Todays Birthdays
1800 Millard Fillmore, 13th US President (Whig: 1850-53), born in Moravia, New York (d. 1874)
1911 Butterfly McQueen [Thelma], American actress (Gone With the Wind, Flame of Barbary Coast), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1995)
1920 Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Moonstruck, Little Shop of Horrors), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1992)
1928 William Peter Blatty, American scriptwriter and author of The Exorcist, born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1938 Paul Revere, American pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders), born in Harvard Nebraska, (d. 2014)
1948 Kenny Loggins, American singer (Loggins and Messina-This is it, Footloose), born in Everett, Washington
1950 Erin Gray, American actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1956 David Caruso, American actor (NYPD Blue, Michael Hayes), born in Forest Hills, New York
1959 Kathy Valentine, American musician (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat), born in Austin, Texas
1963 Rand Paul, American politician (Senate-R-Kentucky 2011-), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1964 Nicolas Cage, American actor (Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon), born in Long Beach, California
1966 Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, American publicist & wife of John Kennedy Jr, born in White Plains, New York (d. 1999)
1974 Jennifer LeRoy, American playmate (Feb, 1993), born in Craig, Colorado
1985 Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver (World F1 Champion 2008, 14-15, 17-18), born in Stevenage, England