Today's Birthdays – May 19, 2011

FaceBook, you will be entered to win a yummy birthday parfait from Denise Hluska. These celebrities share your birthday, but do not have a chance to win the parfait. (Who is the real celebrity?) 1795 Johns Hopkins philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University 1915 Pol Pot dictator/mass murderer 1925 Malcolm X [Little] Omaha NE, assassinated leader of black Muslims 1928 Anthony C B Chapman England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1) 1930 Lorraine Hansberry playwright (Raisin in the Sun) 1935 David Hartman Pawtucket RI, TV personality (Good Morning America) 1941 Jimmy Hoffa Jr son of Jimmy Hoffa/Teamster union leader 1941 Nora Ephron New York NY, novelist/screenwriter/director (Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, Michael, Heartburn) 1945 Peter Townshend England, rock guitarist/vocalist/composer (The Who-Tommy) 1946 Phillip Rudd Melbourne Australia, rock drummer (AC/DC-Rock ‘n Roll Damnation) 1947 Jerry Hyman Brooklyn NY, rock singer/trombonist (Blood Sweat & Tears) 1948 Tom Scott Los Angeles CA, saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show) 1949 Dusty Hill rocker (ZZ Top) 1951 Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman] Forest Hills NY, punk rocker (Ramones-Baby I Love You) 1956 Steven Ford East Grand Rapids MI, actor (When Harry Met Sally, Young & Restless)/son of President Gerald Ford 1957 Sophia Crawford London England, actress (Power Rangers) 1959 Nicole Brown Simpson Frankford Germany, Mrs OJ Simpson (murdered in 1994) 1965 Joshua Rifkind actor (Marshall Chronicles)]]]]> ]]>