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August 12, 1980 Dominique Swain, American Actress August 12, 1978 Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics August 12, 1977 Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star, 1996 Pan Pacific August 12, 1976 Antoine Walker, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics August 12, 1975 Anders Myrvold, Lorenskog Nor, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche August 12, 1975 Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics August 12, 1975 Raegan Scott, WNBA forward and center for the Utah Starzz August 12, 1975 Regan Upshaw, defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers August 12, 1975 Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio 1997 August 12, 1975 Casey Affleck, American Actor August 12, 1974 Peter Pucher, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998 August 12, 1974 Wendy Palmer, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz August 12, 1973 Latasha Byears, WNBA guard, Sacramento Monarchs August 12, 1973 Moses Ware, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings August 12, 1973 Todd Marchant, Buffalo, New York, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers August 12, 1972 Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player 1996 Olympics bronze August 12, 1972 Del "The Funkee Homosapian", rapper August 12, 1972 John Jones, WLAF guard for the Rhein Fire August 12, 1972 Rebecca Gayheart, actress, Hannah Mayberry-Loving August 12, 1971 Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics August 12, 1971 Pete Sampras, born in Washington D.C., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1990, 93 95 August 12, 1970 Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper, Olympics-8th-92, 96 August 12, 1969 Kitty G, [Katia Geiger], Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress August 12, 1969 Lincoln Coleman, NFL running back for the Atlanta Falcons August 12, 1969 Nate Gwynne, born in Davis, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics August 12, 1969 Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994- August 12, 1968 Viktor Karatchoun, NHL forward, Team Belarus, 1998 Olympics August 12, 1967 Andrew Glover, NFL tight end, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings August 12, 1967 Tom Holkenborg, drummer, Weekend at Waikiki August 12, 1966 Bruce Covernton, CFL defensive tackle for the Calgary Stampeders August 12, 1966 Dean Hartgraves, born in Bakersfield, California, pitcher for the Houston Astros August 12, 1966 Gordy Morgan, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 163 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics August 12, 1966 Greg Manusky, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs August 12, 1965 Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star August 12, 1965 Barry Manuel, born in Mamou, Louisiana, pitcher for the Montreal Expos August 12, 1961 Pete De Freitas, rocker, Echo and the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here August 12, 1961 Roy Hay, guitarist, Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me August 12, 1960 Lonny Chin, born in Liverpool, England, playmate, Jan, 1983 August 12, 1960 Morty Black, heavy metal rocker, TNT-7 Seas August 12, 1959 Lynette Woodard, born in Wichita, Kansas, Olympics gold 1984, Harlem Globetrotter August 12, 1959 Suzanne Vega, born in New York City, rocker, My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner August 12, 1956 Bruce Greenwood, actor, Spy, Another Chance, Malibu Bikini Shop August 12, 1956 Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984 August 12, 1956 Terry Taylor, [Paul Klause], wrestler, WCW/WWF/NWA, Red Rooster August 12, 1955 Heintje, [Hendrik Simons], Dutch singer, Mama August 12, 1954 Pat Methany, jazz guitarist, As Wichita Falls August 12, 1954 Sam J Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man August 12, 1954 Pat Metheny, American Musician August 12, 1954 Sam J. Jones, American Actor August 12, 1953 Carlos Mesa, Bolivian Statesman August 12, 1951 Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 78 August 12, 1951 Hector Rodriguez, born in Cuba, lightweight judo 1976 Olympics gold August 12, 1951 Kid Creole, [August Darnell Browder], U.S. singer, Savannah August 12, 1950 Kid Creole, singer, Cocoanuts August 12, 1949 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director August 12, 1949 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, 1990-92 August 12, 1949 Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing August 12, 1948 Cliff Fish, rocker, Paper Lace August 12, 1948 Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College London August 12, 1948 Ron Mael, born in Culver City California, rock keyboardist, Sparks, August 12, 1945 Dorothy Denning, American Public Servant August 12, 1945 Jean Nouvel, French Architect August 12, 1944 Donna Michele, playmate, Dec, 1963, actress, Beach Blanket Bingo August 12, 1943 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter August 12, 1942 Elizabeth Appleby, QC August 12, 1941 Deborah Walley, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actress, Mothers-in-Law, Beach Blanket August 12, 1941 Jennifer Warren, born in New York City, actress, Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant August 12, 1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co August 12, 1940 Alexander Yossifov, composer August 12, 1940 Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder August 12, 1940 Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor, Never Say Die August 12, 1939 George Hamilton, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are August 12, 1939 Pam Ryan-Kilborn, Australia, hurdler, 1968 Olympics silver August 12, 1938 Anthony Joliffe, mayor of London August 12, 1936 Gerard Masson, composer August 12, 1936 Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes August 12, 1936 John Poindexter, U.S. Chief of Staff August 12, 1935 Karl Mickel, writer August 12, 1934 Kenneth Eaton, Controller, British Navy August 12, 1932 Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton, Y'All Come August 12, 1932 Queen Ferekit, of Thailand, Queens Day August 12, 1932 Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer August 12, 1930 Ronald James Herron, architect August 12, 1930 George Soros, Hungarian Businessman August 12, 1930 John G. Schmitz, American Politician August 12, 1929 Buck Owens, born in Sherman, Texas, country singer, Hee Haw August 12, 1929 Charles Moore, born in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, 400m hurdler, Oly-gold/silver-52 August 12, 1929 Joji Yuasa, composer August 12, 1927 Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, cellist/conductor August 12, 1927 Ralph Waite, born in White Plains, New York, actor, John-Waltons, Roots August 12, 1926 John Derek, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, 10, Annapolis Story August 12, 1925 Dale L Bumpers, Sen-D Arkansas, 1975- August 12, 1925 Earl Coleman, singer August 12, 1925 Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records August 12, 1925 Robin Nicholson, metallurgist August 12, 1925 Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records August 12, 1925 Donald Justice, American Poet August 12, 1924 Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler, 50's August 12, 1923 John Holt, Jr., cricketer, WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75 August 12, 1922 Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader, NVV/VARA August 12, 1922 Lord Colinbrook, British government minister August 12, 1921 Marjorie Reynolds, [Goodspeed], Buhl Id, actress, Peggy-Life of Riley August 12, 1921 Patrick Howard-Dobson, president, Royal British Legion August 12, 1920 Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer, Please Send Me Someone to Love August 12, 1920 Peter West, British sports commentator August 12, 1919 Michael Kidd, [Milton Greenwald] choreographer, 7 Brides for 7 Bros August 12, 1919 Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright August 12, 1917 Douglas Gunsekera, banker August 12, 1915 Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center, Lions, Eagles August 12, 1914 [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist, Parool August 12, 1913 Kurt Kaszner, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants August 12, 1912 Jane Wyatt, Campgaw, New Jersey, actress, Father Knows Best, Star Trek August 12, 1912 Louis J N Gerardin, [Toto], French bicyclist/trainer, champ 1930 August 12, 1912 Samuel Fuller, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, Return to Salem's Lot August 12, 1911 Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor, Around World in 80 Days August 12, 1910 Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary, Natl Association of Women August 12, 1910 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer, Romeo and Juliet August 12, 1909 Maurice Heath, air marshal August 12, 1908 Lord Renton, QC/British government minister August 12, 1907 James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop August 12, 1905 Joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor, Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen August 12, 1905 Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian August 12, 1904 Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II August 12, 1904 Frank Ervin, harness racer, Hambletonian 1959, 66 August 12, 1904 Kay Campbell, [Catherine Hibben], actress, All My Children August 12, 1903 Frances Clode, CEO, WRVS August 12, 1900 Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer August 12, 1900 Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ, 1866-1894 August 12, 1899 Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian, Spanish Diary August 12, 1898 Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor, I Remember Mama August 12, 1897 Manuel Blancafort, composer August 12, 1897 Otto, von, Struve, German/US dir, Yerkes/MacDonald observatory August 12, 1897 Ramon Gonzalez Barron, composer August 12, 1893 Howard Smith, Attleboro Massachusetts, actor, Harvey Griffin-Hazel August 12, 1890 Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour August 12, 1888 Marion Lorne, Philadelphia, actress, Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush August 12, 1888 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder, AVRO August 12, 1887 Erwin Schrodinger, Austria, physicist, had a cat August 12, 1885 Alexander Albrecht, composer August 12, 1884 Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist, Summer Storm, Sanctuary August 12, 1883 Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, /chairman, ARP August 12, 1881 Cecil B deMille, Massachusetts, directed God, 10 Commandments, Cleopatra August 12, 1881 Vaclav Vackar, composer August 12, 1881 Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer August 12, 1880 Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher, Won 37 in 1908 August 12, 1880 Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author August 12, 1876 Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer, Miss Pinkerton August 12, 1875 Ettore Panizza, composer August 12, 1875 Mezio Agostini, composer August 12, 1868 Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India, 1916-21 August 12, 1867 Edith Hamilton, U.S., writer, Mythology August 12, 1866 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, Nobel 1922 August 12, 1862 Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman August 12, 1859 Katharine Lee Bates, U.S., author, America the Beautiful August 12, 1854 Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith August 12, 1854 Johannes P Kelly, Dutch [Kellij], actor/operetta writer August 12, 1853 Jean Louis Nicode, composer August 12, 1849 Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist August 12, 1848 Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet, Along the Nile August 12, 1838 Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal August 12, 1833 William Price Sanders, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1863 August 12, 1832 Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor August 12, 1829 John Horace Forney, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1902 August 12, 1825 Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer August 12, 1820 Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation August 12, 1819 Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1864 August 12, 1781 Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument August 12, 1778 Francis Horner, politician August 12, 1774 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson August 12, 1762 George IV, king of England, 1820-30 August 12, 1757 ALF, alien life form, ALF August 12, 1753 Thomas Bewick, England, artist, British Birds, Aesop's Fables August 12, 1751 Johann Baptist Lasser, composer August 12, 1744 Rowland Hill, preacher August 12, 1720 Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian August 12, 1696 Maurice Greene, composer August 12, 1644 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer August 12, 1644 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer August 12, 1626 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer August 12, 1620 Pieter Cuypers, S Netherlands lawyer August 12, 1592 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch Governor, Fort Emmerik/Heusden August 12, 1566 Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands August 12, 1503 Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway, 1534-59 |