Today's Birthdays – July 17, 2011

Denise Hluska from The Cricket Box. Your treat will have other goodies too, from great Vicksburg places like The Beechwood Restaurant & Lounge.

Celebrity Birthdays

1744 Elbridge Gerry (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering 1763 John Jacob Astor Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader 1859 Luis Mu¤oz Rivera Puerto Rico, journalist (founded Federalist Party) 1876 Rosa Jackson Lumpkin Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991) 1889 Erle Stanley Gardner author (created Perry Mason) 1900 James Cagney actor, A yankee doodle dandy, hold that grapefruit 1917 Phyllis Diller Lima Ohio, comedienne (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number) 1920 Bill Monroe New Orleans La, newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report) 1934 Donald Sutherland Canada, actor (M*A*S*H, Body Snatchers) 1934 Pat McCormick comedian (Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show) 1935 Diahann Carroll Bronx, actress (Julia, Claudine, Dominique-Dynasty) 1941 Daryle Lamonica Oakland Raider QB (AFL leading passer 1967) 1942 Connie Hawkins Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968) 1948 Brian Glascock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1949 Terry “Geezer” Butler bassist (Black Sabbath) 1951 Lucie Arnaz LA Calif, actress (Kim-Here’s Lucy, Jazz Singer) 1952 David Hasselhoff Balt Md, (Revenge of the Cheerleaders, Night Rider) 1952 Phoebe Snow singer (Theme from “It’s a Different World”) 1960 Scott Norwood NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills-Superbowl XXV goat) 1963 Denise Miller Brooklyn NY, actress (Billie-Archie Bunker’s Place) 1964 Heather Langenkamp actress (Marie-Just the 10 of Us) 1970 Mandy Smith England, rocker (I Just Can’t Wait) wife of Bill Wyman 1986 Lacey Von Erich Professional wrestler]]]]> ]]>

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