Born:
Jose Oquendo, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Jose Manuel Roberto Guillermo Contreras Oquendo, baseball player, infielder, coach, signed with New York Mets at age fifteen, member, St. Louis Cardinals, played 1987 World Series, record for fewest second baseman errors, 1990
More Notable Birthdays on July 4: 1943 - Geraldo Rivera, born in New York City, news personality, 20/20, Geraldo
1930 - George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees, ship builder/horse owner
1927 - Neil Simon, Bronx, playwright, Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues
1918 - Ann Landers, born in Sioux City, Iowa, twin sister/advice columnist
1883 - Rube Goldberg, cartoonist, who made the easy outrageously difficult
