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December 22, 1986 Jeffery Wood, actor, Austin Warren-In The House December 22, 1977 Joanna Hughes, Victoria Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics December 22, 1975 Stanislav Neckar, Pisek CZ, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators, Oly-G-98 December 22, 1973 Annie Pelletier, born in Montreal, Quebec, 3m diver 1996 Olympics bronze December 22, 1973 Jamel Williams, safety for the Washington Redskins December 22, 1972 Andrew Moore, WLAF tackle for the Frankfurt Galaxy December 22, 1972 Anthony Edwards, Australian rower 1996 Olympics December 22, 1972 Kirk Maltby, Guelph, NHL right wing for the Edmonton Oilers December 22, 1972 Mike Thompson, NFL defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars December 22, 1972 Vanessa Paradis, France, model, Channel, /actress, White Wedding December 22, 1970 Brooks Findlay, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions December 22, 1969 Andrew Scott, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics December 22, 1969 Marcie Aguilar, born in Tucson, Arizona, female infielder, Colo Silver Bullets December 22, 1968 Lauralee "Bug" Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Cricket-Young and Restless December 22, 1967 Mike Sullivan, NFL center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers December 22, 1967 Roland Holder, cricketer, West Indian batsman in ODI's 1993- December 22, 1967 Sean Foster, WLAF wide reciever for the Rhein Fire December 22, 1964 Mike Jackson, born in Houston, Texas, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners December 22, 1963 Bryan McMillan, cricketer, brilliant South African all-rounder since 1992 December 22, 1962 Ralph Fiennes, born in Suffolk, England, actor, English Patient December 22, 1961 Yuri Ivanovich Malinchenko, Russian Lt-colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-19 December 22, 1960 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter, Gray, SAMO December 22, 1960 Tyrell Biggs, Philadelphia, super HW boxer 1984 Olympics gold December 22, 1958 Lenny Von Dohlen, Augusta Georgia, actor, Love Kills, Electric Dreams December 22, 1957 Ricky Ross, British rock vocalist, Deacon Blue-Raintown December 22, 1957 Susan Powter, diet guru/author/talk show host, Susan Powter Show December 22, 1956 Marcy Hanson, Galveston, Texas, playmate, Oct, 1978 December 22, 1954 Derick Parry, cricketer, WI off-spinner early 80's December 22, 1954 Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader December 22, 1953 Bernnadette Stanis, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Thelma-Good Times December 22, 1953 David Leisner, composer December 22, 1951 Charles de Lint, Neth, sci-fi author, Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow December 22, 1951 Gerald Grosvenor, English 6th duke of Westminster/billionaire December 22, 1951 Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer, LPGA Rookie of Year-1974 December 22, 1949 Manfred Burgsmuller, WLAF kicker for the Rhein Fire December 22, 1949 Maurice Gibb, Manchester Eng, rocker, Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever December 22, 1949 Michael Osborne, rock guitarist and vocalist, Axe December 22, 1949 Robin Gibb, born in Manchester, England, rocker, Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever December 22, 1948 Chris Old, cricketer, England medium-pacer of 70's December 22, 1948 Noel Edmonds, British TV personality, Foul-ups, Bleeps and Blunders December 22, 1948 Steve Garvey, 1st baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres December 22, 1948 Lynne Thigpen, Joliet, Illinois, actress, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Nancy-Love Sidney December 22, 1947 Brian C Daley, U.S., sci-fi author, Exploits of Han Solo, Tron December 22, 1947 Dilip Doshi, cricketer, India's main slow lefty post-Bedi December 22, 1946 Rick Nielsen, Rockford, Illinois, rock vocalist and guitarist, Cheap Trick December 22, 1946 Roberta Speer, LPGA golfer December 22, 1945 Diane Sawyer, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time December 22, 1945 Joris J C Voorhoeve, Dutch Defense minister, 1994-, VVD December 22, 1945 Marianne van Wijnkoop, [Bosscher], Dutch actress, Les Miserables December 22, 1944 Barry Jenkins, rocker, Animals-House of the Rising Sun December 22, 1944 Steve Carlton, Phillies' pitcher, Cy Young '72, '77, '80, '82 December 22, 1943 Billie Jean King, born in Long Beach, California, tennis pro December 22, 1937 Marco J de Castro, Dutch Antillian politician December 22, 1936 Hector Elizondo, New York City, actor, American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love December 22, 1935 John L Finley, USAF/astronaut December 22, 1935 Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov, Russia, pairs skater, Oly-gold-1964, 68 December 22, 1932 Joe Clark, born in Los Angeles, California, WLAF off coordinator coach for the Amsterdam Admirals December 22, 1930 Peter Hall, born in Suffolk, England, director, Royal Shakespeare Company December 22, 1929 Jan Wiegel, director/producer, Classroom of Anne Frank, Myrada December 22, 1929 Wazir Mohammad, cricketer, eldest of Pakistan's 4 Mohammed brothers December 22, 1928 Piero Angelo, Italian writer, Control December 22, 1926 Peggy Castle, Appalachia, Virginia, actress, Lily Merrill-Lawman December 22, 1925 Gunther Schuller, New York City, jazz composer December 22, 1925 Thomas Christian David, composer December 22, 1924 Frank Corsaro, New York harbor, opera director December 22, 1924 Geraldine Page, Kirksville, Missouri, actress, Interiors, Beguiled December 22, 1923 Heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor and director December 22, 1922 Barbara Billingsley, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, June-Leave it to Beaver December 22, 1922 Calder Willingham, novelist/scriptwriter December 22, 1922 James C Wright, Jr., Rep-D-Texas, Speaker of House, 1987-89 December 22, 1921 Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington, West Virginia, country singer, Ozark Jubilee December 22, 1921 Robert Frank Kurka, composer December 22, 1918 Frankie Darro, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men December 22, 1918 William Kennedy, baseball player December 22, 1917 Andrew Fielding Huxley, born in London, England, physiologist, Nobel 1963 December 22, 1917 Gene Rayburn, born in Christopher, Illinois, TV game show host, Match Game December 22, 1917 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector, University of Leuven December 22, 1913 Anthony Barber Doncaster, bookseller December 22, 1913 Benjamin Britten, born in Suffolk, England, opera composer December 22, 1912 Claudia A. "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, 1st lady, 1963-1969 December 22, 1912 Doris Duke, New York City, heiress, American Tobacco Co December 22, 1912 Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles, 1938 December 22, 1912 Lady Bird Johnson, American First Lady December 22, 1911 Grote Reber, U.S., astronomer, 1st parabolic radio telescope December 22, 1910 Richard Ainley, Middlesex England, actor, I Dood It, Above Suspicion December 22, 1909 Alan Carney, [David Boughal], born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Zombies on Broadway December 22, 1908 Giacomo Manzu, Italy, sculptor, St. Peter, Laurenskerk, Lenin Prize December 22, 1908 Marius F Duintjer, Dutch architect December 22, 1908 Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, Ruban Sans Fin December 22, 1907 Peggy Ashcroft, Croydon England, actress, Dear Brutus, Happy Days December 22, 1907 Yoshio Hasegawa, composer December 22, 1905 Kenneth Rexroth, U.S., poet, critic and translator Birds in the Bush December 22, 1905 Pierre Brasseur, [Espinasse], French actor, Enfants du Paradis December 22, 1904 Louis-Eugene-Felix Neel, Lyon France, physicist, Nobel 1970 December 22, 1903 Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across U.S. in 86 days in 1960 December 22, 1903 H Keffer Hartline, U.S., biophysicist, Nobel 1967 December 22, 1903 Marc Lavry, composer December 22, 1902 Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero, liberator of Paris December 22, 1902 Joe Adonis, Italy, American crime-syndicate boss in New York and NJ December 22, 1901 Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari December 22, 1901 Joaquin Rodrigo, Spain, composer December 22, 1900 Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher December 22, 1899 Gustaf Gruendgens, Duesseldorf Germany, actor and director, M December 22, 1899 Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington, Indiana, pianist/composer December 22, 1899 Wiley Post, Texas, aviation pioneer December 22, 1898 Lionel Charles Robbins, Middlesex England, economist December 22, 1896 Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St. Petersburg Russia, poet December 22, 1891 Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent December 22, 1890 Charles de Gaulle, Lille France, premier of France December 22, 1890 Mark Tobey, U.S. abstract painter, Broadway Norm December 22, 1889 Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright December 22, 1889 Minor Watson, Marianna AR, actor, Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid December 22, 1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron December 22, 1887 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indies mathematician, ã/Notebooks December 22, 1885 Joseph Deems Taylor, New York City, composer, Peter Ibbetson December 22, 1883 Arthur James Cook, England, union leader, coal miners December 22, 1883 Edgard Victor Achille C Varese, Paris, France, composer, Innisation December 22, 1882 Charles Vildrac, Paris, France, poet/playwright December 22, 1881 Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician December 22, 1879 Ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist, multiplier December 22, 1879 Stanislas Bizot, French world checker champion, 1925 December 22, 1877 Endre Ady, Hungary, lyric poet December 22, 1876 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ital writer, Futurism e Futurista December 22, 1875 Antoine Mariotte, composer December 22, 1875 John P "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor, Dead Water December 22, 1874 Franz Schmidt, composer December 22, 1874 Herman Harrell Horne, Clayton, North Carolina, philosopher, idealism December 22, 1873 L[eopold] S[tennett] Amery, British politician December 22, 1873 Matteo Giulio Bartoli, Austria-Hungary, linguist December 22, 1869 Edwin Arlington Robinson, U.S., poet, Richard Corey December 22, 1869 Andre Gide, French Novelist December 22, 1868 John Nance Garner, Texas, VP-D-1933-41 December 22, 1867 Frantisek X. Salda, Czech writer/critic December 22, 1867 Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, Silesia, German architect, Wiener Sezession December 22, 1867 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, Germany, general December 22, 1866 Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer December 22, 1863 Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter December 22, 1863 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier/explorer, Sudan December 22, 1862 Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager, Philadelphia A's 1900-1950 December 22, 1861 Erich Schaeder, German theologist, Theocentric Theology December 22, 1859 Cecil [James] Sharp, born in London, England, folk musician December 22, 1858 Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy, opera composer, La Boheme, La Tosca December 22, 1857 George [Robert] Gissing, England, novelist December 22, 1856 Frank Kellogg, Secretary of State, 1925-29, try to outlaw war, Nobel 1929 December 22, 1853 Maria Teresa Carreno, composer December 22, 1849 Fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher, skepticism December 22, 1847 Heihatjiro Tojo, Japan, Admiral, Russian-Japanese war December 22, 1846 Andreas Hallen, composer December 22, 1846 Oscar Carre, Dutch circus director December 22, 1844 Izydor Lotto, composer December 22, 1842 Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet December 22, 1842 Nicola d' Arienzo, composer December 22, 1832 Edward Hatch, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1889 December 22, 1831 Mark Rutherford, writer December 22, 1831 Robert Ogden Tyler, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1874 December 22, 1830 Justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist, Miss Misanthrope December 22, 1826 James Scott Negley, Union volunteers Major General, died in 1901 December 22, 1821 Giovanni Bottesini, composer December 22, 1819 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor December 22, 1819 George Eliot, England, Victorian novelist, Adam Bede December 22, 1815 Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian December 22, 1815 Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader December 22, 1812 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Romeo and Juliet December 22, 1809 Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist, dementia praecox December 22, 1808 Thomas Cook, England, tour director, Thomas Cook and Son December 22, 1803 Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1862 December 22, 1795 Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist, Twentse textile December 22, 1787 Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar December 22, 1768 John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher December 22, 1767 Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader, fought Napoleon's France December 22, 1764 Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility December 22, 1761 Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress December 22, 1753 Dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher, Scottish common sense December 22, 1735 Ulrich Braker, writer December 22, 1728 Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden December 22, 1727 William Ellery, U.S. attorney/signer, Declar of Independence December 22, 1723 Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer December 22, 1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach December 22, 1702 Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter, Madame d'Epinay December 22, 1700 Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent December 22, 1696 James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer, Georgia December 22, 1684 Johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist, Historia Muscorum December 22, 1643 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer, Louisiana December 22, 1624 Tomas Micieres, composer December 22, 1573 Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen December 22, 1523 Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen December 22, 1515 Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland December 22, 1459 Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II December 22, 1452 Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer December 22, 1428 Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury December 22, 1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor, Madonna of Rose Garden |