Birthdays On This Day: August 10 1874 - Herbert (Clark) Hoover 31st U.S. President [1929-1933]; married to Lou Henry [two sons]; first U.S. President born west of the Mississippi River; first to have a telephone at his desk; died Oct 20, 1964 1898 - Jack (John Joseph) Haley actor: The Wizard of Oz, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Alexander’s Ragtime Band; died June 6, 1979 1902 - Norma Shearer Academy Award-winning actress: The Divorcee [1929-30]; The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Private Lives, Romeo and Juliet; died June 12, 1983 1913 - Noah Beery Jr. actor: The Rockford Files, Walking Tall, Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, The Bastard, Fastest Gun Alive, Million Dollar Kid; died Nov 1, 1994 1913 - Steve Nagy ABC & PBA Hall of Famer: bowler of the year [1952, 1955]; first bowler to roll a perfect 300 game on TV; PBA’s Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award named for him; died Nov 10, 1966 1914 - Jeff Corey actor: Color of Night, Conan the Destroyer, Sinatra, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Boston Strangler; died Aug 16, 2002 1923 - Rhonda Fleming (Marilyn Louis) actress: Stage Door, The Best of Broadway, Little Egypt, Inferno; operates cancer clinic for women 1928 - Jimmy Dean (Seth Ward) Grammy Award-winning singer: Big Bad John [1961]; P.T. 109, I.O.U.; TV host: The Jimmy Dean Show; sausage mogul; died Jun 13, 2010 1928 - Eddie Fisher singer: Oh! My Pa-Pa, Anytime, Dungaree Doll, A Man Chases a Girl, Wedding Bells, Heart, On the Street Where You Live, Cindy, Oh Cindy, Song of the Dreamer; TV host: Coke Time with Eddie Fisher; actor: All About Eve, Bundle of Joy, Butterfield 8; father of Carrie Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher; died Sep 22, 2010 1933 - Rocky (Rocco Domenico) Colavito baseball: Cleveland Indians [4 home runs in a row: 6/10/1959/all-star: 1959, 1965, 1966], Detroit Tigers [all-star: 1961, 1962], KC Athletics [all-star: 1964], Chicago White Sox, LA Dodgers, NY Yankees 1940 - Bobby Hatfield singer: group: The Righteous Brothers: You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’, Just Once in My Life, Unchained Melody, Ebb Tide, [You’re My] Soul and Inspiration, Rock and Roll Heaven; died Nov 5, 2003 1943 - Ronnie Spector (Veronica Bennett) singer: group: The Ronettes: Be My Baby, Baby I Love You; solo: Try Some Buy Some, Say Goodbye to Hollywood 1947 - Ian Anderson musician: flute, singer: group: Jethro Tull: Bungle in the Jungle, Living in the Past 1947 - George Buehler football: Oakland Raiders guard: Super Bowl XI 1949 - Ralph Simpson basketball: Michigan State, Chicago Bulls 1959 - Rosanna Arquette actress: Pulp Fiction, Silverado, Desperately Seeking Susan, New York Stories, The Executioner’s Song, After Hours 1960 - Antonio Banderas (José Antonio Domínguez Banderas) actor: Too Much, Never Talk to Strangers, Assassins, Interview with the Vampire, Philadelphia, Against of the Wind, Law of Desire, Labyrinth of Passion, Los Tarantos, The Mask of Zorro; fashion model: Ralph Lauren, Gucci 1961 - Jon Farriss musician: drums, singer: group: INXS: Just Keep Walking, The One Thing, Original Sin, Melting in the Sun, This Time 1965 - Claudia Christian actress: Babylon 5, Dallas, The Calendar Girl Murders, A Wing and a Prayer, The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All, Atlantis: The Lost Empire 1967 - Riddick Bowe boxing champion: world heavyweight [1992] 1968 - Michael Bivins singer: groups: New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe 1972 - Angie Harmon actress: Law & Order, Baywatch Nights, Lawn Dogs, Batman Beyond
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