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On this day for the United States
Events
Births
1839 -
Benjamin Waugh , American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d.
1908 )
1848 -
Edward Henry Harriman , American railroad executive (d.
1909 )
1893 -
Russel Crouse , American playwright (d.
1966 )
1898 -
Jimmy Yancey , American pianist (d.
1951 )
1899 -
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney , American businessman (d.
1992 )
1902 -
Ansel Adams , American photographer (d.
1984 )
1906 -
Gale Gordon , American television and radio actor (d.
1995 )
1907 -
Malcolm Atterbury , American actor (d.
1992 )
1924 -
Gloria Vanderbilt , American socialite and clothing designer
1925 -
Robert Altman , American film director (d.
2006 )
1926 -
Richard Matheson , American author
1927 -
Roy Cohn , American lawyer (d.
1986 )
1927 -
Sidney Poitier , American actor
1929 -
Amanda Blake , American actress (d.
1989 )
1934 -
Bobby Unser , American racing driver
1936 -
Marj Dusay , American actress
1936 -
Larry Hovis , American actor (d.
2003 )
1937 -
Roger Penske , American racing driver, race team owner and
entrepreneur
1937 -
Nancy Wilson , American singer
1938 -
Richard Beymer , American actor
1942 -
Mitch McConnell , American politician
1945 -
Brion James , American actor (d.
1999 )
1946 -
Sandy Duncan , American singer and actress
1946 -
J. Geils , American guitarist (
The J. Geils Band )
1947 -
Peter Strauss , American actor
1950 -
Walter Becker , American guitarist (
Steely Dan )
1951 -
Edward Albert , American actor (d.
2006 )
1951 -
Randy California , American guitarist (
Spirit ) (d.
1997 )
1953 -
Poison Ivy , American musician (
The Cramps )
1954 -
Jon Brant , American musician (
Cheap Trick )
1954 -
Patty Hearst , American socialite
1957 -
Charlie Adler , American voice actor
1959 -
Bill Gullickson , American baseball player
1960 -
Joel Hodgson , American comedian (
Mystery Science Theater 3000 )
1962 -
Kenn Nesbitt , American children's author
1963 -
Charles Barkley , American basketball player
1963 -
Jon Lynn Christensen , former
Nebraska
Congressman
1964 -
French Stewart , American actor
1966 -
Cindy Crawford , American model
1967 -
Kurt Cobain , American musician (
Nirvana ) (d.
1994 )
1967 -
Katherine Soucie , American voice actress
1967 -
Andrew Shue , American television actor
1967 -
Lili Taylor , American actress
1969 -
Vaginal Davis , American drag queen and performance artist
1971 -
Shawn McKenzie , American programmer
1975 -
Brian Littrell , American singer (
Backstreet Boys )
1977 -
Stephon Marbury , American basketball player
1977 -
T. J. Slaughter , American football player
1978 -
Lauren Ambrose , American actress
1978 -
Jay Hernandez , American actor
1981 -
Chris Thile , American musician
1982 -
Jason Hirsh , American baseball player
1983 -
Justin Verlander , American baseball player
1985 -
Ryan Sweeney , American baseball player
Deaths
1806 -
Lachlan McIntosh , Scottish-born American military and political leader (b.
1725 )
1893 -
P. G. T. Beauregard , American Confederate general (b.
1818 )
1895 -
Frederick Douglass , American abolitionist writer (b.
1818 )
1905 -
Jeremiah W. Farnham , American merchant captain
1920 -
Robert Peary , American explorer (b.
1856 )
1966 -
Chester Nimitz , American admiral (b.
1885 )
1970 -
Sophie Treadwell , American playwright and journalist (b.
1885 )
1972 -
Walter Winchell , American journalist (b.
1897 )
1976 -
Kathryn Kuhlman , American evangelist (b.
1907 )
1985 -
Clarence "Ducky" Nash , American voice actor (b.
1904 )
1992 -
Dick York , American actor (b.
1928 )
1996 -
Solomon Asch , American psychologist (b.
1907 )
1997 -
Zachary Breaux , American jazz guitarist (b.
1960 )
1999 -
Gene Siskel , American film critic (b.
1946 )
2001 -
Rosemary DeCamp , American actress (b.
1910 )
2003 -
Orville Freeman , American politician (b.
1918 )
2003 -
Harry Jacunski , American football player
2003 -
Ty Longley , American guitarist (
Great White ) (b.
1971 )
2005 -
Pam Bricker , American jazz singer and
Thievery Corporation vocalist (b.
1954 )
2005 -
Sandra Dee , American actress (b.
1944 )
2005 -
John Raitt , American actor (b.
1917 )
2005 -
Hunter S. Thompson , American journalist and author (b.
1937 )
2006 -
Curt Gowdy , American sportscaster (b.
1919 )
2007 -
F. Albert Cotton , American chemist (b.
1930 )