Today's Birthdays – October 6, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays

1824 Henry Chadwick baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book 1846 George Westinghouse responsible for alternating current in US 1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden broadcast 1st program of voice & music 1905 Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998) 1906 Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984) 1908 Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942) 1915 Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007) 1917 Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977) 1922 Joe Frazier, American baseball player 1925 Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005) 1927 Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005) 1939 Jack Cullen, American baseball player 1940 Ellen Travolta Englewood NJ, actress (Louise-Joanie Loves Chachi) 1942 Britt Ekland Stockholm Sweden, actress (Wicker Man, Asylum) 1943 Michael Durrell Brooklyn NY, actor (Shannon, V, Alice, Chiefs) 1946 Gary Gentry baseball player (NY Mets) 1951 Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon) 1954 David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys) 1955 Tony Dungy, American football coach 1956 Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist 1958 Joseph Finder, American novelist 1959 Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player 1959 Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler and horseshoes champion 1962 Rich Yett, baseball player 1963 Elisabeth Shue, American film actress 1964 Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989) 1964 Matthew Sweet, American musician 1970 Darren Oliver, American baseball player 1970 Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer 1973 Jeff Davis, American comedian 1973 Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player 1977 Melinda Doolittle, American singer and recording artist 1977 Wes Ramsey, American actor 1979 Richard Seymour, American football player 1982 Michael Arden, American actor 1985 Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player 1991 Roshon Fegan, American actor]]]]> ]]>

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