Today's Birthdays – July 9, 2011

Denise Hluska from The Cricket Box. Your treat will have other goodies too, from great Vicksburg places like The Beechwood Restaurant & Lounge. We would like to wish a very special birthday to a good friend and former road-mate of Vicksburg Daily News’ Chris Whittington.  Rusty Harmon is celebrating his big day today… Message to Rusty from Chris:  Hey dude, I still haven’t been able to get that echo out of my left ear from that Panama City gig on the night that Dave drank the fire water!  Thanks!  It’s like my own personal memento.  Who knew that the knob actually would go to 11?  Happy Birthday, Mr. Sonar! Rusty (who happens to be a pretty decent musician) shares his birthday with: 1802 Thomas Davenport invented 1st complete electric motor 1819 Elias Howe Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine 1927 Ed Ames Malden Mass, actor (Mingo-Daniel Boone) 1928 Vince Edwards Bkln NY, actor (Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln) 1932 Donald Rumsfeld politician (former Secretary of Defense) 1936 James Hampton actor (Teen Wolf, Amazing Howard Hughes, Hawmps) 1938 Brian Dennehy Ct, actor (Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants) 1939 Richard Roundtree New Rochelle NY, actor (Shaft, Roots) 1943 Bon Scott vocalist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) 1943 John H Casper Greenville SC, Col USAF/astronaut (STS-36, sk:STS-50) 1945 Dean Koontz author (Shattered) 1946 Mitch Mitchell drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience) 1947 OJ Simpson SF, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)/actor 1951 Chris Cooper Academy Award winning actor (Adaptation) 1952 John Tesh Garden City NY, TV host / new age musician (Entertainment Tonight) 1954 Debbie Sledge Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) 1955 Lindsey Graham US Senator (Republican, South Carolina) 1955 Jimmy Smits NYC, actor (Victor-LA Law, Running Scared, Believers) 1956 Marc Almond rocker (Everything I Want Love to Be) 1956 Tom Hanks Concord, Calif, actor (Bossom Buddies, Big, Punchline) 1957 Kelly McGillis Newport Beach Ca, actress (Top Gun, Accused, Witness) 1957 Tim Kring writer / producer (NBC’s Heroes) 1958 Jimmy Smits NYC, actor (Victor Sifuentes-LA Law) 1959 Jim Kerr rocker (Simple Minds-Don’t You Forget About Me) 1959 Kevin Nash pro wrestler (Big Daddy Cool, Diesel, Big Sexy) 1960 Marc Mero pro wrestler (Johnny B. Badd) 1971 Courtney Love rocker / actress (Lead Singer of Hole; starred in The People vs. Larry Flynt) 1965 Frank Bello Bronx NY, rock bassist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive) 1971 Bobby Leslie TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You) 1971 Scott Grimes Lowell Mass, actor (Together We Stand) 1973 Enrique Murciano actor (Without a Trace) 1975 Jack White rocker (The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”) 1976 Fred Aaron Savage Ill, actor (Kevin-Wonder Years, Vice Versa)]]]]> ]]>