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Today In History Basic Datebook-February 20th

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People on February 20th: birthdates

Randy Archer: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Country/Western Performer
Kathie Baillie: 1951 (is 58 in 2009, 59 in 2010)
Country/Western Performer, Singer
Walter Becker: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Bassist, Singer, Songwriter, of Steely Dan
Cruz Beckham: 2005 (is 4 in 2009, 5 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Victoria Beckham and David's son
Frances Penn Benioff: 2007 (is 2 in 2009, 3 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Amanda Peet and David's daughter
Andrew Bergman: 1945 (is 64 in 2009, 65 in 2010)
Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter
Brenda Blethyn: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)
Actress
Jon Brant: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer, Rock & Roll Bassist, of Cheap Trick
Raymond Broussard-Nicholson: 1992 (is 17 in 2009, 18 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Rebecca Broussard & Jack's son
Ian Brown: 1963 (is 46 in 2009, 47 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer, English, of Stone Roses
Ria Coyne: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)
Comedienne, Batman Forever
Cindy Crawford: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
Model, TV Hostess, Exerciser, b. in DeKalb, IL; Richard Gere's ex-wife; House of Style, Fair Game, mentioned in a Happy Schnapps Combo song
Kimberly Davies: 1973 (is 36 in 2009, 37 in 2010)
Actress, Pacific Palisades' Laura Sinclair
Majandra Delfino: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Actress, Roswell's Maria De Luca, Traffic
Sandy Duncan: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Exerciser, b. in Henderson, TX; Music Man, Sound of Music, Peter Pan, Funny Face, Sandy Duncan Show, Roots' Missy, Hogan Family's Sandy Hogan
Marj Dusay: 1936 (is 73 in 2009, 74 in 2010)
TV/Soap Actress, Bret Maverick, Capitol's Myrna Clegg, Santa Barbara's Pamela, Guiding Light's Alexandra Spaulding, All My Children's Vanessa Bennett Cortlandt, Guiding Light's Alexandra
Ron Eldard: 1965 (is 44 in 2009, 45 in 2010)
TV Actor, Bakersfield P.D., Men Behaving Badly's Kevin Paterson, ER's Ray "Shep" Shepard
Barbara Laine Ellis: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)
Actress, of The Fleetwoods
Phil Esposito: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, NHL Center, Executive, Canadian, b. in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; FN:Philip Anthony; first NHL player to score 100 points in a season (126 in 1969); 6-time All-NHL 1st team with Boston; 2-time MVP (1969,74); 5-time scoring champ; star of 1972 Canada-Soviet series; president-GM of NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, 778 career goals, 1st one to get 70 goals in one season; NY Rangers GM
J. Geils: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, American, RFN:Jerome, of J. Geils Band
Anthony Stewart Head: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, British, Taster's Choice ads' Michael; Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Rupert Giles
Patty Hearst-Shaw: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)
Kidnap Victim, Newspaper heiress
David Herman: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
Actor, Comedian, MAD TV, King of the Hill's Buckley/Eustis, King of the Hill's Roy
Jay Hernandez: 1978 (is 31 in 2009, 32 in 2010)
Actor, Torque, Ladder 49, Friday Night Lights
Joel Hodgson: 1960 (is 49 in 2009, 50 in 2010)
TV Host, Comedian, Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mike Leigh: 1943 (is 66 in 2009, 67 in 2010)
Movie Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, English
Brian Thomas "B-Rok" Littrell: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Pop Singer, of Backstreet Boys
Eden Mahoney: 2007 (is 2 in 2009, 3 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Marcia Cross and Tom's daughter
Savannah Mahoney: 2007 (is 2 in 2009, 3 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Marcia Cross and Tom's daughter
Kee Marcello: 1960 (is 49 in 2009, 50 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Europe
Leland Martin: 1957 (is 52 in 2009, 53 in 2010)
Country Singer
Joanne Moulding: 1977 (is 32 in 2009, 33 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Carol & Colin's (XTC) daughter
Kenneth Olsen: 1926 (is 83 in 2009, 84 in 2010)
Businessperson, Digital Equipment Corp founder and prez
Jennifer O'Neill: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)?
TV/Movie Actress, Model, Writer, Brazilian, b. in Rio de Janeiro; Bare Essence, Cover Up; wed 6x'S; some say b. Feb 20, 1947 (is 62 in 2009), or b. Feb 20, 1949 (is 60 in 2009)
Sidney Poitier: 1927 (is 82 in 2009, 83 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, Movie Director, Roman Catholic, b. in Miami, Fla.; Blackboard Jungle, To Sir With Love, The Jackal, Porgy and Bess, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, To Sir With Love, In The Heat of the Night; some say 1924 or 2-24
Henry II Polic: 1945 (is 64 in 2009, 65 in 2010)
Actor, When Things Were Rotten's the Sheriff of Nottingham, Webster's Jerry Silver
Jake Richardson: 1985 (is 24 in 2009, 25 in 2010)
Actor, of Fudge
Rihanna: 1988 (is 21 in 2009, 22 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, RN: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Buffy Sainte-Marie: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Folk Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Canadian, b. in Craven, Saskatchewan; RFN:Beverly
Nurv Shiner: 1921 (is 88 in 2009, 89 in 2010)
Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, American, RFN:Mervin; Peter Cottontail
Andrew Shue: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, Soccer Player, Elizabeth's brother; Melrose Place's Billy Campbell
Patricia Smith: 1930 (is 79 in 2009, 80 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actress, Debbie Reynolds Show, Bob Newhart Show's Margaret Hoover, Spirit of St. Louis
Lewis "Lew" Soloff: 1944 (is 65 in 2009, 66 in 2010)
Trumpeter, Rock & Roll Performer, Flugelhorn; of Blood Sweat & Tears & sessionist
Sebastian Steinberg: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Soul Coughing
French Stewart: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Actor, 3rd Rock From The Sun's Harry Solomon
Peter Strauss: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in New York City; Rich Man Poor Man, Masada, Young Joe the Forgotten Kennedy, The Jericho Mile, Kane & Abel, others; Moloney's Dr. Nick Moloney
Lili Taylor: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
Actress, The Haunting, Mystic Pizza, Ransom, A Slipping Down Life, Starting Out in the Evening
Chris Thile: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Singer, Musician
Harlow Thomas: 2003 (is 6 in 2009, 7 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Patricia Arquette and Thomas's son
Paul Tripp: 1916 (is 93 in 2009, 94 in 2010)
TV Host, Children's Author, Mr. I Magination star, Tubby the Tuba
Ivana Trump: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
Actress, Donald's ex-wife
Gloria Vanderbilt: 1924 (is 85 in 2009, 86 in 2010)
Fashion Designer, Poet, Stage Actress, b. in New York City; designer jeans pioneer
Rodney Van Johnson: 1961 (is 48 in 2009, 49 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Young and the Restless' Trey, Passions' T.C. Russell
John Voldstad: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Actor, Newhart's other brother Darryl
Claudette Wells: yr unknown
Actress, Square Pegs' LaDonna Fredericks
James Wilby: 1958 (is 51 in 2009, 52 in 2010)
Actor, Howard's End
Nancy Wilson: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Jazz Singer, Soul Singer, Actress, b. in Chillicothe, Ohio; NOT the Heart singer; some say b. 1940
Billy Zoom: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Musician, of ex-X

People on February 20th: birth anniversaries

David Ackles: 1937=d.Mar 2, 1999 (was 62)
Singer, Songwriter
Ansel Adams: 1902=d.Apr 22, 1984 (was 82)
Photographer, Pianist, knew how to handle a camera and a darkroom; landscape photographer extraordinaire!
Edward Albert: 1951=d.Sep 22, 2006 (was 55)
TV/Movie Actor, Soap Actor, b. in Los Angeles; Eddie's son; Falcon Crest's Jeff Wainwright, The Yellow Rose, Last Convertible, Port Charles' Dr. Bennett Devlin
Robert Altman: 1925=d.Nov 21, 2006 (was 81)
Movie Producer/Director, Protestant, b. in Kansas City, Mo.; M*A*S*H, Nashville, Popeye, The Player, Short Cuts, James Dean Story
Amanda Blake: 1929=d.Aug 16, 1989 (was 60)
TV Actress, b. in Buffalo; RN:Beverly Louise Neill; Gunsmoke's Kitty Russell; some say b. 1921, '27, '29, or '31
Whitney Blake: 1925=d.Sep 8, 2002 (was 77)
TV Actress, Hazel's Dorothy Baxter, Meredith Baxter's mother
Pierre Boulle: 1912=d.Jan 30, 1994 (was 81)
Novelist, French, his best-sellers "Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Planet of the Apes" became hit movies
Cheyenne Brando: 1970=d.Apr 16, 1995 (was 25)
Celebrity Daughter, Marlon's daughter
Jay Burton: 1916=d.Mar 24, 1993 (was 77)
Comedy Writer, Histoy of the World Part 1, High Anxiety, TV's When Things Were Rotten
Randy California: 1951=d.Jan 3, 1997 (was 45)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, RLN:Wolfe; of Spirit; some say b. 1946 or d. Jan 3
Kurt Cobain: 1967=d.Apr 5, 1994 (was 27)
Heavy Metal Singer, Heavy Metal Guitarst, Songwriter, of Nirvana; April 8 is the day he was found dead by his own hand
Roy Cohn: 1927=d.Aug 2, 1986 (was 59)
Attorney/Lawyer, Gay, represented Joseph McCarthy
Nadine Conner: 1913=d.2002 (was 95)
Actress, Opera Singer, some say b. 1907
John Charles Daly: 1914=d.Feb 24, 1991 (was 77)
Newscaster, Game Show Host, Correspondent, Actor, Journalist, South African, Voice of America dir.; NBC, CBS, & ABC News; What's My Line, It's News to Me
Gale Gordon: 1906=d.Jun 30, 1995 (was 89)
TV/Movie/Stage/Radio Actor, Comedian, b. in New York City; RN:Charles T. Aldrich Jr.; Old Marblehead; Fibber McGee & Molly, Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show, My Favorite Husband, Our Miss Brooks' Osgood Conklin, Pete & Gladys's Uncle Paul, Dennis the Menace's John Wilson, Lucy Show's Theodore J. Mooney, Here's Lucy's Harrison Otis Carter, Life With Lucy's Curtis McGibbon; some say b. 1905
Richard Himber: 1907=d.Dec 11, 1966 (was 59)
Composer, Singer
Larry Hovis: 1936=d.Sep 9, 2003 (was 67)
Comedian, Writer, Panelist, Gomer Pyle USMC's Larry, Hogan's Heroes' Lt. Carter, Laugh In reg, Liar's Club
Alan Hull: 1945=d.Nov 17, 1995 (was 50)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Pianist, British, of Lindisfarne
Muriel Fay Buck Humphrey: 1912=d.Sep 20, 1998 (was 86)
Senator, Hubert's widow
Brion James: 1945=d.Aug 7, 1999 (was 54)
Movie Actor, Blade Runner
Joseph Jefferson: 1829=d.Apr 23, 1905 (was 76)
Stage Actor
Alexei N. Kosygin: 1904=d.Dec 18, 1980 (was 76)
Head of State, Soviet premier
William I Prescott: 1726=d.Oct 13, 1795 (was 69)
Revolutionary, said "Don't fire until you see the whites in their eyes"
Joshua Slocum: 1844=d.1909
Author, Canadian, seaman and adventurer who was the first man in recorded history to sail around the world singlehandedly.
Carl Stotz: 1910=d.Jun 4, 1992 (was 82)
Sportsfigure, Founder, Little League Baseball
Dick Wesson: 1919=d.Jan 27, 1979 (was 59)
Actor, Writer, Producer, Announcer, Announcer of Disney shows; prdc'd Petticoat Junction
Jimmy Yancey: 1898=d.Sep 17, 1951 (was 53)
HALL OF FAMER, Blues Singer, Pianist, Composer, Boogie woogie

People on February 20th: death anniversaries

Robert Bolt: 1995 (was 70)/b.Aug 15, 1924
Dramatist/Playwright, Screen/Scriptwriter, British, Dr. Zhivago, A Man for All Seasons, Lawrence of Arabia; Sarah Miles' ex-ex-hubby; some say b. Aug 25
Rosemary DeCamp: 2001 (was 90)/b.Nov 14, 1910
Actress, b. in Prescott, AZ; The Life of Riley's Peg Riley, Bob Cummings Show's Margaret MacDonald, That Girl's Helen Marie
Sandra Dee: 2005 (was 62)/b.Apr 23, 1942
TV/Movie Actress, Model, Singer, b. in Bayone, NJ; RN:Alexandra Zuck; Gidget fame; Boddy Darin's ex-
Frederick A. Douglass: 1895 (was 78)/b.Feb 14, 1817
Publisher, Author, Social Reformer, Editor, Journalist, Abolitionist orator; the first black to hold high rank in US government.; b. Feb 7?
Lillian Fontaine: 1975 (was 88)/b.Jun 11, 1886
Actress, English
Curt Gowdy: 2006 (was 86)/b.Jul 31, 1919
Sportscaster, TV Host, ABC & NBC Sports; Saturday Night Basketball, Monday Night Baseball, Basketball Hall of Fame prez, former radio voice of NY Yankees and then Boston Red Sox from 1949-66; TV play-by-play man for AFL, NFL and major league baseball; has broadcast World Series, All-Star Games, Rose Bowls, Super Bowls, Olympics and NCAA Final Fours for all 3 networks; also hosted "The American Sportsman."
Percy Aldridge Grainger: 1961 (was 78)/b.Jul 8, 1882
Conductor/Composer, Pianist, Australian
Thurston Hall: 1958 (was 75)/b.May 10, 1882
Actor, Topper's Mr. Schuyler
Halliwell Hobbes: 1962 (was 64)/b.Nov 16, 1897
Actor, English, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Charles Knowlton: 1850 (was 49)/b.May 10, 1800
Physician, whose popular treatise on birth control, the object of celebrated court actions in the United States and England, initiated the widespread use of contraceptives.
Ferruccio Lamborghini: 1993 (was 76)/b.Apr 28, 1916
Manufacturer, Italian, Founded a luxury car company that produced some of the fastest, most expensive, and sought-after sports cars in the world.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth: 1980 (was 96)/b.Feb 12, 1884
Writer, Theodore's daughter
Clarence Nash: 1985 (was 80)/b.Dec 7, 1904
Cartoon Voicist, voice of Donald Duck
Chester W. Nimitz: 1966 (was 80)/b.Feb 24, 1885
Naval Officer, WWII admiral in charge of Pacific Fleet in WWII.
Robert Edwin Peary: 1920 (was 63)/b.May 6, 1856
Explorer, Arctic, North Pole
John Raitt: 2005 (was 88)/b.Jan 29, 1917
Stage Actor, Singer, b. in Santa Ana, Ca.; Bonnie's father; AP says Jan 29
Gene Siskel: 1999 (was 53)/b.Jan 26, 1946
Movie Critic, TV Host, b. in Chicago; RFN:Eugene; of Siskel & (Roger) Ebert in Sneak Previews, At the Movies, and ...& The Movies; Chicago Tribune
Robert Strauss: 1975 (was 61)/b.Nov 8, 1913
TV/Movie Actor
Toru Takemitsu: 1996 (was 65)/b.Oct 8, 1930
Composer
Hunter S. Thompson: 2005 (was 67)/b.Jul 18, 1937
Journalist, Author, MN:Stockton
Walter Winchell: 1972 (was 74)/b.Apr 7, 1897
HALL OF FAMER, Columnist, TV Host, TV/Radio Actor, Journalist, Singer, Vaudevillan, b. in New York City; RLN:Winechel; radio in 30-40s, The Untouchables narrator, Walter Winchell Show
Dick York: 1992 (was 63)/b.Sep 4, 1928
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Radio Actor, b. in Ft. Wayne, IN; Bewitched's Darrin Stephens 1964-69

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