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Today In History Basic Datebook-February 8th

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People on February 8th: birthdates

Brooke Adams: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
Movie Actress, O.K. Crackerby's Cynthia, Body Snatchers
Julia Barr: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Ryans Hope'S Reenie Szabo; All My Children's Brooke English Cudahy Chandler Martin
Creed Bratton: 1943 (is 66 in 2009, 67 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Actor, of The Grass Roots, The Office's Creed
Gary Coleman: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
TV Actor, b. in Zion, Ill.; Diff'rent Strokes' Arnold Jackson
England Dan: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Adult Contempo Singer, with John Ford Coley
Adolpho "Fito" De La Parra: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Drummer, Mexican, of Canned Heat; some say b. 1946
Floyd Dixon: 1929 (is 80 in 2009, 81 in 2010)
Singer, Pianist
Robert Mark Dobies: 2004 (is 5 in 2009, 6 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Linda and Mark's son
Cristina Ferrare: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
TV Talk Show Hostess, Model, John DeLorean's, now Tony Thomopoulos' wife; Home Show
Sandy Gabriel: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Soap Actress, All My Children's Edna Ferguson Thornton
Louis Giambalvo: yr unknown
Actor, The Gangster Chronicles, Oh Madeline, Devlin Connection, Anything But Love's Norman Kiel
Michael Goodroe: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of The Motels
Seth Green: 1974 (is 35 in 2009, 36 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, Cartoon Voicist, Byrds of Paradise's Harry Byrd, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Oz, Family Guy, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Greg The Bunny's Jimmy Bender, Rat Race, Knockaround Guys, Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed, Without a Paddle, Robot Chicken, Can't Hardly Wait, Four Kings
John Grisham: 1955 (is 54 in 2009, 55 in 2010)
Author, Client, The Firm, Pelican Brief
Jake Hays: 1991 (is 18 in 2009, 19 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Cherie Currie & Robert's son
Mollie Elizabeth Isaacs: 1999 (is 10 in 2009, 11 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Gabrielle Carteris and Charlie's daughter
Robert Klein: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
Comedian, TV Host, TV Actor, b. in New York City; TV Bloopers & Jokes, own radio show, college circuit; Stand Up Sit Down host; Sisters' Big Al Barker
Ted Koppel: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Newscaster, Journalist, Jewish, English, b. in Lancashire; ABC News, Nightline
Alice Kramden: yr unknown
Fictious Character, of The Honeymooners
Jack Larson: 1933 (is 76 in 2009, 77 in 2010)
Actor, Producer, Adv's of Superman's Jimmy Olsen
Marina LeBlanc: 2004 (is 5 in 2009, 6 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Melissa and Matt's daughter
Sammy Llanas: 1961 (is 48 in 2009, 49 in 2010)
Musician, of Bodeans
Heidi Mark: 1971 (is 38 in 2009, 39 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Playmate, Jul 1995 playmate; Young & the Restless' Sharon Collins
Mary McCormack: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
TV Actress, Murder One's Justine Appleton. Private Parts (played Howard Stern's wife), Dickie Roberts (Former) Child Star, Madison
Tommy J. Michaels: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Soap Actor, All My Children's Timmy Hunter Dillon (Jeremy and Natalie's son), Guiding Light's Jordy
Susan Misner: 1971 (is 38 in 2009, 39 in 2010)
Soap Actress, One Life to Live's Grace
Buddy Morrow: 1919 (is 90 in 2009, 91 in 2010)
Bandleader, Trombonist
Joshua Morrow: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Young & the Restless' Nicholas Newman
Susan Mosner: yr unknown
Soap Actress, One Life to Live's Grace
Vince Neil: 1961 (is 48 in 2009, 49 in 2010)
Heavy Metal Singer, Musician, of Cheap Trick, Motley Crue, soloist; RN:Vincent Neil Wharton
Nick Nolte: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Movie Actor, Roman Catholic, b. in Omaha, NE; Teachers, Rich Man Poor Man, 48 Hours, Down & Out in Beverly Hills, North Dallas Forty, Prince of Tides, Cape Fear, I Love Trouble, Thin Red Line, Affliction, The Good Thief, Hotel Rwanda, Peaceful Warrior
Ethan Phillips: 1955 (is 54 in 2009, 55 in 2010)
TV Actor, Star Trek: Voyager's ship cook and comic Neelix, a Talaxian
Phoenix: 1977 (is 32 in 2009, 33 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Linkin Park
Ryan Pinkston: 1988 (is 21 in 2009, 22 in 2010)
Actor, Quintuplets' Patton Chase
Andy Powell: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)?
Rock & Roll Guitarist, British, of Wishbone Ash; UP says Feb 19; some say b. Feb 19, 1950 (is 59 in 2009)
Marla Rubinoff: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
TV Actress, New WKRP in Cincinnatti's Nancy Braithwaite, Spiderman voicise as Marla, The Nutt House, On The Air
Tom Rush: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Folk Performer, Singer/Guitarist, made several superb records that were too good for commercial success.
"England" Dan Seals: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Country-Pop Performer, Songwriter, Singer, of England Dan & John Ford Coley; AP says 1948
Ray Sharpe: 1938 (is 71 in 2009, 72 in 2010)
Singer
Mary Steenburgen: 1953 (is 56 in 2009, 57 in 2010)
Movie/Stage Actress, b. in Newport, Ark.; Melvin and Howard, Ragtime, Parenthood, Back To The Future III, Philadelphia, Nixon, Ink's Kate Montgomery, Joan or Arcadia's Helen Girardi, Elf; Ted Danson's wife
Michael Winston Steiger: 1993 (is 16 in 2009, 17 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Paula & Rod's son
Ted Turner: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)?
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Wishbone Ash; NOT the CNN guy; some say b. Aug 2, 1950 (is 59 in 2009)
Ron Tyson: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Temptations
Larry Verne: 1936 (is 73 in 2009, 74 in 2010)
Singer, Mr. Custer; currently a construction foreman & assistant set director in motion pictures
Karle Warren: 1992 (is 17 in 2009, 18 in 2010)
Actress, Judging Amy's Lauren Gray
Paul Wheatbread: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Performer, Drummer, of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
John Williams: 1932 (is 77 in 2009, 78 in 2010)
Conductor/Composer, MN:Towner; b. in New York City; Evening at Pops/Boston Pops leader; scored many top movie hits like Jaws, E.T., Home Alone, Star Wars & Raiders of the Lost Ark series, Lost in Space, Gilligan's Island, Jurassic Park, plus the NBC Nightly News theme

People on February 8th: birth anniversaries

Daniel Bernoulli: 1700 N.S.=d.Mar 17, 1782
Mathematician, Physicist, Scientist, Philosopher, Netherlands, Swiss, Hydrodynamics, calculus, theory of probability; other style says b. Jan 29, 1700 O.S.
William Avery Bishop: 1894=d.Sep 11, 1956 (was 62)
Hero, Canadian, fighter ace who shot down 72 German aircraft during World War I.
Fred "Freddie" Blassie: 1918=d.Jun 2, 2003 (was 85)
Novelty Singer, Wrestler, Pencil Neck Geek rapper
Samuel Butler: 1612?=d.Sep 25, 1680 (was 67)
Poet, Satarist, Painter, Philosopher, Composer, English; some say b. Dec 4, 1612
Chester F. Carlson: 1906=d.Sep 19, 1968 (was 62)
Inventor, Xerography
Jacques Cassini: 1677=d.Apr 18, 1756 (was 79)
Astronomer, compiled the first tables of the orbital motions of Saturn's satellites.
Bernard Courtois: 1777=d.Sep 27, 1838 (was 61)
Chemist, French, Iodine founder
James Dean: 1931=d.Sep 30, 1955 (was 24)
Movie/Stage Actor, b. in Marion, IN; RN:James Byron; Giant, Rebel Without a Cause, Giant, East of Eden; still has a cult following
Dame Edith Evans: 1888=d.Oct 14, 1976 (was 88)
Movie/Stage Actress, English, Tom Jones, David Copperfield
Betty Field: 1918=d.Sep 13, 1973 (was 55)
Movie Actress, Of Mice & Men, Bus Stop
Lonnie Johnson: 1889?=d.Jun 16, 1970 (was 81)
Blues-Jazz Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Pianist, Violinist, RN:Alonzo Johnson; some say b. Feb 2, 1889, b. Feb 8, 1894, b. Feb 8, 1899, or b. Feb 18, 1899
Jack Lemmon: 1925=d.Jun 27, 2001 (was 76)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Jazz Pianist, Movie Director, Protestant, b. in Boston; RFMN:John Uhler III; The China Syndrome, The Odd Couple, Mr. Roberts, Some Like It Hot, Great Racr, Days of Wine and Roses, Save the Tiger, Grumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men, Hamlet, My Fellow Americans, Out to Sea, Odd Couple II; Cynthia Stone's, then Felicia Farr's hubby
Myron McCormick: 1908=d.Jul 30, 1962 (was 54)
Movie/Stage Actor, The Hustler
Audrey Meadows: 1924=d.Feb 3, 1996 (was 71)
TV/Stage Actress, Panelist, Cartoon Voicist, Chinese, RLN:Cotter; Top Banana, Bob & Ray reg, Jackie Gleason Show reg, 50s game show panelist, The Honeymooners' Alice Kramden, Too Close For Comfort's Iris Martin, Simpsons' Beatrice (Grandpa's girlfriend); Jayne's sis; some say b. 1926 but reference books put her b. 1924
Terry Melcher: 1942=d.Nov 19, 2004 (was 62)
Music Producer, Singer, Songwriter, Doris Day and Al Jorden's son
Ray Middleton: 1907=d.Apr 10, 1984 (was 77)
Movie/Stage Actor
Joe Raposo: 1937=d.Feb 5, 1989 (was 51)
Composer, Music Producer, RFN:Joseph G.; Sesame Street songwriter & co-creator
Alejandro Rey: 1930=d.May 21, 1987 (was 57)
TV/Movie Actor, Argentine, b. in Buenos Aires; The Flying Nun's Carlos Ramirez, Dallas' Luis Rueda
Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson: 1825=d.Dec 22, 1911 (was 86)
Suffragate
Henry Roth: 1906=d.Oct 13, 1995 (was 89)
Writer, Austrian, Hungarian
Charlie Ruggles: 1886=d.Dec 23, 1970 (was 84)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Cartoon Voicist, The Ruggles' himself, World of Mr. Sweeney star, Bullwinkle Show's Aesop; some say 1892
John Ruskin: 1819=d.Jan 20, 1900 (was 80)
Critic, Author, English, Art Critic; theorist; Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)
William Tecumseh Sherman: 1820=d.Feb 14, 1891 (was 71)
Military Leader, Union Army Officer in Civil War
George Siegmann: 1882=d.Jun 22, 1928 (was 46)
Movie Actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist
Lyle Talbot: 1902=d.Mar 3, 1996 (was 94)
TV/Movie Actor, The Bob Cummings Show's Paul Fonda, Adv's of Ozzie & Harriet's Joe Randolph
Lana Turner: 1921=d.Jun 29, 1995 (was 74)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Wallace, Idaho; legendary Hollywood sweater girl of the 40s; she says it's b. 1921, not 1920 in her book; The Survivors, Falcon Crest's Jacqueline Perrault; RFN:Julia Jean Mildred Frances; wed 7x's; Virgil's daughter
Jules Verne: 1828=d.Mar 24, 1905 (was 77)
Sci-fi Writer, Novelist, French, Father of Science Fiction; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, Voyage to the Center of the Earth
King "Walls" Vidor: 1894=d.Nov 1, 1982 (was 88)
Movie Producer/Director, Movie Actor, Screen/Scriptwriter
Merle Watson: 1949=d.Oct 23, 1985 (was 36)
Jazz Performer, Guitarist

People on February 8th: death anniversaries

William Bateson: 1926 (was 64)/b.Aug 8, 1861
Scientist, Biologist, British, founded and named the science of genetics and whose experiments provided evidence basic to the modern understanding of heredity.
Walter Bothe: 1957 (was 66)/b.Jan 8, 1891
Physicist, German, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)
Charles Curtis: 1936 (was 76)/b.Jan 25, 1860
Vice President, 31st U.S. Vice President
George Dolenz: 1963 (was 55)/b.Jan 5, 1908
Actor, Italian, Count of Monte Cristo; Mickey's dad
Mercer Ellington: 1996 (was 76)/b.Mar 11, 1919
Bandleader, Composer, Arranger, Trumpeter, Jazz Performer, Duke's son
Dennis Gabor: 1979 (was 78)/b.Jun 5, 1900
Engineer, Scientist, Inventor, Hungarian, of holography (3D laser photography)
Martyn Green: 1975 (was 75)/b.Apr 22, 1899
Opera Singer, Movie Actor, English, Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh
Arnold Henry Guyot: 1884 (was 76)/b.Sep 28, 1807
Geologist, Geographer, Educator, his extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau. The guyot, a flat-topped volcanic peak rising from the ocean floor, is named after him.
George Herman: 2005 (was 85)/b.Jan 14, 1920
Newsperson, Journalist, Face the Nation moderator
Douglas Sr. Heyes: 1993 (was 73)/b.May 22, 1919
Director, Dramatist/Playwright, RN:Matthew Howard
Sam Jaffee: 1985 (was 60)/b.Mar 8, 1924
Journalist, Correspondent, ABC News; Vietnam War reporter
Eliot Janeway: 1993 (was 80)/b.Jan 1, 1913
Author, Economist, Financial writer; Economics of Chaos
Keith Knudsen: 2005 (was 56)/b.Oct 18, 1948
Rock & Roll Percussionist, Rock & Roll Singer, of The Doobie Brothers
Pyotr Kropotkin: 1921 (was 78)/b.Dec 21, 1842
Anarchist, Russian
Harriet MacGibbon: 1987 (was 81)/b.Oct 5, 1905
Actress, The Beverly Hillbillies' Mrs. Margaret Drysdale, Smothers Bros Show's Mrs. Costello
Will Mahoney: 1967 (was 73)/b.Feb 5, 1894
Actor
Marvin Miller: 1985 (was 71)/b.Jul 18, 1913
Actor, Cartoon Voicist, Space Patrol's Mr. Proteus, The Millionaire's Michael Anthony, Mr. Magoo Show's voicist
Dame Iris Murdoch: 1999 (was 79)/b.Jul 15, 1919
Novelist, Philosopher, Irish, b. in Dublin
Peter The Great: 1725 N.S. (was 52)?/b.May 30, 1672 O.S.
King, Russian, the first Czar/Emperor of Russia (1682-1725); other style says b. Jun 9, 1672 N.S.; ; some say d. Jan 28, 1725 O.S. (was 52)
Pope Clement XII: 1740 (was 87)/b.Apr 7, 1652
Pope, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italian Pope (1730-40)
Queen Mary Of Scots: 1587 (was 44)/b.Dec 8, 1542
Queen, Scotish, LN:Stuart; ruled 1560-87; lost her head over this
Raymond Scott: 1994 (was 85)/b.Sep 10, 1908
Bandleader, Composer, Arranger, Pianist, Quirky innovative music from radio jazz shows to Ren and Stimpy; Your Hit Parade reg; Dorothy Collins' hubby
Del Shannon: 1990 (was 50)/b.Dec 30, 1939
HALL OF FAMER, Pop Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Music Producer, b. in Coopersville, MI; RN:Charles Weeden Westover; Runaway; some say 1934 or d. Feb 9
Jimmy Smith: 2005 (was 79)/b.Dec 8, 1925
Jazz Performer, Organist, Songwriter, FMN:James Oscar; Jazz-Funk-Soul style acknowledged as the first important jazz player on the Hammond B-3 organ
Richard Stockton: 1781 (was 50)/b.Oct 1, 1730
Attorney/Lawyer, Revolutionary, Declaration of Independence signer; d. 2-28?
Charles Wilkes: 1877 (was 78)/b.Apr 3, 1798
Explorer, Naval Officer, sailed around the world

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