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People on January 8th: birthdates Jeff Abercromble: 1969 (is 42 in 2011, 43 in 2012) Rock & Roll Musician, of Fuel Dame Shirley Bassey: 1937 (is 74 in 2011, 75 in 2012) Singer, Wales, b. in Cardiff; Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker Kathlyn Elizabeth Bening-Beatty: 1992 (is 19 in 2011, 20 in 2012) Celebrity Daughter, Annette & Warren's girl Amber Benson: 1977 (is 34 in 2011, 35 in 2012) Actress, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Tara Maclay David Bowie: 1947 (is 64 in 2011, 65 in 2012) HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Performer, Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist, Vegetarian, Movie Actor, Saxophonist, English, Protestant, b. in London; RN:David Robert Heywood Jones; soloist, the Tin Machine; Laughing Gnome, Major Tom, Fame, Let's Dance, Ziggy Stardust, The Prestige; Iman's hubby Andrew Caple-Shaw: 1980 (is 31 in 2011, 32 in 2012) Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives' Marc Adams Keifer Jack Convertino: 2000 (is 11 in 2011, 12 in 2012) Celebrity Son, Elizabeth Keifer and Bobby's son Noah Lindsey Cyrus: 2000 (is 11 in 2011, 12 in 2012) Celebrity Son, Tish and Billy Ray's son Ami Dolenz: 1968 (is 43 in 2011, 44 in 2012) TV/Movie Actress, Soap Actress, Mickey's daughter; General Hospital's Melissa Bob Eubanks: 1938 (is 73 in 2011, 74 in 2012) Game Show Host, Radio Disc Jock, Newlywed Game; music promoter & manager who was a disc jock at KRLA in Los Angeles and brought the Beatles to the Hollywood Bowl. Vladimir Feltsman: 1952 (is 59 in 2011, 60 in 2012) Pianist, Russian Ryan Francis: 1977 (is 34 in 2011, 35 in 2012) TV Actor, of Sisters Peter "Pedro" "Ged" Gill: 1963 (is 48 in 2011, 49 in 2012)? Rock & Roll Drummer, British, of Frankie Goes to Hollywood; some say b. Mar 8, 1960 (is 51 in 2011), b. Jan 8, 1964 (is 47 in 2011), or b. Mar 8, 1964 (is 47 in 2011) "Little" Anthony Gourdine: 1941 (is 70 in 2011, 71 in 2012) Rhythm and Blues Singer, Songwriter, with The Imperials, soloist; some say 1940 Harriet Sansom Harris: 1955 (is 56 in 2011, 57 in 2012) Actress, Frasier's Bebe Glazer Stephen Hawking: 1942 (is 69 in 2011, 70 in 2012) Scientist, English, Astrophysicist; Black Holes & Baby Universes Patricia Healy: yr unknown Soap Actress, General Hospital's Tammy Carson Gaby Hoffmann: 1982 (is 29 in 2011, 30 in 2012) TV/Movie Actress, Sleepless in Seattle, Someone Like Me's Gaby, Now and Then, Everyone Says I Love You Marcus Hutson: 1943 (is 68 in 2011, 69 in 2012) Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Whispers Zahara Marley Jolie-Pit: 2005 (is 6 in 2011, 7 in 2012) Celebrity Daughter, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter January Jones: 1978 (is 33 in 2011, 34 in 2012) Actress R. Kelly: 1967 (is 44 in 2011, 45 in 2012) Singer, some say b. 1969 Paul King: 1948 (is 63 in 2011, 64 in 2012)? Guitarist, Banjoist, Jugblower; of Mungo Jerry; Blue Oyster Cult; some say b. Jan 9, 1948 (is 63 in 2011) Yvonna Kopacz: yr unknown Soap Actress, MaN: Wright; Days Of Our Lives' Wendy Reardon, Guiding Light's Mel Bordeaux Bauer Robby Kreiger: 1946 (is 65 in 2011, 66 in 2012) HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Guitarist, Songwriter, RFN:Robert Alan; of The Doors Cristy Lane: 1940 (is 71 in 2011, 72 in 2012) Country Singer, Gospel Singer, RN:Eleanor Johnston Jessica Leccia: 1976 (is 35 in 2011, 36 in 2012) Actress, Guiding Light's Natalia Rivera Jenny Lewis: 1976 (is 35 in 2011, 36 in 2012) Actress, Life with Lucy, Shannon's Deal's Neala, Brooklyn Bridge's Katie Monahan Disashi Lumumbo-Kasongo: 1983 (is 28 in 2011, 29 in 2012) Actress, of Gym Class Heroes Erin McCarley: 1979 (is 32 in 2011, 33 in 2012) Singer, Songwriter Danielle McClure: yr unknown Actress, Guiding Light's Natalia Rivera John McTiernan: 1951 (is 60 in 2011, 61 in 2012) Movie Director, Die Hard, Hunt for Red October, Last Action Hero Tift Merritt: 1975 (is 36 in 2011, 37 in 2012) Country Singer Nolan Miller: 1935 (is 76 in 2011, 77 in 2012) Fashion Designer, Dynasty, Love Boat Yvette Mimieux: 1939 (is 72 in 2011, 73 in 2012) TV/Movie Actress, Businessperson, b. in Hollywood, CA; some say b. 1941 or 1942, AP says 1939; Time Machine, Where the Boys Are Ron Moody: 1924 (is 87 in 2011, 88 in 2012) Actor, Comedian, English, Nobody's Perfect's Det. Insp. Roger Hart; Oliver!'s Fagin; RN:Ronald Moodnick Rachel Nichols: 1980 (is 31 in 2011, 32 in 2012) Actress Kathleen Noone: 1946 (is 65 in 2011, 66 in 2012) TV/Soap Actress, All My Children's Ellen Shepherd Dalton Chandler, Knots' Landing's Claudia Whittaker, L.A. Law's Fran Hendrickson, Party Of Five's Ellie Bennett, Sunset Beach's Aunt Bette, Party of Five's Elle Bennett, Days of Our Lives' Dame Witty, Passions' Mrs. Wallace Charles Osgood: 1933 (is 78 in 2011, 79 in 2012) HALL OF FAMER, Newscaster, Journalist, Author, CBS News poet in residence Norm Pattiz: 1943 (is 68 in 2011, 69 in 2012) Executive, Westwood One Networks Chief Sean Paul: 1973 (is 38 in 2011, 39 in 2012) Reggae Singer Ron Pederson: 1977 (is 34 in 2011, 35 in 2012) Comedian, Actor, of MAD TV John Peters: 1945 (is 66 in 2011, 67 in 2012) Drummer, of Harpers Bizarre John Peterson: 1942 (is 69 in 2011, 70 in 2012)? Drummer, Singer, of Beau Brimmels, Harpers' Bizarre; some say b. Jan 8, 1945 (is 66 in 2011) Maria Pitillo: 1966 (is 45 in 2011, 46 in 2012)? TV Actress, Partners' Alicia; Godzilla; some say b. Jan 8, 1965 (is 46 in 2011) Sarah Polley: 1979 (is 32 in 2011, 33 in 2012) Actress Melvin "Mel" Pritchard: 1948 (is 63 in 2011, 64 in 2012)? Drummer, English, of Barclay James Harvest; some say b. Jan 20, 1948 (is 63 in 2011) Mike Reno: 1955 (is 56 in 2011, 57 in 2012) Rock & Roll Singer, Musician, Canadian, of Loverboy; some say b. 1954 Andy Ross: 1985 (is 26 in 2011, 27 in 2012) Dramatist/Playwright, Lyricist, Writer, Host of H2R radio show on the Internet William Ruffley: 1942 (is 69 in 2011, 70 in 2012) Music Figure, of the Famous Flamingos and the Big Three Ann Schedeen: yr unknown TV Actress, Marcus Welby MD's Sandy Porter, Paper Dolls, Alf's Kate Tanner Ron Sexsmith: 1964 (is 47 in 2011, 48 in 2012) Singer, Songwriter Larry Storch: 1923 (is 88 in 2011, 89 in 2012) Actor, Comedian, Cartoon Voicist, Larry Storch Show, F Troop's Cpl. Randolph Agarn, The Queen & I, Brady Kids' Marlon the wizard & Moptop the dog Terry Sylvester: 1947 (is 64 in 2011, 65 in 2012) Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, English, of The Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans Bobby Tucker: 1922 (is 89 in 2011, 90 in 2012) Singer, Arranger Sander Vanocur: 1928 (is 83 in 2011, 84 in 2012) Newscaster, Columnist, Journalist, NBC News, Washington Post Laurie Walters: 1947 (is 64 in 2011, 65 in 2012) TV Actress, Eight is Enough's Joannie Bradford; some say b. 1952 or b. 1956, but a Crook and Chase show confirmed it's 1947 Scott Whyte: 1978 (is 33 in 2011, 34 in 2012) Actor Beckett Robert Lee Willis: 2008 (is 3 in 2011, 4 in 2012) Celebrity Son, Stella McCartney and Alasdhair's son Mouse over any name and click it for more information about most of the people celebrating birthdays, courtesy of Amazon. People on January 8th: birth anniversaries Peter Arno: 1904=d.Feb 22, 1968 (was 64) Editorial Cartoonist, RN:Curtis Arnoux Peters Jr.; Urban Characterizations, New Yorker Magazine Richard Benedict: 1920=d.Apr 25, 1984 (was 64) Actor Walter Bothe: 1891=d.Feb 8, 1957 (was 66) Physicist, German, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954) John Carroll: 1735=d.Dec 3, 1815 (was 80) Religious Leader, First Roman Catholic bishop in the United States and the first archbishop of Baltimore. Under his leadership the Roman Catholic church became firmly established in the United States. Graham Chapman: 1941=d.Oct 4, 1989 (was 48) Comedian, TV/Movie Actor, Screen/Scriptwriter, English, Monty Python's Flying Circus's founding member William "Wilkie" Collins: 1824=d.Sep 23, 1889 (was 65) Novelist, English Richard Cromwell: 1910=d.Oct 11, 1960 (was 50) Actor, Angela Lansbury's ex- Wendell Culley: 1906=d.1983 Trumpeter, worked with Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton and Count Basie principally as a section player Frank Nelson Doubleday: 1862=d.Jan 30, 1934 (was 72) Publisher, founder of Doubleday & Co.; not to be confused with Abner Doubleday Sir Frank Dyson: 1868=d.Jan 9, 1961 (was 93) Astronomer, British, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity; b. 1867? Jose Ferrer: 1912=d.Jan 26, 1992 (was 80) TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Producer/Director, Writer, Singer, Pianist, Puerto Rican, b. in Santurce; RN:Jose Vincente Ferrer Otero y Cintron; Rosemary Clooney's ex-hubby; some say 1909 or 1919 Archer Gordon: 1921=d.Sep 18, 1994 (was 73) Scientist, father of CPR Bill Graham: 1931=d.Oct 25, 1991 (was 60) HALL OF FAMER, Music Producer, German, RN:Wolfgang Grajonca; rock impresario and promoter William Hartnell: 1908=d.Apr 24, 1975 (was 67) TV Actor, English, of Dr. Who (the first actor to play the Doctor) Paul Hester: 1959=d.Mar 25, 2005 (was 46) Rock & Roll Drummer, of Split Enz & Crowded House King Henry V Of Germany And Holy Roman Empire: 1081=d.May 23, 1125 (was 44) King, ruled 1099- Roy Kinnear: 1934=d.Sep 20, 1988 (was 54) Actor, English, Help!, TW3 James Longstreet: 1821=d.Jan 2, 1904 (was 82) General, Confederate who fought in the battle of Gettysburg. Lowell Mason: 1833=d.Aug 11, 1872 (was 39) Composer, Educator, Organist, Boston Academy of Music founder; hymnwrtier; b. 1792? Reuben Mattus: 1913=d.Jan 27, 1994 (was 81) Businessperson, who parlayed the nonsensical name Haagen-Dazs into a multimillion-dollar ice cream fortune Luther Perkins: 1928=d.Aug 5, 1968 (was 40) Country Singer William Piper: 1881=d.Jan 15, 1970 (was 89) Manufacturer, Airplanes: The Henry Ford of Aviation for manufacturing small aircraft, the Piper Cub, a two-seater for family aircraft. Elvis Presley: 1935=d.Aug 16, 1977 (was 42) HALL OF FAMER, Country-Rock Performer, Movie Actor, Singer/Guitarist, Composer/Songwriter, Music Producer, b. in Tupelo, MS; MN:Aron; changed to Aaron; The first real star of rock and roll, aka the King of Rock & Roll; Priscilla's ex-; too many notable hits to list here!; d. at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee; Billboard ranks him as the top pop recording artist of all time with 17 No. 1 songs. The 1956 two-sided hit ``Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog'' stays at No. 1 for 11 weeks, a record for the rock era that stands until 1992. HofF in country and r&roll Jesse Garon Presley: 1935=d.Jan 8, 1935 (was 0) Celebrity Relative, Elvis's stillborn twin brother Alexandra Ripley: 1934=d.Jan 20, 2004 (was 70) Writer Soupy Sales: 1926=d.Oct 22, 2009 (was 83) Comedian, Radio Disc Jock, TV Host, Author, Panelist, b. in Franklinton, N.C.; World's Leading Authority on Pie Throwing! Soupy Sales Show host; What's My Line; Sha Na Na reg; RN:Milton Soupbone Hines Supman Alfred Russell Wallace: 1823=d.Nov 7, 1913 (was 90) Scientist, Naturalist, British, Zoologist, co-discoverer of evolution Thomas Jr. Watson: 1914=d.Dec 31, 1993 (was 79) Businessperson, IBM CEO, IBM founder's son Mouse over any name and click it for more information about most of the people celebrating birthdays, courtesy of Amazon. People on January 8th: death anniversaries Georgie Auld: 1990 (was 70)/b.May 19, 1919 Tenor-sax, Alto-sax, of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw bands Lord Robert Baden-Powell: 1941 (was 83)/b.Feb 22, 1857 Philanthropist, British, founded Boy Scouts & Girl Guides "Stymie" Jr. Beard: 1981 (was 56)/b.Jan 1, 1925 Movie Actor, Our Gang's Stymie 1930-35; RFN:Matthew Jay S. Blackton: 1994 (was 84)/b.Mar 25, 1909 Bandleader, Composer, Stage Director, Arranger, Conductor, a Broadway top musical dir., Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, George M. Pat Buttram: 1994 (was 78)/b.Jun 19, 1917 TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Comedian, Comedy Writer, Country Singer, Cowboy Actor; Gene Autry's sidekick, Green Acres' Mister Eustace Charleton Haney; a favorite Hollywood toastmaster Melvin Calvin: 1997 (was 85)/b.Apr 8, 1911 Chemist, Mr. Photosynthesis Carole Carr: 1997 (was 68)/b.Mar 26, 1928 Singer, Actress Sara Dougherty Carter: 1979 (was 80)/b.Jul 21, 1898 HALL OF FAMER, Country Singer, Guitarist, of The Carter Family; some say b. 1899 Woody Chamblis: 1981 (was 63)/b.Oct 9, 1917 Actor, Gunsmoke's Mr. Lathrop Chao En-Lai: 1976 (was 78)/b.1898 Statesman, Chinese, ruled 1949-76 Steve Clark: 1991 (was 30)/b.Apr 23, 1960 Heavy Metal Guitarst, Songwriter, English, of Def Leppard Art Clokey: 2010 (was 88)/b.Oct 12, 1921 Animator, Gumby creator & Claymation inventor & patenter Arcangelo Corelli: 1713 (was 59)/b.Feb 17, 1653 Composer, Violinist, Italian Yvonne De Carlo: 2007 (was 84)/b.Sep 1, 1922 TV/Movie Actress, Canadian, b. in Vancouver, B.C.; RN:Peggy Yvonne Middleton; The Munsters' Lily Munster, Ten Commandments Galileo Galilei: 1642 (was 77)/b.Feb 15, 1564 Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician, Inventor, Italian, b. in Pisa; 1st Telescope; d. in Arcetri, Italy; developed the astronomical telescope with which he discovered craters on the moon and the satellites of Jupiter. Don Galloway: 2009 (was 71)/b.Jul 27, 1937 Actor, Game Show Host, Arrest & Trial, General Hospital's Buzz Stryker, Ironside's Det. Sgt. Ed Brown, The Guiness Game John A. Gambling: 2004 (was 73)/b.1930 Radio Disc Jock Louis Gaste: 1995 (was 86)/b.Mar 18, 1908 Composer, wrote the song known in English as How Much Is That Doggy In The Window; d. was 88? Kenneth McMillan: 1989 (was 56)/b.Jul 2, 1932 TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Rhoda's Jack Doyle, Our Family Honor's Comm. Patrick McKay Francois Mitterand: 1996 (was 79)/b.Oct 26, 1916 Head of State, French, French prez 1981-95 Greenleaf Whittier Pickard: 1956 (was 78)/b.Feb 14, 1877 Engineer, invented the crystal detector (one of the first devices widely used for receiving radio broadcasts) and who was also one of the first scientists to demonstrate the wireless electromagnetic transmission of speech. Jesse Garon Presley: 1935 (was 0)/b.Jan 8, 1935 Celebrity Relative, Elvis's stillborn twin brother Mae Questel: 1998 (was 89)/b.Sep 13, 1908 Cartoon Voicist, voice of Betty Boop; d. Jan 4? Reta Shaw: 1982 (was 69)/b.Sep 13, 1912 TV/Movie Actress, Comedienne, Mr. Peepers' Aunt Lil, Betty White Show, Ann Sothern Show's Flora Macauley, Tab Hunter Show's Thelma, Ichabod & Me's Aunt Lavinia, Cara Williams Show, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir's Martha Grant Iwao Takamoto: 2007 (was 81)/b.Apr 29, 1925 Animator, a leading animator with Walt Disney and then Hanna-Barbera on cartoons and designed Scooby Doo; contributed to the Disney classics Cinderella, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, and 101 Dalmations; influenced almost all of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon output including The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Hong Kong Phooey, and others Richard Tauber: 1948 (was 55)/b.May 16, 1892 Opera Singer, Tenor, Austrian Terry-Thomas: 1990 (was 78)/b.Jul 14, 1911 Movie/Stage Actor, Radio Actor, Comedian, English, b. in London; RN:Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines Dave Thomas: 2002 (was 69)/b.Jul 2, 1932 Businessperson, Wendy's Restaraunts founder; not the SCTV comedian Sir Michael Tippett: 1998 (was 93)/b.Jan 2, 1905 Composer, Conductor, English, His works include, the oratorio, "A Child of our Time," and the operas, "The Midsummer Marriage" and "King Priam." Paul Verlaine: 1896 (was 51)/b.Mar 30, 1844 Poet, French, Gay Jesse White: 1997 (was 78)/b.Jan 3, 1919 Actor, Comedian, RMLN:Marc Wiedenfeld; Private Secretary's Cagey Calhoun, Danny Thomas Show's Jesse Leeds, Ann Sothern Show's Oscar Pudney; Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid; Lonely Maytag Repairman commercials 60-80s; some say b. in 1918 Eli Whitney: 1825 (was 59)/b.Dec 8, 1765 Inventor, The Cotton Gin and the concept of mass production of interchangable parts Lois Wilson: 1983 (was 88)/b.Jun 28, 1894 Actress, The Aldrich Family's Mrs. Alice Aldrich Amazon.com Widgets Sorry. The 'This Day in Events History' section has expired! For a full list of events covering 27 categories including the Today in Music, Sports, and Entertainment subjects, please purchase the davesdatebook CD right here. Please Click Here for information. Thank you for your patronage. Random Generated Jokes, Quotes, and Other Stuff! Random Stuff Today in History Basic, Today in History, Davesfunstuff
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