Today's Birthdays – January 16, 2012

Notable Birthdays

1757 – Richard Goodwin Keats, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1834) 1807 – Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (Union Navy) (d. 1877) 1821 – John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician; 14th Vice President of the United States and Confederate general (d. 1875) 1878 – Harry Carey,Sr., American silent film actor (d. 1947) (Informer, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force) 1901 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988) (Ice resurfacing machine) 1908 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984) 1910 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974) 1932 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985) (Played by Sigourney Weaver in “Gorillas in the Mist”) 1933 – Susan Sontag, American writer (d. 2004) 1935 – A.J. Foyt, American Nascar driver and team owner 1944 – Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter (Spiders & Snakes) 1946 – Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter (There’s Someone in My House) 1947 – Dr. Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host 1948 – John Carpenter, American film director (Halloween, The Thing) 1950 – Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer (Fame) 1959 – Sadé [Helen Folsade Ady], Nigerian R&B Singer (Smooth Operator; Grammy 1986-Best new singer) 1965 – Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue) 1965 – Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter (I Kissed a Girl) 1969 – Roy Jones Jr., American boxer 1972 – Joe Horn, NFL Wide Receiver (New Orleans Saints – famous for making cell phone call after touchdown) 1974 – Kate Moss, English supermodel 1985 – Joe Flacco, NFL Quarterback (Baltimore Ravens) 1986 – Mason Gamble, American actor (Played “Dennis the Menace” in ’93)]]]]> ]]>

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