Today's Birthdays – August 17, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays 1786 Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861) 1786 Davy Crockett US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician 1870 Frederick Russell developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine 1887 Marcus Garvey began back-to-Africa movement among US blacks 1892 Mae West Bkln, actress (Go up & see her sometime) 1913 W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant (d. 2008) 1914 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55) 1921 Maureen O’Hara Dublin Ireland, actress (Miracle on 34th St) 1927 Robert Moore Detroit Michigan, actor (Marshall-Diana) 1929 Francis Gary Powers US spy (USSR captures him in 1959 U-2 incident) 1943 Robert De Niro NYC, actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver) 1952 Kathryn C Thornton Montgomery Alabama, PhD/astronaut (STS 33, sk: 49) 1953 Kevin Rowlands rocker (Dexy’s Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen) 1954 Eric Johnson, American guitarist 1955 Richard Hilton, American heir 1955 Colin Moulding, English bass player, singer and songwriter (XTC) 1958 Belinda Carlisle Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth) 1959 David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993) 1960 Sean Penn actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) 1962 Gilby Clarke, American musician (Guns N’ Roses) 1962 John Marshall Jones, American actor 1962 Buddy Landel, American professional wrestler 1965 Glen Goldsmith rocker (What You See is What You Get) 1969 Donald E Wahlberg Jr, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Hangin’ Tough) 1982 Cheerleader Melissa, American professional wrestler 1987 Matthew Shultz, American musician, Cage the Elephant 1988 Brady Corbet, American actor]]]]> ]]>