Today's Birthdays – September 2, 2011

1838 Queen Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani last queen of Hawaii (1891-93) 1850 Albert Spaulding baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company 1850 Eugene Field author/journalist (Little Boy Blue) 1884 Frank Laubach Benton Pa, educator, taught reading through phonetics 1916 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney winner of more than 141 US tennis titles 1936 Andrew Grove American computer chip manufacturer 1944 Claude Nicollier Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, sk: 46) 1948 Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe teacher/astronaut (Challenger) 1948 Terry Bradshaw NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1951 Mark Harmon Burbank Calif, actor (Dr Caldwell-St Elsewhere) 1955 Linda Purl Greenwich Ct, actress (Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock) 1951 Jim DeMint American politician 1960 Hideo Yoshizawa Japanese video game designer and executive, General Manager at Namco Bandai Holdings 1963 Sam Mitchell American basketball player and coach 1964 Keanu Reeves actor (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure) 1965 Lennox Lewis British-born Canadian boxer 1966 Dino Cazares Mexican-born American guitarist (Fear Factory) 1966 Salma Hayek Mexican actress 1969 Cedric “K-Ci” Hailey American singer 1973 Katt Williams American comedian, actor and rapper 1976 Phil Lipscomb American bassist (Taproot) 1986 Kyle Hines American basketball player 1989 Marcus Morris American basketball player 1989 Markieff Morris American basketball player]]]]> ]]>