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March 2, 1982 Jessica Biel, American Actress March 2, 1981 Bryce Dallas Howard, American Actress March 2, 1977 Chris Martin, American Musician March 2, 1976 Lars Bruggemann, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 March 2, 1975 Arleen McDonald, Miss USA 1977, Mississippi March 2, 1974 Martine Dessureault, born in Montreal, Quebec, 50m swimmer 1996 Olympics March 2, 1973 John Elmore, guard for the Baltimore Ravens March 2, 1973 Paul Popowich, actor, Tommy Tricker and Stamp Traveler March 2, 1971 Amber Smith, born in Tampa, Florida, actress in Faithful, Funeral, Mirror Has 2 Faces March 2, 1971 Donna Perry, born in Glendale, California, playmate November, 1994 March 2, 1971 James Hammerstrand, born in LaMesa California, volleyball middle blocker, 1996 Olympics March 2, 1971 Ray Hall, NFL defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars March 2, 1971 Ruffin Hamilton, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons March 2, 1970 Kevin Miniefield, NFL defensive back for the Chicago Bears March 2, 1970 Steve Holman, Indianapolis Indiana, miler March 2, 1968 Penny "Stamper" Davis, Carlisle England, Canadian 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics March 2, 1968 Daniel Craig, English Actor March 2, 1967 Allan Boyko, CFL slot back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers March 2, 1967 Bruce Boyko, CFL fullback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers March 2, 1967 Leo Gomez, born in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, infielder for the Chicago Cubs March 2, 1966 Judith Wiesner, born in Hallein, Austria, tennis star, 1994 Schenectady March 2, 1966 Stevie Rachelle, rock vocalist, Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around March 2, 1965 Ron Gant, Victoria, Texas, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals March 2, 1963 Suzette Charles, New Jersey, replaced Vanessa Williams as Miss America, 1983 March 2, 1962 Al Del Greco, NFL kicker for the Houston/Tennessee Oilers March 2, 1962 Jon Bon Jovi, born in Sayreville, New Jersey, rocker in Bon Jovi March 2, 1962 Philip Jonas, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Payless-2nd March 2, 1962 Terry Steinbach, born in New Ulm, Minnesota, catcher for the Oakland A's March 2, 1959 Andrew Farriss, born in Australia, rock keyboardist, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt March 2, 1959 Larry Stewart, born in Paducah, Kentucky, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels March 2, 1959 Laura Hurlbut, LPGA golfer March 2, 1958 Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer March 2, 1958 Kevin Curren, South Africa, tennis star March 2, 1956 John Cowsill, born in Newport, Rhode Island, rock drummer, Cowsills-We Can Fly March 2, 1956 Mark Evans, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC March 2, 1955 Dale Bosworth, TV host, America's Most Wanted March 2, 1955 Dale Bozzio, Boston, vocalist, Missing Persons-Destination Unknown March 2, 1955 Jay Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie March 2, 1955 Shoko Asahara, [Chizuo Matsumoto], Japanese sect leader March 2, 1955 Steve Small, cricketer, stalwart NSW opening batsman March 2, 1955 Ken Salazar, American Politician March 2, 1954 Stone Phumelele Sizani, South African treasurer, UDF March 2, 1953 William Simmons, sax/keyboardist, Midnight Star-No Parking March 2, 1952 Laraine Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, comedienne and actress on Saturday Night Live March 2, 1951 Cassie Yates, born in Macon, Georgia, actress, Osterman Weekend, Dynasty March 2, 1950 Karen Carpenter, born in New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist and drummer, We Only Just Begun March 2, 1950 Matthew Laurance, actor, Duet March 2, 1950 Mitchel Laurance, actor, LA Law, Not Necessarily the News March 2, 1949 Eddie Money, [Mahoney], born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and guitarist, Take Me Home Tonight March 2, 1949 Gates McFadden, actress, Beverly Crusher on Star Trek Next Generation March 2, 1949 Rory Gallagher, born in Donegal, Ireland, rock guitarist, See Here March 2, 1948 Larry Carlton, rock composer, Against All Odds, Who's the Boss March 2, 1948 Rory Gallagher, rock guitarist March 2, 1947 John Dawkins, Australian Politician March 2, 1946 Brian J. Donnelly, Rep-D-MA, 1979- March 2, 1945 Gordon Thompson, born in Ottawa Canada, actor, Adam Carrington-Dynasty March 2, 1945 Joy Garrett, actress, Jo-Days of Our Lives March 2, 1944 Katherine Crawford, actress, Captains and Kings, Gemini Man March 2, 1944 Leif Segerstam, composer March 2, 1944 Pam Barnett, LPGA golfer March 2, 1943 Geogre Benson, jazz/blues guitarist, Breezin', This Masquerade March 2, 1943 Gordon Black, English industrialist March 2, 1943 Rosa DeLauro, Rep-D-Connecticut March 2, 1943 Stephen Dickman, composer March 2, 1943 Tony Meehan, rocker March 2, 1943 Peter Straub, American Writer March 2, 1942 John Irving, born in New Hampshire, short-story writer, wrote World According to Garp March 2, 1942 Lou Reed, [Firbank], Freeport, New York, rock vocalist in the Velvet Underground March 2, 1942 Tony Meehan, [Daniel Meehan], London Eng, rocker, Drifters, Vipers March 2, 1940 Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman, South Africa Prog Fed Party, 1979-86 March 2, 1939 Barbara Luna, born in New York City, actress, 5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage March 2, 1939 Gerard van Tongeren, Dutch singer, Buffoons March 2, 1938 Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire March 2, 1938 Donald Schwall, baseball player, 1961 AL rookie of year March 2, 1938 Simon Estes, born in Centerville, Iowa, bass/baritone, Wonton, Don Carlos March 2, 1938 Ricardo Lagos, Statesman March 2, 1937 Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Statesman March 2, 1936 Henny Boskamp, [Hoelscher], actor, Troeleke March 2, 1935 Al Waxman, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Cagney and Lacey, Meatballs 3, Spasms March 2, 1934 Bernard Rands, born in Sheffield, England, composer, Wildtrack March 2, 1934 Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, NFLer March 2, 1931 Duane E. Graveline, born in Newport, Vermont, astronaut March 2, 1931 Mikhail Gorbachev, Privolnoye U.S.S.R., Soviet secretary general from 1985-91 March 2, 1931 Tom Wolfe, Richmond Virginia, journalist and author, wrote The Right Stuff March 2, 1930 Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA March 2, 1930 John Cullum, born in Knoxville, actor, Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure March 2, 1928 Philip K. Dick, writer of Blade Runner, Minority Report March 2, 1927 Siegfried Kohler, composer March 2, 1927 Witold Szalonec, composer March 2, 1926 Murray Rothbard, American Economist March 2, 1924 Albert TLCA Vogel, Dutch elocutionist March 2, 1924 Renos Apostolidis, Greek author and poet, Katigoro March 2, 1923 "Doc" Watson, bluegrass musician March 2, 1923 Don Taylor, cricketer, NZ 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden March 2, 1923 Robert H. Michel, Rep-R-IL, 1957- March 2, 1922 Eric Feldbush, composer March 2, 1922 Mario Zafred, composer March 2, 1921 Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson, composer March 2, 1921 Ernst Haas, Austrian Photographer March 2, 1920 Enrique Franco, composer March 2, 1919 Eddie Lawrence, comedian March 2, 1919 Jennifer Jones, [Phyllis Isley], born in Oklahoma, actress, Farewell to Arms March 2, 1919 Tamara Toumanova, dancer March 2, 1918 Peter O'Sullevan, born in Ireland, horse racing commentator March 2, 1917 Desi Arnaz, born in Santiago Cuba, actor, I Love Lucy March 2, 1917 Jim Konstanty, baseball player, NL MVP 1950 March 2, 1917 John Gardner, composer March 2, 1916 Anne Vondeling, Dutch politician, PvdA March 2, 1916 Bernard George Stevens, composer March 2, 1915 Lona Andre, actress, Case of Baby Sitter March 2, 1914 Martin Ritt, American Actor March 2, 1913 Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans, Dutch humorist and writer, Pieter Bas March 2, 1913 Marjorie Weaver, born in Crossville, Tennessee, actress, Young Mr. Lincoln March 2, 1913 Mort Cooper, baseball player, NL MVP 1942 March 2, 1912 Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's March 2, 1911 William Hansen, born in Washington, actor, Homebodies March 2, 1910 Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector March 2, 1909 Hanoch Jacoby, composer March 2, 1909 Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright March 2, 1909 Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 HRs, hall of famer for the New York Giants March 2, 1908 Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter, Witte Ko, /communist March 2, 1905 Marc Blitzstein, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, composer, Cradle Will Rock March 2, 1904 Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, children's author, "Horton Hears a Who!" March 2, 1902 Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist, Manhattan Project March 2, 1901 Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber-merchant March 2, 1900 Kurt J. Weill, born in Dessau, Germany, composer and Brecht collaborator, Mahogany March 2, 1899 Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian dame March 2, 1895 Felix Bressart, born in Germany, actor, Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads March 2, 1894 Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer and conductor March 2, 1893 Maxime Dumoulin, composer March 2, 1884 Leon Jongen, composer March 2, 1882 Wallis Clark, born in Essex, England, actress, Postal Inspector March 2, 1878 Wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist and son-in-law of Lorentz March 2, 1876 Gosta Forsell, Swedish radiologist March 2, 1876 Pius XII, [Euhenio MGG Pacelli], 260th Pope, 1939-58 March 2, 1875 Hans Lietzman, German theologist and church historian March 2, 1862 John Jay Chapman, U.S. advocate/poet/writer, Learning and Other Essays March 2, 1859 Sholom Aleichem, Russian Writer March 2, 1844 Hermanus J. A. M. Schaepman, clergyman and Dutch politician March 2, 1838 David Duffle Wood, composer March 2, 1836 John W. Foster, American Soldier March 2, 1836 Henry Billings Brown, American Judge March 2, 1829 Carl Schurz, Major General Union volunteers and journalist March 2, 1828 Jefferson Columbus Davis, Bvt Mjr General Union Army, died in 1879 March 2, 1824 Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer, Bartered Bride, Moldau March 2, 1824 Constantine D. Uschinsky, Russian theorist March 2, 1824 Henry Beebee Carrington, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1912 March 2, 1821 George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer March 2, 1820 Multatuli, writer March 2, 1817 Janos Arany, born in Hungary, epic poet, Toldi, Death of King Buda March 2, 1815 Antonio Buzzolla, composer March 2, 1813 George Alexander Macfarren, composer March 2, 1810 Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], 256th pope, 1878-1903 March 2, 1793 Samuel Houston, 1st president of Texas, 1836-38, 1841-44 March 2, 1769 DeWitt Clinton, Gov/Sen-NY March 2, 1760 Camille Desmoulins, born in France, journalist, pamphleteer and revolution leader March 2, 1759 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer March 2, 1755 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer March 2, 1710 David Wooster, American Soldier March 2, 1609 Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish literary, Djihannuma March 2, 1555 Ludovico Spontoni, composer March 2, 1545 Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat and scholar March 2, 1481 Franz von Sickingen, German knight March 2, 1459 Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope, 1522-23 March 2, 1409 John II, French duke of Aleneon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc March 2, 1316 Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland, 1371-90 |