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May 12, 1978 Amy Wheaton, actress, Curse May 12, 1978 Thomas Odoyo, cricketer, Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup May 12, 1978 Jason Biggs, American Actor May 12, 1977 Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star May 12, 1977 Monique de Bruin, Porland, Oregon, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics May 12, 1976 Matthew P Newmark, actor, Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise May 12, 1975 Lawrence Phillips, running back for the St. Louis Rams May 12, 1975 Jonah Lomu, New Zealander Athlete May 12, 1974 Anna Ozolins, Australian rower 1996 Olympics May 12, 1974 Tiffany Stoker, Clovis, California, Miss America, California-4th-1996 May 12, 1973 MacKenzie Astin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids May 12, 1973 Stefano Margoni, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 May 12, 1972 Annette Albertson, Reno, Nevada, Miss America-Nevada 1997 May 12, 1972 David Oaks, 100m/200m runner May 12, 1972 Jason Kyle, NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks May 12, 1972 Michelle Kahn, Miss Universe-Trinidad and Tobago 1996 May 12, 1972 Paul Stout, Saugus California, actor, Phillip-Scarecrow and Mrs. King May 12, 1971 Craig Novitsky, NFL tackle for the New Orleans Saints May 12, 1971 Jamie Luner, Palo Alto California, actress, Cindy-Just the 10 of Us May 12, 1971 Tommy Johnson, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals May 12, 1970 Andreas Hestler, Victoria BC, cyclist 1996 Olympics May 12, 1970 Andrew Coltart, Dumfries Scotland, Australasia golfer May 12, 1970 James Michael Furyk, West Chester, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas-5th May 12, 1970 Mike Malizia, Utica, New York, Nike golfer, 1993 Doral-Ryder Open-61st May 12, 1970 Mike Weir, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, Ontario Amateur-1990, 92 May 12, 1970 Stevie Anderson, NFL wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals May 12, 1970 Todd Hallett, Shelburne Nova Scotia, rower, Olympics-7-92, 96 May 12, 1970 Samantha Mathis, American Actress May 12, 1969 Kim Fields Freeman, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Tootie-Facts of Life May 12, 1969 Kim Fields, American Actress May 12, 1968 Mark Clark, Bath, Illinois, pitcher for the New York Mets May 12, 1968 Tony Hawk, American Athlete May 12, 1967 Cara Coughenour, Sioux City, Iowa, female pitcher, Colo Silver Bullets May 12, 1967 Lawrence Rucchin, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 May 12, 1967 Robert Blackmon, defensive back, Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks May 12, 1967 Warren Rychel, Tecumseh, NHL left wing for the Colorado Avalanche May 12, 1966 Rafael Bournigal, Azua, Dominican Republic, infielder for the Oakland A's May 12, 1966 Stephen Baldwin, actor, Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects May 12, 1966 Steven Conran, Lithgow NSW, Australasia golfer May 12, 1965 Stacy Wilson, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics May 12, 1965 Steve Finley, Union City, Tennessee, outfielder for the San Diego Padres May 12, 1964 Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics May 12, 1962 Amy Benz, born in Rochester, New York, LPGA golfer, 1994 Oldsmobile Classic-3rd May 12, 1962 Emilio Estevez, New York City, actor, Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks May 12, 1962 Mark Bradshaw, Happy Camp California, diver 1996 Olympics May 12, 1961 Billy Duffy, rocker, Cult-Hell's Kitchen May 12, 1961 Paul Begala, American Journalist May 12, 1961 Thomas Dooley, German Athlete May 12, 1961 Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor May 12, 1960 Lisa Martin, Australian marathoner, Olympic-silver 1988 May 12, 1960 Lisa Ondieki, Australian marathoner, Olympics-7th-84, 88, 96 May 12, 1959 Dave Christian, Minnesota, NHL right wing, Washington Caps, Olympics gold 1980 May 12, 1959 Ving Rhames, American Actor May 12, 1958 Beth Maitland, actress, Traci-Young and Restless May 12, 1958 Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend May 12, 1958 Kim Greist, Stamford CT, actress, CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter May 12, 1957 Lou[is Rodman] Whitaker, 2nd baseman for the Detroit Tigers May 12, 1955 Kix Brooks, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Brooks and Dunn-Brand New Man May 12, 1951 Gunnar Larrson, Sweden, 200m/400m swimmer, Olympics gold 1972 May 12, 1951 Kid Creole, [August Darnell], rocker/actor, Obsession A Taste of Fear May 12, 1950 Billy Squier, Massachusetts, heavy metal guitarist, Don't Say No May 12, 1950 Bruce Boxleitner, Elgin, Illinois, actor, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Babylon 5 May 12, 1950 Gabriel Byrne, Dublin, Ireland, actor, Hello Again, Cool World May 12, 1950 Jocko Marcellino, rocker, Sha Na Na May 12, 1950 Renate Stecher-Meissner, German DR, sprinter, Oly-gold-72 May 12, 1950 Shozo Fujii, judoka May 12, 1948 Lindsay Ann Crouse, New York City, actress, Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart May 12, 1948 Steve Winwood, England, rock bassist, A Higher Love May 12, 1948 Dave Heineman, American Politician May 12, 1947 Michael Ignatieff, Canadian Politician May 12, 1946 Ian McLagen, rocker, Faces May 12, 1946 Leonard Baichan, cricketer, WI opener, 103 vs. Pakistan on debut 1975 May 12, 1946 L. Neil Smith, American Writer May 12, 1945 Jayotis Washington, rocker May 12, 1945 Linda Carlson, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz May 12, 1945 Willie Parnell, U.S. singer, Archie Bell and the Drells May 12, 1944 Eva Demski, writer May 12, 1944 James Purify, U.S. singer, I'm Your Puppet May 12, 1944 Chris Patten, British Politician May 12, 1943 Billy Swan, Cape Giradeau, Louisiana, rocker, I Can Help May 12, 1943 David Walker, rock keyboardist, Gary Lewis and Playboys-Diamond Ring May 12, 1943 Linda Dano, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Felicia Gallant-Another World May 12, 1942 Barry B[rookes] Longyear, U.S., sci-fi author, City of Baraboo May 12, 1942 Dumitru Dediu, Romania, cosmonaut, Soyuz 40 backup May 12, 1942 Ian Dury, Upminster Essex, rocker, Blockheads, /actor, Judge Dredd May 12, 1942 Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic May 12, 1941 Anthony Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, harpsichordist/organist, Bhajeb May 12, 1941 Little Jayotis Washington, U.S. R&B singer, Persuasions May 12, 1941 Ruud de Wolff, singer/guitarist, Blue Diamonds May 12, 1939 Ronald Ziegler, press secretary, Nixon May 12, 1939 Ron Ziegler, American Politician May 12, 1938 Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident May 12, 1938 Millie Perkins, Passaic, New Jersey, actress, Jane-Knots Landings May 12, 1938 Susan Hampshire, born in London, England, actress, Vanity Fair, Living Free May 12, 1937 Beryl Burton, UK, won record, 7, women's cycling titles May 12, 1937 George Carlin, Bronx, comedian, 7 dirty words, AM and FM, Carwash May 12, 1937 Gerry E Studds, Rep-D-MA, 1973- May 12, 1936 Tom Snyder, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, newscaster, Tommorow, NBC Weekend News May 12, 1936 Frank Stella, American Artist May 12, 1931 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One May 12, 1930 Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood California, diver, Oly-4 gold-1952, 56 May 12, 1929 Burt Bacharach, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer, I'll Never Fall in Love Again May 12, 1928 Manuel Lujan, Jr., Rep-R-NM, 1969- May 12, 1926 Earl Hutto, Panama City, Florida, Rep-D-FL, 1979- May 12, 1926 Mervyn M Dymally, Rep-D-CA, 1981- May 12, 1926 George C. Williams, American Scientist May 12, 1926 James S. Coleman, American Sociologist May 12, 1925 John Simon, theater critic, New York Times May 12, 1925 Tony Hancock, Birmingham England, actor, Rebel, Wrong Box May 12, 1925 Yogi Berra, American Athlete May 12, 1923 Ewart G Abner, record company executive May 12, 1923 Giovanni Testori, Italian writer, Rocco e i suoi fratelli May 12, 1923 Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire May 12, 1922 Barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter May 12, 1921 Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer May 12, 1921 Giovanni Benelli, archbishop, Florence, /Papal candidate May 12, 1921 Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter May 12, 1921 Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician May 12, 1918 Oscar Beregi, Jr., Hungary, actor, Young Frankenstein, Panic in City May 12, 1917 Andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor May 12, 1916 Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer May 12, 1914 Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer May 12, 1914 Dan Daniel, Rep-D-VA, 1969- May 12, 1914 Howard K Smith, Louisiana, TV newsman, ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate May 12, 1912 Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet May 12, 1910 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist, penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964 May 12, 1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour May 12, 1909 Robert Kagan, American Writer May 12, 1909 Roddy Doyle, irish Novelist May 12, 1909 Silvan Shalom, Israeli Politician May 12, 1907 Katharine Hepburn, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond May 12, 1907 Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint May 12, 1906 William M. Ewing, U.S. geologist/geophysicist May 12, 1903 Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer, Castaway May 12, 1903 Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Peyton Place May 12, 1902 Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor May 12, 1901 Hyam Greenbaum, composer May 12, 1900 Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress, Metropolis, Mutter Courage May 12, 1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life May 12, 1894 Cleo Ridgely, New York, silent screen actress, I Remember Mama May 12, 1890 Kurt Student, German Soldier May 12, 1889 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank May 12, 1887 Nandor Zsolt, composer May 12, 1886 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter May 12, 1886 Hermann Grabner, composer May 12, 1886 Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor and director, Chechov May 12, 1880 Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights May 12, 1880 W Hupkes, engineer/director, Dutch Rail 1938 May 12, 1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria May 12, 1874 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician, Reaction of Pirquet May 12, 1868 Halsey William Wilson, U.S., publisher of reference books May 12, 1867 Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Aust at turn of century May 12, 1863 Charles Bordes, composer May 12, 1861 Ivan Caryll, U.S., composer, Pink Lady May 12, 1845 Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer, Requiem, Ballade May 12, 1842 Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer, Manon, Le Cid May 12, 1842 Jules Massenet, French Composer May 12, 1829 Paul Karrer, composer May 12, 1828 D G Rossetti, writer May 12, 1828 Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite May 12, 1820 Florence Nightingale, Florence, Italy, nurse, Crimean War May 12, 1813 Johann Czerski, German chaplin May 12, 1812 Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, Complete Nonsense Book May 12, 1812 Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1863 May 12, 1809 Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician May 12, 1809 Giuseppe Giusti, Italian Poet May 12, 1806 Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1877 May 12, 1806 J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist May 12, 1804 Robert Baldwin, L, help establish government in Canada, or 1904 May 12, 1803 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, agricultural chemics May 12, 1797 Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer May 12, 1790 [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer May 12, 1776 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer May 12, 1754 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer May 12, 1751 Gaetano Manna, composer May 12, 1739 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer May 12, 1739 Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer May 12, 1729 Michael F B Freiherr von Melas, Austrian general, 7 Year Wars May 12, 1700 Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect May 12, 1679 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer May 12, 1670 August II, the Strong One, King of Poland, 355 children May 12, 1662 Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized |