Today's Birthdays – August 20, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays 1785 Oliver Hazard Perry US Naval hero (“We have met the enemy”) 1833 Benjamin Harrison North Bend, Ohio (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893) 1890 H.P. Lovecraft US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness) 1907 Alan Reed NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve/voice (Fred Flintstone) 1923 Jim Reeves US country music singer (d. 1964) 1921 Jacqueline Susann Phila Pa, author (Valley of the Dolls) 1931 Don King boxing promoter, shocking hairstyle 1935 Ron Paul US Congressman, 1988 and 2008 presidential candidate 1935 Justin Tubb San Antonio Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 1940 Sam Melville Utah, actor (Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks) 1942 Isaac Hayes composer (Shaft) 1946 Connie Chung TV newscaster (NBC, CBS) 1948 Robert Plant rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven) 1953 Peter Horton Bellevue Wash, actor (Gary-30 Something) 1954 Al Roker American television personality 1960 Elizabeth Alda daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Beth-Four Seasons) 1961 Linda Mantz NYC, actress (Frankie-Dorothy) 1961 Rick Rael heavy metal rocker 1965 KRS-One American rapper 1966 Courtney Gibbs Miss USA (1988)/actress (Baywatch) 1970 Fred Durst American singer (Limp Bizkit) 1980 Corey Carrier American actor 1983 Brian Schaefering American football player 1983 Andrew Garfield American actor 1992 Demi Lovato American actress and singer 1995 Liana Liberato American actress]]]]> ]]>