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May 18, 1980 Matt Long, American Actor May 18, 1979 Kaci Thompson, Miss Nevada Teen USA 1997 May 18, 1978 Jennifer Streblow, Oshkosh Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin 1997 May 18, 1978 Jessica Cutler, American Celebrity May 18, 1976 Ron Mercer, NBA guard for the Boston Celtics May 18, 1975 John Higgins, Scottish Celebrity May 18, 1973 Darren Van Impe, Saskatoon, NHL defenseman, Anaheim Mighty Ducks May 18, 1973 David Bailey, WLAF tackle for the Frankfurt Galaxy May 18, 1973 Donyell Marshall, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors May 18, 1973 Markus Brunner, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 May 18, 1973 Tory James, NFL defensive back, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32 May 18, 1973 Walter Scott, NFL defensive tackle, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 May 18, 1972 Turner Stevenson, Prince George, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens May 18, 1971 Ben Coleman, guard/offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars May 18, 1971 Clifton Sunada, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, extra-lightweight judoka 1996 Olympics May 18, 1971 Craig Hentrich, NFL punter, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 May 18, 1971 Daniel Gowing, Germany, NZ judoka 1996 Olympics May 18, 1971 Karen Bye, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics May 18, 1971 Lael Perlstrom, Laguna Beach Cal, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-25-1995 May 18, 1971 Rich Garces, Maracay Aragua Venezuela, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox May 18, 1970 Clemens Zwijnenberg, soccer player, FC Twente May 18, 1970 Vicky Sunohara, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics May 18, 1970 Tina Fey, American Comedian May 18, 1969 Jean-Chris. Filippin, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 May 18, 1969 Martika, [Marta Marrero], Cuba, singer, Toy Soldiers May 18, 1968 Ernie Logan, NFL defensive end, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets May 18, 1967 Jaime Gomez, Arlington, Texas, Nike golfer, 1992 Boise Open May 18, 1967 Karl Dunbar, NFL defensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals May 18, 1966 Mike Inez, U.S. rock bassist, Alice in Chains-Facelift May 18, 1965 Erik Hanson, Kinnelon, New Jersey, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays May 18, 1965 Rufus Porter, NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints May 18, 1964 Will Wolford, NFL tackle, Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers May 18, 1963 Marty McSorley, Hamilton, NHL defenseman, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers May 18, 1962 Mike Whitmarsh, born in San Diego, California, beach volleyballer, 1996 Olympics silver May 18, 1960 Jari Kurri, Helsinki Fin, NHL left wing, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Colo May 18, 1960 Tom Jackson, Oakville, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 CPGA Winter May 18, 1960 Yannick Noah, France, tennis player, French 1983 May 18, 1959 Graham Dilley, cricketer, England wicket-taker of 80's May 18, 1958 Ray Donaldson, NFL center for the Dallas Cowboys May 18, 1958 Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham, England, rocker, I Want to Be Free May 18, 1957 Michael Cretu, rocker, Enigma May 18, 1956 Joe [Naomichi] Ozaki, Tekushima, Japan, golfer, 1995 Phoenix Open-8th May 18, 1955 Yun Fat Chow, Nam Nga Island Hong Kong, actor, Better Tomorrow May 18, 1955 Chow Yun-Fat, Chinese Actor May 18, 1954 Martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster May 18, 1954 Wreckless Eric, rocker, Waxworks, Be Stiff May 18, 1953 Helen Chadwick, artist May 18, 1953 [Feliciano] Butch Tavares, rocker, Tavares May 18, 1952 Diane E[lizabeth] Duane, U.S., sci-fi author, Door into Fire May 18, 1952 George Strait, Pearsall, Texas, country singer, All My Exes Live in Texas May 18, 1952 Martin R Hoke, Rep-R-Ohio May 18, 1952 Diane Duane, American Writer May 18, 1951 Angela Voigt, German DR, long jumper, Olympics gold 76 May 18, 1951 Denny Dillon, comedian, SNL, Dream On May 18, 1951 James Stephens, Mount Kisko, New York, actor, Paper Chase, Devil's Island May 18, 1951 Rodger Davis, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer May 18, 1950 Rodney Milburn, Jr., USA, hurdler, Olympics gold 1972 May 18, 1950 Thomas Gottschalk, Bamberg Germany, Telespiele May 18, 1949 Bill Wallace, rocker/actor, Fear, Avenging Force, Desperate May 18, 1949 Rick Wakeman, rock keyboardist, Yes-Fish Out of Water May 18, 1949 Stuart Gannes, born in Detroit, Michigan, writer, Fortune May 18, 1949 William Wallace, rocker, Guess Who May 18, 1948 Felix MH Troch, Flemish actor and director, Gekkenbriefje May 18, 1948 Joe Bonsall, Philadelphia, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira May 18, 1948 Tom Udall, American Politician May 18, 1947 Candice Azzara, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Fatso May 18, 1947 John Bruton, Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland May 18, 1946 George Alexander, rocker May 18, 1946 Reggie Jackson, Mr. October - baseball rightfielder, Yankees, A's May 18, 1946 Andreas Katsulas, American Actor May 18, 1945 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, cricketer, brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79 May 18, 1945 John Richard Patterson, businessman May 18, 1945 Maarten van Traa, Dutch MP, PvdA May 18, 1944 Peter Ryan, British national director, Police Training May 18, 1944 W. G. Sebald, German Writer May 18, 1942 Albert Hammond, rocker May 18, 1942 Keith Hellawell, Chief Constable, West Yorkshire May 18, 1942 Marquess of Reading May 18, 1942 N P, Nobby, Stiles, footballer May 18, 1942 Rodney Dillard, rocker, Glittergrass May 18, 1941 Diane McBain, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass May 18, 1941 M S Longair, astronomer May 18, 1940 A Marshall Stoneham, FRS, physicist May 18, 1940 Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler, South African in 4 Tests 1966-70 May 18, 1939 Glen Hardin, Texas, rocker, Crickets May 18, 1939 Patrick Cormack, MP May 18, 1939 Giovanni Falcone, Italian Judge May 18, 1937 Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Oriole 3rd baseman, 1955-77 May 18, 1937 Ildiko Sagi-Retjo, Hung, foils, Oly-2 gold/3 silv/2 bronze-1960-76 May 18, 1937 Jacques Santer, President, European Commission May 18, 1934 Dwayne Hickman, Louisiana, actor, Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini May 18, 1932 John Clement, chairman, Unigate Group May 18, 1931 Robert Morse, Newton Massachusetts, actor, That's Life, Jack Frost May 18, 1930 Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author, Little Gloria Happy At Last May 18, 1930 Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut, STS 51-B May 18, 1930 Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen, U.S., sci-fi author, Book of Swords May 18, 1930 Geoffrey Littler, CEO, County NatWest Group May 18, 1930 Warren B. Rudman, Sen-R-NH, 1980- May 18, 1930 Fred Saberhagen, American Author May 18, 1929 Johan N Block, aviation pioneer, Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland May 18, 1929 Lord St. John of Fawsley May 18, 1929 Roger Matton, composer May 18, 1928 G R Hall, nuclear scientist May 18, 1928 P G Hammersley, British Rear-Admiral May 18, 1928 Pernell Roberts, Waycross, Georgia, actor, Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD May 18, 1927 Richard Body, MP May 18, 1924 Jack Whitaker, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, sportscaster, ABC, CBS May 18, 1923 Liam Sullivan, Jacksonville, Illinois, actor, Mapoy-Monroes May 18, 1922 Bill Macy, Revere Massachusetts, actor, Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta May 18, 1922 GMcC Kitson, British principal, Central School of Speech/Drama May 18, 1921 Anthony Epstein, FRS/pathologist May 18, 1920 Pope John Paul II, Polish Pope May 18, 1919 Margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina, Giselle May 18, 1918 John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope, 1978- May 18, 1917 Charles Wintour, journalist May 18, 1917 James Donald, Aberdeen Scotland, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings May 18, 1915 Leon Shenandoah, native American leader May 18, 1914 Anthony Fell, British MP May 18, 1914 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass, Boris Godunov May 18, 1914 Pierre A Balmain, France, fashion designer, 1940's "New Look" May 18, 1912 Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer May 18, 1912 Perry Como, [Pierino], Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, singer/TV, Perry Como Show May 18, 1912 Richard Brooks, Philadelphia, director, Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood May 18, 1911 Joe Turner, KC, blues singer, Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll May 18, 1911 Lord Hartwell May 18, 1911 Sigrid Gurie, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Algiers, Sofia, Refugee May 18, 1910 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian May 18, 1909 Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator, Wimbledon, 1934-36 May 18, 1909 Michel Gondry, American Writer May 18, 1909 Melinda Gates, American Clergyman May 18, 1907 Clifford Curzon, born in London, England, pianist, MacFarren Gold Medal May 18, 1907 Robley D Evans, nuclear physicist May 18, 1905 Eric Zeisl, composer May 18, 1905 Hedley Verity, cricketer, terrific slow lefty for England pre-WW II May 18, 1904 Jacob K. Javits, Sen-R-NY May 18, 1904 Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese Leader May 18, 1903 George E. Stone, Lodz Poland, actor, Viva Villa, Last Mile May 18, 1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer, Music Man May 18, 1902 Meredith Willson, American Composer May 18, 1901 Harry Robert Wilson, composer May 18, 1901 Henri-Pierre Sauguet, Bordeaux France, composer, La Chotte May 18, 1901 Vincent du Vigneaud, U.S. biochemist May 18, 1900 Sarah Miriam Peale, U.S., portrait painter, Gen Lafayette-1825 May 18, 1898 Juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter, sombra desterrada May 18, 1897 Frank Capra, Italy, director, Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace May 18, 1897 Jack Raine, born in London, England, actor, Quartet May 18, 1896 Walter Fitzgerald, Keyhan Devonport England May 18, 1891 Rudolf Carnap, philosopher, German Logical Positivist May 18, 1889 G Gunnarson, writer May 18, 1887 Ernst Wiechert, writer May 18, 1886 Ole Windingstad, composer May 18, 1885 Eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil, 1945-50 May 18, 1883 Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design May 18, 1882 Eduardo Fabini, composer May 18, 1881 Georgi Atanasov, composer May 18, 1875 Guido Alberto Fano, composer May 18, 1872 Bertrand Russell, England, mathematician/philosopher, Nobel 1950 May 18, 1871 Franiska zu Reventlow, writer May 18, 1869 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bavaria/general-fieldmarshall May 18, 1868 Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia, 1894-1917 May 18, 1865 William Heinemann, England, publisher, Chemical Instrumental May 18, 1864 Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian May 18, 1862 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, German para-psychologist May 18, 1862 Josephus Daniels, American Politician May 18, 1855 Francis Bellamy, American Clergyman May 18, 1854 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer, To my Fatherland May 18, 1850 Oliver Heaviside, London, physicist, predicted ionosphere May 18, 1836 Isidor Vorobchievici, composer May 18, 1836 Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion, 1866-94 May 18, 1830 Karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer, Sakuhtala May 18, 1819 Julius Hopp, composer May 18, 1817 James William Denver, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1892 May 18, 1815 Thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep, Confederacy, died in 1891 May 18, 1798 Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1870 May 18, 1798 Ethan A. Hitchcock, American Soldier May 18, 1797 Frederik Augustus II, King of Saxon, 1836-54 May 18, 1788 Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer May 18, 1785 John Wilson, Scottish Writer May 18, 1759 Charles Duquesnoy, composer May 18, 1744 Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer, 5th clarinet flap May 18, 1711 Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer May 18, 1692 Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian May 18, 1048 Omar Khayyam, Poet |