Birthdays On This Day August 2 1754 - Pierre Charles L’Enfant architect, engineer, Revolutionary War officer: designed the plan for city of Washington D.C.; died June 14, 1825 1834 - Frederic Bartholdi sculptor: Statue of Liberty, Lion of Belfort; died Oct 4, 1904 1871 - John Sloan artist: South Beach Bathers; cofounder of Ashcan Art; died Sep 7, 1951 1892 - Jack L. (Leonard) Warner (Eichelbaum) movie mogul: one of Hollywood’s famed Warner Brothers; died Sep 9, 1978 1894 - Westbrook Pegler 1940s journalist, columnist: anti-communist McCarthyist newspaper man and syndicated columnist: awareded Pulitzer Prize for expose on union racketeering [1940]; died June 24, 1969 1900 - Helen Morgan (Riggins) singer, actress: Frankie and Johnny, Show Boat, Applause; died Oct 8, 1941 1905 - Myrna Loy (Williams) actress: Thin Man movies, Airport, Topaz, Midnight Lace; died Dec 14, 1993 1912 - Ann Dvorak (Anna McKim) actress: A Life of Her Own, Abilene Town, Scarface; died Dec 10, 1979 1914 - Beatrice Straight Academy Award-winning actress: Network [1976]; Poltergeist, Bloodline, Endless Love; Tony Award: The Crucible [1953]; died Apr 7, 2001 1915 - Gary Merrill actor: The Seekers, Twelve O’Clock High, All About Eve, The Great Impostor; died Mar 5, 1990 1922 - Paul Laxalt U.S. Senator 1924 - James Baldwin author: Go Tell It on the Mountain; died Dec 1, 1987 1924 - Carroll O’Connor Emmy Award-winning actor: All in the Family [1971-1972, 1976-1977, 1977-1978, 1978-1979], In the Heat of the Night [1988-1989]; Cleopatra, The Devil’s Brigade, In Harm’s Way, Kelly’s Heroes, Marlowe; died June 21, 2001 1924 - Joe Harnell conductor/arranger: Fly Me to the Moon; died July 14, 2005 1925 - John Dexter opera director: Mid-America Chorale, M Butterfly, Le Rossignol, The Abduction from the Seraglio 1932 - Peter O’Toole actor: Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, A Lion in Winter, The Last Emperor; autobiography: Loitering with Intent 1935 - Hank Cochran songwriter: A Little Bitty Tear, Funny Way of Laughing, Make the World Go Away, I Fall to Pieces 1937 - Dave (David) Balon hockey: NHL: NY Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, Vancouver Canucks 1937 - Garth Hudson musician: keyboard: group: The Band: Up on Cripple Creek, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 1939 - Wes Craven author: A Nightmare on Elm Street; director: Vampire in Brooklyn, The People Under the Stairs, Shocker, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Swamp Thing, Summer of Fear, The Hills Have Eyes series, Last House on the Left 1939 - Edward Patten singer: group: Gladys Knight & The Pips: Every Beat of My Heart, Letter Full of Tears, Everybody Needs Love, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, If I Were Your Woman, Neither One of Us [Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye] 1941 - Doris Kenner-Jackson singer: group: The Shirelles: Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Soldier Boy, I Met Him on a Sunday, Tonight’s the Night, Dedicated to the One I Love, Mama Said; died Feb 4, 2000 1943 - Tom (Thomas Henry) Burgmeier baseball: pitcher: California Angels, KC Royals, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox [all-star: 1980], Oakland Athletics 1943 - Kathy Lennon singer: group: The Lennon Sisters: The Lawrence Welk Show 1943 - Max Wright actor: ALF, Buffalo Bill, Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, White Mile, Touch and Go, Fraternity Vacation 1945 - Joanna Cassidy actress: Blade Runner, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Under Fire, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Package, Buffalo Bill 1950 - Kathryn Harrold actress: MacGruder & Loud, The Bronx Zoo, I’ll Fly Away, The Larry Sanders Show, The Companion, Deadly Desire, Into the Night, Heartbreakers, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, Modern Romance, The Hunter, Nightwing 1951 - Andrew Gold singer: Lonely Boy, Thank You for Being a Friend; son of composer Ernest Gold; died Jun 3, 2011 1959 - Victoria Jackson actress: Saturday Night Live, Half Nelson, Based on an Untrue Story, I Love You to Death, Family Business, The Pick-Up Artist, Baby Boom 1960 - Linda Fratianne Olympic silver medalist: figure skating [1980]; Walt Disney’s World on Ice 1964 - Mary-Louise Parker actress: Sugartime, A Place for Annie, The Client, Bullets over Broadway, Naked in New York, Fried Green Tomatoes, Signs of Life 1966 - Tim Wakefield baseball: pitcher: Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox
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