Today's Birthdays – January 8, 2012

Samantha Parker!!!  We surely hope you all have a great day!!!  By the way, check out the fantastic list of people you share a birthday with!

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Notable Birthdays

1735 – John Carroll, First American Roman Catholic archbishop (Archdiocese of Baltimore) (d. 1815) (Founder of Georgetown University) 1786 – Nicholas Biddle, American banking executive (d. 1844) 1792 – Lowell Mason, American composer (d. 1872) (Composed over 1600 hymns including “Joy to the World” / Considered First important music teacher in US) 1805 – Orson Hyde, American Latter-Day Saints leader (d. 1878) 1836 – Fannie M Jackson, American pioneer & educator, First black woman to graduate college in United States 1852 – James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor and author (d. 1931) 1862 – Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (d. 1934) (Doubleday & Co) 1867 – Emily Greene Balch, American writer and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate [1946] (d. 1961) 1868 – Sir Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity 1904 – Tampa Red, American blues musician (d. 1981) 1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress and entertainer (d. 1970) 1912 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992) (Cyrano de Bergerac, Blood Tide, Dune, Big Bus) 1926 – Soupy Sales [Milton Hines], American comedian (Soupy Sales Show) 1933 – Charles Osgood, American news anchor (CBS Weekend News) 1935 – Elvis Presley, American singer (d. 1977) (King of Rock & Roll) 1938 – Bob Eubanks, American game show host 1940 – Cristy Lane, American country/gospel singer 1940 – Little Anthony [Gourdine], American rocker (& Imperials) 1941 – Graham Chapman, British comedian (d. 1989) (Monty Python’s Flying Circus) 1942 – Stephen Hawking, English physicist (Black Holes & Baby Universes) 1944 – Terry Brooks, American sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara) 1946 – Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors) 1947 – David Bowie, English musician (Ziggy Stardust, Major Tom) 1951 – John McTiernan, American film director (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man) 1955 – Mike Reno, Canadian musician (vocalist, Loverboy-“Working for the Weekend) 1958 – Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler 1965 – Michelle Forbes, American actress (Julianna Cox-Homicide) 1966 – Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990) (Chloe Dancer) 1967 – R. Kelly, American singer 1969 – Ami Dolenz, American actress (General Hospital, Can’t Buy Me Love) 1973 – Sean Paul, Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician 1976 – Jenny Lewis, American actress and musician (Jenny & Johnny) 1976 – Josh Meyers, American actor (MadTV, That 70’s Show, younger brother of SNL’s Seth Meyers) 1977 – Amber Benson, American actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 1979 – Sarah Polley, Canadian actress (Road to Avonlea, Dawn of the Dead) 1979 – Torry Castellano, American musician (The Donnas) 1982 – Gaby Hoffmann, American actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now & Then) 1983 – Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler (WWE’s Chris Masters) 2000 – Noah Cyrus, American actress (Doc, Hannah Montana, younger sister of Miley Cyrus)]]]]> ]]>

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