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May 16, 1981 Jessica Ponzo, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 1996 May 16, 1979 Evan Ferrante, actor, Owen-Swan's Crossing May 16, 1978 Vincent Larusso, Livingston, New Jersey, actor, Adam-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3 May 16, 1974 Conal Groom, Northford Conn, rower 1996 Olympics May 16, 1974 Keith Thibodeaux, cornerback for the Washington Redskins May 16, 1973 Tori Spelling, American Actress May 16, 1972 Keith Burns, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32 May 16, 1972 Matthew Hart, cricketer, NZ lefty spinner 1994- May 16, 1971 Khari Jones, CFL/WLAF quarterback, BC Lions, Scottish Claymores May 16, 1970 Eric Lynch, NFL running back, Detroit Lions May 16, 1970 Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver May 16, 1969 Marcel Schewe, cricketer, Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup May 16, 1969 Steven Earl Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, 4X100/400m runner 1988 Olympics gold May 16, 1969 Tracey Gold, New York City, actress, Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday May 16, 1969 Tricia Cast, actress, Nina-Young and Restless May 16, 1969 Tucker Carlson, American Journalist May 16, 1969 David Boreanaz, American Actor May 16, 1968 Ralph Tresvant, Boston, singer, New Editon May 16, 1966 Janet Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Michael's sister, Control May 16, 1966 Scott Reeves, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Ryan-Young and Restless May 16, 1966 Sean Quilty, Australian marathoner 1996 Olympics May 16, 1966 Thurman Thomas, NFL running back for the Buffalo Bills May 16, 1965 Brent Jasmer, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Sly-Bold and Beautiful May 16, 1965 Lori Sippel, Stratford Ontario, softball pitcher 1996 Olympics May 16, 1965 Krist Novoselic, American Musician May 16, 1964 John Salley, NBA star, Detroit Pistons May 16, 1963 Jimmy Osmond, rocker, Osmond Brothers May 16, 1962 Gary Crocker, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman May 16, 1961 Nina Arvesen, born in White Plains, New York, actress, Cassandra-Young and Restless May 16, 1961 Kevin McDonald, Canadian Comedian May 16, 1960 Anne Parillaud, Paris, France, actress, Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood May 16, 1960 Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist May 16, 1959 Bob Patterson, born in Jacksonville, Florida, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs May 16, 1959 Mare Winningham, born in Phoenix, Arizona, actress, St. Elmo's Fire, Turner and Hooch May 16, 1959 Ty Armstrong, Waxahachie, Texas, Nike golfer, 1993 Anheuser-Busch-19th May 16, 1958 Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist, Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams May 16, 1957 Joan Benoit Samuelson, Cape Elizabeth ME, marathoner, Oly-gold-1984 May 16, 1955 Debra Winger, Columbus, Ohio, actress, Officer and Gentleman May 16, 1955 Hazel O'Connor, Coventry, England, singer and actress, Breaking Glass May 16, 1955 Jack Morris, St. Paul, Minnesota, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers May 16, 1955 Olga Korbut, Grodno, Belorussia, gymnist, Olympic-2 golds-1972 May 16, 1955 Jon Porter, American Politician May 16, 1954 Janet Maw, actress, Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge May 16, 1954 [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon, Canada, MD/astronaut, sk: STS 90 May 16, 1953 David Maclean, British minister of state May 16, 1953 Richard Page, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Mr Mister May 16, 1953 Rick Rhoden, pitcher, New York Yankees May 16, 1952 Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor, Remington Steele, Golden Eye May 16, 1951 Jonathan Richman, rocker, Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae May 16, 1950 Jock Bartley, rocker, Firefall May 16, 1950 Johannes Bednorz, German superconductivity physicist, Nobel 1987 May 16, 1949 Jimmy Hood, MP May 16, 1949 Rick Reuschel, pitcher, New York Yankees May 16, 1949 William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist, Grateful Dead, Tubes May 16, 1947 Barbara Lee, U.S. singer, Chiffons, He's So Fine May 16, 1947 Bill Smitrovich, actor, Crime Story, Miami Vice May 16, 1947 Rosie Barnes, MP May 16, 1947 Bob Edwards, American Journalist May 16, 1946 Jessi B. Wilson, Mississippi, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List May 16, 1946 Roger Earl, rocker, Foghat May 16, 1945 Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astro, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28 May 16, 1945 James Moran, Rep-D-Virginia May 16, 1945 Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman May 16, 1945 James P. Moran, American Politician May 16, 1944 Billy Cobham, Panama, jazz artist, Same Ole Love May 16, 1943 Dan Coats, Rep-R-IN, 1981- May 16, 1943 Jon Jost, director, All the Vermeers in New York May 16, 1943 Elizabeth Andrews, British Politician May 16, 1941 John McWilliams, MP May 16, 1941 Maurice Henry Weddington, composer May 16, 1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma, Italy, director, 1900, Last Emperor May 16, 1940 Gareth Roberts, chancellor, Sheffield University May 16, 1938 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies May 16, 1938 Stuart Bell, MP May 16, 1938 John Walters, British Musician May 16, 1937 James Hunt, Jr., Gov-NC May 16, 1937 Yvonne Craig, Taylorville, Illinois, actress, Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin May 16, 1936 Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist, Treasures of Tut May 16, 1936 Roy Hudd, comedian, Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood May 16, 1936 Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman May 16, 1935 Carol Shields, Canadian Author May 16, 1934 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies May 16, 1934 Nicholas Goodison, CEO, TSB Group May 16, 1932 Isaac "Redd" Holt, U.S. drummer, Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd May 16, 1931 Donald James Martino, Plainfield, New Jersey, composer, Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974 May 16, 1931 Jack Dodson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show May 16, 1931 Lowell P. Weicker, Sen-R-CT, 1971-88/Gov-D-CT May 16, 1931 Peter Levi, poet/writer May 16, 1930 Desmond Langley, Governor, Bermuda May 16, 1930 Don Conicannon, government minister May 16, 1930 Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs May 16, 1930 Betty Carter, American Musician May 16, 1929 Adrienne Cecile Rich, born in Baltimore, Maryland, feminist writer, Diamond Cutters May 16, 1929 John Conyers, Jr., Rep-D-MI, 1965- May 16, 1929 Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer May 16, 1929 John Conyers, American Politician May 16, 1928 Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager, New York Yankees, Oakland A's May 16, 1928 Reginald Askew, dean, King's College London May 16, 1927 John Walford, solicitor May 16, 1926 Jan Zimmer, composer May 16, 1926 Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist May 16, 1924 Dawda Kairaba Jawara, president, Gambia, 1970-94 May 16, 1924 Frank F. Mankiewicz, New York City, columnist, Perfectly Clear May 16, 1923 Merton Miller, American Economist May 16, 1922 Colin Cole, Principal King of Arms May 16, 1922 Russell Wood, treasurer, Queen Elizabeth May 16, 1921 Harry Carey, Jr., Saugus California, actor, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon May 16, 1921 Robert Croften Brown, politician May 16, 1920 Martine Carol, [Maryse Mopurer], Saint-Mande France, actress, Nana May 16, 1919 Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist, Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman May 16, 1919 Richard Mason, author May 16, 1919 [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist May 16, 1918 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert May 16, 1918 Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer, Pedro Paramo May 16, 1918 Kevin Skelton, Bishop, Lichfield May 16, 1917 George Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor, Henry-Punky Brewster May 16, 1917 Geraint Jones, conductor/organist May 16, 1916 Adriana Caselotti, cartoon voice May 16, 1916 Bernard Braden, broadcaster/actor, All Night Lone, Full Treatment May 16, 1916 Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist/president, Israel May 16, 1916 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer May 16, 1914 Edward T. Hall, American Scientist May 16, 1913 Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer, Thundering Herds May 16, 1912 Studs Terkel, New York City, author/host, Stud's Place, Working May 16, 1911 Margaret Sullavan, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actress, Back Street May 16, 1911 Olaff J de Landell, [JB Wemmerslager van Sparwoude], writer May 16, 1909 Charles Wislon, principal, Glasgow University May 16, 1909 David Brock, American Author May 16, 1908 Hilary Preston, editor May 16, 1908 Mohammed Roem, Indonesian foreign minister, Linggadjati May 16, 1907 Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler 1932 Olympics gold May 16, 1906 Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister, Lanzas Coloradas May 16, 1906 Ernie McCormick, cricketer, Australian quickie of late 30's May 16, 1906 Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master May 16, 1905 H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist, Feast for July, Love for Lydia May 16, 1905 Henry Fonda, Grand Is, Nebraska, actor, Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond May 16, 1904 Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player 1928 Olympics gold May 16, 1904 Lily Pons, opera singer and actress, That Girl From Paris May 16, 1902 Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor, Her Wonderful Lie May 16, 1898 August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder, CVP May 16, 1897 Walther Geiser, composer May 16, 1893 Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, 1925-30 May 16, 1893 Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer May 16, 1892 Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist, Dutch Dictionary May 16, 1892 Richard Tauber, [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor May 16, 1889 Joan Collette, Dutch, male, painter, New Church, Delft May 16, 1887 Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor, Brass Buttons, Victory May 16, 1887 J van Hoddis, writer May 16, 1880 Julian Tannen, New York, comedian, Great Moment May 16, 1878 Taylor Holmes, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely May 16, 1866 Ernest Watson Burgess, U.S. sociologist, ecological school May 16, 1858 Frank Lynes, composer May 16, 1858 Hanus Trnecek, composer May 16, 1857 Juan Morel Campos, composer May 16, 1850 Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer May 16, 1845 Dietrich Schafer, German historian, Deutsche Hanse May 16, 1832 Philip Danforth Armour, founder, Armour Foods May 16, 1831 David Edward Hughes, inventor, microphone, teleprinter May 16, 1827 Petrus J H Cuypers, architect, Amsterdam Museum, Central station May 16, 1824 Edmund Kirby Smith, Florida, General Confederate Army, died in 1893 May 16, 1824 Levi Parsons Morton, R, 22nd U.S. VP, 1889-93 May 16, 1822 Eduard Hille, Dutch composer and conductor May 16, 1819 Daniel Ammen, Capt Union Navy, died in 1898 May 16, 1816 Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1886 May 16, 1806 George C Cadwalader, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1879 May 16, 1804 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder, US kindergarten May 16, 1801 William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861-69, buys Alaska at 2 cents /acre May 16, 1801 William H. Seward, American Statesman May 16, 1788 F Ruckert, writer May 16, 1788 Friedrich Ruckert, poet May 16, 1782 John Sell Cotman, water color artist May 16, 1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist, discovered chromium, beryllium May 16, 1761 John Opie, artist May 16, 1748 Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch May 16, 1718 Maria G Agnesi, Italy mathematician curves= xy=a, a-y May 16, 1659 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist May 16, 1641 Dudley North, financier/economist May 16, 1609 Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands May 16, 1558 Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands, 1598-1600 |