Today's Birthdays – January 12, 2012

Notable Birthdays

1588 – John Winthrop, English-born governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1649) 1729 – Edmund Burke, Irish statesman and philosopher (d. 1797) 1737 – John Hancock, American merchant, statesman, & Founding Father; First signor of the Declaration of Independence; 4th & 13th President of the Continental Congress; and 1st & 3rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1793) 1876 – Jack London, American author (d. 1916) (Call of the Wild) 1893 – Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d. 1946) 1893 – Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d. 1946) 1904 – “Mississippi Fred” McDowell, American blues musician (d. 1972) 1905 – Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (d. 1974) 1906 – Henny Youngman, American comedian (Take my wife please 1916 – P. W. Botha, South African politician (d. 2006) 1925 – Scottie MacGregor, American actress (Harriet Oleson-Little House on the Prairie) 1926 – Ray Price, American singer (For the Good Times) 1935 – The Amazing Kreskin, American mentalist (The Tonight Show) 1942 – Bernardine Dohrn, former leader of the radical leftist organization Weather Underground 1944 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011) 1946 – George Duke, American musician & keyboard pioneer 1946 – Cynthia Robinson, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone) 1947 – Tom Dempsey, American football player (co-holder of Longest NFL Field Goal) 1950 – Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician (D-Texas’ 18th Congressional District) 1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress (Cheers) 1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality, author and political commentator 1952 – Ricky Van Shelton, American country musician (Somebody Lied, From a Jack to a King, Rockin’ Years) 1954 – Howard Stern, American radio personality and author 1958 – Christiane Amanpour, American news anchor (CNN) 1960 – Oliver Platt, Canadian actor (Dr. Doolittle, Three Musketeers, Gun Shy, Lake Placid, The Big C) 1962 – Luna Vachon, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2010) 1965 – Rob Zombie, American musician and film director (White Zombie) 1967 – Vendela [Kirsebom], Swedish supermodel (Sports Illustrated 1993) 1968 – Heather Mills, British activist and model (former wife of Paul McCartney) 1970 – Mig Ayesa, Australian musician (Runner-up-Rock Star: INXS) 1970 – Raekwon, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) 1970 – Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine) 1973 – Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay) 1973 – Matthew Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish) 1974 – Melanie “Mel C” Chisholm, British singer (Spice Girls) 1975 – Jason Freese, American musician (Green Day) 1981 – Amerie, American singer (1 Thing) 1988 – Andrew Lawrence, American actor (Younger brother of Joey & Matthew)]]]]> ]]>

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