1980 Birthday Stephanie Michelle Steele, Abilene, Texas, country singer 1980 Birthday Jessica Simpson, born in Abilene, Texas, singer, actress, television personality, starred in reality show, 'Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica' 1964 Birthday Michael Dean Standly, Abilene, Texas, PGA golfer, 1993 Freeport-McMoRan 1961 Birthday David W. Harper, Abilene, Texas, actor, Jim Bob-Waltons 1960 Birthday Danny Briggs, Abilene, Texas, Nike golfer, 1986 Tallahassee Open-6th 1956 Birthday Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer, Oughta be a Law 1953 Event KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1938 Birthday Mason Williams, Abilene, Texas, writer, Smother Brothers Hour 1935 Birthday Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene, Texas, actress, Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie 1932 Birthday Joe H. Engle, born in Abilene, Kansas, Brigadier General USAF/astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 51I
