On this day......

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:59 am

February 6th, 1971 - NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon.

Todays notable birthdays:

Christopher Marlowe 1564
Aaron Burr 1756
Babe Ruth 1895
Ronald Wilson Reagan (U.S.) 1911
Zsa Zsa Gabor 1919
Rip Torn 1931
Tom Brokaw 1940
Bob Marley 1945
Natalie Cole 1950
Robert Townsend 1957
Axl Rose (Guns & Roses) 1962

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:43 am

February 8th, 1985 - "The Dukes of Hazzard" ended its 6-1/2 year run on CBS television.

Todays notable birthdays:

Buddy Morrow 1919
Lana Turner 1921
Audrey Meadows 1924
Jack Lemmon 1925
James Dean 1931
Larry Verne 1936
Ted Koppel 1940
Nick Nolte 1941
John Grisham 1955
Vince Neil (Motley Crue) 1961
Gary Coleman 1968
Seth Green 1974

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:43 am

February 12th, 2004 - Mattel announced that "Barbie" and "Ken" were breaking up. The dolls had met on the set of their first television commercial together in 1961.

Todays notable birthdays:

Charles Darwin 1809
Abraham Lincoln 1809
Lorne Green 1915
Dom DiMaggio 1917
Joe Garagiola 1926
Bill Russell 1934
Moe Bandy 1944
Michael Ironside 1950
Arsenio Hall 1955
Josh Brolin 1968
Chynna Phillips (Wilson-Phillips) 1968
Christina Ricci 1980

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:51 am

February 13th, 2000 - Charles M. Schulz's last original Sunday "Peanuts" comic strip appeared in newspapers

Todays notable birthdays:

Woody (Wayne) Hayes 1913
Tennessee Ernie Ford 1919
Pete Castiglione 1921
Chuck Yeager 1923
Carol Lynley (Jones) 1942
Jerry Springer 1944
Stockard Channing 1944
Peter Tork 1944
Peter Gabriel 1950
Randy Moss 1977
Mena Suvari 1979
Natalie Stewart 1979

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:49 am

February 14th, 1929 - The "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone were killed.

Todays notable birthdays:

Jack Benny 1894
Jimmy Hoffa 1913
Hugh Downs 1921
Carl Bernstein 1944
Gregory Hines 1946
Teller (Pen and Teller) 1948
Drew Bledsoe 1972
Rob Thomas 1972
Steve McNair 1973

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:39 am

February 27th, 1922 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote.

Todays notable birthdays:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807
John Steinbeck 1902
Guy Mitchell 1927
Elizabeth Taylor 1932
Ralph Nader 1934
Adam Baldwin 1962
Chili (TLC) 1971
Chelsea Clinton 1980

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:42 am

February 28th, 2001 - The Northwest region of the U.S., including the state of Washington, was hit by an earthquake that measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale.

Todays notable birthdays:

Tommy Tune 1939
Mario Andretti 1940
Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) 1942
Poul Popiel 1943
Bubba Smith 1945
Stephanie Beacham 1947
Mercedes Ruehl 1948
Bernadette Peters 1948
John Turturro 1957
Cindy Wilson (B-52's) 1957
Rae Dawn Chong 1961

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:03 am

February 29th, 1940 - Hattie McDaniel became the first black person to win an Oscar. She won Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind."

Todays notable birthdays:

Ann Lee 1736
Gioacchino Rossini 1792
Herman Hollerith 1860
Theodore 'Theo' Hardeen 1876
William Wellman 1896
Jimmy Dorsey 1904
Dinah Shore 1916
Arthur Franz 1920
Michele Morgan 1920
Howard Nemerov 1920
Joss Ackland 1928
Jack Lousma 1936
Henri Richard 1936
Gretchen Christopher (Fleetwoods) 1940
Antonio Sabato, Jr. 1972

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:42 am

March 4th, 1954 - In Boston, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital reported the first successful kidney transplant.

Todays notable birthdays:

Prince Henry the Navigator 1394
Antonio Vivaldi 1678
Sir Henry Raeburn 1756
Knute Rockne 1888
Charles Goren 1901
Harry Helmsley 1909
John Garfield 1913
Carlos Surinach 1915
Margaret Osborne DuPont 1918
Joan Greenwood 1921
Miriam Makeba 1932
Barbara McNair 1934
Jim Clark 1936
Paula Prentiss 1939
Susan Clark 1944
Bobby Womack 1944
Kay Lenz 1953
Emilio Estefan 1953
Adrian Zmed 1954
Catherine O’Hara 1954
Steven Weber 1961
Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini 1961
Jason Newsted (Metallica) 1963
Chastity Bono 1969
Jason Sellers 1971

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:52 am

March 5th, 1982 - John Belushi died in Los Angeles of a drug overdose at the age of 33.

Todays notable birthdays:

William Blackstone 1595 - First settler in Boston
Antoine Cadillac 1658 - Founder of Detroit, MI
Lucy Larcom 1824 - Poet
Alan Clark (Dire Straits) 1952
Marsha Warfield 1954 - Actress: "Night Court"
Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician: Penn and Teller
Andy Gibb 1958
Craig Reid (The Proclaimers) 1962
Charlie Reid (The Proclaimers) 1962
John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 1970
Kevin Connolly 1974

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:51 am

March 6th, 1808 - At Harvard University, the first college orchestra was founded.

Todays notable birthdays:

Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475
Cyrano De Bergerac 1619
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806
Furry Lewis 1893
Bob Wills 1905
Lou Costello 1906
Ed McMahon 1923
Alan Greenspan 1926
Wes Montgomery 1927
Leroy Gordon ‘Gordo’ Cooper 1927
Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 1928
Lorin Maazel 1930
Marion Barry 1936
Sylvia Robinson 1936
Doug Dillard 1937
Valentina Tereshkova-Nikolaeva 1937
Joanna Miles 1940
Ben Murphy 1942
Mary Wilson (Supremes) 1944
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1944
Rob Reiner 1945
Hugh Grundy (The Zombies) 1945
Kiki Dee 1947
Dick Fosbury 1947
David Gimour (Pink Floyd) 1947
Tom Arnold 1959
Skip Ewing 1964
Moira Kelly 1968
Amy Pietz 1969

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:51 am

March 7th, 1933 - The board game Monopoly was invented.

Todays notable birthdays:

James Broderick 1927
Lord Snowdon 1930
Frank Morelli 1932
Willard Scott 1934
Michael York 1942
Michael Eisner 1942
Tammy Faye Bakker 1942
Billy MacMillan 1943
Chris White (The Zombies) 1943
John Heard 1946
Peter Wolf (J. Geils Band) 1946
Donna Loren 1947
Peggy March 1948
Ernie Isley (The Isley Brothers) 1952
Jules Shear 1953
Bryan Cranston 1956
Taylor Dayne 1965
Laura Prepon 1980

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:48 am

March 10th, 1912 - China became a republic after the overthrow of the Manchu Ch'ing Dynasty.

Todays notable birthdays:

Chuck Norris 1940
Sandra Jean Palmer 1941
Katharine Houghton 1945 - Actress
Bob Greene 1947 - Newspaper columnist
Tom Scholz 1947 - Musician (Boston)
Shannon Tweed 1957 - Actress
Sharon Stone 1958 - Actress
Gail Greenwood (Belly) 1960 - Musician (L7)
Jeff Ament 1963 - Musician (Pearl Jam)
Jasmine Guy 1964 - Actress
Neneh Cherry 1964
Prince Edward (Britain) 1964 - Son of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
Emily Osment 1992 - Actress ("Spy Kids" movies)

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:41 am

March 12th, 1930 - Ghandi began his 200-mile march to the sea that symbolized his defiance of British rule over India.

Todays notable birthdays:

Liza Minnelli 1946
James Taylor 1948
Steve Harris 1957 - Musician (Iron Maiden)
Marlon Jackson 1957 - Singer (The Jackson Five)
Courtnney B. Vance 1960
John Andretti 1963
Julia Campbell 1963 - Actress
Aaron Eckhart 1968 - Actor
Samm Levine 1982 - Actor

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:51 am

March 13th, 2002 - Fox aired "Celebrity Boxing." Tonya Harding beat Paula Jones, Danny Banaduce beat Barry Williams and Todd Bridges defeated Vanilla Ice.

Todays notable birthdays:

L. Ron Hubbard 1911
Dick Katz 1934
Neil Sedaka 1939 - Singer, songwriter
William H. Macy 1950 - Actor
Dana Delany 1956 - Actress ("China Beach")
Glenne Headly 1957
Adam Clayton 1960 - Musician (U2)
Christopher Collet 1968 - Actor
Tracey Wells 1971 - Actress
Annabeth Gish 1971 - Actress
Common 1972 - Rapper
Danny Masterson 1976 - Actor ("That 70's Show")

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:33 am

April 8th, 1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives held its first meeting.

Todays notable birthdays:

Elizabeth "Betty" Ford (Bloomer) 1918 - Wife of 38th U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, founder of the Betty Ford Clinic
John (Richard) Schneider 1954 - Singer, actor ("Dukes of Hazzard", "Smallville")
Izzy Stradlin 1962 - Musician (Gun's 'N Roses)
Julian Lennon 1963 - Musician, son of John Lennon (Beatles)
Biz Markie 1964 - Rapper
Robin Wright Penn 1966 - Actress
Patricia Arquette 1968 - Actress ("True Romance", "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors"), sister of Roseanna Arquette
Taran Noah Smith 1984 - Actor ("Home Improvement")
Kirsten Storms 1984 - Actress ("Days of Our Lives")