Today's Birthdays – August 22, 2011

Denise Hluska from The Cricket Box. Your treat will have other goodies too, from great Vicksburg places like The Beechwood Restaurant & Lounge.

Celebrity Birthdays

1822 Virginia Clemm Poe wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1847) 1912 John Lee Hooker American musician (d. 2001) 1920 Dr Denton Cooley heart surgeon (1st artificial heart transplant) 1920 Ray Bradbury Ill, sci-fi author (Fahrenheit 451, Illustrated Man) 1926 Honor Blackman London, actress (Pussy Galore-Goldfinger) 1928 John Lupton Highland Park Ill, actor (Tom-Broken Arrow) 1934 Diana Sands actress (Raisin in the Sun, Doctor’s Wife) 1934 Norman Schwarzkopf NJ, US General (Liberated Kuwait from Iraq) 1935 Morton Dean Fall River Mass, TV newscaster (CBS, ABC) 1936 Dale Hawkins American singer and songwriter (d. 2010) 1940 Bill McCartney American football coach 1940 Valerie Harper Sufferin NY, (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie) 1941 Bill Parcells American football coach 1942 Kathy Lennon Santa Monica Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters) 1945 James G Richardson Gainesville Fla, actor (Tim Cassidy-Sierra) 1945 Ron Dante Staten Island NY, rocker (Archies-Sugar, Sugar) 1947 Cindy Williams Van Nuys Calif, actress (Shirley-Laverne & Shirley) 1949 Diana Nyad swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979) 1947 Donna Godchaux American singer (Grateful Dead) 1958 Vernon Reid American musician (Living Colour) 1959 Juan Croucier heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round) 1961 Roland Orzabal singer (Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels) 1961 Debbi Peterson American musician (The Bangles) 1963 Tori Amos American singer/songwriter 1963 Terry Catledge NBA star (Orlando Magic) 1966 Mark Michaels heavy metal guitarist (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar) 1967 Layne Staley American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002) 1967 Ant American comedian 1970 Giada De Laurentiis celebrity chef 1972 Paul Doucette American drummer (Matchbox 20) 1973 Howie Dorough American singer (Backstreet Boys) 1974 Brimstone American professional wrestler 1985 Jonathan Solofa Fatu American wrestler 1985 Joshua Samuel Fatu American wrestler]]]]> ]]>

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