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March 16, 1991 Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie Van Halan and Valerie Bertinelli March 16, 1978 Brooke Burns, American Actress March 16, 1976 Michelle Rae Collie, Miss Universe-Bahamas, 1996 March 16, 1974 Heath Streak, cricketer, Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993- March 16, 1974 Lamont Burns, guard for the New York Jets March 16, 1973 Bert Zuurman, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen March 16, 1971 Brett Carolan, NFL tight end for the San Francisco 49ers March 16, 1971 Eric Ravotti, NFL linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers March 16, 1970 Kelli James, born in Medford, New Jersey, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics March 16, 1970 Tammi Terrell, rocker, Ain't No Mountain High Enough March 16, 1969 Ottis Gibson, cricketer, Barbados fast bowler, WI 1995 March 16, 1969 Pat Harlow, NFL tackle for the New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders March 16, 1969 Steve Israel, NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots March 16, 1968 Jason van Blerk, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles March 16, 1967 Dan Owens, NFL defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions March 16, 1967 John Mangum, NFL safety for the Chicago Bears March 16, 1967 Lauren Graham, American Actress March 16, 1966 Brad Bergen, Pennsylvania Sask, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 March 16, 1966 Catarina Pollini, WNBA forward for the Houston Comets March 16, 1966 David Nascimento, soccer player, Roda JC/FC Utrecht March 16, 1966 Rodney Peete, NFL quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles March 16, 1965 Cindy Brown, U.S., basketball player 1988 Olympics gold March 16, 1963 Phung Vuong, born in Saigon, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List March 16, 1963 Ron Kind, American Politician March 16, 1962 Marcel Brands, soccer player, RKC March 16, 1961 Mel Gray, NFL wide receiver/kick returner, Houston/Tennessee Oilers March 16, 1961 Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist March 16, 1960 Jenny Eclair, Malaysian Comedian March 16, 1959 Michael J. Bloomfield, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS 86 March 16, 1959 Stan Thorn, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South March 16, 1959 Flavor Flav, American Musician March 16, 1957 Pearl Moore, WBL guard, New York Stars March 16, 1956 Ozzie Newsome, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns March 16, 1955 Isabelle Huppert, born in Paris, France, actress, Cactus, Heaven's Gate March 16, 1954 Dav Whatmore, cricketer, Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995- March 16, 1954 Hollis Stacy, born in Savannah, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Open 1977, 78 March 16, 1954 Jimmy Nail, singer and actor, Evita, Spender, Howling II March 16, 1954 Nancy Wilson, rock guitarist, Heart-Never, What about Love March 16, 1953 Richard Stallman, Scientist March 16, 1952 Alice Hoffman, American Author March 16, 1951 Kate Nelligan, born in London, Ontario, actress, Bethune, Eye of the Needle March 16, 1951 Ray Benson, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, country singer, House of Blue Lights March 16, 1951 Ritchie Teeter, rocker March 16, 1949 Bertha Knox Gilkey, welfare and tenament rights for urban women March 16, 1949 Elliott Murphy, U.S. singer and songwriter March 16, 1949 Victor Garber, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd March 16, 1948 Margaret [Edith] Weis, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning March 16, 1948 Michael Bruce, rocker and actor, Rudy-Rainbow Drive March 16, 1948 Margaret Weis, American Writer March 16, 1948 Michael Owen Bruce, American Musician March 16, 1946 Erik Estrada, born in New York City, actor, CHiPs, Cross and Switchblade, Lightblast March 16, 1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, born in Parma, Italy, director, Last Tango in Paris March 16, 1940 Chuck Woolery, born in Kentucky, TV game show host, Love Connection March 16, 1940 Jan P. Pronk, Dutch politician, PvdA March 16, 1940 Jan Schaefer, Dutch Assistant Secretary of state, PvdA March 16, 1937 Constanca Capdeville, composer March 16, 1937 David Del Tredici, born in Cloverdale, California, composer, 1980 Pulitzer March 16, 1936 Thelma Hopkins, born in England, high jumper, 1956 Olympics silver March 16, 1933 Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court March 16, 1933 Sanford I. Weill, American Businessman March 16, 1932 Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7 March 16, 1931 Betty Johnson, born in Guilford County, North Carolina, singer, Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed March 16, 1931 Don Richard Carpenter, novelist March 16, 1930 Minoru Miky, composer March 16, 1929 Edwin London, composer March 16, 1928 Christa Ludwig, born in Berlin, Germany, soprano, Vienna State Opera March 16, 1928 Ramon Barce, composer March 16, 1927 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. ambassador to UN/, Sen-D-NY, 1977- March 16, 1927 Karlheinz Boehm, born in Germany, actor, Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural March 16, 1927 Olga San Juan, born in New York City, actress, Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus March 16, 1927 Vladimir M. Komarov, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, Voshkod I Soyuz 1 March 16, 1927 Daniel P. Moynihan, American Politician March 16, 1926 Jerry Lewis, comedian and fund raiser, MDA, loved in France March 16, 1925 Cornell Borchers, born in Germany, actress, Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul March 16, 1923 George Bean, cricketer, 92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng vs. Aust March 16, 1922 Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer March 16, 1922 Harding Lemay, born in North Bangor, New York, headwriter, Another World March 16, 1920 John Addison, born in Surrey, England, composer, Tom Jones-Acad Award March 16, 1920 Leo McKern, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared March 16, 1920 Percy Mansell, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for South Africa March 16, 1919 Erno Kiraly, composer March 16, 1918 Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect, City Hall March 16, 1918 Howard Boatwright, composer March 16, 1918 Frederick Reines, American Physicist March 16, 1916 Lloyd McBride, union president, United Steelworkers March 16, 1912 Pat Nixon, 1st lady, 1968-74 March 16, 1910 Aladar Gerevich, born in Hungary, sabres, 1948 Olympics gold March 16, 1910 Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer March 16, 1910 Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, England and India March 16, 1910 Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter, WW II March 16, 1910 Norman Wooland, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, actor, Hamlet March 16, 1908 Robert Rossen director and writer, Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo March 16, 1906 Francisco Ayala, writer March 16, 1906 Henny Youngman, born in London, England, comedian, Take my wife please March 16, 1906 Henry Youngman, American Comedian March 16, 1904 Clive Morton, born in London, England, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Moonraker March 16, 1903 Mike Mansfield, Sen-D-Mont March 16, 1903 Morgan Conway, actor, Dick Tracy March 16, 1903 Nikolai Lopatnikoff, born in Revel Estonia, composer, Variaioni Concertanto March 16, 1902 Lucie Rie, potter March 16, 1901 Walter E. Schafer, German playwright March 16, 1896 Conrad Nagel, born in Keokuk Iowa, actor, Celebrity Time March 16, 1896 Harry Banks, English Soldier March 16, 1893 Isobel Elsom, actress, My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger March 16, 1892 Cesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet, Los Heraldos Negros March 16, 1889 Elsie Janis, American Musician March 16, 1885 Giacomo Benvenuti, composer March 16, 1885 Sydney Chaplin, born in South Africa, actor, Limelight March 16, 1878 Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi March 16, 1878 Henry B. Walthall, born in Shelby City, Alabama, actor, Birth of a Nation, Klondike March 16, 1878 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], shah of Iran March 16, 1876 Charles Halton, born in Washington D.C., actor, Dr. Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again March 16, 1873 Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter, Sereniteit March 16, 1868 Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist March 16, 1856 E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince March 16, 1849 James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger March 16, 1839 Rene F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, born in France, poet, 1st Nobel winner, 1901 March 16, 1836 Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor, cable car March 16, 1832 Charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General Union volunteers March 16, 1823 William Henry Monk, composer March 16, 1822 John Pope, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1892 March 16, 1822 Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter, Buffalo Bill March 16, 1821 Ernest Feydeau, French author, Georges Feydeau March 16, 1814 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer March 16, 1812 Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1869 March 16, 1806 Norbert Rillieux, inventor, sugar refiner March 16, 1802 George Archibald McCall, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1868 March 16, 1787 Georg Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law March 16, 1776 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs March 16, 1774 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer, coast Australia March 16, 1757 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet, Medea, Yttersa Domen March 16, 1751 James Madison, born in Port Conway, Virginia, D-R, 4th U.S. president, 1809-17 March 16, 1750 Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer March 16, 1745 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer March 16, 1739 George Clymer, U.S. merchant, signed Decl of, Indiana, Constitution March 16, 1729 Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, Annales typographic March 16, 1663 Nicholas Siret, composer March 16, 1651 Zaccaria Tevo, composer March 16, 1634 Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist March 16, 1609 Michael Franck, composer March 16, 1585 Gerbrant A. Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright, Klucht van de Koe |