FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 28 FEBRUARY: 1893 - Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) 1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author (My Life) 1941 - Alice May Brock, author OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1820 - John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland) 1940 - Mario Andretti, Italian American race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500, 1978 Formula One World Champion) 1947 - Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devils Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys) 1948 - Bernadette Peters, [Lazzara], Queens NY, actress (Jerk) 1957 - Ainsley Harriott, British celebrity chef 1959 - Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader (SACP) FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 27 FEBRUARY: 1902 - John Steinbeck, Salinas California, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962) d. 1968 1910 - Peter De Vries, Chicago, author (Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon) d.1993 1913 - Irwin Shaw, US, novelist (Rich Man Poor Man) d. 1984 1934 - [Navarre] Scott Momaday, US author (House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969) OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, London, English-American actress (Father of the Bride, Butterfield 8, Cleopatra) (d. 2011) 1944 - Graeme Pollock, cricketer (South African batting prodigy) 1958 - Naas Botha, South African rugby union footballer 1962 - Adam Baldwin, actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard) 1971 - Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist 1981 - Josh Groban, American singer
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