Today's Birthdays – May 23, 2011

1707 Carolus Linnæus Swedish botanist/”Father of Taxonomy” (naming plants & animals) 1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside Major General (Union volunteers) 1883 Douglas Fairbanks Denver CO, actor (Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood) 1919 Betty Garrett St Joseph MO, actress (Irene-All in the Family) 1920 Sid Melton Brooklyn NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas) 1934 Robert Moog inventor (the Moog Synthesizer) 1936 Charles Kimbrough actor (Murphy Brown) 1944 Ramon “Tiki” Fulwood US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep) 1950 Linda Thompson Memphis TN, actress (Hee Haw) 1952 James Mankey rocker (Concrete Blonde) 1958 Shelly West Cleveland OH, country singer (Red Hot, West by West) 1959 Linden Ashby actor (Mortal Kombat) 1961 Drew Carey Cleveland OH, actor/comedian (Drew-Drew Carey Show) 1962 Karen [Duff] Duffy New York NY, MTV VJ/actress (Meet Wally Sparks) 1974 Jewel [Kilcher] St George UT, folk/rock vocalist (Pieces of You) 1984 Adam Wylie actor (Picket Fences)]]]]> ]]>