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February 8, 1981 Tommy Michaels, born in Staten Island, New York, actor, Timmy Hutton-All My Children February 8, 1979 Tara Tucker, Miss Alabama Teen USA 1997 February 8, 1978 Christa Williams, born in Houston, Texas, softball pitcher, 1996 Olympics gold February 8, 1976 Holly Manthei, born in Edina, Minnesota, soccer midfielder/forward 1996 Olympics February 8, 1976 Jim Parque, born in Norwalk, California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze February 8, 1975 Damon Denson, guard for the New England Patriots February 8, 1975 Joshua Morrow. Juneau, born in Alaska, actor, Nicholas Newman-Young and Restless February 8, 1974 Seth Green, American Actor February 8, 1973 Andreas Gliatis, soccer player, NEC February 8, 1973 Dave Dopek, Bolingbrook Illinois, 200m runner February 8, 1973 Eric Kresser, quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals February 8, 1973 Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball forward 1996 Olympics bronze February 8, 1973 Tom King, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics February 8, 1972 Adrian Rollins, cricketer, Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex February 8, 1972 Marcus Pollard, NFL tight end for the Indianapolis Colts February 8, 1971 Heidi Mark, Columbus, Ohio, playmate, Jul, 1995 February 8, 1971 Alex Chiu, American Businessman February 8, 1970 Alonzo Mourning, NBA center, Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets February 8, 1970 Cameron Cuffy, cricketer, St. Vincent and WI fast bowler 1994- February 8, 1969 Herb Hohenberger, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 February 8, 1969 Mary McCormack, actress, Murder One, Private Parts February 8, 1968 Joy Fawcett, Inglewood California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics February 8, 1968 Ron Goetz, CFL linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders February 8, 1968 Gary Coleman, Zion, Illinois, actor, Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes February 8, 1967 Yvon Corriveau, Ontario, NHL left wing, Washington Caps February 8, 1966 Kirk Muller, Kingston, NHL center for the Toronto Maple Leafs February 8, 1965 Carmen Savy, Brisbane QLD, golfer, 1990 Brisbane and District February 8, 1965 Jim Thornton, NFL tight end for the Houston Oilers February 8, 1965 Lee Knight, CFL full back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats February 8, 1965 Mathilda May, Paris, France, actress, Lifeforce February 8, 1965 Rod Bernstine, NFL running back for the Denver Broncos February 8, 1965 Terry McDaniel, NFL cornerback, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders February 8, 1964 Dennis Gibson, NFL inside linebacker for the San Diego Chargers February 8, 1963 Mohammad Azharuddin, cricketer, elegant Indian batsman 1984- February 8, 1963 Raleigh MCkenzie, NFL center/guard, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers February 8, 1961 Sammy Llanas, rocker, Bodeans February 8, 1961 Vince Neil [Wharton], California, vocalist, Motley Crue-Girls Girls Girls February 8, 1961 Vince Neil, American Musician February 8, 1960 Alex Scott, British horse trainer February 8, 1960 Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing, Minn North Stars, Washington Caps February 8, 1960 Linda Fratianne, born in Los Angeles, California, figure skater 1980 Olympics silver February 8, 1959 Heinz Gunthardt, Switzerland, tennis star February 8, 1959 Irina Kalinina, U.S.S.R., springboard diver, 1980 Olympics gold February 8, 1959 Pamela Jean Bryant, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, playmate, April, 1978 February 8, 1955 Ethan Phillips, actor, Neelix-Star Trek Voyager February 8, 1955 Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, wrestler, WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary February 8, 1955 John Grisham, writer, Client, Firm, Pelican Brief February 8, 1954 "Sensational" Sherri Martel, [Russell], New Orl, wrestler, WWF/AWA February 8, 1954 Michael Bergdahl, American Author February 8, 1953 Mary Steenburgen, Newport, Arkansas, actress, Parenthood, Time After Time February 8, 1952 Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer, Dike February 8, 1952 Nancy Lord, Libertarian VP candidate 1992 February 8, 1951 Camille LaPierre, NHLer February 8, 1950 England Dan, singer, England Dan and John Ford Coley February 8, 1950 Jose Armando Lopez-Falcon, Cuba, cosmonaut February 8, 1950 Michael Goodroe, rock bassist, Motels-Only the Lonely February 8, 1950 Ted Turner, rocker, Wishbone Ash February 8, 1949 Brooke Adams, New York City, actress, Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers February 8, 1949 Julia Barr, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, actress, Brooke-All My Children February 8, 1949 Scott Allen, USA, skater 1964 Olympics bronze February 8, 1948 Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, vocalist, Seals and Crofts-You Still Move Me February 8, 1947 Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78 February 8, 1946 "Fito" Adolpho De La Parra, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Canned Heat-Hot Money February 8, 1946 Paul Wheatbread, rocker, Gary Puckett and Union Gap-Young Girl February 8, 1944 Bunky Henry, golfer February 8, 1944 Jim Capaldi, rocker, Traffic February 8, 1943 Bob Oliver, baseball player February 8, 1943 Creed Bratton, California, rock guitarist, Grass Roots-Sooner or Later February 8, 1943 Jose de Almeida Prado, composer February 8, 1942 Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees February 8, 1942 Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor, Hooper, Deadly Rivals February 8, 1942 Terry Melcher, Rip Chords, Doris Day's son February 8, 1941 Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist and vocalist, Circle Game, Urge For Going February 8, 1940 Averil Cameron, British historian February 8, 1940 Talib Rasul Hakim, composer February 8, 1940 Ted Koppel, born in Lancashire, England, news anchor, ABC Nightline February 8, 1939 Barry Mann, vocalist, Who Put the Bump February 8, 1939 Gerrit Lakmaaker, sculptor/painter, Leidsepleingroep February 8, 1938 Ray Sharpe, singer February 8, 1937 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter, Sesame Street February 8, 1937 Manfred Krug, Duisburg Germany, actor, Boxer February 8, 1936 Cletis Boyer, 3rd baseman, New York Yankees February 8, 1936 Larry Verne, singer, Custer February 8, 1936 Manohar Hardikar, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests India vs. WI 1958-59 February 8, 1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate February 8, 1934 Galina Bystrova, U.S.S.R., pentathelete, 1957, 58 February 8, 1934 Nick Nolte, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, Teachers, 48 Hrs, Rich Man Poor Man February 8, 1933 Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano, Ilya-Idomeneo February 8, 1933 Jack Larson, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jimmy Olsen-Superman February 8, 1932 Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party, CDA February 8, 1932 John Towner Williams, Flushing, New York, composer and conductor, Boston Pops February 8, 1931 James Dean, born in Marion, Indiana, stage/film actor, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause February 8, 1930 Alejandro Rey, Buenos Aires, actor, Carlos-Flying Nun February 8, 1930 Arlan Stangeland, Rep-R-MN, 1977- February 8, 1930 Catherine Hardy, Carollton, Georgia, 4x100m runner 1952 Olympics gold February 8, 1930 Manuel Castillo, composer February 8, 1928 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer February 8, 1927 John T Myers, Rep-R-IN, 1967- February 8, 1927 Stanley Baker, Ferndale Wales, actor, Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu February 8, 1927 Zdenek Zouhar, composer February 8, 1926 Neal Cassady, American Writer February 8, 1925 Alvin Brehm, composer February 8, 1925 Jack Lemmon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Days of Wine and Roses, Missing February 8, 1925 Raimondo d'Inzeo, It, equestrian, Oly-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76 February 8, 1925 Jack Lemon, American Actor February 8, 1924 Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress, Alice-Honeymooners February 8, 1924 Joe Black, baseball player February 8, 1923 Andrew MacElhone, bar owner February 8, 1922 Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster February 8, 1921 Hoot Evers, baseball player February 8, 1920 Buddy Blattner, baseball player February 8, 1920 Lana Turner, born in Wallace, Idaho, actress, Survivors, Falcon Crest February 8, 1919 Buddy Morrow, orch leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show February 8, 1918 John Intoxication, resistance fighter February 8, 1918 Lord Maxd Rayne, English broker/multi-millionaire February 8, 1915 Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou, singer February 8, 1914 Bert Haas, baseball player February 8, 1914 Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist, Eternal Music February 8, 1913 Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop February 8, 1913 John Grandy, Brits RAF-marshal February 8, 1912 Simon Jurovsky, composer February 8, 1911 Anne Aitken, [nee Hopkins], Chicago, co-found, Diamond Sangha February 8, 1911 Elizabeth Bishop, U.S. poet, North and South, /Pulitzer Prize, 1956 February 8, 1911 Henri Knap, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer February 8, 1909 Henry Roth, writer February 8, 1908 Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer February 8, 1908 Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, missionary February 8, 1908 Myron McCormick, Albany, actor, Hustler, Jolson Sings Again February 8, 1906 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein February 8, 1906 Chester F Carlson, inventor, photocopy February 8, 1906 Henry Roth, Austria-Hungary/US writer, Call it Sleep February 8, 1905 Truman Bradley, Missouri, TV host, Science Fiction Theater February 8, 1904 Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer February 8, 1903 Abdulrahman, minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia February 8, 1902 Lyle Talbot, [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh, actor, Glen or Glenda February 8, 1901 Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer February 8, 1900 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer February 8, 1900 John Cameron, judge February 8, 1896 Orville Caldwell, California, actor, Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning February 8, 1895 King Vidor, director, War and Peace, Stella Dallas February 8, 1894 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher February 8, 1894 Lonnie Johnson, American Musician February 8, 1892 Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister, Organization Todt February 8, 1891 Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer February 8, 1890 Claro Mayo Recto, Filipino nationalist/opponent of U.S. colonialism February 8, 1888 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic February 8, 1886 Charlie Ruggles, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show February 8, 1885 Edith Evans, born in London, England, actress, Tom Jones, David Copperfield February 8, 1883 Joseph A. Schumpeter, Austria/US economist/minister of finance February 8, 1883 Joseph A. Schumpeter, American Economist February 8, 1882 George Siegmann, actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist February 8, 1880 Franz Marc, German painter, Blaue Reiter February 8, 1878 Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist, Ich und Du February 8, 1876 Paula Modersohn-Becker, German "entartet" painter February 8, 1859 John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle, Baasje and Witkop February 8, 1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russ author, Tjoma Kartashov February 8, 1851 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, novelist February 8, 1850 Kate Chopin, American Author February 8, 1828 Antonio Cagnoni, composer February 8, 1828 Antonio Canovas del Castillo, premier of Spain February 8, 1828 Jules Verne, born in France, pioneered sci-fi, From the Earth to the Moon February 8, 1826 John A. Logan, American Soldier February 8, 1824 Barnard Elliot Bee, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1861 February 8, 1822 Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler, Les Buveurs de Cendres February 8, 1820 William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General Union Army, died in 1891 February 8, 1819 John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist, Prerafaelite February 8, 1818 Austin Blair, Gov/MC, Union, died in 1894 February 8, 1817 Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1872 February 8, 1813 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist February 8, 1811 Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War, Confederacy, died in 1883 February 8, 1810 Norbert Burgmuller, composer February 8, 1810 Eliphas Levi, French Author February 8, 1807 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman February 8, 1795 Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist, Chinoline February 8, 1795 Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer February 8, 1789 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer February 8, 1764 Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer February 8, 1741 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer February 8, 1712 L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, French general in America February 8, 1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer February 8, 1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist, Hudibras, baptized February 8, 1586 Jacob Praetorius, composer February 8, 1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman, Anatomy of Melancholy February 8, 1552 Theodore-Agrippa d'Aubigne, French/Swiss historian/poet, Tragiques February 8, 1291 Afonso IV, King of Portugal, 1325-57 February 8, 412 St. Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople |