Today's Birthdays – January 1, 2012

Notable Birthdays

1735 – Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818) 1745 – “Mad” Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman (d. 1796) 1752 – Betsy (Elizabeth Griscom) Ross, American seamstress / Flag Maker (d. 1836) 1881 – Richard Kean, British actor (Story of Will Rogers, Ten Commandments) 1884 – George W Meyer, American composer/lyricist (Bells of St. Mary’s, Broadway Babies) 1889 – Charles Bickford, American actor (The Virginian, Days of Wine & Roses) (d. 1967) 1895 – J Edgar Hoover, Director of US Fedreal Bureau of Investigation 1900 – Xavier Cugat [Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingall de Brue y Deulofeo], Spanish bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo) 1909 – Barry Goldwater (Senator-R-AZ, 1953-65, 69- )/Presidential candidate (R) 1964) 1909 – [Carver] Dana Andrews (Collins MS), American actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura) 1911 – “Hammerin'” Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986) (Detroit Tigers) 1919 – J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010) (Catcher in the Rye) 1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990) 1925 – Matthew “Stymie” Beard, American actor (d. 1981) (The Little Rascals) 1927 – Barbara Baxley, American actress (Norma Rae, Countdown) 1929 – Joseph Lombardo, American mafioso 1938 – Frank Langella, American actor (Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife, 12 Chairs) 1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish) 1943 – Don Novello [Father Guido Sarducci], American comedian (Saturday Night Live) 1944 – Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager (The Mouth of the South) 1953 – Gary Johnson, American politician and 29th Governor of New Mexico, Current Libertarian Presidential Candidate 1953 – Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy) 1958 – Grandmaster Flash [Joseph Saddler], Barbadian musician 1961 – Marcia Cross, American actress (Melrose Place) 1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor (Mini Me-Austin Powers Saga) 1970 – Kimberly Page, American wrestling manager, model and actress (Wife of Diamond Dallas Page) 1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish model, ex-wife of Tiger Woods 1986 – Alexa Ray Joel daughter of Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley 1998 – Marlene Lawston, American child actress (Flight Plan, Dan in Real Life)]]]]> ]]>

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