Famous Birthdays Today :-)

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February 17 What Happened This Day in History?

1653
Arcangelo Corelli
Italian composer, violinist d: 1713

1766
Thomas Malthus
economist, demographer d: 1834

1774
Raphael Peale
artist d: 1852

1781
Rene Laennec
physician, writer, inventor d: 1826

1843
Montgomery Ward
department store mogul d: 1913

1857
Samuel Sidney McClure
newspaper editor and publisher d: 1949

1884
Noah Beery
actor d: 1946

1889
H.L. [Haroldson Lafayette] Hunt
industrialist d: 1974

1908
Red [Walter] Barber
sportscaster, Baseball Hall of Famer d: 1992

1909
Marjorie Lawrence
opera soprano d: 1979

1914
Arthur Kennedy
actor d: 1990

1914
Wayne [Bert DeWayne] Morris
actor d: 1959

1918
Raf [Raffaele] Vallone
actor

1923
Buddy [Boniface] DeFranco
clarinetist, bandleader

1924
Margaret Truman
daughter of U.S. President Harry S Truman, author

1925
Hal Holbrook [Harold Rowe, Jr.]
actor

1926
Lee Hoiby
composer

1929
Chaim Potok
rabbi, doctor of philosophy, author

1931
Roger Craig
baseball

1933
Bobby Lewis
pianist, singer

1933
Craig Thomas
U.S. Senator

1934
Alan [Arthur] Bates
actor

1934
Willie Kirkland
baseball

1934
Barry Humphries
actor

1936
Jim [James Nathaniel] Brown
Pro Football Hall of Famer, actor

1941
Gene Pitney
singer

1945
Brenda Fricker
Academy Award-winning actress

1947
Dodie [Geraldine] Stevens
singer

1950
Zina Bethune
dancer, choreographer, actress

1954
Rene Russo
actress

1959
Richard Karn
actor

1962
Lou Diamond Phillips
actor

1963
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
basketball, Olympic Gold Medalist, baseball

1967
Michelle Forbes
actress

1967
Ronald DeVoe
singer

1972
Billie Joe Armstrong
Grammy Award-winning singer, musician, songwriter

1981
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
actor

p.s. Today is also my Sister's Birthday!

 

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