Today's Birthdays – May 29, 2011

1736 Patrick Henry US, patriot “Give me liberty or give me death” 1826 Ebenezer Butterick inventor (tissue paper dress pattern) 1903 Bob Hope [Leslie Townes] Kent England, entertainer/comedian (famous profile) 1905 Sebastian Shaw Holt England, actor (Return of Jedi, Chimera, High Season, Spy in Black) 1909 Neil R[onald] Jones US, sci-fi author (Space War, Twin Worlds) 1913 Iris Adrian Los Angeles CA, actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard) 1917 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Brookline MA, (Senator-D-MA), 35th President (1961-1963) 1939 Al Unser auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71) 1939 Nanette Newman writer/actress (Endless Game, Of Human Bondage) 1944 Helmut Berger actor (Ash Wednesday, Damned, Picture of Dorian Gray) 1950 Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson Gary IN, singer (R U Tuff Enuff) 1952 Louise Cooper UK, sci-fi author (Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne) 1955 John Hinckley Jr shot & wounded President Reagan in 1981 1955 Mike Porcaro rock bassist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa) 1958 Annette Bening Topeka KS, actress (American Beauty, Grifters, Bugsy, Valmont) 1959 Rupert Everett Norfolk England, actor (My Best Friend’s Wedding, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Next Best Thing) 1960 Adrian Paul London England, actor (Dance to Win, Highlander) 1961 David Palmer heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC) 1961 Melissa Etheridge US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough) 1963 Lisa Whelchel Fort Worth TX, actress (Blair-Facts of Life, Michey Mouse Club) 1965 Charlie Hayes Hattisburg MS, 3rd baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees) 1975 Melanie Janine Brown “Scary Spice”, Leeds, vocalist (Spice Girls) 1975 Shoshanna Lonstein New York NY, (Jerry Seinfeld) 1983 Richard Jackson Redlands CA, actor (Ryan Meyers-Saved by the Bell) 1989 Danielle Riley Keough grand daughter of Elvis Presley]]]]> ]]>