Today's Birthdays – May 8, 2011

1828 Jean Henri Dunant Switzerland, writer/founder (Red Cross (Nobel Peace Prize 1901)) 1884 Harry S. Truman 33rd President 1911 Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues 1926 Don Rickles comedian 1940 Peter Benchley author of Jaws 1951 Chris Frantz Fort Campbell KY, rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club) 1951 Deborah Harmon actress (Ted Knight Show, MASH, Just the 10 of Us) 1951 Philip Bailey rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover) 1952 Beth Henley Jackson MS, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker) 1955 Alex Van Halen Nijmegen Netherlands, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump) 1964 Melissa Gilbert Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie 1972 Darren Hayes Savage Garden 1975 Enrique Iglesias Be With You]]]]> ]]>