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April 12, 1979 Claire Danes, New York City, actress, Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo and Juliet April 12, 1978 Eddie Robinson, actor, Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing April 12, 1975 Marcie Alberts, WNBA guard for the Cleveland Rockers April 12, 1975 Sofie Rahman, Miss Universe-Hong Kong 1996 April 12, 1974 Kabir Khan, cricketer, Pakistani slow left-armer 1994- April 12, 1974 Roman Hamrlik, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL defenseman, Lightning, Oly-gold-98 April 12, 1973 Antonio Osuna, Sinaloa Mexico, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers April 12, 1973 Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island, 1997, top 10 April 12, 1973 Pamela Polk, Berlin Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin 1996 April 12, 1971 Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star April 12, 1971 Kent Manderville, Edmonton, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers April 12, 1971 Shannen Doherty, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Little House, Bev Hills 90210 April 12, 1971 Tyrone Chatman, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions April 12, 1971 Nicholas Brendon, American Actor April 12, 1970 Patrick Brugnoli, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 April 12, 1969 Michael Jackson, NFL wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens April 12, 1968 Adam Graves, Toronto, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers April 12, 1968 Alicia Coppola, actress, Lorna Devon-Another World April 12, 1968 Neal Fort, CFL tackle, Montreal Alouettes April 12, 1967 Bobby Abrams, NFL outside linebacker for the New England Patriots April 12, 1967 Donna Andrews, Lynchburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore April 12, 1967 Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver 1996 Olympics April 12, 1967 Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor, Only the Strong April 12, 1966 Jeffrey Hunter, WLAF DE for the London Monarchs April 12, 1966 Lorenzo White, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns April 12, 1966 Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals April 12, 1965 Elaine Zayak, New Jersey, figure skater, Olympics-6th-1984 April 12, 1964 Mike Macfarlane, Stockton California, catcher for the Kansas City Royals April 12, 1961 D. D. Verni, heavy metal rocker, Overkill-Hello From the Gutter April 12, 1961 Julius Kariuki, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser 1988 Olympics gold April 12, 1959 Elissa Leeds, New York City, actress, Cissy-Dorothy April 12, 1959 Pascal Barre, France, sprint relay team 1980 Olympics bronze April 12, 1958 Tony James, rock bassist, Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111 April 12, 1958 Will Sergeant, rock guitarist, Echo and Bunnymen-Killing Moon April 12, 1956 Alexander Briley, vocalist, YMCA-Village People April 12, 1956 Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor, Stand and Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die April 12, 1956 Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress, Sesame Street, Fien April 12, 1956 Walter Salles, Brazilian Director April 12, 1954 Pat Travers, rock guitarist, Puttin' it Straight April 12, 1952 Alexis Arguello, born in Managua, Nicaragua, featherweight boxer, 1974 champ April 12, 1952 J. D. Nicholas, English guitarist, Heatwave, Commodores April 12, 1951 Jackson Spires, rock drummer, Blackfoot April 12, 1950 David Cassidy, New York City, singer and actor, Keith-Partridge Family April 12, 1950 Tom Werner, owner for the San Diego Padres/producer, Roseanne, Cosby Show April 12, 1949 Scott Turow, American Novelist April 12, 1948 Raphick Jumadeen, cricketer, WI slow left-armer of the 70's April 12, 1948 Joschka Fischer, German Politician April 12, 1947 Dan Lauria, actor, Jack Arnold-Wonder Years, 1947 approx April 12, 1947 David Letterman, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, comedian, Late Night April 12, 1947 Tom Clancy, American Novelist April 12, 1946 Ed O'Neill, actor, Al Bundy-Married with Children April 12, 1946 Peter L de Baan, Dutch actor, director and playwright, Leonce and Lena April 12, 1946 Rene Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist, Les Baroques April 12, 1945 Hilary Nicolle, educationist April 12, 1945 Serge Schmemann, Journalist April 12, 1944 John Kay, [Joachim F Krauledat], Germany, rock vocalist, Steppenwolf April 12, 1944 Karel Kryl, folk singer April 12, 1943 Charles Ludlam, New York City, playwright/actor, Big Easy April 12, 1942 Bill Bryden, theatre director April 12, 1942 Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer April 12, 1942 Frank Bank, born in Hollywood California, actor, Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver April 12, 1941 Julio B. Euson, Aruban singer, I Use the Soap April 12, 1941 Bobby Moore, English Athlete April 12, 1940 Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist, I Thought it Was You April 12, 1939 Alan Ayckbourn, born in London, playwright April 12, 1937 Igor Petrovich Volk, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-12 April 12, 1937 Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player April 12, 1936 Charles Napier, actor, Night Stalker, Rambo April 12, 1936 Kennedy A. Simmonds, premier, St. Kitts and Nevis, 1983-95 April 12, 1935 Wendy Savage, obstetrician/gynaecologist April 12, 1933 Montserrat Caballe, born in Barcelona, Spain, soprano, Mimi-La Boheme April 12, 1932 Henri Lazarof, composer April 12, 1932 Jack Gelber, U.S., playwright, Connection, Apple April 12, 1932 Dennis Banks, American Educator April 12, 1931 Billy Vaughn, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, singer, Chapel by the Sea April 12, 1931 Martin Boykan, composer April 12, 1930 Betty Clooney, born in Maysville, Kentucky, singer, Jack Paar Show April 12, 1930 Bryan Magee, writer April 12, 1930 Earl of Limerick April 12, 1930 Lou A de Graaf, Dutch Assistant Secretary of Social Affairs, VDA April 12, 1930 Uwe Kitzinger, President, Templeton College, Oxford April 12, 1929 Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, actress, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Solo, Tenko April 12, 1928 Brooklyn Supreme, born in Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse, 1450 kg April 12, 1928 Earl of Limerick April 12, 1928 Hardy Kruger, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right April 12, 1928 Uwe Kitzinger, President, Templeton College-Oxford April 12, 1927 Jane Withers, Georgia, actress, All Together Now, Josephine the plumber April 12, 1927 Patrick Meehan, petty criminal April 12, 1925 Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], singer, Tiptoe Through the Tulips April 12, 1924 Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter, WW II April 12, 1924 Sergiu Natra, composer April 12, 1923 Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Texas, dancer, On the Town April 12, 1923 E. C. Meade, British chartered accountant April 12, 1921 A. W. Mabbs, archivist April 12, 1920 H. R. Hewitt, CEO, Johnson Matthey April 12, 1920 Robert Fizdale, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Misia April 12, 1919 Istvan Anhalt, composer April 12, 1919 Lady Ricketts, CEO, Natl Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux April 12, 1919 Maurice Girodias, French publisher April 12, 1919 Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero April 12, 1917 M Marie Widlow, born in St. Louis, Missouri, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1957 April 12, 1917 Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, India's greatest all-rounder to his time April 12, 1916 Brian Connell, writer/broadcaster April 12, 1916 Beverly Cleary, American Author April 12, 1915 Emil [Theodore] Petaja, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Mill, Tramontane April 12, 1913 Gabor Jodal, composer April 12, 1912 Eric Feldary, born in Budapest, Hungary, actor, 16 Fathoms Deep April 12, 1912 Georges Franju, born in France, director, Judex, L'homme sans visage April 12, 1912 Harold Maguire, British air marshal April 12, 1912 Herbert Mills, singer, Mills Brothers April 12, 1911 Darrell A. Amyx, U.S. archaeologist, Greek Ceramics April 12, 1911 Geoff Chubb, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler vs. England 1951-52 aged 40 April 12, 1910 Jurgen Rausch, German philosopher/author, End of the Playboys April 12, 1908 Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia April 12, 1908 John T. Hughes, Bishop to Forces April 12, 1908 Virginia Cherrill, actress, Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious April 12, 1905 Inger J. Hagerup-Halsor, Norwegian poet April 12, 1904 Harald James Penrose, pilot April 12, 1903 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and U.N. advisor, Nobel 1969 April 12, 1902 Louis J. M. Beel, premier of Netherland, 1946-48, 58-59 April 12, 1898 Grantley H. Adams, president of Barbados April 12, 1894 Francisco H. Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general and president, 1951-58 April 12, 1892 Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist April 12, 1889 Pierre-tienne Flandin, French premier, 1934-35, and minister of Foreign affairs April 12, 1885 Robert Delaunay, French painter April 12, 1884 Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist, Nobel-1922 April 12, 1883 Imogen Cunningham, photographer, 1965 ASMP award April 12, 1879 Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week April 12, 1878 Richard B. Goldschmidt, German and U.S. zoologist April 12, 1871 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator, 1936-41 April 12, 1863 Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer, Boarding School April 12, 1856 William M. Conway, English historian and explorer, Spitzbergen April 12, 1852 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician April 12, 1851 Emil Liebling, composer April 12, 1840 Edmond Audran, composer April 12, 1839 Victorin de Joncieres, composer April 12, 1838 John Shaw Billings, U.S., librarian and army physician April 12, 1831 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor April 12, 1831 George Burgwyn Anderson, Brig General Confederate Army April 12, 1831 Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General Union volunteers April 12, 1827 Edward Mollenhauer, composer April 12, 1823 Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright, Artists and Admirers April 12, 1818 Josh Billings, American Comedian April 12, 1815 Henry Hugo Pierson, composer April 12, 1802 Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader, Congregation of Heart April 12, 1801 Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader April 12, 1801 Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist April 12, 1794 Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician, geometry April 12, 1793 Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary April 12, 1792 John George Lambton, London, statesman, 1st Earl of Durham April 12, 1791 Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor, Washington Globe April 12, 1788 Johann Erik Nordblom, composer April 12, 1778 John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman April 12, 1777 Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], U.S. politician April 12, 1769 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer April 12, 1764 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland April 12, 1760 Juan Manuel Olivares, composer April 12, 1727 Gaspare Gabellone, composer April 12, 1724 Lyman Hall, U.S. physician, signed Declaration of Independence April 12, 1722 Pietro Nardini, composer April 12, 1716 Felice de' Giardini, composer April 12, 1695 Caspar Burman, historian/mayor, Utrecht Neth April 12, 1692 Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria April 12, 1626 Paul Hainlein, composer April 12, 1579 Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France April 12, 1573 Jacques Bonfrere, Dutch bible expert April 12, 1500 Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist |