Today's Birthdays – July 22, 2011

Denise Hluska from The Cricket Box. Your treat will have other goodies too, from great Vicksburg places like The Beechwood Restaurant & Lounge. We wish a very happy birthday to Keri Connelly Purser, who shares her birthday with the following notable people: 1822 Gregor Mendel monk/geneticist, discoverer of the laws of heredity 1844 Rev William Archibald Spooner London, invented “spoonerisms” 1890 Rose Kennedy mom of JFK, RFK & Ted 1923 Bob Dole (Sen-R-Ks) 1932 Oscar de la Renta Dom Rep, designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1973) 1939 Terence Stamp England, actor (The Collector, Alien Nations) 1940 Alex Trebek Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy) 1941 George Clinton rocker (Testify, Funkadelics) 1945 Bobby Sherman actor/singer (Seattle) 1947 Albert Brooks LA Calif, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America) 1947 Don Henley drummer (Eagles-Desparado) 1955 Willem Dafoe actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning) 1956 Michael Spinks US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1976) 1958 David Von Erich, professional wrestler (d. 1984) 1960 Jon Oliva, rocker (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) 1961 Keith Sweat, R&B singer 1964 John Leguizamo, actor / comedian (Ice Age-“Sid” – The Lincoln Lawyer) 1964 David Spade, actor / comedian (Saturday Night Live) 1967 Pat Badger heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words) 1978 A. J. Cook, actress (J.J. on Criminal Minds)]]]]> ]]>