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May 23, 1984 Adam Wylie, actor, Picket Fences May 23, 1980 Sarah Louise Catherwood, Christchurch NZ, 4x200m swimmer 1996 Olympics May 23, 1978 Silvia Colloca, Italian Actress May 23, 1976 Kelly Marie Monaco, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, playmate, April, 1997 May 23, 1976 Melanie Joyce Bell, Vernon New Jersey, Miss America-New Jersey 1997 May 23, 1975 Vincent Goossens, soccer player, Dordrecht '90 May 23, 1974 Duane Clemons, linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings May 23, 1974 Jewel [Kilcher], Alaska, folk/rock vocalist, Pieces of You May 23, 1974 Kimber West, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Feb 1997 May 23, 1974 Jewel, American Musician May 23, 1974 Jewel Kilcher, American Musician May 23, 1974 Ken Jennings, American Celebrity May 23, 1973 Verna Vasquez, Miss Universe-best swimsuit, Curacao, 1997 May 23, 1972 Isabelle Fijalkowski, WNBA center and forward for the Cleveland Rockers May 23, 1972 Marco van Hoogdalem, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC May 23, 1972 Rene Ingoglia, running back for the Buffalo Bills May 23, 1972 Shannon Brown, NFL defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons May 23, 1971 Issac Booth, NFL cornerback and safety for the Cleveland Browns May 23, 1971 Joseph Rogers, CFL receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers May 23, 1971 Marshall Boze, San Manual, Arizona, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers May 23, 1970 Grahae Hick, cricketer May 23, 1970 Ricky Gutierrez, born in Miami, Florida, infielder for the Houston Astros May 23, 1969 Pat Hurst, San Leandro California, LPGA golfer, 1995 Rolex Rookie of the Year May 23, 1969 Ramon Caraballo, baseball player May 23, 1968 Daryl Hobbs, NFL wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders May 23, 1968 Tiffany Rochelle-Anderson, Laguna Beach California, WPVA, Nationals-13th-1995 May 23, 1967 Craig John Monk, Auckland NZ, finn class yachter 1996 Olympics May 23, 1967 Charlie Hunter, American Musician May 23, 1966 Gary Roberts, North York, NHL left wing for the Calgary Flames May 23, 1966 Graeme Hick, cricketer, in Zimbabwe Massive run-scorer for Worcs May 23, 1966 Helena Bonham Carter, London, actress, Ft. Worth, Howards End May 23, 1965 James Hasty, NFL cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs May 23, 1965 Lilian Drescher, Venezuela, tennis star May 23, 1965 Woorkeri Venkat Raman, cricketer, Indian slow left-arm all-rounder May 23, 1964 Kenny Gattison, NBA forward, Orlando Magic May 23, 1964 Staci Greason, Denver, actress, Isabella Toscando-Days of Our Lives May 23, 1962 Karen Duffy, [Duff], New York City, MTV VJ/actress, Meet Wally Sparks May 23, 1962 Keith Brantley, Scott AFB, Illinois, marathoner 1996 Olympics May 23, 1961 Dave Babych, Edmonton, NHL defenseman, Vancouver Canucks May 23, 1961 Drew Carey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor/comedian, Drew-Drew Carey Show May 23, 1961 Kevin Romine, baseball player May 23, 1960 Theo Vogelaars, pop bassist, Trockener Kecks/Paid Love May 23, 1959 Linden Ashby, actor, Mortal Kombat May 23, 1959 Marcella Mesker, Netherlands, tennis star May 23, 1958 Shelly West, born in Cleveland, Ohio, country singer, Red Hot, West by West May 23, 1958 Thomas Reiter, Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-22 May 23, 1958 Lea DeLaria, American Comedian May 23, 1958 Mitch Albom, American Writer May 23, 1957 Jimmy McShane, Pop singer, Baltimora-Tarzan Boy May 23, 1955 John Stevens, MEP May 23, 1954 Marvin Hagler, American Athlete May 23, 1952 "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, New Jersey, middleweight boxing champ, 1982-83 May 23, 1952 Deborah Adair, actress, Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life May 23, 1952 James Mankey, rocker, Concrete Blonde May 23, 1951 Anatoli Karpov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1975-85 May 23, 1951 Judy Rodman, Riverside California, country singer, Girls Ride Horses Too May 23, 1950 Linda Thompson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Hee Haw May 23, 1950 Martin McGuinness, Irish Politician May 23, 1949 Alan Garcia Perez, President of Peru, 1985-90 May 23, 1948 Reggie Cleveland, baseball player May 23, 1948 Gary McCord, American Athlete May 23, 1947 Ann Hui, director, Boat People May 23, 1947 Jonathan Pryce, North Wales, stage actor, Miss Saigon May 23, 1946 Tom Dorris, horse trainer May 23, 1945 Elliott Bernerd, English broker/multi-millionaire May 23, 1945 Lauren Chapin, actress, Kathy-Father Knows Best May 23, 1945 Misty Morgan, country keyboardist, duo with Jack Blanchard May 23, 1944 General George Norman Johnson, U.S. singer, Down at the Beach Club May 23, 1944 Giles Smith, TV journalist May 23, 1944 Olga Maitland, MP May 23, 1944 Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, U.S. drummer, Funkadelic, Knee Deep May 23, 1943 John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71 May 23, 1943 Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat May 23, 1943 Norman Johnson, singer and songwriter May 23, 1943 Peter Kenilorea, PM Solomon Islands May 23, 1941 Jackson Hill, composer May 23, 1939 Ron Stevens, horse trainer May 23, 1939 Robert A. M. Stern, American Architect May 23, 1938 John R Miller, Rep-R-WA, 1985- May 23, 1938 Peter Preston, editor, Guardian May 23, 1938 Johnny Ball, British Entertainer May 23, 1937 John Mazza, horse trainer May 23, 1936 Charles Kimbrough, actor, Murphy Brown May 23, 1936 Douglas John Gorman, businessman May 23, 1936 Robert Sangster, horse owner/trainer May 23, 1935 Juliet Campbell, British ambassador, to Luxembourg May 23, 1935 Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank May 23, 1934 Malcolm Gill, deputy head, Bank for International Settlements May 23, 1934 Robert A Moog, inventor, Moog Synthesizer May 23, 1934 Robert Moog, American Inventor May 23, 1933 Bruce A Peterson, U.S. test pilot, M2, HL-10 May 23, 1933 Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture and land and fishing, CDA May 23, 1933 Joan Henrietta Collins, London, actress, Alexis-Dynasty, Bitch May 23, 1933 Joan Collins, American Actress May 23, 1932 James Lester, MP May 23, 1932 John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master, Trinity Hall May 23, 1931 Barbara Barrie, Chicago, actress, Breaking Away, Barney Miller May 23, 1931 Jose Telles Da Conceicao, Brazil, high jumper 1952 Olympics bronze May 23, 1930 Richard Anuszkiewicz, Erie, Pennsylvania, painter May 23, 1929 Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 1965- May 23, 1929 Ulla Jacobson, Swedish actress, One Summer of Happiness May 23, 1928 Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor, Without a Clue, Masada May 23, 1928 Nina Otkalenko, U.S.S.R., 800m runner, 9 world records May 23, 1928 Rosemary Clooney, Kentucky, singer/paper towels spokeswoman, Coronet May 23, 1924 Desmond Carrington, British radio host, Jim-Calamity the Cow May 23, 1924 Michael McCrum, master, Corpus Christi College Cambridge May 23, 1924 V N Swamy, cricketer, one Test India vs. NZ 1955, DNB, 0-45 May 23, 1923 Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist, Orquesta Sinfonica May 23, 1923 Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler, 1949-52 May 23, 1922 Dennis Compton, author/crickleter May 23, 1921 Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor, It's Great to Be Young May 23, 1921 James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader May 23, 1921 Loren Tindall, Oklahoma, actor, Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost May 23, 1921 Montague Modlyn, broadcaster May 23, 1921 Sanderson Temple, circuit judge May 23, 1921 James Blish, American Author May 23, 1920 Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer, Green Eyes, Anapola May 23, 1920 Sid Melton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas May 23, 1919 Betty Garrett, St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Irene-All in the Family May 23, 1919 Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary May 23, 1918 Bulent Arel, composer May 23, 1918 Bumps Blackwell, rocker May 23, 1918 Denis Compton, cricketer, England batsman 1938-56 and Arsenal forward May 23, 1916 M Jean Francaix, composer May 23, 1916 Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright, living legacy award 1995 May 23, 1915 Clyde Wiegand, physicist May 23, 1914 Alec Dickson, founder, VSO May 23, 1914 Barbara Ward, economist/writer, Only One Earth May 23, 1914 Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic, Dance Magazine May 23, 1914 Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher May 23, 1913 Ian Graeme, major-general May 23, 1912 David Barran, CEO, Midland Bank, England May 23, 1912 Jean Francaix, Le Mans France, composer, Naked King May 23, 1912 John Payne, Roanoke, Virginia, actor, Restless Gun May 23, 1912 Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor, Herr Palitz-Holocaust May 23, 1912 Samuel Curran, vice chancellor, Strathclyde University May 23, 1911 Boris Kremenliev, composer May 23, 1911 Melvin M Payne, president, National Geographic Society May 23, 1910 Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], New York City, bandleader, Come'on my House May 23, 1910 Franz Jozef Kline, U.S. expressionist painter May 23, 1910 Hugh Casson CH, architect May 23, 1910 Scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute, Indiana, actor, Zapped, Shining May 23, 1910 Franz Kline, American Artist May 23, 1910 Hugh Casson, British Architect May 23, 1909 Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat May 23, 1909 Sibel Edmonds, American Public Servant May 23, 1909 Mary Cheney, American Celebrity May 23, 1908 Christian GK Baeta, Togolese chairman, International Mission Council May 23, 1908 John Bardeen, U.S., physicist, transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972 May 23, 1908 Max Abramovitz, U.S. architect, Lincoln Center, United Nations Building May 23, 1907 Kenneth Allen, engineer May 23, 1907 Matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant May 23, 1906 Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer May 23, 1903 Walter Reisch, U.S., screenwriter, Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic May 23, 1902 Mark Lothar, composer May 23, 1900 Hans Frank, German Public Servant May 23, 1898 Frank McHugh, actor, Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young May 23, 1898 Joseph Hazen, lawyer May 23, 1891 Par Lagerkvist, Sweden, novelist/dramatist, Barabbas, Nobel 1951 May 23, 1890 Herbert Marshall, London, actor, Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes May 23, 1890 Virginia Eames, Ft. Davis, Texas, entertainer May 23, 1888 Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet, Raged and Tired May 23, 1886 Hermann Neiáe, writer May 23, 1883 Douglas Fairbanks, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood May 23, 1882 James Gleason, New York City, writer and actor, Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool May 23, 1875 Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman May 23, 1873 Leo Baeck, rabbi/president, World Union for Progressive Judaism May 23, 1871 Sigurd Lie, composer May 23, 1866 Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist May 23, 1864 Louis Glass, composer May 23, 1862 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 May 23, 1851 Antoni Stolpe, composer May 23, 1849 Karoly earl Khuen-Hedervary, Premier of Hungary, 1910-12 May 23, 1848 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff, WW I May 23, 1848 Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator May 23, 1844 'Abdu'l-Baha, early Baha'i leader, 'Azamat 7, 1 May 23, 1843 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer May 23, 1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General Union volunteers, died in 1892 May 23, 1832 Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer May 23, 1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed, Amherst College May 23, 1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General Union volunteers May 23, 1820 James Buchanan Eads, U.S., engineer/inventor, Eads Bridge-St. Louis May 23, 1813 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1895 May 23, 1812 Henri A. Esquiros, French poet and writer, Les Vierges Folles May 23, 1810 Margaret Fuller, American Critic May 23, 1799 Thomas Hood, English poet/composer, Song of the Shirt May 23, 1795 Charles Barry, architect May 23, 1794 Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer May 23, 1790 Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville, explorer May 23, 1759 Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer May 23, 1756 Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer May 23, 1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter, Napoleon May 23, 1753 Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer May 23, 1741 Andrea Lucchesi, composer May 23, 1737 Louis Francois Chambray, composer May 23, 1735 Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author May 23, 1734 Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist, Mesmerism May 23, 1729 Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet, Il Giorno May 23, 1718 William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer May 23, 1710 Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor, garden sculptures May 23, 1707 Carolus Linnaeus, Sweden, biological classifier May 23, 1696 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer May 23, 1644 Thomas Eisenhut, composer May 23, 1620 Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized May 23, 1617 Elias Ashmole, antiquary May 23, 1598 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized |