Today's Birthdays – July 29, 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 Tonya Johnson, who shares her birthday with the following notable people: 1805 Alexis de Tocqueville France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America) 1871 Gregory Efimovich]Rasputin the mad Russian monk 1883 Benito Mussolini [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43) 1892 William Powell actor (Thin Man, My Man Godfrey) 1905 Clara Bow silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid) 1907 Melvin Belli Sonora Calif, lawyer, SF’s “King of Torts” 1914 “Professor Irwin Corey comedian (Car Wash) 1936 Elizabeth Dole US Secretary of Transportation (1983-87) 1938 Peter Jennings Toronto Canada, news anchor (ABC Evening News) 1953 Geddy Lee lead singer (Rush-Tom Sawyer) 1959 Gary Springer NYC, actor (Bernice Bobs Her Hair) 1963 Alexandra Paul NYC, actress (Christine, American Flyers, Dragnet) 1972 Wil Wheaton actor (Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me) 1973 Stephen Dorff Atlanta, actor (I Know My Name is Steven) 1973 Wanya Morris [Squirt], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)]]]]> ]]>