Today's Birthdays – January 3, 2012

Notable Birthdays

106 BC – Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC) 1624 – William Tucker, First Black child born in America 1710 – Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796) 1760 – John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835) 1793 – Lucretia Mott, American women’s rights activist (d. 1880) 1819 – Thomas Hill Watts, Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, (d. 1892) 1879 – Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957) 1886 – Josephine Hull, Academy Award Winning American actress (d. 1957) (Harvey) 1892 – J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (d. 1973) (Lord of Rings) 1897 – Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961) (Operator 13) 1909 – Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (d. 2000) 1921 – John Russell, American actor (d. 1991) (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo) 1923 – Hank Stram, American football coach (d. 2005) 1926 – Sir George Martin, British record producer (The Beatles) 1926 – W. Michael Blumenthal, American businessman, civil servant, and 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury 1929 – Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989) (Fist Full of Dollars) 1930 – Robert Loggia, American actor (Officer & a Gentleman, Big) 1932 – Dabney Coleman, American actor (9 to 5) 1934 – Carla Hills, American jurist, civil servant, and 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) 1939 – Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks 1957-72)) 1945 – Stephen Stills, American singer/songwriter/guitarist (Crosby Stills & Nash) 1946 – John Paul Jones, British musician (Led Zeppelin) 1950 – Victoria Principal, American actress (Pam Ewing-Dallas) 1952 – Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer 1956 – Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor and director (Mad Max, Lethal Weapon) 1963 – Jerome “New Jack” Young, American professional wrestler (ECW) 1963 – Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler (ECW) 1975 – Danica McKellar, American actress (Winnie Cooper-Wonder Years) 1975 – Jason Marsden, American actor (General Hospital, Eddie-Munsters Today) 1975 – Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)]]]]> ]]>

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