Edited From Those Were The Days
1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
author; died Feb 1, 1851;
1837 – Ellen Arthur (Ellen Lewis Herndon)
wife of Chester A. Arthur [21st U.S. President]; died Jan 12, 1880 [Arthur became President in 1881]
1891 – Dr. Claire Straith
cosmetic surgeon; developed many techniques of plastic surgery, designed new surgical instruments for this type of surgery; was instrumental in auto manufacturers use of safety glass; died July 13, 1958
1896 – Raymond (Hart) Massey
actor: The President’s Plane is Missing, McKenna’s Gold, How the West was Won, The Great Impostor, Battle Cry , The Naked and the Dead, East of Eden, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Dr. Kildare; died July 29, 1983
1898 – Shirley Booth (Thelma Booth Ford)
Academy Award-winning actress: Come Back Little Sheba [1952]; Hot Spell, The Matchmaker; Emmy Award-winner [1962]: Hazel ; A Touch of Grace; died Oct 16, 1992
1906 – (Rose) Joan Blondell
actress: The Baron, The Champ, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Public Enemy; died Dec 25, 1979
1908 – Fred (Fredrick Martin) MacMurray
actor: My Three Sons, The Caine Mutiny, Egg and I, Above Suspicion, The Apartment, The Happiest Millionaire, The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, The Miracle of the Bells; died Nov 5, 1991
1918 – Ted (Theodore Samuel) Williams
‘The Kid’, ‘The Thumper’, ‘The Splendid Splinter’: Baseball Hall of Famer: Boston Red Sox outfielder [World Series: 1946/all-star: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946 thru 1951, 1953 thru 1960/Baseball Writers’ Award: 1946, 1949]; died July 5, 2002
1919 – Kitty Wells (Muriel Ellen Deason)
‘The Queen of Country Music’: Country Music Hall of Famer: Jealousy, It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels, I Don’t Want Your Money, I Want Your Time, Payin’ for that Back Street Affair, Makin’ Believe, Searching, Heartbreak U.S.A., We’ll Stick Together [w/husband Johnny Wright]
1922 – Regina Resnik
mezzo-soprano: songs from Kismet
1927 – Geoffrey Beene
fashion designer
1931 – John Swigert Jr.
NASA astronaut: flew on Apollo 13: said, “Houston, we have a problem!”; died Dec 27, 1982
1935 – John Phillips
singer: group: The Mamas & The Papas: Monday Monday, California Dreamin’, Creeque Alley; songwriter: California Dreamin’, San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair]; actress MacKenzie Phillips’ father; died Mar 18, 2001
1939 – Elizabeth Ashley (Cole)
actress: The Carpetbaggers, Ship of Fools, Stagecoach, Paperback Hero, Dangerous Curves, Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday, Evening Shade
1941 – John McNally
singer, musician: guitar: The Searchers: Needles and Pins, Love Potion Number 9
1942 – Coy (Lander McCoy) Bacon
football: LA Rams [1968-1972], San Diego Chargers [1973-1975]; Cincinnati Bengals [1976-1977]; Washington Redskins [1978-1981]
1943 – Jean-Claude Killy
Olympic Gold Medal skier [3]: downhill, slalom and giant slalom [1968]
1944 – Tug (Frank Edwin) McGraw
baseball: pitcher: NY Mets [all-star: 1972/World Series: 1973], Philadelphia Phillies [all-star: 1980/World Series: 1980]; died Jan 5, 2004
1947 – Peggy Lipton
actress: Twin Peaks, The Mod Squad
1947 – Jon (Paul) Kolb
football: Pittsburgh Steelers tackle: Super Bowl: IX, X, XIII, XIV
1950 – Micky Moody
musician: guitar: group: Whitesnake: Fool for Your Loving, Don’t Break My Heart Again
1951 – Timothy Bottoms
actor: Last Picture Show, The Paper Chase, The Other Side of the Mountain Part II, Texasville, East of Eden
1972 – Cameron Diaz
model; actress: The Mask, Head Above Water, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, There’s Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Charlie’s Angels [2000]
