Thursday, July 02, 2009



      1915 - 8th duke of Wellington  (English large landowner/multi-millionaire)
    1644 - Abraham a Santa Clara  ([Johann Megerle], German court vicar)
    1930 - Ahmad Jamal  (American Musician)
    1906 - Alan Webb  (actor, King Lear, Taming of Shrew, Challenge of Lassie)
    1961 - Alba Parietti  (born in Torino, Italy, actress, Galagoal, Abbronzatissima)
    1880 - Albert Szirmai  (composer)
    1903 - Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home  (British Prime Minister, 1963-64)
    1972 - Amy Weber  (American Actress)
    1898 - Anthony McAuliffe  (American Soldier)
    1793 - Antoine Prumier  (composer)
    1901 - Arthur Rex Alston  (sports commentator)
    1814 - Atale Therese Annette Wartel  (composer)
    1893 - August Maes  (Flemish actor and director, Shylock-Hamlet)
    1916 - Barry Gray  ([Bernard Yaroslaw], interviewer, started call-in radio)
    1915 - Bert Decorte  (Flemish poet)
    1926 - Billy Usselton  (saxophonist)
    1966 - Blaise Rhodes  (born in Berwyn Heights, Maryland, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics)
    1962 - Brandel Eugene Chamblee  (born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 Honda-3rd)
    1927 - Brock Peters  (born in New York City, actor/singer, Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird)
    1904 - Carl Weinrich  (composer)
    1930 - Carlos Saul Menem  (president of Argentina, 1989-)
    1975 - Catalina Cristea  (born in Bucharest, Rom, tennis star, 1995 quarter Jakarta)
    1821 - Charles Tupper  (C, 6th Canadian PM, 1896)
    1756 - Christian G Korner  (German lawyer/father of Karl)
    1714 - Christoph W. Ritter von Gluck  (Austria composer, Il there pastore)
    1889 - Cor Hermus  (Dutch actor, director and writer, A Mother)
    1922 - Dan Rowan  (born in Beggs, Oklahoma, comedian, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in)
    1647 - Daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham  (English min of foreign affairs)
    1975 - Daniel Kowalski  (born in Singapore, Aust swimmer, Olympics-bronze/silver-96)
    1636 - Daniel Speer  (composer)
    1964 - Dave Parsons  (rocker, Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life)
    1932 - Dave Thomas  (founder, Wendy's Restaurants)
    1933 - David Benjamin Lewin  (composer)
    1964 - DeAnne Hemmens  (born in San Francisco, California, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics)
    1967 - Debee Ashby  (born in Coventry, England, topless model, There's Girl in My Soup)
    1970 - Derrick Ralph Adkins  (born in Brooklyn, New York, 400m hurdler, 1996 Olympics gold)
    1937 - Dick Berardino  (baseball player)
    1935 - Dick Dolman  (economist/Dutch politician 2nd Chamber)
    1911 - Diego Fabbri  (Italian, playwright/leader, Vatican movie bureau)
    1822 - Douglas Strutt Galton  (English engineer, rails/trains)
    1910 - Earl Hawley Robinson  (composer)
    1935 - Ed Bullins  (Philadelphia, playwright)
    1882 - Edgar Mayne  (cricketer, Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria)
    1913 - Edith Heerdegen  (born in Dresden, Germany, actress, Serpent's Egg, Monpti)
    1959 - Eduardo Bengoechea  (born in Argentina, tennis star)
    1920 - Eliseo Diego  (latin American poet)
    1907 - Eppo Doeve  (Dutch cartoonist/painter)
    1975 - Eric Daze  (born in Montreal, Quebec, NHL left wing, Chicago Blackhawks)
    1947 - Ervin Hall  (born in Philadelphia, 100m hurdler, 1968 Olympics silver)
    1928 - Estelita Rodriguez  (born in Cuba, actress, Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose)
    1939 - Ferdinand Mount  (British Writer)
    1857 - Francesco Spetrino  (composer)
    1737 - Francois Leonard Rouwyzer  (composer)
    1914 - Frederick Fennell  (born in Cleveland, Ohio, conductor, Time and Winds)
    1724 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock  (German poet)
    1927 - Gene Ray  ()
    1927 - Gene Ray  (American Celebrity)
    1922 - Genrikh Matusovich Vagner  (composer)
    1942 - Georgi Ivanov  (born in Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz 33)
    1904 - Gerarda 'Meik' Rueter  (Dutch, sculptress, if that word exists)
    1935 - Gilbert Kalish  (born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/professor, SUNY Stony Brook)
    1589 - Guillaume van Messaus  (composer)
    1652 - Guillielmus 'Willem' Kerricx  (Flemish sculptor, Rozenkrans)
    1906 - Hans Bethe  (physicist, Nobel 1967, peace worker)
    1910 - Hans Gunther Adler  (German writer)
    1746 - Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck  (composer)
    1834 - Hendry P G Quack  (lawyer/economist/secr Dutch Bank)
    1836 - Henry Eugene Davies  (Major General Union volunteers, died in 1894)
    1867 - Herbert Prior  (born in England, actor, Caught Short, Slave of Desire)
    1877 - Herman Hesse  (German Author)
    1909 - Hermann Bengtson  (German historian, Greeks Ancient Times)
    1877 - Hermann Hesse  (born in Switzerland, novelist/poet, Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946)
    1959 - Hoogie Drexler  (jockey)
    1918 - Imam Elissa  (singer)
    1931 - Imelda Marcos  (politician/shoe collector/1st lady of Philippines)
    1934 - Ivan Madray  (WI cricket leg-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 3 runs 0-108)
    1892 - Jack Hylton  (English orchestra leader/impresario, Crazy Passage Show)
    1961 - James McNichol  (born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Fitzpatricks, California Fever)
    1945 - James Orville Fulkerson  (composer)
    1971 - Jared Palmer  (born in New York City, tennis star)
    1908 - Jean Sinclair  (teacher/campaigner)
    1905 - Jean-Rene Lacoste  (born in France, U.S. Open, 1926, /alligator shirt designer)
    1956 - Jeffrey Cooper  (rock guitarist, Midnight Star-No Parking)
    1927 - Jerome Meyer  (horse trainer)
    1956 - Jerry Hall  (born in Mesquite, Texas, model and Mrs. Mick Jagger, Batman, Freejack)
    1964 - Joe Magrane  (baseball player)
    1951 - Joey Puerta  (rocker, Ambrosia)
    1581 - Johann Staden  (composer)
    1830 - John Bordenave Villepigue  (Brig General Confederate Army)
    1939 - John Sununu  (U.S. Secretary of State, R, 1989-91)
    1919 - Johnny Bradford  (born in Long Branch, New Jersey, actor, Ransom Sherman Show)
    1952 - Johnny Coila  (rocker)
    1950 - Johnny Colla  (born in California, rock sax, Huey Lewis and The News-Need a New Drug)
    1964 - Jose Canseco  (born in Havana, Cuba, outfielder, Oak A's, Red Sox, 1988 AL MVP)
    1956 - Julie Montgomery  (born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred)
    1933 - Kalim Siddiqui  (islamic campaigner)
    1916 - Ken Curtis  ([Curtis Gates], Lamar CO, actor, Ripcord, Festus-Gunsmoke)
    1932 - Ken McMillan  (born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Malone, Concrete Beat)
    1947 - Larry David  (born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, writer, Seinfeld)
    1926 - Lee Allen  (born in Pittsburg, Kansas, tenor sax, Walkin' With Mr. Lee)
    1907 - Leo O'Brien  (cricketer, Australian batsman in 5 Tests 1932-36)
    1956 - Leslie Reid  (born in Vancouver BC, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics)
    1865 - Lili Braun  (born in Prussia, feminist/socialist writer, Im Schatten Titanen)
    1952 - Linda M. Godwin  (born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, STS 37, 59, 76)
    1986 - Lindsay Lohan  (actress, Alli Fowler-Another World)
    1947 - Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Turpin  (daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson)
    1939 - M[ichael] A[nthony] Foster  (U.S., sci-fi author, Gameplayers of Zan)
    1847 - Marcel Bertrand  (French mine engineer, tectonic geology)
    1887 - Marcel Tabuteau  (born in Compiegne, France, oboist, Philadelphia Orch 1915-54)
    1968 - Mark Tewsksbury  (Canada swimmer, world record backstroke)
    1925 - Marvin Rainwater  (born in Wichita, Kansas, country singer, Ozark Jubilee)
    1925 - Medgar Evers  (American Activist)
    1939 - Michael N. Castle  (Rep-R-Delaware)
    1983 - Michelle Branch  (American Musician)
    1957 - Mike Anger  (rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
    1939 - Mike Castle  (American Politician)
    1968 - Mike Lee  (born in Neptune, New Jersey, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Tommy Armour Tour)
    1974 - Natali Sacco  (Miss Universe-Peru 1996)
    1903 - Olav AFEC of Schleswig-Holstein-S-G  (King Olav V of Norway, 1957-91)
    1884 - Otto Bohm  (born in Prussia, scientist, helped create England Radar)
    1961 - Pat Dufficy  (born in Westerly, Rhode Island, female catcher, Colo Silver Bullets)
    1925 - Patrice E. Lumumba  (born in Zaire, revolutionary/1st premier of Congo)
    1939 - Paul Williams  (rocker, Temptations-My Girl)
    1928 - Pavel Kohout  (born in Czechoslovakia, director/author, Poor Murderer)
    1763 - Peter Ritter  (composer)
    1917 - Pierre Dubois  (Dutch literary)
    1937 - Polly Holliday  (born in Jasper, Alabama, actress, Flo-Alice, Flo-Flo)
    1937 - Richard Petty  (auto race driver, Daytona 500-1979,81)
    1924 - Rick Besoyan  (composer)
    1810 - Robert Augustus Toombs  (Secretary State, Confederacy, died in 1885)
    1931 - Robert Ito  (Vancouver BC, actor, Sam-Quincy ME)
    1906 - Robert Levine Sanders  (composer)
    1949 - Roy Bittan  (rocker, E Street Band)
    1927 - Ruth Berghaus  (choreographer/director)
    1932 - Sammy Turner  (Paterson, New Jersey, vocalist, Lavender Blue)
    1888 - Selman Waksman  (Russ/U.S. microbiologist, Nobel 1951)
    1977 - Shannan McCray  (Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1996)
    1964 - Shannon Ritter  (jockey)
    1918 - Sheikh Iman  (player/singer)
    1489 - Thomas Cranmer  (England, archbishop/reformer/martyr)
    1908 - Thurgood Marshall  (born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91)
    1966 - Tim Spehr  (born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, catcher for the Montreal Expos)
    1953 - Tony Armas  (baseball player)
    1972 - Towanna Stone  (Miss USA-Tennessee, 1997, 3rd)
    1971 - Troy Brown  (NFL wide receiver for the New England Patriots)
    1939 - Valeri Vasilyevich Illarianov  (Russia, cosmonaut)
    1942 - Vicente Fox  (Mexican Statesman)
    1942 - Vincente Fox  (Mexican Statesman)
    1894 - Walter Brennan  (born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, actor, Real McCoys, At Gun Point)
    1952 - Wayne Haner  (rock bassist, Axe)
    1959 - Wendy B. Lawrence  (born in Jacksonville, Florida, astronaut, STS 67, 86, sk:91)
    1954 - Wendy Schaal  (born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, It's a Living, Julie-Fantasy Is)
    1876 - Wilhelm Cuno  (German ship owner/republic chancellor, 1922-23)
    1910 - William Douglas Denny  (composer)
    1970 - Yancy Butler  (American Actress)
    1925 - Yasushi Akutagawa  (composer)