🏆🏈Emerson Boozer -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1943
Hall of Famer, Sportscaster, NFL Runningback
Misc: 2x AFL All-Star, Super Bowl III; in the College Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: Maryland Eastern Shore College, New York Jets (1966-1975)
🎵Annette Sterling -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1943
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Soul Singer
Names/Places: RLN:Beard
Group Names: Martha & the Vandellas
🎵🎸Jeremy Spencer -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1948
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist, English
Group Names: Fleetwood Mac (co-founder)
🎵Ralph Johnson -- is 73 in the year 2024 and 74 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1951
Hall of Famer, Percussionist, Rhythm and Blues Drummer
Group Names: "Earth, Wind and Fire"
🏆🎾Pam Shriver -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1962
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
Names/Places: RFMN:Pamela Howard
Misc: U.S. Open's Doubles 1983, 84, 86, 87
🏆⚾Vinny Castilla -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1967 N.S.
Hall of Famer, MLB Infielder, Mexican
Misc: in the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
🏆🏁🏊Denis Pankratov -- is 50 in the year 2024 and 51 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1974 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Russian
✍Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1804 d.5/19/1864 (59)
Hall of Famer, Novelist, Short Story Writer (m)
Book Titles: The House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter
🎵Stephen Collins Foster -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1826 d.1/13/1864 (37)
Hall of Famer, Composer, Songwriter
Misc: the first professional songwriter
Song Titles: Camptown Races, Oh Susannah, Swanee River, Old Black Joe
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🏆⚾Mickey Welch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1859 d.7/30/1941 (82)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: NN:Smiling Mickey
🏆🏀Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1894 N.S. d.11/1/1964 N.S. (70)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Misc: a coach who originated the figure 8 play; in the Basketball and College Basketball Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Pittsburgh (player of football, baseball and basketball 1915-1917, basketball coach 1922-1953)
🏆🏒Victor Arthur "Vic" Desjardins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1898 N.S. d.11/22/1988 N.S. (90)
Hall of Famer, NHL Player
Sports Teams: Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers
🏆🏀Abraham M. "Abe" Saperstein -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1902 N.S. d.3/15/1966 N.S. (63)
Hall of Famer, NBA Owner, NBA Coach, English
Misc: ABL; the earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters
Sports Teams: Savoy Big Five (which later became the Harlem Globetrotters in which he helped formed as owner and coach), Chicago Majors (owner)
🏆⚾🏈🏀Howard Andrew "Hobby" Hobson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1903 N.S. d.6/9/1991 N.S. (87)
Hall of Famer, College Baseball Coach, College Football Coach, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Misc: in the College Basketball and Basketball Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Oregon (basketball player 1923-1926, basketball coach 1935-1944, 1945-1947, baseball coach 1936-1947), Southern Oregon University (football coach 1932-1934, basketball coach 1932-1935), Yale University (basketball coach 1947-1956)
🎵🏆🥊"Champion" Jack Dupree -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1910 d.1/21/1992 (82)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Drummer, Guitarist, Pianist, Blues Singer, Boxer
Names/Places: RFN:William
🏆🏀Arad McCutchan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1912 N.S. d.6/16/1993 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: Bosse High School (coach 1936-1943), University of Evansville (coach 1946-1977)
🎭🎵Timmie Rogers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1914 d.12/17/2006 N.S. (92)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Comedian, Vaudevillan, Songwriter, Singer, Bandleader
Names/Places: NN: The Jackie Robinson of Comedy
Misc: catchphrase: Oh Yeah!; he was one of the first Black comedians allowed to directly address a white audience when he worked; appeared on many national television shows of the 1960s and 1970s; in the National Comedy Hall of Fame
TV Shows: Uptown Jubilee (1949 on CBS), The Jackie Gleason Show (recurring)
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🏆🏀Lidiya Alekseyeva -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1924 N.S. d.6/26/2014 N.S. (89)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Coach, Russian
Misc: in the Women's Basketball, FIBA and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Halls of Fame
🎭Mary Stuart -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1926 d.2/28/2002 (75)
Hall of Famer, Soap Actress
Misc: never won an Emmy
TV Shows: Search For Tomorrow (as Joanne Tourneur Tate), Guiding Light (as Meta Bauer)
🏆🏈Al Davis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1929 d.10/8/2011 (82)
Hall of Famer, NFL Owner, NFL Executive, NFL General Manager
Misc: the only one in pro football history to be a scout, assistant coach, head coach, GM, league commissioner, and owner; GM-coach of Oakland 1963-66; helped force AFL-NFL merger as AFL commisioner (April-July,1966); returned to Oakland as managing general partner and directed club to 3 Super Bowl wins (1977,81,84); moved Raiders to Los Angeles in 1982 and back to Oakland in 1995.
Sports Teams: The Citadel (1955-1956), Southern California (1957-1959), San Diego Chargers (1960-1962), Oakland Raiders (coach 1963-1965, part owner and General Manager 1966-1971, principal owner 1972-2011)
🏆🥊Carey L. Lloyd -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1933 N.S. d.11/13/1993 N.S. (60)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: ring name: Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones
🎵Bill Withers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1938 N.S. d.3/30/2020 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, Music Producer, Composer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Soul Singer
Names/Places: b. in Slab Fork, WV
Song Titles: Lean on Me
🏆🏈Floyd Douglas Little -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1942 N.S. d.1/1/2021 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, NFL Runningback, College Football Player
Names/Places: NN: The Franchise
Misc: 3x Pro Bowl; in the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Syracuse University, Denver Broncos (1967-1975)
🏆🏁🏊Sylvia Ruuska -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1942 N.S. d.2/7/2019 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, American
🏆Mark Edward Lenzi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1968 N.S. d.4/9/2012 N.S. (43)
Hall of Famer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, American
Misc: Diving Coach
✍⚖💰Thomas Jefferson -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/13/1743 N.S. or 4/2/1743 J-LD d.7/4/1826 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), President and Vice President (m), Attorney/Lawyer (m), Philanthropist, American
Names/Places: b. in Shadwell (present-day Albemarle County), VA; 3rd U.S. President (1801-09)
Misc: the 2nd U.S. Vice President; Declaration of Independence writer; Univ of VA founder; on a $2 bill & a nickel
🎖⚖John Adams -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/30/1735 N.S. or 10/19/1735 J-LD d.7/4/1826 N.S. (90)
Hall of Famer, Revolutionary (m), President and Vice President (m), Attorney/Lawyer (m), American
Names/Places: b. in Braintree, MA; John Quincy Adams' dad
Misc: the first U.S. Vice President; 2nd U.S. President (1797-1801); Declaration of Independence signer
⚖James Monroe -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/28/1758 N.S. d.7/4/1831 N.S. (73)
Hall of Famer, President (m)
Names/Places: b. in Westmoreland County, VA; d. in New York City
Misc: The 5th U.S. President 1817-25
🏆🎾Suzanne Lenglen -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/24/1899 d.7/4/1938 (39)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, French
Misc: 6x Wimbledon champ
🏆🏀Mendy Rudolph -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/8/1926 d.7/4/1979 (53)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Referee
Misc: worked for the NBA for 22 years from 1953-1975; regarded as one of the greatest officials in NBA history; officiated 2,112 NBA games.
🏆Phillip George "Phil" Boggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/29/1949 N.S. d.7/4/1990 N.S. (40)
Hall of Famer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, American
🏆🏒David "Sweeney" Schriner -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/30/1911 d.7/4/1990 (78)
Hall of Famer, NHL Left Wing, NHL Forward, Canadian, Russian
Misc: played 1933-1946
Sports Teams: New York Americans, Toronto Maple Leafs
✍📰Charles Bishop Kuralt -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/10/1934 d.7/4/1997 (62)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), Newscaster, Correspondent, Journalist
Names/Places: b. in Wilmington, NC
TV Shows: CBS News, Sunday Morning
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🎵Barry White -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/12/1944 N.S. d.7/4/2003 N.S. (58)
Hall of Famer, Music Producer, Arranger, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Soul Singer
Misc: DEEEEEP bass singer; led the Love Unlimited Orchestra whose singers sang background in his records.
Group Names: Love Unlimited Orchestra (lead), soloist
Song Titles: The Harlem Shuffle (penned for Bob and Earl), I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby, Never Never Gonna Give You Up, Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe, You're The First-The Last-My Everything
🎵Cal Green -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/22/1935 d.7/4/2004 (69)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: The Midnighters (a backing group for Hank Ballard)
Song Titles: Work With Me Annie, Annie Had a Baby
🏆🏈Hank Stram -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/3/1923 d.7/4/2005 (82)
Hall of Famer, Football Announcer, NFL Player, College Football Coach
Sports Teams: Purdue (1948-1955), University of Notre Dame, Southern Methodist University, University of Miami, Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs (1960-1974), New Orleans Saints (1976-1977)
🎵Billy Pinkney -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/15/1925 N.S. d.7/4/2007 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, Bass Singer/Basso
Names/Places: or Bill Pinckney?
Group Names: The Drifters
🏆🎳Dick Evans -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/20/1931 d.7/4/2010 (78)
Hall of Famer, Bowler
Misc: Bowling Writers Association of America president
🏆🥊Jimmy Bivins -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/6/1919 d.7/4/2012 (92)
Hall of Famer, Boxer
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