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February 16, 1998 Mr Jefferson, Virginia, 1st cloned calf February 16, 1979 Emma Louise DeSilets, Miss Washington Teen USA 1997 February 16, 1978 Caroline Hunt, born in Chicago, Illinois, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 February 16, 1977 Alexei Morozov, NHL forward, Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Pittsburgh February 16, 1977 Trina Jackson, 4X200m freestyle swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold February 16, 1975 Casey Barrett, born in Montreal, Quebec, 200m Butterfly 1996 Olympics February 16, 1975 Marty Murray, Deloraine, NHL center for the Calgary Flames February 16, 1974 Jevon Langford, defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals February 16, 1974 Kathy McCormack, ice hockey forward, Canada, Oly-Silver-98 February 16, 1974 Kimberly Dawn Whipany, Oklahoma, rocker, PC Quest-Can You See February 16, 1973 Cathy Freeman, Mackay Aust, 100m/200m/400m, Olympics-silver-92, 96 February 16, 1973 James Young, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics February 16, 1972 Jerome Bettis, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers February 16, 1972 Bo Bennett, American Businessman February 16, 1971 Anthony Abrams, NFL defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs February 16, 1971 Chi Kredell, born in Long Beach, California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics February 16, 1971 Larry Jones, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins February 16, 1971 Marco Sas, Dutch soccer player, NAC February 16, 1971 Mike Hubbard, Lynchburg, Virginia, catcher for the Chicago Cubs February 16, 1971 Shivanthini Dharmasiri, Miss Universe-Sri Lanka 1996 February 16, 1971 Van Tuinei, defensive end for the San Diego Chargers February 16, 1971 Amanda Holden, British Actress February 16, 1970 Saskia Linssen, Venlo Holland, playmate, Jun, 1991 February 16, 1969 Claude Lambert, born in Montreal, Quebec, boxer 1996 Olympics February 16, 1969 Fermin Cacho, Barcelona Spain, 1500m, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96 February 16, 1969 Tim Costo, U.S. baseball infielder, Cincinnati Reds February 16, 1968 Cecil Gray, NFL tackle for the Arizona Cardinals February 16, 1968 Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen February 16, 1968 Warren Ellis, British Author February 16, 1967 Robert Massey, NFL cornerback, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions February 16, 1966 Eric Uptagrafft, Spokane, Washington prone rifle 1996 Olympics February 16, 1964 Mark Price, NBA guard, Cleveland Caveliers February 16, 1964 Christopher Eccleston, English Actor February 16, 1962 Alexa Kenin, New York City, actress, Mousie-Coed Fever February 16, 1962 Tony Kiley, rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways February 16, 1961 Andy Taylor, England, rock guitarist, Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf February 16, 1959 Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge, New Jersey, NBA forward, Det Pistons, Utah Jazz February 16, 1959 John McEnroe, tennis player, U.S. Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84 February 16, 1958 Herb Williams, NBA center, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks February 16, 1958 Ice-T, rap singer and actor, New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six February 16, 1958 John Paul Morse, Marshall, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1995 United Airlines February 16, 1958 Lisa Loring, actress, As the World Turns, Wednesday-Addams Family February 16, 1958 Ice T, American Musician February 16, 1957 LeVar Burton, Landstuhl Germany, Roots, Star Trek Next Generation February 16, 1956 James Ingram, vocalist, On the Wings of Love February 16, 1955 Guy Gallo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, writer, Under the Volcano February 16, 1955 Jeff Clayton, U.S. jazz saxophonist/composer, Groove Shop February 16, 1954 David Lombardo, rocker February 16, 1954 Iain [Menzies] Banks, UK, sci-fi author, Wasp Factory February 16, 1954 Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler, Whispering Death-Awesome for WI February 16, 1954 Iain Banks, Scottish Writer February 16, 1953 Andre St. Lauren, NHLer February 16, 1953 Mike Ford, New York City, Canadian Tour golfer, 1976 Port Jefferson Open February 16, 1953 Roberta Williams, American Designer February 16, 1950 Peter Hain, British MP February 16, 1950 William Katt, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Greatest American Hero, 1st Love February 16, 1949 Dorus Vrede, Surinam poet, Otobanda; the Other Bank February 16, 1946 Aleksandr Shaparenko, U.S.S.R., 1K kayak, Olympics gold 1972 February 16, 1946 Ian Lavender, British actor, Stupid Boy in Dad's Army February 16, 1946 J R Farndon, British consultant surgeon February 16, 1944 Richard Ford, U.S. author, Sportswriter February 16, 1943 Anthony Dowell, London, ballet dancer, Royal Ballet February 16, 1943 J D Moore, headmaster, St. Dunstan's College February 16, 1943 James Beaton, British GC February 16, 1942 Gabriel Brncic, composer February 16, 1942 Kim Chong-Il, [Yura], president of North-Korea, 1994- February 16, 1942 Kim Jong Il, North Korean Statesman February 16, 1941 Vitali Kuznetsov, U.S.S.R., judo 1972 Olympics silver February 16, 1940 Karoli Ruth Needles, painter February 16, 1939 David Griffiths, portrait painter February 16, 1939 Harold Kalin, singer February 16, 1938 Barry Primus, New York City, actor, Sgt McKenna-Cagney and Lacey, Boxcar Bertha February 16, 1938 John Corigliano, born in New York City, composer, Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles February 16, 1937 Paul Bailey, novelist February 16, 1937 Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut February 16, 1935 Brian Bedford, England, actor, Anthony-Coronet Blue February 16, 1935 Robin Clark, chemist, FRS February 16, 1935 Sonny Bono, born in Detroit, vocalist, Sonny and Cher, /, Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98 February 16, 1934 Austin "Ted" Taylor, U.S. gospel/R&B-singer, Be Ever Wonderful February 16, 1934 Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka, South Dakota, LPGA golfer, 1950 Woman Athlete February 16, 1932 A Appelfeld, writer February 16, 1932 Gretchen Wyler, Bartlesville Oklahoma, actress, Silk Stockings February 16, 1932 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host February 16, 1932 Otis Blackwell, composer/singer February 16, 1932 Aharon Appelfeld, Israeli Novelist February 16, 1931 A Kolleritsch, writer February 16, 1931 Gamini Goonesena, cricket leg-spinner, all-rounder for Ceylon, Notts February 16, 1931 George E Sangmeister, Rep-D-Illinois February 16, 1931 Ken Takakura, [Goichi Oda], Kita Japan, actor, Story of Antarctic February 16, 1930 F G R Cuming, painter February 16, 1930 Peggy King, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, vocalist/actress, George Gobel Show February 16, 1930 Ricou Browning, Florida, director/actor, Thunderball February 16, 1929 Peter NF Porter, Australian/British author and poet, Chair of Babel February 16, 1926 Jack Levy, mechanical engineer February 16, 1926 John Schlesinger, born in London, England, director, Midnight Cowboy, Darling February 16, 1926 Vera-Ellen, [Westmeyr Rohe], Cincinnati, actress/dancer, Wonder Man February 16, 1925 David Emms, director, London Goodenough Trust for Overseas Graduates February 16, 1925 PER Bailey, director, Gatwick and Stansted Airports February 16, 1924 James Swaffield, director-general, Swaffield and Clerk to the GLC February 16, 1924 Peter Webster, British High Court Judge February 16, 1922 Geraint Evans, British opera vocalist, Knaben Wunderhorn February 16, 1922 Paul van 't Veer, Dutch journalist and writer, Het Vrije Volk February 16, 1921 Jean Behra, auto racer February 16, 1920 Hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist February 16, 1920 Lee Russell, born in Cleveland, Ohio, vocalist, Vincent Lopez February 16, 1920 Patty Andrews, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, vocalist, Andrews Sisters February 16, 1918 Karoly earl Khuen-Hedervary, Hungarian governor/premier, 1910-12 February 16, 1916 William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician February 16, 1914 J Tobin, British anaesthetist February 16, 1914 Jimmy Wakely, Mineola, Arkansas, country vocalist, 5 Star Jubilee February 16, 1912 Arthur Crook, British editor, Times Literary Supplement February 16, 1912 Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch, female, author February 16, 1912 Del Sharbutt, Cleburne, Texas, TV announcer, Your Hit Parade February 16, 1912 Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader, created salsa music February 16, 1912 Maitland Mackie, Lord Lt, Aberdeenshire February 16, 1911 Hal Porter, Australia, writer, Tilted Cross, Paper Chase February 16, 1910 Michael Milne-Watson, CEO, BUPA February 16, 1910 Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer February 16, 1909 Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence, Kansas, actor, Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver February 16, 1909 Jeffrey Lynn, Auburn Massachusetts, actor, My Son Jeep, Roaring Twenties February 16, 1907 Anghelos Terzakis, Greece, writer, Without God February 16, 1907 Fernando Previtali, composer February 16, 1907 Henri van Albada, Belgian sculptor, Charles V February 16, 1906 Jeffrey Lynn, actor, Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front February 16, 1906 Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ, 1927 February 16, 1905 Jose Munoz Molleda, composer February 16, 1905 Lord Franks, British ambassador, to U.S. February 16, 1905 Oliver Franks, English Public Servant February 16, 1904 Ellis Achong, cricketer, West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests February 16, 1904 George F. Kennan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. ambassador, to Moscow February 16, 1903 Edgar Bergen, Chicago, ventriloquist, Charlie McCarthy February 16, 1901 Chester Morris, New York City, actor, Diagnosis: Unknown February 16, 1901 Wayne King, Savannah, Illinois, saxophonist/bandleader, Waltz King February 16, 1900 Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter February 16, 1898 Katharine Cornell, actress, Barretts of Wimpole St February 16, 1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist, Chopin February 16, 1896 Charles A. L. Panzera, French baritone, L'horizon Chimerique February 16, 1893 Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic February 16, 1890 Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer February 16, 1886 Andrew Ducat, cricketer, Test for Eng 1921, 3 and 2, Soccer intl February 16, 1886 Van Wyck Brooks, New Jersey, literary historian and writer, Ordeal of Mark Twain February 16, 1884 Robert Flaherty, Michigan, father of documentary film, Nanook of North February 16, 1884 Robert J. Flaherty, Director February 16, 1881 Maurits H. E. Uyldert, Dutch poet and writer, Youth of a Poet February 16, 1878 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/ composer and conductor, Peter Schlemihl February 16, 1876 George Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian, Giuseppi Garibaldi February 16, 1871 Arthur Ponsonby, British Politician February 16, 1868 Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist, Anthropos February 16, 1866 Johann Strauss, Austria, composer, Waltz King February 16, 1866 Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet February 16, 1866 William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, New Jersey, hall of fame baseball player February 16, 1858 Laurence "Lon" Myers, U.S., track star, top U.S. miler February 16, 1856 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, Parkorkest Amsterdam February 16, 1854 Oscar Fetras, composer February 16, 1852 Charles Taze Russell, religion founder, Jehovah's Witnesses February 16, 1852 William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes February 16, 1848 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, How species emerge February 16, 1848 Octave Mirbeau, France, writer, Journal of a Lady's Maid February 16, 1847 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer, Album polonaise February 16, 1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist February 16, 1838 Henry B. Adams, born in Boston, Massachusetts, historian, writer, Education of Henry Adams February 16, 1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer February 16, 1834 Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist, Causes of Evolution February 16, 1832 Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General Confederate Army February 16, 1831 Nikolai Leskow, writer February 16, 1826 Franz von Holstein, composer February 16, 1826 Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer, Gaudeamus February 16, 1823 John Daniel Imboden, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1895 February 16, 1822 Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist and geneticist February 16, 1822 James Patton Anderson, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1872 February 16, 1821 Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer, Central Africa February 16, 1813 Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General Confederate Army died in 1892 February 16, 1813 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer February 16, 1812 Henry Wilson, R, 18th VP, 1873-75 February 16, 1807 Lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1866 February 16, 1790 Chretien Urhan, composer February 16, 1788 Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer February 16, 1787 Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer February 16, 1774 Pierre Rode, composer February 16, 1746 Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic February 16, 1740 Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer, Bodoni February 16, 1709 Charles Avison, composer February 16, 1698 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, heliometer February 16, 1684 Bohuslav M Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer February 16, 1684 Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer February 16, 1669 Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter February 16, 1620 Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia February 16, 1519 Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral February 16, 1514 Rhaticus, [Rheticus], Austrian astronomer/mathematician February 16, 1497 Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer, Augsburgse Confessie February 16, 1497 Philip Melanchthon, German Theologian February 16, 1075 Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet |