Today's Birthdays – May 11, 2011

1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks (R) 26th US Vice President (1905-09) 1888 Irving Berlin [Isadore Balin] Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas) 1895 William Grant Still Woodville MS, composer (Africao-American) 1912 Foster Brooks Louisville KY, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy) 1912 Phil Silvers Brooklyn NY, comedian (Sergeant Bilko-Phil Silvers Show) 1920 Denver Pyle Bethune CO, actor (Dukes of Hazzard, Code 3, Tammy, Doris Day Show) 1926 Frank Thring Melbourne Australia, actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur) 1933 Louis Farrakhan minister (black islam nation, million man march) 1941 Eric Burdon Walker-on-Tyne England, rock vocalist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) 1947 Claude “Butch” Hudson Trucks drummer (Allman Brothers) 1955 Mark Herndon Springfield MA, drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down) 1959 Martha Quinn Albany NY, MTV VJ/actress (Tracey-Bradys) 1962 Steve Bono NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1980 Matthew Lawrence Philadelphia PA, actor (Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love) 1981 Austin O’Brien actor (Apollo 13, My Girl 2, Lawnmower Man) 1982 Jonathan Jackson Orlando FL, actor (Lucky-General Hospital)]]]]> ]]>