FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY INCLUDE: 1890 - Stan Laurel (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) actor, comedian: Laurel & Hardy: made over 200 films together; died Feb 23, 1965 1899 - Helen Traubel opera singer: St. Louis Symphony, New York Metropolitan Opera [“The Met’s premier Wagnerian soprano.”]; actress: Deep in My Heart, The Ladies’ Man, Gunn; died July 28, 1972 1907 - Jack Albertson Academy Award-winning actor [1968]; Tony Award-winner [1965]: The Subject was Roses; Emmy Awards: Cher [1974-75], Chico & The Man [1975-76], Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; died Nov 25, 1981 1916 - Angelo ‘Hank’ Luisetti basketball: Stanford Univ. 3-time All-American [scored a school record 50 points: Jan 1, 1938], revolutionized game with his one-handed shot; died Dec 17, 2002 1917 - Katharine Graham publisher: The Washington Post; won Pulitzer Prize for her memoir, Personal History [1998]; died July 17, 2001 1920 - John (Howard) Griffin author: Black like Me [his journal posing as African American], Nuni, The Devil Rides Outside, The John Howard Griffin Reader; died Sep 9, 1980 1937 - Erich Segal writer: Love Story, Acts of Faith, Man, Woman and Child, Oliver’s Story; died Jan 17, 2010 1938 - Joyce Carol Oates novelist: The Time Traveler, Triumph of the Spider Monkey 1939 - Billy ‘Crash’ Craddock country singer: Don’t Destroy Me, Ruby, Baby, Rub It In, Sea Cruise 1941 - Lamont Dozier songwriter: team: Holland-Dozier Holland: Baby Love, I Can’t Help Myself; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1990]; solo: Why Can’t We Be Lovers, Trying to Hold on to My Woman 1942 - Eddie Levert singer: group: The O’Jays: Love Train, Back Stabbers 1943 - Joan Van Ark actress: Knots Landing, Tainted Blood, Frogs 1945 - Ian Matthews (McDonald) musician: guitar, singer: groups: Fairport Convention: Book Song; Matthew’s Southern Comfort: Woodstock; solo: I Survived the ’70s, LPs: If You Saw Through My Eyes, Tigers Will Survive, Stealin’ Home, Spot of Interference, Discreet Repeat 1946 - Derek Sanderson hockey: NHL: Boston Bruins: shares season record for shorthanded goals scored [3 in 1969], NY Rangers, SL Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins 1948 - Ron LeFlore baseball: Detroit Tigers [all-star: 1976], Montreal Expos [stole 97 bases: 1980], Chicago White Sox 1951 - Roberto Duran boxing: champion: WBA Lightweight, WBC Lightweight, WBC Welterweight, WBA Light Middleweight, WBC Middleweight, WBA Junior Middleweight; record: 101-13 [69 KOs] 1951 - Stan (Stanley Arthur) Wall baseball: pitcher: LA Dodgers 1952 - Gino Vannelli singer, songwriter: Living Inside Myself 1955 - Laurie Metcalf Emmy Award-winning actress: Roseanne [1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1993-1994]; A Dangerous Woman, JFK, Pacific Heights, Uncle Buck, Desperately Seeking Susan 1959 - Warrior (James Brian Hellwig) pro wrestler/actor: WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Wrestlemania IV/V/VI/VII,VIII,XII, Royal Rumble, WCW Monday Nitro 1962 - Wally Joyner baseball: California Angels, KC Royals, SD Padres, Atlanta Braves 1962 - Arnold Vosloo actor: The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Morenga, Darkman II: The Return of Durant, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die 1970 - Phil (Alfred) Mickelson golf: champ: Masters [2004, 2006, 2010]; dozens of PGA Tour victories 1975 - Frederick Koehler actor: Mr. Mom, Kate and Allie, A Kiss Before Dying, Pearl Harbor 1977 - Kerry Wood baseball [pitcher]: Chicago Cubs
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