1978 Birthday Autumn Waterbury, Miss Illinois Teen USA, 2nd-1997 1969 Birthday Jack O'Keffe, Waterbury CT, Australasia golfer 1969 Birthday Darren Bragg, Waterbury CT, outfielder for the Seattle Mariners 1962 Birthday Dylan McDermott, Waterbury CT, actor, Jersey Girl, Steel Magnolias 1960 Birthday Richard A. Mastracchio, Waterbury, Connecticut, astronaut 1957 Birthday John G. Rowland, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Governor of Connecticut 1995 - 2004 1953 Event WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins 1953 Birthday Gary Franks, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Representative-R-Connecticut 1991 - 1997 1950 Birthday Elmar Oliveira, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, violinist, Naumburg 1978 1942 Birthday Thom Mayne, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, architect, awarded Pritzker Prize, 2005, principal, Morphosis, famous architecture firm in Santa Monica, California, founder, Southern California Institute of Architecture 1940 Birthday Joan Joyce, Waterbury CT, LPGA golfer, 1984 S&H Golf Classic-6th 1940 Birthday Joan Joyce, Waterbury, Connecticut, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1983 1938 Birthday Porter Goss, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Representative-R-Florida 1989 - 2004, Director of CIA 2004 - 2006 1928 Birthday Bob Crane, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actor, Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed 1926 Event 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record) 1921 Birthday Hayden Carruth, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, novelist, Crow and Heart 1920 Birthday Stan Freeman, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, pianist, Melody Tour 1908 Birthday Rosalind Russell, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actress, Mame, Take a Letter Darling 1904 Birthday John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973
