1969 Karyn Parsons actress (Hilary-Fresh Prince of Bel Air) 1974 Douglas Emerson Glendale Calif, actor (Robbie-Herbie The Love Bug) 1975 Scott E Weinger NYC, actor (Steve Taylor-The Family Man) 2176 Winston Matthew Kyle Perth, Australia (Star Trek)
