Today's Birthdays – August 6, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays 1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson poet laureate of England 1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt 1881 Sir Alexander Fleming cashed in on penicillin (Nobel 1954) 1902 Dutch Schultz American organized crime figure (d. 1935) 1911 Lucille Ball Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame) 1916 Michael Burke sports executive (NY Yankees, NY Knicks) 1917 Robert Mitchum Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) 1921 Ella Raines Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) 1924 Samuel Bowers American murder and Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 2006) 1925 Barbara Bates Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It’s a Great Life) 1927 Andy Warhol pop artist (or 08081930) 1934 Piers Anthony English writer 1938 Peter Bonerz Portsmouth NH, actor (Jerry-Bob Newhart Show, 9 to 5) 1944 Swoosie Kurtz actress (Vice Versa, World According to Garp) 1945 Ken Norton heavyweight boxer (or 0809) 1947 Sally Eaton Ill, actress 1949 Dino Bravo Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993) 1950 Nathan Purdee actor (Nathan-Young & Restless) 1951 Catherine Hicks Scottsdale Az, actress (Star Trek IV, Child’s Play) 1956 Stephanie Kramer LA Calif, actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter) 1956 Vinnie Vincent heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes) 1967 Mike Greenberg American sportscaster 1970 M. Night Shyamalan Indian-born American film director 1972 Geri Halliwell British singer (Spice Girls) 1976 Soleil Moon Frye actress (Punky Brewster) 1978 Marisa Miller American model 1987 Joran van der Sloot Dutch figure in the Natalee Holloway case 1990 JonBenét Ramsey American beauty pageant contestant and murder victim (d. 1996) 2001 Ty Simpkins American actor]]]]> ]]>