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August 20, 1994 White buffalo, Janesville Wisconsin August 20, 1981 Lauri Illy, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics August 20, 1980 Corey Carrier, actor, Young Indiana Jones August 20, 1979 Tara Shaffer, Miss Ohio Teen USA 1996 August 20, 1978 Sanna Lankosaari, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics August 20, 1974 Denesha Reid, Miss USA-Georgia 1997 August 20, 1972 Derrick Alston, NBA forward for the Philadelphia 76ers August 20, 1971 Bernard Whittington, defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts August 20, 1971 Brett Bech, wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints August 20, 1971 Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor, Sam-Together We Stand August 20, 1971 Kevin Hickman, NFL tight end, Detroit Lions August 20, 1971 Oronde Gadsden, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys August 20, 1971 David Walliams, British Actor August 20, 1970 Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1996 quarterfinalist Essen August 20, 1970 Jay McNeil, CFL guard for the Calgary Stampeders August 20, 1970 John Carmack, American Scientist August 20, 1970 Fred Durst, American Musician August 20, 1969 Bart Spark, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen August 20, 1969 Francisco Torres, jockey August 20, 1968 Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball guard 1996 Olympics bronze August 20, 1967 Andy Benes, born in Evansville, Indiana, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals August 20, 1967 Michael "Sean" Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, rower 1996 Olympics August 20, 1966 Courtney Gibbs, Miss USA, 1988, /actress, Baywatch August 20, 1966 Greg Jackson, NFL strong safety, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers August 20, 1966 Steven Finn, Laval, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings August 20, 1965 Joe Durigon, jockey August 20, 1964 Giuseppe Giannini, Rome, Italy, soccer player, Rome A Team August 20, 1963 Bruce Hick, Australian rower 1996 Olympics August 20, 1962 Duffy James Joseph Waldorf, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, PGA golfer, 1995 LaCantera Tx August 20, 1962 Loretta Alderete, born in Los Angeles, California, LPGA golfer, 1992 Oldsmobile-14th August 20, 1962 Robert Meyer, Sacramento Cal, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Morningstar August 20, 1962 James Marsters, American Actor August 20, 1961 Linda Mantz, New York City, actress, Frankie-Dorothy August 20, 1961 Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker August 20, 1961 Greg Egan, Australian Scientist August 20, 1960 Elizabeth Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress, Beth-Four Seasons August 20, 1960 Mark Langston, born in San Diego, California, pitcher for the California Angels August 20, 1960 Troy Young, horse trainer August 20, 1959 Missie McGeorge, Pueblo CO, LPGA golfer, 1994 PING-Cellular One August 20, 1959 Richard DeStasio, horse trainer August 20, 1958 Lenny Henry, British comedian, 3 of a Kind August 20, 1957 Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer, swam English Channel 19 times August 20, 1957 Doug Fleger, rocker August 20, 1957 Jim "Bullseye" Bowen, British TV game show host August 20, 1957 Mike Dodd, Manhattan Beach California beach volleyballer, 1996 Olympics silver August 20, 1957 Scott Ayakatubby, beach volleyball champ August 20, 1956 Alvin Greenidge, cricketer, WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff August 20, 1956 Joan Allen, Illinois, actress, Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country August 20, 1956 Rick Olsen, rock guitarist, Berlin-Take My Breath Away August 20, 1955 Jay Acovone, Mahopac, New York, actor, Det Rado-Hollywood Beat August 20, 1955 Ned Overend, Taipei Taiwan, cyclist 1996 Olympics August 20, 1955 Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist, Bob Color August 20, 1954 Al Roker, Queens, New York, weatherman, NBC, Today August 20, 1954 Theresa Saldana, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Rachel Scali-Commish August 20, 1954 William Quinn Buckner, Phoenix, Illinois, basketballer 1976 Olympics gold August 20, 1953 Peter Horton, Bellevue Wash, actor, Gary-30 Something August 20, 1952 John Emburey, England cricket off-spinner, 1978-95, captain 1988 August 20, 1952 John Hiatt, U.S. singer and songwriter, Have a Little Faith in Me August 20, 1952 Rudy Gatlin, Olney, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady August 20, 1951 Greg[ory Dale] Bear, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity August 20, 1951 Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist, Thin Lizzy August 20, 1951 Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut August 20, 1951 Greg Bear, American Writer August 20, 1947 James Pankow, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, Chicago August 20, 1946 Connie Chung, TV news anchor, NBC, CBS August 20, 1944 Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians August 20, 1944 John Povey, rocker August 20, 1944 Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, 1984-89 August 20, 1943 Robert Plant, English rock vocalist, Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love August 20, 1942 Hans-Joachim Klein, German FR, 100m swimmer 1964 Olympics bronze August 20, 1942 Isaac Hayes, Covington, Tennessee, composer, Shaft August 20, 1941 Slobodan Milocevic, premier Serbia August 20, 1941 William H Gray III, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Rep-D-PA, 1978- August 20, 1940 John Lantree, rocker August 20, 1940 Rex Sellers, Aust cricketer leg-spinner, bowled 5 overs in Tests August 20, 1940 Sam Melville, Utah, actor, Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks August 20, 1940 Ruben Hinojosa, American Politician August 20, 1940 Bill McCartney, American Celebrity August 20, 1939 Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino Actor August 20, 1938 Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut, T-6, TM-7, STS 86 August 20, 1937 Corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP, CDA August 20, 1937 George Thoma, German FR, cross country ski jumper 1960 Olympics gold August 20, 1936 Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina August 20, 1935 Charles Shere, composer August 20, 1935 J. J. Malone, U.S. soul singer, It's a shame August 20, 1935 Justin Tubb, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry August 20, 1935 Ron Paul, American Politician August 20, 1933 Don Fuqua, Rep-D-FL, 1963-86 August 20, 1933 George John Mitchell, Sen-D-ME, 1980-94/Senate Whip 1989- August 20, 1933 Larry Robideaux, horse trainer August 20, 1933 George J. Mitchell, American Politician August 20, 1931 Bernhard Becher, photographer, industrialist builder 19th/20th August 20, 1929 Norma Connolly, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Ruby Anderson-General Hospital August 20, 1924 Jim Reeves, U.S. country singer and actor, Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim August 20, 1921 Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1956 August 20, 1921 Jacqueline Susann, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, author, Valley of the Dolls August 20, 1920 Istvan Szivos, Hungary, water polo player 1976 Olympics gold August 20, 1914 Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach 1936 Olympics gold August 20, 1913 Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist August 20, 1912 Philip Kapleau, founder, Rochester Zen Center in New Haven August 20, 1911 Ronald Udell, England, production designer, Pinewood Studios August 20, 1910 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect, IBM Building, MIT Chapel August 20, 1909 Albert Roberts, cricketer, NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37 August 20, 1909 Andre Morell, born in London, England, actor, Hound of the Baskervilles August 20, 1908 Alfonso Lopez, baseball player, AL Manager of the year 1959 August 20, 1908 Jeanne Stern, writer August 20, 1908 John Reginald Bevins, politician August 20, 1908 Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined, population explosion August 20, 1908 Al Lopez, American Coach August 20, 1907 Alan Reed, New York City, actor, Mr Adams and Eve, /voice, Fred Flintstone August 20, 1907 Anatole Fistoulari, conductor August 20, 1907 Shirley Booth, [Thelma Booth Ford], New York City, actress, Hazel August 20, 1907 Stanley Devon, photographer August 20, 1905 Duncan Macrae, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Casino Royale, Kidnapped August 20, 1905 Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, U.S. trombonist/actor, Meet Band Leaders August 20, 1904 Jaap [Jacob AW] Burger, chairman, PvdA August 20, 1902 Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner August 20, 1901 Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet, critic and translator Nobel 1959 August 20, 1900 Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break August 20, 1899 Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist, Church und Welt August 20, 1898 G Kraus, director Santpoort, Insanity in Netherlands August 20, 1898 Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist, Whom the God's Love August 20, 1897 Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author, Det Store Spelet August 20, 1892 George D. Aiken, American Politician August 20, 1892 George Aiken, American Politician August 20, 1890 H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist August 20, 1889 Witold Friemann, composer August 20, 1888 George Sklavos, composer August 20, 1886 Paul Tillich, German/US theologist, Die sozial Entscheidung August 20, 1885 Dino Campana, Italian poet, Canti orfici August 20, 1881 Edgar Albert Guest, born in Detroit, Michigan, poet/newspaperman August 20, 1881 Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer August 20, 1873 Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect, GM Tech Institute, Mich August 20, 1873 William Henry Bell, composer August 20, 1860 Raymond Poincare, France, president/PM, 1912 August 20, 1856 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, Laodania, [NS Sept 1] August 20, 1842 Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter August 20, 1833 Benjamin Harrison, born in North Bend, Ohio, R, 23rd President, 1889-1893 August 20, 1832 Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor, died in 1913 August 20, 1824 Absalom Baird, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1905 August 20, 1820 Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer August 20, 1811 Gilman Marston, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1890 August 20, 1802 Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander Union Navy, died in 1867 August 20, 1799 Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician August 20, 1788 Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer August 20, 1785 Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, "We have met the enemy" August 20, 1779 Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist, atomic weight August 20, 1778 Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile August 20, 1764 Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies August 20, 1756 Bernardo Bittoni, composer August 20, 1720 Bernard de Bury, composer August 20, 1710 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician, rules of Simpson August 20, 1702 Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal August 20, 1666 Alphonse d' Eve, composer August 20, 1665 Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar, Gekrookte Reed August 20, 1637 Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam August 20, 1625 Thomas Corneille, French playwright August 20, 1561 Jacopo Peri, composer August 20, 1526 Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist, Historia Martyrum August 20, 1517 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples, 1571-75 |