TODAYS BIRTHDAYS: 1962 Cary Elwes English actor. Film: The Princess Bride (1987, her groom) and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993, Robin). 1947 Jaclyn Smith American actress. TV: Charlies Angels (Kelly Garrett). 1947 Hillary Rodham Clinton American first lady. 1946 Pat Sajak American game show host. TV: Wheel of Fortune. 1946 Keith Hopwood English rhythm guitarist, with Hermans Hermits. Music: Im Into Something Good (1964, #1 in UK), Mrs Brown Youve Got a Lovely Daughter (1965, #1), Im Henry VII, I Am (1965, #1), and Theres a Kind of Hush (1967). 1942 Bob Hoskins English actor. Film: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, P.I. Eddie Valiant). 1919 Edward William Brooke III American politician, first black U.S. senator (1967-79) since reconstruction. He was also the Massachusetts Attorney General (1963-67) which made him the highest ranking elected black official in the U.S. 1916 François Mitterand President of France (1981-). He founded the French Socialist Party. 1914 Jackie Coogan d. 1984 American actor, one of the Little Rascals. TV: The Addams Family (Uncle Fester). At age seven he starred with Charlie Chaplin in The Kid (1921), and was one of the highest-paid actors of his time. 1911 Mahalia Jackson d. 1972 American gospel singer, considered one of the greatest of all time. She sang at Pres. Kennedys inauguration (1961) and at Martin Luther Kings funeral (1968). 1879 Leon Trotsky d. 1940 (Lev Davidovich Bronstein), Russian revolutionary leader. He and Lenin organized the October Revolution. He also appeared in the American silent film My Official Wife (1916) using the name Mr. Brown. 1803 Joseph Aloysius Hansom d. 1882 English inventor. His taxi cab (1834) featured a suspended axle and seated the driver above and behind the passengers. It quickly became a favorite in England.
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