February 27th
Holidays and Celebrations
National Day (Dominican Republic) * (See Below)
Independence Day (Dominica) * (See Below)
First day of Maslenitsa (Russia) (2006)
Declararion of Independence Day (Lebanon) *(See Below)
Godhra train burning Remembrance Day (India) * (See Below)
Flag Day (Antigua and Barbuda) * CLICK HERE
Dream 2014 (Lake Buena Vista, Florida)
National Strawberry Day * (See Wine of the Day)
National Kahlua Day * (See Drink of the Day)
Birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poet)
Ralph Nader Day, American consumer activist (1934)
Polar Bear Day
No Brainer Day
Mr Rogers Remembrance Day, Fred Rogers, American children's television actor (b. 1928 - D: 2003)
Johnny Van Zant Day, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b.1959)
Equirria (Roman Empire), horse races in honor of the war god Mars were held. Orthodox Meatfare Sunday (Christian Orthodox)
Day 2 of Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days) (Bahá'í Faith) - days in the Bahá'í calendar devoted to service and gift giving.
Feast of Saint Leander
Feast of Saint Honorine
Christian Feast Day of Honorine
Christian Feast Day of Leander
Christian Feast Day of Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
* Noise Pop Music Festival 2010, San Francisco, California, USA February 23 – March 1 (5of7)(2010)
* Ostara Fest - February 23-27, 2011 Fort Worth, TX (5 of 5)
* National Day (Dominican Republic), The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (1844)
* Independence Day (Dominica), Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom in 1967.
* Declaration of Independence Day (Lebanon), - Lebanon declares Independence in 1945.
* Godhra train burning Remembrance Day (India), a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya in 2002.
Toast of The Day
"Here's to your health,
Fitness and tone.
I've drank to your health so many times,
I've ruined my god damned own."
- Unknown
Drink of The Day
Kahlua Hot Chocolate
1 oz Kahlua
5 oz Hot Cocoa
1 tbsp Whipped Cream
1 tsp Sugar
Stir kahlua and cocoa in an irish coffee cup, sweeten to taste. Top with cream, sprinkle with grated chocolate.
- In Honor of National Kahlua Day
- Shot of the Day -
Silk Panties
1 Part Vodka
1 Part Peppermint Schnapps
Wine of The Day
CalNaturale 2008 French Camp Vineyard
Style - Cabernet Sauvignon
Paso Robles
$15
-Alternative-
Baldwin Strawberry Wine
Style - Desert Wine
Pine Bush, NY
$20
- In Celebration of National Strawberry Day
Beer of The Day
Racer 5 India Pale Ale
Brewer - Bear Republic Brewing ; Healdsburg, California, USA
Style - American IPA
ABV - 7%
Joke of The Day
This guy is at the supermarket and after buying a few things he begins
to queue up in this really long line for the checkout. After about 15
mins in the line he reached the checkout girl, and just at that moment
he remembers that he needs some condoms. Not wanting to line up again
he said to the girl, "I meant to buy some condoms but forgot," to
which she replies, "Do you know what size you are?" "No." The girl
then said, "OK drop your pants and I'll tell you what size you are."
The guy then, not being the shy type, drops his trousers and the girl
has a feel with her hand and then says in the microphone, "1 packet of
large condoms to aisle 3 please." He pulls up his trousers, the
condoms are brought to him, he pays his bill, and goes on his way.
Another male customer sees this and thinks he'd like to have this nice
girl fondling his manhood and so says the same thing to the girl and a
similar course of events takes place, only this time after having a
feel she says, "One packet of medium sized condoms to aisle 3 please."
The condoms are then brought to him, he pays the bill, and goes on his
way.
Also watching this course of events was a rather excitable 15 year old
boy who then decides to queue up and try the same routine. Upon
reaching the checkout girl he says, "I'd like to buy some condoms
please, but I forgot," and the girl replies, "Do you know what size
you are?" He answers "Nope," and she asks him to drop his trousers and
she has a feel, after which she says into the microphone, "Clean up on aisle 3, please!"
Quote of the Day
“History flows forward on rivers of beer.”
- Anonymous
Whisky of The Day
$35 (750)
February Observances
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month
Aggressive Driving Month
American Heart Month
National Heart Healthy Month
American History Month
An Affair to Remember Month
Avocado and Banana Month
Bake for Family Fun Month
Beans (Dried and Fresh) Month
Berry Fresh Month
Black History Month
Burn Awareness Month
Canned Food Month
Celebration of Chocolate Month
Creative Romance Month
Dog Training Education Month
Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month
Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
From Africa to Virginia Month
National Get To Know An Independent Real Estate Broker Month
Grapefruit Month
Great American Pie Month a.k.a American Pie Month
International Boost Self-Esteem Month
International Expect Success Month
International Friendship Month
International Hoof-care Month
Jobs in Golf Month
Library Lovers' Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
Marijuana Awareness Month
National African American History Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Black History Month
National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
National Cherry Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Condom Month
National Embroidery Month
National Fiber Focus Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Laugh-Friendly Month
National Mend A Broken Heart Month
National Parent Leadership Month
National Pet Dental Health Month
National Snack Food Month
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
National Therapeutic Recreation Month
National Time Management Month
National Weddings Month
National Wild Bird Feeding Month
Parent Leadership Month, Natl
Plant The Seeds Of Greatness Month
Potato Lover’s Month
Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall Month
Relationship Wellness Month
Responsible Pet Owner's Month
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Senior Independence Month
Spay/Neuter Awareness Month
Spiritual Teachers Month
Spunky Old Broads Month
Sweet Potato Month
Truck Month (GM)
Wise Health Care Consumer Month
Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month
Youth Leadership Month
Observances Week
National Pancake Week, Fourth Week of FebruaryRead Me Week, Fourth Week of February
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week, Fourth Full Week in February
Telecommuter Appreciation Week, Fourth Full Week in February
Peace Corps Week, Fourth Full Week in February starting with Monday
International Friendship Week, Last Full Week of February
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Last Full Week in February
Historical Events on February 27th
837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1526 Saxony & Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
1531 Evangelical German monarchy/towns form Schmalkaldische Union
1557 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London
1560 The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
1594 Henri IV crowned king of France
1594 Henry IV is crowned King of France.
1617 Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
1626 Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-adm De Ruyter beats English
1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquerors Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed out of London Tower
1696 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered
1713 French troops bomb Willemstad Curacao
1797 The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes.
1801 Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
1801 Washington DC placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
1812 Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
1812 Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1813 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
1813 Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
1814 Ludwig von Beethovens 8th Symphony in F, premieres
1816 Dutch regain Suriname
1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
1844 The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
1854 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
1860 Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1861 Warsaw Massacre, Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters.
1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
1864 6th & last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1864 The first Northern prisoners of the American Civil War arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, "Camp Sumpter".
1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
1869 John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress
1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University
1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
1874 Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
1877 US Electoral College declares R Hayes winner presidential election
1879 Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
1881 Battle at Amajuba, S Afr: Boers vs Brit army under Gen Colley
1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
1890 D Needham & P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw
1900 Battle at Pietershoogte
1900 In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg, Second Boer War.
1900 British Labour Party forms
1900 The British Labour Party is founded.
1901 NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
1906 France & Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
1908 Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954)
1908 Star #46 was added to US flag for Oklahoma
1912 Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway
1919 1st public performance of Holst's "Planets"
1919 American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (NYC)
1921 The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
1921 US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
1921 US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
1922 A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1922 Commerce Sec Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference
1922 G B Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II," premieres in NYC
1924 Belgium's Theunis government falls
1925 Hitler's resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich
1925 Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 & 6-37 v England
1927 For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1929 Turkey signs Litvinov-pact
1930 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
1932 Explosion in coal mine Boissevain, Virginia, USA (38 dead)
1933 The Reichstag fire, German parliament building, Reichstag, is destroyed by fire. Nazis set fire, blame it on Communists
1933 Jean Genet's "Intermezzo," premieres in Paris
1936 Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6)
1937 Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes
1938 Britain & France recognize Franco government in Spain
1939 Belgian government of Pierlot falls
1939 English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire
1939 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.
1940 Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14
1942 1st transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany
1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 US warships sunk-2 Japanese
1942 J S Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun
1942 During the Battle of the Java Sea, World War II, an allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies
1943 The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
1943 The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
1945 Battle of US 94 Infantry
1945 Lebanon declares Independence.
1946 4th "Road" film, "Road to Utopia" premieres (NYC)
1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized
1949 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
1950 General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1951 The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1956 Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"
1956 Female suffrage in Egypt
1957 Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People"
1957 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)
1958 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1959 Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers
1959 Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
1960 Oil pipe line from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens
1960 US Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal
1961 The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1962 South-Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed, 1st US killed
1963 Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000
1963 The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
1964 "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 540 perfs
1964 The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1965 "High Spirits" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 375 performances
1965 Dutch Marijnen government resigns
1965 France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1966 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford GRB
1966 Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Belousova & Protopopov of URS
1966 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Peggy Fleming of US
1966 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Emmerich Danzer AUT
1967 Antigua & St Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK
1967 Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1967 Rio de la Plata Treaty
1969 Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via milt coup
1969 President Nixon visits West-Berlin
1970 NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
1971 Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.
1972 Pres Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique
1973 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox
1973 Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
1973 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution motu proprio Quo aptius
1974 "People" magazine is published for the first time.
1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin
1975 House of Reps pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill
1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung & Richard Nixon
1976 The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 22nd Grammy Awards, What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet
1980 Israel & Egypt exchange ambassadors
1980 Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe
1980 Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota
1981 Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747
1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"
1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
1982 Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million
1982 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1982 Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta
1983 Eamonn Coghlan set indoor mile record of 3:49.78
1983 Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament
1984 Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m)
1984 WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC
1984 Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa
1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief
1985 Mauritania's new constitutional charter published
1985 US dollar is worth Ÿ3.9355 (Netherlands)
1986 The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
1987 "Washington Week In Review," 20th anniversary on PBS
1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
1987 Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m)
1987 NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption
1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1988 Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
1988 Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
1988 Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
1989 German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland
1989 Venezuela is rocked by the riots of Caracazo.
1990 Exxon Corp & Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez)
1990 No one elected to Hall of Fame for 2nd time in 3 years
1991 Ben Elton's "Silly Cow," premieres in London
1991 Gulf War, U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated". 6 week war with Iraq ends when Iraqi troops retreated & Kuwait is re-taken by the US
1991 Noureddine Morcelli set 1500m mark at 3:34:16
1991 Singer James Brown is released from prison
1992 Larry Smith, named 9th Commissioner of the CFL
1992 Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years
1993 PBA National Championship Won by Ron Palombi Jr
1994 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway
1994 Maronite church near Beirut bombed, 10 killed
1995 Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)
1996 Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India
1997 "Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC
1997 Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop
1998 Apple discontinues developing Newton computer
1998 Britain's House of Lords agree's to end 1,000 years of male preference by giving a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first born son
1998 FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati
1998 NE Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges
1999 Korea International School is founded by Soon-Il Chung. It is currently directed by Ann Clapper.
1999 Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.
2002 Godhra train burning, a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya;
2002 Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
2003 Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic is sentenced by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, to 11 years in prison
2003 Fred Rogers, host of TV's "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" dies at age 74
2003 Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican church.
2004 A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
2004 Former BPMC general secretary Ordrick Samuel launches a new party in Barbuda, Barbudans for a Better Barbuda.
2007 The Chinese Correction: the Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years.
2007 The general strike against Lansana Conté in Guinea ends.
2010 Central Chile is hit with an 8.8 magnitude earthquake
2012 Wikileaks begins disclosing 5 million emails from private intelligence company Stratfor
2013 17 Afghan militia are killed by Taliban insurgents in an attack in the Andar District
2013 20 people are killed in a market fire in Calcutta, India
2013 Pope Benedict XVI presents his farewell address to Vatican City
2014 Arseniy Yatsenyuk appointed Prime Minister of the Ukraine
2014 Chaos erupts after the Swedish Public Employment Service mistakenly invites 61,000 people to a job interview in Stockholm
2014 Republic of Crimea announces a referendum & ousts its regional government
2014 US Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoes a "religious freedom" bill that would have allowed businesses to turn away gay customers
2015 Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow
Born on February 27th
272 Constantine I, Roman emperor (306-337), adopted Christianity (d. 337)
1539 Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher
1622 Rembrandt Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter
1649 Johann Philipp Krieger, composer
1691 Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754)
1702 Johann Valentin Gorner, composer
1711 Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (d. 1769)
1745 Silverius Muller, composer
1746 Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer
1759 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer
1779 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
1784 Elias Annes Borger, Dutch theologist/poet (To the Rhine)
1784 Job Plimpton, composer
1789 Manuel Rodríguez, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader, considered one of the founders of independent Chile (d. 1818)
1792 Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal
1802 William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Lord George Bentinck
1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (Hiawatha) (d. 1882)
1811 [Catherine] Mildred Lee, daughter of US general Robert E Lee
1822 Eugene Gautier, composer
1823 Ferdinand Van Derveer, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1823 William Buel Franklin, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1827 Richard W Johnson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
1831 Hiram Bond Everest, American co-founder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)
1832 Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist, died in 1872
1835 Charles Cartuyvels, Belgian pulprit orator
1835 Richard Garnett, English author (Ananda the Miracle Worker)
1841 [Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of US general Robert E Lee
1846 Joaquin Valverde, composer
1847 Ellen Alice Terry, English actress and director (Imperial Theatre) (d.1928)
1848 Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem)
1850 Henry Edwards Huntington, US, railroad exec
1861 Rudolph Steiner, Kraljevic Aust, founder (doctrine of anthroposophy
1862 Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937)
1867 Irving Fisher, US economist (compensating dollar)
1867 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
1869 Alice Hamilton, physician/writer (workmen's compensation laws)
1870 Louis Coerne, composer
1877 Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
1878 Alvan T. Fuller, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1879 Jose Sancho Marraco, composer
1879 René Lefebvre, martyr of the French Resistance (d. 1944)
1881 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician
1881 Sveinn Bjornsson, 1st president of Iceland (1944-52)/poet (Figur ild)
1886 Hugo Black, U.S. 78th Supreme Court Justice (1937-71) (d. 1971)
1887 James D Innes, English painter
1888 Earl Caddock, American professional wrestler (d. 1950)
1888 Lotte Lehmann, German singer, soprano (Fidello) (d. 1976)
1888 Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist (d. 1974)
1890 Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
1891 Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (d. 2004)
1891 David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcast pioneer (RCA) (d. 1971)
1891 Georges E Migot, French composer
1892 William Demarest, American actor (Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons) (d. 1983)
1893 Joseph Messner, composer
1893 Ralph Linton, US cultural anthropologist (Tree of Culture)
1894 Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer
1895 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys)
1897 Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)
1897 G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color)
1897 Marian Anderson, American contralto (d. 1993)
1898 Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)
1898 Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer
1899 Charles Best, Canadian medical scientist, co-discoverer (Insulin) (d. 1978)
1899 Ian Keith, Boston MA, actor (Rochefort-3 Musketeers)
1899 Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer
1901 Marino Marini, Italian sculptor/painter
1902 Ethelda Bleibtrey, 100m/300m US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920)
1902 Gene Sarazen, American golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32) (d. 1999)
1902 John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel laureate (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962) (d. 1968)
1903 Grethe Weiser, German actress (d. 1970)
1903 Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor (Great Dictator)
1904 André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
1904 Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1904 James Thomas Farrell, American writer (Studs Lonigan trilogy) (d. 1979)
1904 Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Innocent Heart)
1904 Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (d. 1996)
1905 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye)
1905 Franchot Tone, American actor (Dr Freeland-Ben Casey) (d. 1968)
1906 Alexander Matheson, NZ cricket pace bowler (2 Tests 1930-31)
1906 H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat (South Africa/Tibet)
1907 Gerhard Alexander, [Veldheer], Dutch actor (Prince Willem of Orange)
1907 Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
1909 Elisabeth Welch, singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon)
1910 Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aircraft engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works) (d. 1990)
1910 Genrikh Gasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)
1910 Joan Bennett, American actress (Little Women, Disraeli) (d. 1990)
1910 Peter De Vries, American writer (Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon) (d. 1993)
1910 Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948)
1911 Oscar Heidenstam, British bodybuilding champion (d. 1991)
1912 Kusumagraj, Indian writer (d. 1999)
1912 Lawrence Durrell, British writer (d. 1990)
1913 Frank Allaun, British MP (L)
1913 Irwin Shaw, American writer (Rich Man Poor Man) (d. 1984)
1913 Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (d. 1989)
1915 Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense (1958-..)
1917 John Connally, American politician, (Gov-D/R-Texas), shot in Kennedy motorcade (d. 1993)
1919 Lawrence Durrell, writer
1919 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer
1920 David Vere Bendall, former diplomat
1920 Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orchestra leader (Jack Paar Program)
1920 Reg Simpson, cricketer (prolific England opener 1948-55)
1921 Andras Szollosy, composer
1921 Michael Fox, US, actor (Quincy, Dallas, Bold & the Beautiful)
1921 Theodore Van Kirk, American navigator of the Enola Gay
1922 Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch professor and art historian (d. 1977)
1922 Mervyn Jones, author (Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers)
1923 Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist and actor (Connection) (d. 1990)
1923 Viktor Kalabis, composer
1924 M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland
1924 Norman Marshall, cricketer (brother of Roy, one Test for WI 1955)
1925 Hugh Leggatt, art dealer
1925 Michael Kaye, director (City of London Festival)
1925 Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer
1925 Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
1926 David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate
1926 Peter Emery, British MP
1927 Guy Mitchell (Albert George Cernik) American singer and actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle) (d. 1999)
1927 Lord Belhaven & Stenton
1927 Lynn Cartwright, American actress (d. 2004)
1927 Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman (Royal College of Art)
1928 Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel
1929 Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer
1929 Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2008)
1930 Joanne Woodward, American actress (3 Faces of Eve, Rachel)
1930 Lieux Dressler, actress (Alice Grant-General Hospital)
1930 Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist
1930 Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
1931 Andrew Sloan, Chief Constable (Strathcourt)
1932 Dolf Zwerver, Dutch painter
1932 Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (Father of the Bride, Butterfield 8, Cleopatra) (d. 2011)
1932 Lord Young of Graffham, CEO (Cables & Wireless)
1933 6th marquess of Bute, Scottish large landowner/bibliophile
1933 Edward Lucie-Smith, poetry critic
1933 Geoffrey Maitland Smith, CEO (Sears)
1933 Malcolm Wallop, (Sen-R-WY, 1977)
1933 Raymond Berry, American football player, NFL hall of famer (Baltimore Colts)
1934 N. Scott Momaday, American writer
1934 Ralph Nader, American author, activist and political figure, consumer advocate (Unsafe at Any Speed)
1934 Van Williams, American actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon)
1934 Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (d. 1992)
1934 (Navarre) Scott Momaday, US author (House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969)
1935 Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer
1935 Mirella Freni, Italian soprano (Madame Butterfly)
1936 Chuck Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
1936 Roger M Mahoney, fourth archbishop of Los Angeles (1985)
1936 Ron Barassi, Australian rules footballer
1936 Virginia Maskell, actress (Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs)
1937 Barbara Babcock, American actress (Dr Quinn, Dallas, Hill St Blues)
1937 David Ackles, American singer songwriter (d. 1999)
1937 Donald MacKay, CEO (Scottish Enterprise)
1937 L Jay Silvester, US, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1972)
1937 Viscount Head
1938 Jake Thackray, Engish singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1938 Pascale Petit, PAris, actor (Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire)
1939 Antoinette Sibley, ballerina (Turning Point)
1939 Kenzo Takada, Japanese director (Dream After Dream)
1939 Lester King, cricketer (WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts)
1939 Peter Revson, American racecar driver (1971 Indianapolis pole winner) (d. 1974)
1940 Barbara Kelly, CEO (Scottish Consumer Council)
1940 Bill Hunter, Australian actor
1940 Howard Hesseman, American actor (Dr Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class)
1941 Ian McGarry, general secretary (British Actors' Equity Association)
1941 Paddy Ashdown, British politician, MP (Soc/Lib Democrat)
1941 Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India
1941 Sandy Wilson
1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist (McNeil-Lehrer)
1942 Michel Forget, French Canadian actor
1942 Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998) (Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live)
1943 Morten Lauridsen, American composer
1944 Alan Fudge, Wichita Ks, actor (Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls)
1944 Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer
1944 Ken Grimwood, American writer (d. 2003)
1944 Roger Scruton, British philosopher
1945 Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (d. 2004)
1945 Daniel Olbrychski, Poland, actor (La Truite)
1947 Ashley Woodcock, cricketer (one Test Aust v NZ 1974, only knock 27)
1947 Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970)
1947 Marian G Klaren, Dutch mime/actress (Red Cabbage)
1948 Eddie Gray, rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1948 Stephen Curtis, CEO (DVLA)
1949 Rosalinda Galli, Italian voice actress
1950 Franco Moschino, fashion Designer
1950 Julia Neuberger, British Rabbi
1951 Lee Atwater, American political figure, Republican National Committee Chairman (1989-91) (d. 1991)
1951 Steve Harley, British musician (Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel)
1952 Dwight Elmo Jones, Houston Tx, basketball player (Olymp-silver-1972)
1952 Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer (Good Cause)
1952 Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band)
1952 Stathis Psaltis, Greek actor
1953 Gabriela Svobodová, Czech cross country skier
1954 Neal Schon, American musician (Journey, Bad English)
1955 Garry Christian, rocker
1955 Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director
1955 Sally Spencer, actress (M J McKinnon-Another World)
1957 Adrian Smith, English musician, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1957 Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator
1957 Timothy Spall, English actor (1871, Life is Sweet, Crusoe, Remembrance)
1957 Viktor Markin, Russian athlete
1958 Naas Botha, South African rugby union footballer
1958 Nancy Spungen, American murder victim of Sid Vicious (d. 1978)
1959 Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1960 Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player (Madrid Grand Prix-1990)
1960 Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC)
1960 John van Grinsven, soccer player (MVV)
1960 Paul Humphreys, rock synthesizer (OMD-Crush, Pacific Age)
1960 Stoney Jackson, Richmond Va, actor (White Shadow, Insiders)
1961 Grant Shaud, actor (Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown)
1961 James Worthy, American basketball player, NBA forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP)
1962 Adam Baldwin, American actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard)
1962 Grant Show, American actor (Jack Hanson-Melrose Place)
1962 Kory Tarpenning, Portland Oregon, pole vaulter
1962 Veronica Ribot-Canales, Buenos Aires Argentina, US diver (Olympics-96)
1963 Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star
1963 Pär Nuder, Swedish politician
1964 April Heinrichs, Littleton Colo, US women's soccer coach (Olympic-96)
1964 Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town)
1964 Richard de Vries, soccer player (De Graafschap)
1964 Todd Bodine, American race car driver
1965 Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
1965 Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor and sound designer
1965 Noah Emmerich, American actor
1965 Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star (1995 Warsaw doubles)
1966 Chris Howard, US baseball catcher (Seattle Mariners)
1966 Donal Logue, Canadian actor
1966 Gregg Rainwater, actor (Buck Cross-Young Riders)
1966 Pete Smith, US baseball player (Atlanta Braves, NY Mets)
1967 Dallas Eakins, Dade City, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
1967 Frantisek Kaberle, Brno CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Rep)
1967 Robert Kron, Brno Cze, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
1968 Loy Vaught, NBA forward (LA Clippers)
1968 Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player
1968 Mike Sullivan, Marshfield, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
1968 Ron Cox, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1969 Brad Vander Ark, American musician
1969 Greg Stevenson, Sherbrooke Quebec, rower (Olympics-11-92, 96)
1969 Robert Massey, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
1969 Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1969 Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America (1991)
1969 Willie Banks, US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1970 David White, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1970 Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
1970 Matthias Lechner, German art director
1970 Michael A. Burstein, American writer
1970 Patricia Petibon, French opera singer
1971 "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
1971 Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist
1971 Ivan Robinson, Phila Pa, US boxer (Olympic-92)
1971 Jaroslav Modry, Ceske-budejovice C, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1971 Paul Hudson, BBC Look North Weatherman.
1971 Rich Tylski, guard/center (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
1972 Jennifer Lyon, American reality television personality (Survivor: Palau)(d.2010)
1973 "Pooh" Clark, rocker (High-5)
1973 Ali Tabatabaee, American Iranian rapper (Zebrahead)
1973 Mark Taylor, Welsh rugby union footballer
1973 Peter André, Australian singer ex-husband to Katie Price, Glamour model
1973 Terence Davis, WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs)
1974 Chris Dishman, guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 Colin Edwards, American motorcycle racer
1974 Jim Maher, cricketer (Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side)
1975 Christina Nigra, actress (Out of This World)
1975 Dana Marie Lane, Cheyenne Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming (1996)
1975 Duce Staley, running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
1975 Marcus Robinson, wide receiver (Chicago Bears)
1975 Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
1975 Shelby Walker, American mixed martial artist (d. 2006)
1976 Tony Gonzalez, American football player, tight end (KC Chiefs)
1977 James Wan, Australian film director
1977 Ji Sung, South Korean actor
1977 Lance Hoyt, American professional wrestler
1978 James Beattie, English footballer
1980 Bobby V(alentino), American singer
1980 Chelsea Clinton, daughter of President Bill and Hillary Clinton
1981 Cameron Ling, Australian Rules footballer
1981 Elodie Ouédraogo, Belgian athlete
1981 Evi Goffin, Belgian singer
1981 Josh Groban, American singer
1983 Devin Harris, American basketball player
1983 Duje Draganja, Croatian swimmer
1983 Hayley Angel Wardle, English actress
1983 Kate Mara, American actress
1984 Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer
1984 David Noel, American basketball player
1984 Lotta Schelin, Swedish female footballer
1985 Braydon Coburn, Canadian Hockey Player
1985 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian Footballer
1985 Juliana Imai, Brazilian model
1986 Yovani Gallardo, American Baseball Player
1988 Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 Kelly Breeding, American singer from B5
1991 Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer, English U15 captain
1991 Azeem Rafiq, Yorkshire CCC &
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1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford
1656 Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter
1659 Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)
1699 Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
1706 John Evelyn, English diarist (b. 1620)
1720 Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1731 Angelo Predieri, composer
1733 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer
1735 John Arbuthnot, English physician and writer (b. 1667)
1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79)
1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer
1805 Stefan Paluselli, composer
1844 Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States (b. 1786)
1852 Joseph Drechsler, composer
1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth
1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle
1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
1892 Louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821)
1902 Harry 'Breaker' Morant, Anglo-Australian Soldier executed in the Second Boer War under controversial circumstances (b. 1864)
1902 Peter Handcock, Australian Soldier executed in the Second Boer War under controversial circumstances (b. 1869)
1913 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus)
1920 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian
1921 Schofield Haigh, English cricketer (b. 1871)
1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer
1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer
1932 William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843)
1936 Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobel 1904) (b. 1849)
1936 Joshua W. Alexander, U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Woodrow Wilson (b. 1852)
1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin
1940 Peter Behrens, German architect
1941 William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895)
1942 Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA
1943 Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859)
1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter
1947 Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879)
1950 Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58
1952 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926
1955 Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant)
1956 Frank Dailey, orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook)
1956 Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor
1958 Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures)
1960 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer
1961 Platt Adams, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912)
1962 Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie)
1964 Orry-Kelly, Australian costume designer (b. 1897)
1966 Minerva Urecal, actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy)
1968 Frankie Lymon, American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer (The Teenagers), heroin overdose (b. 1942)
1968 Johannes Tralow, writer
1968 Ludvik Podest, composer
1969 John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top)
1969 Marius Barbeau, French Canadian folklorist (b. 1883)
1970 Marie Dionne, one of the French Canadian Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
1970 Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer
1972 Pat Brady, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
1973 Bill Everett, American comic book artist, co-created Daredevil and Namor the Sub-Mariner for Marvel Comics (b. 1917)
1973 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor
1974 Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show)
1975 Neville Cardus, writer/cricketer, dies
1977 Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman)
1977 John Dickson Carr, American author (b. 1905)
1978 Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, Russian composer (b. 1912)
1980 George Tobias, American actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched) (b. 1901)
1981 Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (b. 1920)
1982 Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer
1985 David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field)
1985 Henry Cabot Lodge, American politician (Sen-R) and diplomat (b. 1902)
1985 Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude)
1986 Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
1987 Joan Greenwood, English actress and director (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister) (b. 1921)
1989 Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973)
1989 Joe Silver, actor (Rage, Rapid, Deathtrap, Shivers)
1989 Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobel 1973) (b. 1903)
1989 Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (b. 1897)
1990 Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (b. 1903)
1991 H J of Royen, manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orch)
1991 Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered
1992 Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV)
1992 S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (Sen-California, 1977-83) (b. 1906)
1993 Jose Duval, actor (Juan Valdez)
1993 Lillian Gish, American actress (Birth of a Nation) (b. 1893)
1994 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector
1994 Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor
1994 Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer
1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist
1995 Bernard Cornfield, financier, dies at 67
1995 Philip Sherrington, opus Dei Priest, dies at 51
1996 Francois Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine)
1996 George Ian Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl
1996 Pat Smythe, show jumper
1996 Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator
1998 George H. Hitchings, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1905)
1998 J. T. Walsh, American actor (b. 1943)
2002 Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (b. 1918)
2003 Fred Rogers, American children's television actor (b. 1928)
2003 John Lanchbery, English composer (b. 1923)
2004 Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (b. 1910)
2004 Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historians (b. 1928)
2005 Jessica Lunsford, murder victim (b. 1995)
2006 Linda Smith, British comedian (b. 1958)
2006 Otis Chandler, American newspaper publisher (b. 1927)
2006 Robert Lee Scott, Jr., U.S. General, Flying Tiger, and author (b. 1908)
2007 Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven, German soldier (b. 1914)
2007 Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (b. 1924)
2008 Boyd Coddington, American automobile designer (b. 1944)
2008 Myron Cope, American sports broadcaster (b. 1929)
2008 William F. Buckley, Jr., American conservative author and commentator (b. 1925)
2011 Duke Snider, American professional baseball player (b. 1926)
2011 Frank Buckles, last surviving American World War I veteran (b. 1901)
2012 Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and resistor to Nazi occupation
2013 Van Cliburn, American pianist (b. 1934)
2013 Stephane Hessel, German-born French diplomat
2015 Leonard Nimoy, American actor (Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible)
2015 Malcolm Boyd, American Episcopal Priest, author and civil rights activist
2015 Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician, dies at 55, shot four times in Moscow
2016 George Kennedy, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Naked Gun films)