Today's Birthdays – August 5, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays 1604 John Eliot “Apostle to Indians,” Bible translator 1624 William Jamestown Va 1st black child born in English America 1641 John Hathorne American magistrate (d. 1717) 1749 Thomas Lynch signed Declaration of Independence 1860 Joseph Carey Merrick “Elephant Man” 1906 John Huston Nevada Mo director/writer (African Queen Chinatown) 1920 Selma Diamond London Ontario comedienne (Selma-Night Court) 1930 Neil Armstrong American astronaut 1934 Vern Gosdin American country music singer (d. 2009) 1935 John Saxon American actor 1941 Bob Clark American film director (d. 2007) 1943 Sammi Smith American country singer and songwriter (d. 2005) 1946 Loni Anderson American actress 1947 Rick Derringer rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan’s theme) 1950 Holly Palance LA Calif actress (Thorn Birds Ripley’s Believe It) 1955 Eddie Ojeda guitarist for Twisted Sister 1956 Maureen McCormick American actress 1959 Pete Burns English singer (Dead or Alive) 1959 Pat Smear American guitarist (Nirvana Foo Fighters) 1962 Patrick Ewing Jamacian-born American basketball player 1964 Adam Yauch American rapper (Beastie Boys) 1965 Jeff Coffin American jazz and alternative rock musician 1965 Scott William Winters American actor 1968 Terri Clark Canadian country singer 1968 Funkmaster Flex American hip hop DJ 1971 “Evil” Jared Hasselhoff American bassist (The Bloodhound Gang) 1975 Ami Foster actress (Margaux-Punky Brewster) 1982 Pete Sell American mixed martial artist 1987 Lexi Belle American pornographic actress 1988 Federica Pellegrini Italian swimmer 1989 Joey Arkeilpane Creator of Beer Harmony 1993 Suzuka Ohgo Japanese actress 2000 Maya Bond Japanese-born American singer-songwriter and drummer 2184 Christine Lauren Chapel Davenport Heights Vermont (Star Trek) 2186 Kevin Thomas Riley Tasvennir Tarsus IV (Star Trek)]]]]> ]]>