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May 9, 1980 Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg, South Carolina, figure skater, 1997 Pacif Sr champ May 9, 1980 Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1996 May 9, 1979 Rosario Dawson, American Actress May 9, 1976 Faye Johnstone, Auckland NZ, archer 1996 Olympics May 9, 1974 Pete Kelley, 218 lbs, 99 kg, U.S. weightlifter, Olympics-14th-1996 May 9, 1974 Shin Yahata, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 May 9, 1974 Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche May 9, 1972 Dan Hollander, Royal Oak, Michigan, figure skater, 1996 Great Lakes champ May 9, 1972 Dave Barr, WLAF quarterback for the Scotland Claymores May 9, 1972 Simon Hollingsworth, Australian 400m hurdler, Olympics-92, 96 May 9, 1970 Doug Christie, NBA guard and forward for the Toronto Raptors May 9, 1969 Carla Overbeck, born in Pasadena, California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics May 9, 1969 Renn Crichlow, Ottawa, Ontario, canoeist, Olympics-8-92, 96 May 9, 1968 Bruce Pickens, NFL cornerback for the Oakland Raiders May 9, 1968 David Benoit, NBA forward, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets May 9, 1968 Marie-Jose Perec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner, Oly-2 gold-96 May 9, 1968 Vince Workman, NFL running back, Packers, Panthers, Colts May 9, 1966 Mark Tinordi, Red Deer, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals May 9, 1965 Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance May 9, 1965 Marc Logan, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins May 9, 1965 Steve Yzerman, Cranbrook BC, NHL forward, Team Canada, Detroit May 9, 1964 Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player 1988 Olympics gold May 9, 1962 Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist, Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me May 9, 1962 John Corbett, actor/singer, Chris-Northern Exposure May 9, 1962 Paul Heaton, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There May 9, 1961 Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka 1996 Olympics May 9, 1960 Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder, Zimbabwe, Test vs. Pak 1995 May 9, 1960 Jim Reilly, rocker, Red Rockers May 9, 1960 Tony Gwynn, born in Los Angeles, California, outfielder for the San Diego Padres May 9, 1959 Andrew Jones, cricketer, highly consistent for NZ at 1st drop May 9, 1959 Asantha De Mel, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler May 9, 1958 Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman, 1980 Olympics gold May 9, 1957 Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph May 9, 1957 John Stuper, baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals May 9, 1955 Kevin Peter Hall, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Misfits of Science May 9, 1955 Myra Blackwelder, LPGA golfer May 9, 1954 Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star May 9, 1953 Daniel Talbot, Montreal Que, golfer, Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84 May 9, 1953 Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi, Texas, actor, Guiding Light May 9, 1953 Ron Jackson, baseball player May 9, 1953 Scott McInnis, Rep-R-Colorado May 9, 1952 Patrick Ryecart, actor, Silas Mariner May 9, 1951 Alley Mills, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Norma Arnold-Wonder Years May 9, 1950 James A. Butts, born in Los Angeles, California, triple jumper 1976 Olympics silver May 9, 1950 Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host, Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers May 9, 1950 Tom Petersson, Rockford, Illinois, rock bassist, Cheap Trick May 9, 1949 Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist, Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge May 9, 1949 Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-10 May 9, 1948 John Drayton Mahaffey, Kerrville, Texas, PGA golfer, 1978 PGA Champ May 9, 1947 Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor, Something for Everyone May 9, 1946 Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actress, Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown May 9, 1945 Steve Katz, New York City, rock guitarist and vocalist, Blood, Sweat and Tears May 9, 1944 Don Dannemann, rocker, Cyrkle May 9, 1944 Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist, Buffalo Springfield, Poco May 9, 1943 Bruce Milner, rocker, Every Mother's Son May 9, 1943 Maurice Foster, cricketer, West Indies batsman of 70's May 9, 1943 Tommy Roe, rocker May 9, 1942 Mike Millward, rocker May 9, 1942 Tommy Roe, Atlanta, rocker, Hooray for Hazel May 9, 1942 William Olner, MP May 9, 1942 John Ashcroft, American Public Servant May 9, 1941 Dorothy Hyman, England, sprinter, Oly-silver-60 May 9, 1941 Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist, Dutch Mountains May 9, 1941 Pete Birrell, rock bassist, Freddie and The Dreamers May 9, 1940 Dick Morrissey, saxophonist May 9, 1940 James L. Brooks, producer/director, Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic May 9, 1940 James L. Brooks, Producer May 9, 1939 Bruce Mather, composer May 9, 1939 Herbert Hippauf, baseball player May 9, 1939 Jim Dent, Augusta, Georgia, PGA golfer, 1989 MONY Syracuse Senior May 9, 1939 Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots, 345 mph May 9, 1939 Nokle Edwards, rocker May 9, 1939 Ralph Boston, Laurel, Mississippi, long jumper, Oly-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68 May 9, 1938 Geoffrey Holland, civil servant May 9, 1938 Nokie Edwards, rocker, Ventures May 9, 1938 Charles Simic, American Poet May 9, 1937 Dave Prater, Ocilla, Georgia, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave May 9, 1937 Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist, Crickets May 9, 1936 Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor, Dresser, Under the Volcano May 9, 1936 Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's May 9, 1936 Glenda Jackson, Cheshire, England, actress, Women in Love May 9, 1936 Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ, 1961-62 May 9, 1936 Terry Drinkwater, TV newsman, CBS May 9, 1934 Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor, Secret Policeman's Other Ball May 9, 1934 John Robertson, deputy chairman, Barclays de Zoete Wedd May 9, 1934 Roy Massey, Master of Choristers, Hereford Cathedral May 9, 1933 Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood May 9, 1932 Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66 May 9, 1932 David Plastow, CEO, Medical Research Council May 9, 1932 Gavin Lyall, author, Conduct of Major Maxim May 9, 1932 Geraldine McEwan, actress, Henry V May 9, 1932 J Alex McMillan, Rep-R-NC, 1985- May 9, 1931 Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro, Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35 May 9, 1930 Joan Sims, actress, Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo May 9, 1929 Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal May 9, 1928 Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa, Ontario, figure skater 1948 Olympics gold May 9, 1928 Pall Pampichier Palsson, composer May 9, 1928 Richard A. "Pancho" Gonzalez, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, U.S. 1948-49 May 9, 1928 Colin Chapman, English Inventor May 9, 1927 John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland May 9, 1927 Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist, Nobel 1967 May 9, 1927 Ray Katt, baseball player May 9, 1926 Alistair MacFarlane, principal, Heriot-Watt University England May 9, 1926 Francis Kennedy, British diplomat May 9, 1926 Joshua Hassan, chief minister, Gibralter May 9, 1926 Robin Cooke, President, NZ Court of Appeal May 9, 1925 Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance May 9, 1924 Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author, Student! May 9, 1924 Connie Russell, New York City, singer, Club Embassy, Garroway at Large May 9, 1924 Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer, Library stamps 1991 May 9, 1924 Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter, l'Amour May 9, 1922 Sheila Burrell, actress, Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark May 9, 1921 Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman May 9, 1920 Richard Adams, author, Day Gone By May 9, 1920 Frank Perdue, American Businessman May 9, 1919 Arthur English, comedian/actor, Malachi's Cove May 9, 1918 Mike Wallace, Brookline, Massachusetts, newscaster, Biography, 60 Minutes May 9, 1918 Orville Freeman, Minneapolis, Sen-D-Mn, /Sec of Agriculture, 1961-69 May 9, 1917 George Fleming, cyclist May 9, 1917 John Arnatt, actor, Circumstantial Evidence May 9, 1916 Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist May 9, 1916 Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby May 9, 1916 Douglas Guest, organist May 9, 1915 Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral May 9, 1914 Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor May 9, 1914 Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orch leader May 9, 1914 Hank Snow, Nova Scotia, Canada, country singer, I Went to Your Wedding May 9, 1914 Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer May 9, 1914 Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator, Fair Employment Practices May 9, 1913 John Hayes, Admiral May 9, 1913 Victor Smith, Admiral, Australian Chiefs of Staff May 9, 1912 Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor, From Russia With Love May 9, 1911 Harry Simeone, Newark, New Jersey, choral director, Kate Smith Show May 9, 1910 Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert May 9, 1910 P E Palia, cricketer, appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932 May 9, 1909 Mohammad Rabbani, Afghani Politician May 9, 1909 Tom Bodett, American Author May 9, 1907 Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician, Frame May 9, 1906 Eleanor Estes, author, Ginger Pye, Moffats May 9, 1904 Gregory Bateson, British Scientist May 9, 1903 Walter Dehmel, writer May 9, 1901 Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont, West Virginia, actor, Oklahoma Annie, Cowby and the Lady May 9, 1901 George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper, England late 20's early 30's May 9, 1899 Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet May 9, 1895 Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet, Dogmatic Aeon May 9, 1895 Richard Barthelmess, New York City, actor, Broken Blossoms, Noose May 9, 1893 William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist May 9, 1892 Eric Westberg, composer May 9, 1892 Zita, empress, Austria, /Queen, Hungary May 9, 1887 Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer May 9, 1886 Francis Biddle, American Lawyer May 9, 1882 Henry J Kaiser, builder, Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam May 9, 1882 Henry J. Kaiser, American Businessman May 9, 1873 Howard Carter, British archaeologist, found King Tutankhamen's tomb May 9, 1873 Lilian Mary Baylis, manager, Old Vic and Sadler's Wells Theater May 9, 1865 August de Boeck, composer May 9, 1860 James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist, Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan May 9, 1860 James M. Barrie, British Playwright May 9, 1855 Julius Rontgen, composer May 9, 1846 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer May 9, 1844 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress, Bad Herders May 9, 1843 Belle Boyd, spy, Confederate, /actress/lecturer May 9, 1837 Adam Opel, German manufacturer, cycling, motorcars May 9, 1833 Boleslaw Dembinski, composer May 9, 1829 Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer May 9, 1824 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brig General Confederate Army May 9, 1814 Adolph von Henselt, composer May 9, 1810 Louis Gallait, historical painter May 9, 1810 WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I May 9, 1801 Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver May 9, 1800 John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry May 9, 1796 August Pauly, German classicus, Real Encyclopedia May 9, 1793 Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist May 9, 1785 James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist, Philosphy of Storms May 9, 1783 Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader May 9, 1780 William Duane, American Lawyer May 9, 1740 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer, Barber of Seville May 9, 1738 John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet May 9, 1596 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter May 9, 1265 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, Divina Commedia |