Good day to all.
Today's birthdays:
1017 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)
1656 (O.S.) - Edmond Halley, English astronomer {d. 1742)
1682 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)
1690 - Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
1704 - John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)
1740 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795)
1815 - Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
1877 - Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (d. 1973)
1882 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944)
1891 - Fanny Brice, American singer and comedienne (d. 1951)
1897 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (d. 1945)
1899 - Akim Tamiroff, Russian actor (d. 1972)
1910 - Alfred Ayer, British philosopher (d. 1989)
1915 - William Berenberg, American physician and Harvard professor (d. 2005)
1921 - Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
1923 - Carl Djerassi, Austrian chemist
1925 - Dominick Dunne, American author
1926 - Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor
1935 - Takahata Isao, Japanese director of animated movies
1938 - Ralph Bakshi, Israeli cartoonist, film director, and video producer
1940 - Connie Mack, U.S. Senator from Florida
1940 - Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996)
1944 - Otto Wiesheu, German minister
1946 - Peter Green, English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
1948 - Kate Jackson, American actress
1956 - Wilfredo Gomez, Puerto Rican boxer
1960 - Finola Hughes, British actress
1961 - Randy Jackson, American musician
1964 - Yasmin Le Bon, British model
1968 - Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater
1971 - Winona Ryder, American actress
1972 - Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur
1973 - Gabrielle Union, American actress
1973 - Robert Pirès, French footballer
1974 - Michael Vaughan, English cricketer
1977 - Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
1978 - Travis Henry, American football player
1980 - Amit Krakar, HAPPY 25th!!! Dr. Krakar - 2007
1980 - Ben Foster, American actor
1981 - Amanda Beard, American swimmer
1981 - Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer
1983 - Maurice Clarett, American football player
1987 - Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
Funny Girl - Fanny Brice
Those little boxes are what should have been a pic of Akm Tamiroff (For Whom the Bell Tolls)