Today's Birthdays – July 4, 2011

Denise Hluska from The Cricket Box. Your treat will have other goodies too, from great Vicksburg places like The Beechwood Restaurant & Lounge. Celebrity Birthdays 1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne Mass, author (House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter) 1826 Stephen Foster Lawrencevil, Pa, composer (Oh! Susanna, Swanee River) 1847 James Anthony Bailey Detroit, circus impresario (Barnum & Bailey) 1867 Stephen Mather organized US National Park Service 1872 Calvin Coolidge (R) 29th pres (1923-29) 1885 Louis B Mayer Minsk Russia, motion-picture executive (MGM) 1900 Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong New Orleans LA, jazz musician (Hello Dolly) 1916 Tokyo Rose WW II propogandist 1918 Abigail Van Buren twin sister, advice columnist 1918 Ann Landers twin sister, advice columnist 1920 Leona Helmsley (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire 1927 Gina Lollobrigida Subiaco Italy, actress (Trapeze, Falcon Crest) 1927 Neil Simon playwright (Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues) 1928 Stephen Boyd actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur) 1929 Al Davis Brocton Mass, NFL team owner (LA Raiders) 1930 George Steinbrenner NY Yankees owner/ship builder/horse owner 1938 Bill Withers WV, rhythm & blues singer (Lean on Me) 1943 Emerson Boozer NFL running back (NY Jet)/sportscaster 1946 Ron Kovic disabled vietnam vet (Born on 4th of July) 1955 John Waite singer (Babies/Bad English-Forget Me Not) 1958 Kirk Pengilly Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) 1962 Pam Shriver tennis player (US Open’s Doubles 1983,4,6,7) 1963 Henri Leconte France, tennis player (French finalist 1988) 1964 Mark Allen Slaughter Las Vegas, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)]]]]> ]]>