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March 12, 1978 Cristina Teuscher, born in New Rochelle, New York, 4X200m freestyle, 1996 Olympic gold March 12, 1978 Tara Mounsey, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1988 Olympics March 12, 1974 Chris Carr, NBA guard for the Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves March 12, 1973 Antonio Banks, cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings March 12, 1973 Gabriel Mendez, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics March 12, 1973 Keif Bryant, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks March 12, 1973 Louis Laros, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Vitesse March 12, 1972 Alisa Castillo, Miss Nevada USA, 1996 March 12, 1971 Greg Hansell, born in Bellflower, California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins March 12, 1971 Isaiah Rider, NBA guard and forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Port Trailblazers March 12, 1971 Raul Mondesi, born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers March 12, 1970 Michael Bankston, NFL defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals March 12, 1970 Rex Walters, NBA guard for the Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat March 12, 1970 Rod Smith, NFL cornerback for the Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers March 12, 1969 Graham Coxon, singer, Blur March 12, 1969 J. 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Izquierdo, CFL slot back for the Calgary Stampeders March 12, 1969 Karen Snelgrove, London Ontario, softball pitcher 1996 Olympics March 12, 1969 Muhammad Oliver, NFL cornerback and safety for the Washington Redskins March 12, 1968 Merton Hanks, NFL safety for the San Francisco 49ers March 12, 1968 Aaron Eckhart, American Actor March 12, 1967 Irvin Smith, CFL cornerback, for the Montreal Alouettes March 12, 1967 Rowelle Blenman, WLAF cornerback and safety, London Monarchs March 12, 1966 Alecia Stephenson, born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, softball ss 1996 Olympics March 12, 1966 Erich Fischer, born in Dinuba, California, U.S. Olympic water polo foward 1992 Olympics March 12, 1966 Grant Long, NBA forward for the Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks March 12, 1965 Fran Harris, WNBA guard for the Houston Comets March 12, 1965 Molly Van Nostrand, born in West lslip, New York, tennis star March 12, 1965 Randy Dixon, NFL guard for the Indianapolis Colts March 12, 1965 Steve Finley, born in Union City, Tennessee, outfielder for the San Diego Padres March 12, 1964 Tony Terry, rock producer, Tony Terry March 12, 1963 Candy Costie, born in Seattle, Washington synchronized swimmer, 1984 Olympic gold March 12, 1963 Joaquim Carvalho Cruz, Brazil, 800m runner 1984 Olympics gold March 12, 1963 John Andretti, race car driver March 12, 1963 Julia Campbell, born in Huntsville, Alabama, actress, Opportunity Knocks March 12, 1963 Paul Way, British golfer March 12, 1962 Darryl Strawberry, born in Los Angeles, California, right fielder for the Mets, Dodgers, Yankees March 12, 1962 Gunde Svan, Swedish long jumper 1984,1988 Olympics gold March 12, 1960 Courtney B. Vance, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Hamburger Hill March 12, 1960 Eldine Baptiste, cricketer, WI all-rounder early 80's March 12, 1958 Debra Jensen, born in Orange County, California, playmate, January, 1978 March 12, 1957 Jerry Levine, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, actor, Born on 4th of July March 12, 1957 Marlon D. Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow March 12, 1957 Steve Harris, born in London, hard rock bassist, Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss March 12, 1956 Dale Murphy, born in Portland, Oregon, slugger, Atlanta Braves, 2 time NL MVP March 12, 1953 Labamba, [Richard Rosenberg], rocker, Asbury Jukes March 12, 1953 Carl Hiaasen, American Writer March 12, 1951 Caren Kaye, born in New York City, actress, My Tutor, Bambi-Blansky's Beauties March 12, 1951 Jack Green, rocker March 12, 1950 Jon Provost, actor, Timmy-Lassie March 12, 1950 Willie Duggan, rugby football player March 12, 1949 Bill Payne, born in Waco, Texas, rock keyboardist, Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero March 12, 1949 David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury and MP March 12, 1949 Mary Alice Williams, news reporter, NBC-TV March 12, 1949 Mike Gibbons, born in Swansea, Wales, rock drummer, Badfinger March 12, 1949 Sara Lane, born in New York City, actress, Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian March 12, 1948 Dana Walden, rock keyboardist, Champaign March 12, 1948 James Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, vocalist and guitarist, Up on the Roof March 12, 1948 Kent Conrad, Sen-D North Dakota March 12, 1948 Les Holroyd, born in Oldham, England, rocker, Barclay James Harvest March 12, 1948 Virginia Bottomley, secretary, Heritage March 12, 1948 Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health March 12, 1947 Jill O'Hara, born in Warren, Pennsylvania, Broadway actress, Promises! Promises! March 12, 1947 Mitt Romney, American Politician March 12, 1946 Liza Minnelli, born in Hollywood, California, singer and actress, Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret March 12, 1945 Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist, Les Baroques March 12, 1945 Sammy Gravano, American Criminal March 12, 1942 Bert Campaneris, baseball player for the Oakland A's March 12, 1942 Brian O'Hara, rocker March 12, 1942 Paul Kantner, born in San Francisco, California, rock singer/guitarist, Jefferson Airplane March 12, 1942 Salvatore "the Bull" Gravano, mobster, testified against Gotti March 12, 1940 Al Jarreau, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, jazz singer, Moonlighting March 12, 1940 Albert Johanneson, soccer star March 12, 1939 Barbara Feldon, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Agent 99-Get Smart March 12, 1939 David Mlinaric, British interior director March 12, 1938 Dimitri Terzakis, composer March 12, 1938 Johnny Rutherford, auto racer, 26 championship races March 12, 1938 Karl Soderlund, born in Duluth, Minnesota, Mr. Sally Jesse Raphael March 12, 1938 Millie Perkins, actress, Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting March 12, 1938 Norman Hogg, British MP March 12, 1938 Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer March 12, 1938 Vijay Mehra, cricketer, Indian Test batsman from age 17 March 12, 1937 Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano, Victor-Victoria March 12, 1936 Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman, S G Warburg and Co March 12, 1936 Keith Slater, cricketer, one Test for Australia 1958-59 series March 12, 1936 Lloyd Dobbins, born in Newport News, Virginia, newscaster, NBC News Overnight March 12, 1936 Patrick Procktor, painter March 12, 1935 Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano, Salome, Lulu March 12, 1935 John Gross, author, Age of Kipling, Dickens and 20th Century March 12, 1934 Rudolph Agner, CEO, Consolidated Gold Fields March 12, 1932 Andrew Young, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, 1977-79, /, Mayor-D-Atlanta March 12, 1931 Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director, Royal Collection March 12, 1931 William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor, Little Rascals March 12, 1931 Herb Kelleher, American Businessman March 12, 1930 Antony Acland, provost of Eton/British ambassador, to U.S. March 12, 1930 Robin Cavendish, disabled campaigner March 12, 1930 Scoey Mitchill, born in Newburgh, New York, comedian, Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda March 12, 1930 Stanko Horvat, composer March 12, 1929 Bernard Costello, U.S., double sculls, Olympics silver 1956 March 12, 1929 Lupe Anguiano, Mexican-American civil rights activist March 12, 1928 Edward Albee, born in Washington, D.C., playwright, Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story March 12, 1928 Phil Jones, principal, Trinity College of Music March 12, 1928 Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman, Police Complaints Authority March 12, 1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, born in Baku, Russia, cellist, Cello Concerto March 12, 1927 Raul Alfonsin, president, Argentina March 12, 1926 David Oliver Williams, trade unionist, COHSE March 12, 1926 George R. Ariyoshi, Gov-D-Hawaii March 12, 1926 Gudrun Ure, British actress, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer March 12, 1926 Hildy Park, born in Washington D.C., actress, To Tell the Truth March 12, 1926 John C[lellon] Holmes, U.S. writer, Horn March 12, 1926 Rolv Berger Yttrehus, composer March 12, 1926 Ronald Alley, art gallery manager, Tate Gallery March 12, 1926 John Clellon Holmes, American Writer March 12, 1925 Georges Delerue, composer March 12, 1925 Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author, Deathworld Trilogy March 12, 1925 Leo Esaki, [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist, Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973 March 12, 1925 Louison Bobet, French cyclist, Tour de France 1953-55 March 12, 1925 William G. Whitehurst, Rep-R-Va March 12, 1925 Harry Harrison, American Author March 12, 1923 Hjalmar Andersen, born in Norway, 1500, 5K, 10K speed skater, 1952 Olympics gold March 12, 1923 Mstislav Rostropovich March 12, 1923 Norbert Brainin, violinist March 12, 1923 Walter M. Schirra, Jr., born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Capt USN/ast, Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7 March 12, 1922 Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business March 12, 1922 Jack Kerouac, Beat writer, On the Road, Mexico Blues March 12, 1922 Lane Kirkland, union president, AFL-CIO March 12, 1922 Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer March 12, 1921 Giovanni Agnelli, CEO, Fiat Automakers March 12, 1921 Gordon MacRae, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer and actor, Oklahoma, Carousel March 12, 1921 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher and translator March 12, 1921 Ralph Shapey, born in Philadelphia, composer, Fantasy, Rituals March 12, 1921 Gianni Agnelli, Italian Businessman March 12, 1918 James Bracken, race horse trainer March 12, 1917 Googie Withers, born in Karachi, India, actress, 1 of Our Aircraft is Missing March 12, 1917 Tom Normanton, British MP March 12, 1917 Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman March 12, 1915 Alberto Burri, Italian physician, sculptor and abstract painter March 12, 1914 Jan Kapr, composer March 12, 1914 Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete March 12, 1913 Harold Butler, cricketer, England pace bowler late 40's March 12, 1912 James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh March 12, 1912 Kylie Tennant, novelist, Battlers, Lost Haven March 12, 1912 Paul Weston, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, orch leader, Jim Nabors Hour March 12, 1912 Irving Layton, Canadian Poet March 12, 1911 Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, president of Mexico March 12, 1910 Roger L. Stevens, producer, Giant March 12, 1910 Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, born in Orange, New Jersey, boxer/actor, On the Waterfront March 12, 1910 Wilhelmus L. Reijers, sculptor March 12, 1908 David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer and politician March 12, 1908 Inez Courtney, born in New York City, actress, 13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven March 12, 1907 Margaret Peggy McCrorie Herbison, politician March 12, 1904 Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper, NZ's 1st Test, later Northants March 12, 1900 David Croll, QC senator March 12, 1900 Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer March 12, 1898 Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker, Jr., Dutch actor, Sold Grandpa March 12, 1896 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great March 12, 1891 Michael Polany, Hungarian and English,chemist, economist and sociologist March 12, 1890 A Evert Taube, Swedish writer and troubadour March 12, 1890 Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian and U.S. ballet dancer, Petroesjka March 12, 1889 Philip Guedalla, historian March 12, 1888 Hall Johnson, composer March 12, 1885 Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect and urban developer March 12, 1883 Judge Jackson, composer March 12, 1881 Daniel Webster Hoan, born in Wisconsin, Mayor-Socialist-Milwaukee March 12, 1881 Kemal Ataturk, 1st President of Rep of Turkey March 12, 1881 Vaino A. Tanner, premier of Finland, 1926-27 March 12, 1880 House Peters, England, silent film actor, Kansas Territory March 12, 1878 Gemma Galgani, Italian saint March 12, 1878 Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer March 12, 1877 Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia and Moravia March 12, 1875 Julio Garreta, composer March 12, 1874 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer March 12, 1863 Adolf A. Wolfschoon, Curaeao, poet March 12, 1863 Gabriele D'Annunzio, born in Italy, writer and military hero, Intruder March 12, 1862 Jane Delano, U.S., nurse, teacher and founder, Red Cross March 12, 1860 Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer March 12, 1859 Josef Cyril Sychra, composer March 12, 1855 John White, composer March 12, 1848 Cyrill Kistler, composer March 12, 1838 William Perkin, inventor, 1st artificial dye March 12, 1837 Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer March 12, 1835 Simon Newcomb, U.S., scientist, mathematician and astronomer March 12, 1832 Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager March 12, 1831 Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer, Studebaker March 12, 1830 William Felix Brantley, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1870 March 12, 1827 John Robert Jones, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1901 March 12, 1827 William Richard Terry, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1897 March 12, 1826 Robert Lowry, composer March 12, 1824 Gustav R. Kirchoff, born in Prussia, physicist, spectral analysis March 12, 1823 William Flank Perry, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1901 March 12, 1821 John Abbott, born in Quebec, Canada, C, 3rd Canadian PM, 1891-92 March 12, 1821 Luitpold von Bayern, Prince-regent of Bayern March 12, 1816 David Stuart, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1868 March 12, 1808 Gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet March 12, 1806 Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady, 1853-57 March 12, 1800 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian March 12, 1795 William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist March 12, 1793 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer March 12, 1788 Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor March 12, 1768 Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer March 12, 1755 Georges Couthon, French politician March 12, 1710 Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer, Alfred, Rule Britannia March 12, 1685 George Berkeley, born in Ireland, philosopher and bishop of Cloyne March 12, 1515 Caspar Othmayr, composer March 12, 1479 Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence March 12, 1336 Eduard, Duke of Gelre, 1361-71, husband of Catharina of Bayern |