Today's Birthdays – July 2, 2011

1905 Jean-Rene Lacoste France, tennis champ/alligator shirt designer 1908 Thurgood Marshall Md, 1st black Supreme Court justice (1967-91) 1916 Barry Gray radio personality (started call-in radio) 1916 Ken Curtis Lamar Colo, actor (Ripcord, Festus-Gunsmoke) 1922 Dan Rowan Beggs Okla, comedian (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in) 1925 Marvin Rainwater Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) 1937 Richard Petty auto race driver (Daytona 500-1979,81) 1939 John Sununu US Secretary of State (1989-91) 1946 Ron Silver NYC, actor (Gary-Rhoda, Dear Detective, Baker’s Dozen) 1947 Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Turpin daughter of Pres LBJ]]]]> ]]>