Today's Birthdays – July 8, 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

1838 Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin invented rigid dirigibles 1839 John D Rockefeller US capitalist; founded Standard Oil 1907 George W Romney (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73) 1908 Nelson A Rockefeller (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77) 1914 Billy Eckstine jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love) 1915 Charles Hard Townes Greenville SC, physicist, developed lasers 1918 Craig Stevens Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn) 1918 Nelson Mandela Transkei South Africa, jailed political activist 1920 Dolph Sweet NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Trials of O’Brien) 1933 Marty Feldman London England, comedian (Young Frankenstein) 1935 John David Crow football player (Heisman Trophy 1957) 1944 Jaimoe “Johnny” Johanson drummer (Allman Brothers) 1948 Kim Darby N Hollywood, actor (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man) 1951 Andy Fletcher rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can’t Get Enough) 1951 Angelica Huston actress (Prizzi’s Honor, Ice Pirates) 1956 Russell Christian rocker (The Christians-Harvest the World) 1958 Kevin Bacon Phila Pa, actor (Diner, Footloose, She’s Having a Baby) 1960 Valerie Pettiford NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live) 1969 Lori Hallier Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara) 1971 Wendy Benson NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns)]]]]> ]]>

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