TODAY 22st FEBRUARY... Birthdays - February 22 1732 - George Washington (1st U.S. President [1789-1797]; “I cannot tell a lie...” ; died Dec. 14, 1799) 1778 - Rembrandt Peale (artist: painted hundreds of portraits, member of the famous Peale family of artists; died Oct 4, 1860) 1810 - Frederic Francois Chopin (composer: of more than 200 compositions for solo piano; died Oct 17, 1849) 1819 - James Russell Lowell (essayist, poet: A Fable for Critics, The Biglow Papers, The Vision of Sir Launfal, Commemoration Ode, The Cathedral; first editor of Atlantic Monthly, co- editor: North American Review; founded The Pioneer literary magazine; died Aug 12, 1891) 1857 - Robert Baden-Powell (founder: British Boy Scout Association; died Jan 8, 1941; see February 8) 1907 - Robert (George) Young (Emmy Award-winning actor: Father Knows Best, [1958], Marcus Welby M.D. [1970], The Bride Wore Red, Crossfire, Honolulu, Northwest Passage; died July 21, 1998) 1907 - Sheldon Leonard (Bershad) (actor: It’s a Wonderful Life, Guys and Dolls; Emmy Award-winning Director: The Danny Thomas Show [1957, 1961], and Executive Producer: My World and Welcome to It [1970]; died Jan 10, 1997) 1908 - Sir John Mills (actor: Frankenstein, A Tale of Two Cities, Around the World in 80 Days, Gandhi, Oklahoma Crude, Ryan’s Daughter, King Rat, The Swiss Family Robinson, War and Peace, Great Expectations, Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Ghost Camera; father of actresses Juliet and Hayley Mills; died April 23, 2005) 1917 - Charles O. (Oscar) Finley (baseball owner: KC Athletics, Oakland Athletics: last team to win three consecutive World Series [1972-1974]; “He pinched pennies and built winners.”; died Feb 20, 1996) 1918 - Sid (Sidney) Abel (hockey: NHL: Detroit Red Wings [NHL MVP: 1949], Chicago Blackhawks; died Feb 8, 2000) 1918 - Robert Wadlow (‘The Gentle Giant’: held record for tallest recorded man: 8’ 11.1; died July 15, 1940) 1926 - Bud Yorkin (Emmy Award- winning Director: An Evening with Fred Astaire [1959] and The Jack Benny Specials [1960]) 1928 - Paul Dooley (actor: The Underneath, Flashback, Last Rites, Sixteen Candles, Endangered Species, Paternity, Slap Shot, Breaking Away, The Player) 1932 - Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy (U.S. Senator from Massachusetts [1962-2009]; brother of 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy; died Aug 25, 2009) 1934 - Sparky (George Lee) Anderson (baseball: Philadelphia Phillies; manager: Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers; died Nov 4, 2010) 1936 - Ernie K-Doe (Ernest Kador Jr.) (singer/songwriter: Mother-In-Law; died July 5, 2001) 1940 - Chet Walker (basketball: Chicago Bulls) 1944 - Jonathan Demme (Academy Award-winning director: Silence of the Lambs; Philadelphia, Married to the Mob, Swimming to Cambodia, Swing Shift, Melvin and Howard, Last Embrace, Caged Heat; playwright: Fighting Mad, Caged Heat, Hot Box, Angels Hard as They Come) 1944 - Tom Okker (tennis: Men’s Professional Tour record holder for most doubles titles in a career [78]) 1945 - Oliver (Swofford) (singer: Jean, Good Morning Starshine; died Feb 12, 2000)) 1949 - Niki (Andreas Nikolaus) Lauda (Grand Prix Hall of Fame auto racer: victories: Spain, Holland [1974]; Monaco, Belgium, Sweden, France, USA [1975]; Brazil, S. Africa, Belgium, Monaco, Britain [1976]; S. Africa, Germany, Holland [1977]; Sweden, Italy [1978]; USA, Britain [1982]; S. African, France, Britain, Austria, Italy [1984]; Holland [1985]) 1950 - Julius Erving II (Basketball Hall of Famer: Univ of Massachusetts, ABA: Virginia Squires [1971-1973], NY Nets [1973-1976], NBA: Philadelphia 76ers [Dr. J.: 1976-1987], the third pro player to score more than 30,000 career points [after Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul- Jabbar]; executive: Orlando Magic) 1950 - Miou-Miou (Sylvette Héry) (actress: Little Indian Big City, Going Places, Entre Nous, La Lectrice) 1950 - Julie Walters (actress: Just like a Woman, The Summer House, Mack the Knife, Pick Up Your Ears, Educating Rita) 1956 - Amy Alcott (golf champion: U.S. Open [1980], Nabisco Dinah Shore [1983, 1988, 1991], Du Maurier Classic [1979]) 1959 - Kyle MacLachlan (actor: Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, The Flintstones, Dune, In Justice) 1975 - Drew Barrymore (actress: Bad Girls, Irreconcilable Differences, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Altered States, Wayne’s World 2, Batman Forever, Scream, The Wedding Singer, Charlie’s Angels, Riding in Cars with Boys, 50 First Dates; autobiography [at age 14]: Little Lost Girl; daughter of actor/ director John Barrymore Jr.; granddaughter of actor John Barrymore Sr.; great-niece of actors Ethel Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore)
Posted on: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 03:19:24 +0000
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