Notable Birthdays:
In 1850 - Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906) ~ Little known
(if at all) fact is that Spencer felt that the high speed of the tennis ball was creating
too much warmth on the tennis court and could lead to melting of the ice cap at the
North Pole. And Al Gore thought he was being original.
In 1910 - Sonny Werblin, American businessman (d. 1991) ~ As New York Jets
owner, he signed Joe Nameth to his original contract. I (Bruce, not me)actually
attended horse races with him once.Extremely personable man.
In 1928 - James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1998)
In 1940 - Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
In 1958 - Sharon Stone, American actress and producer