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Today In History Basic Datebook-June 11th

For The Weekday Of: Thursday in 2009, Friday in 2010
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People on June 11th: birthdates

Skip Alan: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Drummer, English, of Them, The Pretty Things; RN:Alan Skipper
Tai Anderson: 1976 (is 33 in 2009, 34 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Third Day
Adrienne Barbeau: 1945 (is 64 in 2009, 65 in 2010)
TV/Stage Actress, b. in Sacramento, CA; Grease, Maude's Carol; some say '47
Frank Beard: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Drummer, Songwriter, of ZZ Top
Peter Bergman: 1953 (is 56 in 2009, 57 in 2010)
Soap Actor, All My Children's Dr. Cliff Warner (he's not a Dr. but he plays one on TV); Young & the Restless' Jack Abbott; some say b. 1951; NOT to be confused with the other Peter Bergman who founded Firesign Theater
Mylin Brooks: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Actor, Pop Singer, of Mickey Mouse Club 90s
James III Brown: 2001 (is 8 in 2009, 9 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Tomi Rae Hynie and James' son
Johnny Brown: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Comedian, Laugh-In, Good Times' Nathan Bookman
Wren T. Brown: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Actor, Whoopi's Courtney Rae
Giola Bruno: 1963 (is 46 in 2009, 47 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Expose
Riley Claire Bryggman: 2003 (is 6 in 2009, 7 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Tracey and Larry's daughter
Michael Cacoyannis: 1922 (is 87 in 2009, 88 in 2010)
Movie Director, Attorney/Lawyer, Greek, Zorba the Greek
Clare Carey: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
TV Actress, Coach's Kelly Fox Rosebrock, Medical Investigation's Jess Connor
Tony Charmoli: 1922 (is 87 in 2009, 88 in 2010)
Director, Choreographer, on Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye, Jonathan Winters, & Julie Andrews' TV Shows
Isabella Damon: 2006 (is 3 in 2009, 4 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Luciana Bozan and Matt's daughter
Joey Dee: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)
Singer, Songwriter, American, b. in Passaic, NJ; Peppermint Twist; lead of Joey Dee & the Starliters; RN:Joseph DiNicola
Peter Dinklage: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Actor
Chad Everett: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in South Bend, IN; Centennial, Medical Center's Dr. Joe Gannon, McKenna's Jack McKenna, Melrose Place's Thomas Starling; RN:Raymond Lee Cramton; some say b. 1936
Aliyah Kailin Good: 2003 (is 6 in 2009, 7 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Jamie Oliver and Rodney's daughter
Brighton Hertford: 1986 (is 23 in 2009, 24 in 2010)
Soap Actress, General Hospital's ex-B.J. Jones
Joshua Jackson: 1978 (is 31 in 2009, 32 in 2010)
Movie Actor, Mighty Ducks movies, Dawson's Creek's Pacey Witter
Robby Kiger: 1973 (is 36 in 2009, 37 in 2010)
Actor, Crazy Like a Fox's Josh Fox
Shia La Beouf: 1986 (is 23 in 2009, 24 in 2010)
Actor, Even Stevens, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Holes
Hugh Laurie: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Actor, English, Stuart Little, House's Dr. Gregory House
Dan Lavery: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Modern Rock Musician, of Tonic
John Lawton: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer, British, of Uriah Heep
Glenn Leonard: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Temptations
Christian Swayde McCoy: 1994 (is 15 in 2009, 16 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Melinda and Neal's son
Smilin' Jay McDowell: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Country/Western Performer, RFMN:Jay Michael
Lennie Niehaus: 1929 (is 80 in 2009, 81 in 2010)
Alto-sax, Composer
Jeff Linton Osbourne: 1989 (is 20 in 2009, 21 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Jeffrey & Sheri's son
Bruce Robison: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
Country Singer, Songwriter
Stephen Schnetzer: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Another World's Cass Winthrop, Days of Our Lives' Steve Olsen, As the World Turns' Cass Winthrop
Ryan Shrout: 1980 (is 29 in 2009, 30 in 2010)
Musician, Christian rock musician
Rise Stevens: 1913 (is 96 in 2009, 97 in 2010)
Opera Soprano, Movie Actress, b. in New York City; RLN:Steenberg; PRON: Ree'-suh
Michael Swan: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Soap Actor, As The World Turns' Duncan McKechnie, One Life To Live's Bishop John Carpenter, Bold and the Beautiful's Myles Fairchild and Adam Alexander and Brad Green, Guiding Light's Brad Green
Mary Ann Thornton: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)
Author, Publisher, International Speaker; Books: Even Elvis, Crossroads to Committment, In my Father's House
Richard Todd: 1919 (is 90 in 2009, 91 in 2010)
Movie Actor, Irish, b. in Dublin
Donnie Van Zandt: 1952 (is 57 in 2009, 58 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, of .38 Special
Gene Wilder: 1933 (is 76 in 2009, 77 in 2010)
Movie Actor, Comedian, Jewish, b. in Milwaukee, WI; The Producers, Start The Revolution Without Me, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask, Bonnie & Clyde, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Adv. Of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, Frisco Kid, World's Greatest Lover, Hanky Panky, Something Wilder, Silver Streak; RN:Jerome Silberman; Gilda Radner's widower; AP says b. 1933 in 2004
George Willig: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
Stuntman, Climbed World Trade Center in 1977

People on June 11th: birth anniversaries

William Baziotes: 1912=d.Jun 4, 1963 (was 50)
Painter, abstract expressionist co-leader
Ed Bishop: 1932=d.Jun 8, 2005 (was 72)
Actor
John Bromfield: 1922=d.Sep 18, 2005 (was 83)
Actor, The Sheriff of Cochise's Sheriff/Marshal Frank Morgan
Wilma Burgess: 1939=d.2003
Country-Pop Performer, Singer
John Constable: 1776=d.Mar 31, 1837 (was 60)
Painter, English
Carmine Coppola: 1910=d.Apr 26, 1991 (was 80)
Composer, Conductor, of The Godfather II, Apocalypse Now, Black Stallion; Francis Ford's & Talia Shire's father; d. 4-25?
Jacques Cousteau: 1910=d.Jun 25, 1997 (was 87)
HALL OF FAMER, Explorer, TV Host, Producer, Inventor, Author, French, b. in St. Andre-de-Cubzac; Enviromentalist; Oceanographer; Marine Biologist; FN:Captain Jacques Yves Cousteaust; The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau; co-iventor of the aqualung which made SCUBA diving possible; captain of the "Calypso"
Christina Crawford: 1939=d.Sep 22, 2006 (was 67)
Author, Joan's daughter; Mommie Dearest
Charles Fabry: 1867=d.Dec 11, 1945 (was 78)
Scientist, discovered the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere
Lillian Fontaine: 1886=d.Feb 20, 1975 (was 88)
Actress, English
"Brother Dave" Gardner: 1925=d.Sep 22, 1983 (was 58)
Novelty Singer, Comedian
Irving Howe: 1920=d.May 5, 1993 (was 72)
Critic, Author, Jewish, literary
James "Pooky" Hudson: 1934=d.Jan 16, 2007 (was 72)
Singer, of The Spaniels
Ben Johnson: 1572=d.Aug 6, 1637 (was 65)
Dramatist/Playwright, Poet, Satarist, English, 1st Poet Laureate; RFN:Benjamin
Yasunari Kawabata: 1899=d.????
Novelist, Japanese
Shelly Manne: 1920=d.Sep 26, 1984 (was 64)
Jazz Musician, Drummer
Paul Mellon: 1907=d.Feb 1, 1999 (was 91)
Philanthropist, put Van Goghs in American museums
Orson Munn: 1824=d.????
Publisher, Scientific American
Jeannette Rankin: 1880=d.May 18, 1973 (was 92)
Social Reformer, Feminist, Congressperson, Suffragate, 1st woman elected to Congress
Allen Roth: 1904=d.Oct 30, 1972 (was 68)
Bandleader, The Milton Berle Show reg
Wesley Ruggles: 1889=d.????
Movie Actor, Movie Producer/Director, Keystone Kops
Max Schreck: 1879=d.Nov 26, 1936 (was 57)
Actor, best known as Count Orlok in 1922's "Nosferatu", without which Bela Lugosi would have been a haberdasher and Sarah Michelle Gellar would merely be a subject for fakers of nude celebrity pictures on the web. Schreck was himself played by Willem Dafoe in 2000's "Shadow of the Vampire" and his name was used for Christopher Walken's character in 1922's "Batman Returns."
Hazel Scott: 1920=d.Oct 2, 1983 (was 63)
Jazz Singer, Pianist, Variety Show Hostess, Movie Actress, Composer, Trinidadian; Hazel Scott show
Clarence "Pinetop" Smith: 1904=d.1929
Jazz Pianist, Jazz Singer, Boogie Woogie pioneer
Pine-Top Smith: 1904=d.Mar 15, 1929 (was 24)
Jazz Pianist, RN:Clarence Smith; Boogie Woogie Piano
Lawrence E. Spivak: 1900=d.Mar 9, 1994 (was 93)
Journalist, Publisher, Editor, TV Producer, Panelist, Meet the Press co-founder, panelist '47-75 & moderator 60s-75, Keep Posted, The Big Issue
John J. Stanley: 1916=d.Jul, 1984 (was 68)
Trombonist, of Spike Jones & The City Slickers
David Steinman: 1886=d.Aug 21, 1960 (was 74)
Engineer, whose studies of airflow and wind velocity helped make possible the design of aerodynamically stable bridges.
Richard Georg Strauss: 1864=d.Sep 8, 1949 (was 85)
Conductor/Composer, Musician, German, b. in Munich; composed Also Sprach Zarathustra and Don Quixote among his well known works
Justin "Jud" Jr. Strunk: 1936=d.Oct 15, 1981 (was 45)
Singer, Comedian, Actor, Laugh In reg; Daisy A Day
William Clark Jr. Styron: 1925=d.Nov 1, 2006 (was 81)
Novelist, b. in Newport News. Va.; Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice

People on June 11th: death anniversaries

Herbert Anderson: 1994 (was 77)/b.Mar 30, 1917
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Dennis The Menace's dad: Henry Mitchell
Daniel Carter Beard: 1941 (was 90)/b.Jun 21, 1850
Artist, Author, Illustrator, Philanthropist, organized the first Boy Scouts of America troop
Sir Frank Brangwyn: 1956 (was 89)/b.May 13, 1867
Sculptor, Painter, Muralist, Cartoonist, Wales, Stained Glass, Furniture, Pottery
David Brinkley: 2003 (was 82)/b.Jul 10, 1920
HALL OF FAMER, Newscaster, Journalist, Commentator, Protestant, b. in Wilmington, NC; of Huntley/Brinkley Report; NBC News; This Week with David Brinkley
Estelle Brody: 1995 (was 94)/b.Aug 15, 1900
Movie Actress, Dancer
Robert Clarke: 2005 (was 85)/b.Jun 1, 1920
Movie/Soap Actor, Young and The Restless
Nathan Cook: 1988 (was 38)/b.Apr 9, 1950
Actor, The White Shadow's Milton Reese, Hotel's Billy Griffin
Dame Catherine Cookson: 1998 (was 91)/b.Jun 20, 1906
Novelist, English
Henry Clay Jr. Folger: 1930 (was 72)/b.Jun 18, 1857
Industrialist, Businessperson, Founded Folger Shakespeare Library
Wallace Ford: 1966 (was 68)/b.Feb 12, 1898
Movie Actor, English, RN:Samuel Jones Grundy; The Deputy's Marshal Herk Lamson; some say b. 1899
Lew Gallo: 2000 (was 71)/b.Jun 12, 1928
Actor, Producer, Twelve O'Clock High's Major Joe Cobb
Walter Hampden: 1955 (was 75)/b.Jun 30, 1879
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, LN:Dougherty; Hunchback of Notre Dame
Robert E. Howard: 1936 (was 30)/b.Jan 22, 1906
Sci-fi Writer, Conan the Conqueror
DeForest Kelley: 1999 (was 79)/b.Jan 20, 1920
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Atlanta, Ga.; Star Trek's Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy (Dammit Jim, I play a doctor, not a...), Gunfight at OK Corral, Raintree County
Frank Laubach: 1970 (was 85)/b.Sep 2, 1884
Educator, taught reading through phonetics
Elizabeth Lawrence: 2000 (was 77)/b.Sep 6, 1922
Soap Actress, All My Children's Myra Sloane Murdoch
John Llewellyn Lewis: 1969 (was 89)/b.Feb 12, 1880
Social Reformer, Leader, headed the United Mine Workers & formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Marshall: 2003 (was 78)/b.Aug 19, 1924
Movie Actor, Singer, Othello, Blacula
Lon McCallister: 2005 (was 82)/b.Apr 17, 1923
Actor
Clyde McCoy: 1990 (was 86)/b.Dec 29, 1903
Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, wah wah sound; member of family that had famous Appalachain feud with the Hatfields
Ralph Morgan: 1956 (was 73)/b.Jul 6, 1882
Movie Actor, RLN:Wupperman; Frank's brother
Gregory Peck: 2003 (was 87)/b.Apr 5, 1916
Movie Actor, b. in San Diego, CA.; FN:Eldred; The Blue & the Gray's Pres. Abraham Lincoln, To Kill A Mockingbird, Moby Dick, Duel in the Sun
Mala Powers: 2007 (was 76)/b.Dec 20, 1930
Actress, Hazel's Mona Williams
Karen Ann Quinlan: 1985 (was 31)/b.Mar 29, 1954
Political Activist, the comatose patient whose case prompted a historic right-to-die court decision, died at a nursing home in Morris Plains, N.J.
Ray Sharkey: 1993 (was 40)/b.Nov 14, 1952
TV/Movie Actor, Wiseguy's Sonny Steelgrave
Frank Silvera: 1970 (was 55)/b.Jul 24, 1914
Actor, Jamaican, The High Chaparral's Don Sebastian Montoya
William Simms: 1870 (was 64)/b.Apr 17, 1806
Novelist, Poet, Attorney/Lawyer, of historicals
Vic Tanny: 1985 (was 67)/b.Feb 18, 1918
Movie Actor, RN:Victor A. Iannidinardo; physical fitness advocate; no relation to the author, but I could be wrong.
Daniel D. Tompkins: 1825 (was 50)/b.Jun 21, 1774
Vice President, 6th U.S. Vice President 1817-25
Egon Von Furstenberg: 2004 (was 57)/b.Jun 29, 1946
Fashion Designer
John Wayne: 1979 (was 72)/b.May 26, 1907
Movie Actor, Movie Director, b. in Winterset, IA; Laugh-In freq guest; Rio Bravo, The Searchers, The Shootist, True Grit, North to Alaska, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; RN:Marion Michael Morrison

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