Today's Birthdays – July 14, 2011

Denise Hluska from The Cricket Box. Your treat will have other goodies too, from great Vicksburg places like The Beechwood Restaurant & Lounge. We would like to send out special birthday wishes to Christopher Ryan Stauts, Sherri Etheridge and the wife of Mr. Robert Pell, Jr. – I’m sorry but I didn’t get to catch her name, but I’m sure that he’ll get back to me a little later today with it… These two wonderful ladies share their birthday with the following notable celebrites: 1834 James Abbott McNeill Whistler artist (Whistler’s Mother) 1857 Maytag invented washing machine 1862 Gustav Klimt Austria, Art Nouveau painter 1865 Annie Jones Virginia, bearded lady 1910 William Hanna animator (Hanna-Barbera) 1912 Woodrow Wilson “Woodie” Guthrie folk singer (This Land Is Your Land) 1913 Gerald R Ford [Leslie King], 41st VP (1973-74), 38th pres (R-1974-77) 1917 Douglas Edwards Alda Okla, newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI) 1918 Ingmar Bergman Uppsala Sweden, director (Cries & Whispers) 1926 Harry Dean Stanton actor (Alien, Cool Hand Luke, Alien) 1927 John Chancellor Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA) 1928 Nancy Olson Milwaukee, actress (Absent-Minded Professor, Pollyanna) 1932 Roosevelt “Rosie” Grier Cuthbert Ga, NFLer (NY Giants, LA Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome) 1948 Tommy Matola rock manager/CEO (CBS records) 1961 Jackie Earle Haley Northridge Calif, actor (Human Target) 1970 Missy Gold Great Falls Mont, actress (Katie-Benson) 1977 Princess Victoria Ingrid Alic‚a D‚sir‚e, heir apparent of Sweden]]]]> ]]>