Today's Birthdays – August 7, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays 1779 Carl Ritter cofounder of modern science of geography 1783 John Heathcoat inventor (lace-making machinery) 1885 Billie Burke Washington DC  actress (Glinda-The Wizard of Oz) 1886 Louis Hazeltine inventor (neutrodyne circuit  making radio possible) 1913 George Van Eps American guitarist (d. 1998) 1929 Don Larsen pitcher (NY Yankees)  on what must have been a perfect day 1932 Ann Harding US  actress (East is West  Janie) 1942 B.J. Thomas singer (Raindrops  Growing Pains Theme) 1944 John Glover American actor 1944 Robert Mueller Director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) 1945 Alan Page American football player and Minnesota Supreme Court justice 1950 Rodney Crowell singer/guitarist (for Emmylou Harris) 1958 Bruce Dickinson heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Run to Hills) 1958 Bruce Dickinson English singer (Iron Maiden) 1960 David Duchovny American actor 1960 Jacquie O’Sullivan rocker (Bananarama-Venus) 1969 David Hollander LA Calif  actor (Lewis & Clark  What’s Happenings?)]]]]> ]]>