Birthday's of the Day

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Birthdays for March the 21st:

1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach, Germany, Composer
1713 - Francis Lewis, signed Decl of Ind
1768 - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician & Egyptologist
1806 - Benito Juarez, pres of Mexico (1858-72)
1813 - James Jesse Strang, king of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)
1839 - Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mtn.)
1866 - Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer
1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld, of Follies fame
1906 - John D. Rockefeller, III, billionaire
1923 - Mort Lindsey, band leader
1930 - James Coco, actor
1934 - Al Freeman Jr
1939 - Kathleen Widdoe

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Birthdays for March the 22nd:

1797 - Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor
1822 - Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter
1846 - Randolph Caldecott, England, Illustrater
1907 - James Gavin, genl
1908 - Maurice Stans, sec of commerce
1909 - Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian novelist (The Tin Flute)
1910 - Nicholas Monsarrat, English writer
1913 - Karl Malden, don't leave home without it (St of SF)
1920 - Werner Klemperer, Hogan's Heroes Col Klink
1923 - Marcel Marceau, mime, France
1930 - Stephen Sondheim, US composer
1931 - William Shatner, Mont, (Capt. Kirk, T J Hooker)
1934 - Orrin Hatch, (R), Utah sen
1936 - May Britt, German actress & former wife of Sammy Davis Jr
1942 - Barbara Parkins, Engl (Peyton Place)
1943 - George Benson, singer-guitarist
1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer

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Birthdays for March the 24th:

1755 - Rufus King, (F), framer of US constitution, sen
1834 - John Wesley Powell, geologist
1834 - William Morris, Engl, artist
1855 - Andrew W. Mellon, financier
1874 - Harry Houdini, escape artist
1884 - Peter Debye, Dutch physical chemist (Nobel 1936)
1902 - Thomas E Dewey, Oh, Pres candidate
1903 - Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer
1925 - Norman Fell, (Mr Roper - 3s Company)
1929 - Roger Bannister, English runner; 1st 4-min mile
1930 - Steve McQueen, actor
1938 - Larry Wilson, NFL back (Cardinals)
1940 - Bob Mackie, designer
1954 - Robert Carradine
1959 - Renaldo Nehemiah, track star

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Birthdays for March the 25th:

1867 - Arturo Toscanini, Italy, conductor
1867 - Gutzon Borglum, sculpted Mt. Rushmore
1881 - Bela Bartok, Hungary - composer - pianist
1899 - Bella Spewack, Hungary - playwright
1908 - Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte, Brit theater & hotel director
1908 - David Lean, director (Dr. Zhivago & Ryan's Daughter)
1920 - Howard Cosell, sportscaster
1921 - Nancy Kelly, Lowell Mass
1921 - Simone Signoret, (Casque d'Or & Room at the Top)--Weisbaden Germany
1928 - James A. Lovell Jr, astronaut (Gemini 7 & 12 & Apollo 8 & 13)
1934 - Gloria Steinhem, feminist - Toledo Oh
1940 - Anita Bryant, Oklahoma Miss America candidate
1942 - Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn Soul Sister #1
1947 - Elton John, singer - England
1948 - Bonnie Bedelia, NY
1953 - Mary Gross, Chicago Ill (SNL)

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Birthdays for March the 29th:

1790 - John Tyler, 10th Pres (1841-1845)
1799 - Edward Stanley Earl Derby, (C), British PM (1852, 1858-59, 1866-68)
1819 - Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive oil well, US
1867 - Cy Young, winningest pitcher (509 wins, 1890-1911)
1875 - Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady
1888 - James E. Casey, founded UPS
1902 - Sir William Walton, English composer
1916 - Eugene McCarthy, (D), Minn sen
1918 - Pearl Bailey, jazz singer
1919 - Eileen Heckart, Colombus Ohio
1925 - Emlen Tunnell, NFL safety (Giants, Packers)
1939 - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong
1945 - Walt Frazier, NBA star (NY Knicks)
1954 - Karen Ann Quinlan
1955 - Earl Campbell, NFL running back (Houston, New Orleans) 1956 - Dianne Kay, Phoenix Az

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Birthdays for March the 30th:

1222 - Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest, saint
1719 - Sir John Hawkins, wrote 1st history of music, English
1746 - Francisco Jose de Goya, Spanish painter, etcher
1844 - Paul Verlaine, French lyric poet
1853 - Vincent Van Gogh, artist
1880 - Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright
1886 - Stanislaw Lesniewski, Polish logician, mathematician
1913 - Frankie Laine, singer
1913 - Richard Helms, former CIA head
1919 - McGeorge Bundy, Natl security adviser
1930 - John Astin, actor
1930 - Peter Marshall, (Hollywood Squares)
1937 - Warren Beatty, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Reds)
1945 - Eric Clapton, musician

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Birthdays for March the 30th:

1222 - Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest, saint
1719 - Sir John Hawkins, wrote 1st history of music, English
1746 - Francisco Jose de Goya, Spanish painter, etcher
1844 - Paul Verlaine, French lyric poet
1853 - Vincent Van Gogh, artist
1880 - Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright
1886 - Stanislaw Lesniewski, Polish logician, mathematician
1913 - Frankie Laine, singer
1913 - Richard Helms, former CIA head
1919 - McGeorge Bundy, Natl security adviser
1930 - John Astin, actor
1930 - Peter Marshall, (Hollywood Squares)
1937 - Warren Beatty, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Reds)
1945 - Eric Clapton, musician

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Birthdays for April the 6th:



1810 - Philip Henry Gosse, invented the institutional aquarium
1866 - Lincoln Steffens, muckraker.
1890 - Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, pioneer aircraft manufacturer
1892 - Donald Wills Douglas, founded an aircraft company.
1892 - Lowell Thomas, journalist

[EMUJeff]

1890 - Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, pioneer aircraft manufacturer.
Without this guy World War I would have been a lot easier on the RAF and the US Air Corps.
ResidentJeff

[Mayday]

Wasn't anyone else born in April?

[EMUJeff]

April 17th-
1794 - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (d. 1868) (Campus Martius?)
1877 - Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat (d. 1949)
1906 - Sidney R. Garfield, American physician (d. 1984)
1923 - Harry Reasoner, American journalist (d. 1991)
1923 - Solly Hemus, American baseball player
1934 - Don Kirshner, American composer
1951 - Olivia Hussey, Argentine-born actress
1954 - Rowdy Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler
1957 - Nick Hornby, English author
1961 - Boomer Esiason, American football player
1967 - Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter
1972 - Jennifer Garner, American actress

Culled From Wikipedia
EMUJeff