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Today In History Basic Datebook-July 3rd

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People on July 3rd: birthdates

Rae Allen: 1926 (is 83 in 2009, 84 in 2010)
Actress
Gloria Allred: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Feminist, Attorney/Lawyer
Andrea Barber: 1976 (is 33 in 2009, 34 in 2010)
TV Actress, Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Carrie Brady, Full House's Kimmy Gibber
Paul Barrere: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, of Little Feat, sessionist with Robert Palmer, Bonnie Raitt, and others
Dave Barry: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
Columnist, Humorist
Fontella Bass: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Pianist, Organist, Rescue Me
Kelsey Batelaan: 1995 (is 14 in 2009, 15 in 2010)
Actress
Betty Buckley: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Singer, Dancer, b. in Big Springs, TX; Eight is Enough's Sandra Sue Abbott 'Abby' Bradford; 1776, Pippin, Cats, Drood, Sunset Blvd.'s Norma Desmond, Simply Irrestible
Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Rap Singer, of Digable Planets
Sarah Buxton: 1980 (is 29 in 2009, 30 in 2010)
Country Singer, Songwriter
Neil Clark: 1955 (is 54 in 2009, 55 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Lloyd Clark & the Commotions
Vince Clarke: 1961 (is 48 in 2009, 49 in 2010)?
New Wave Keybordist, Synthesizer, Composer/Songwriter, English, of Yazoo, Assembly, Depeche Mode, Erasure; some say b. Jul 3, 1960 (is 49 in 2009)
Michael Cole: 1945 (is 64 in 2009, 65 in 2010)
TV Actor, Soap Actor, b. in Madison, WI; The Mod Squad's Pete Cochran, General Hospital's Harlan Barrett
Mike Corby: 1951 (is 58 in 2009, 59 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Keyboardist, Born in England, parents are Scottish and Irish. Founder of The Babys along with Adrian Millar, 1973-78.
Tom Cruise: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)
Movie Actor, Cartoon Voicist, b. in Syracuse, N.Y.; ex-Brat Pack but still a complete idiot; RN:Thomas Cruise Mapother IV; Mimi Rogers', then Nicole Kidman's, then Katie Holmes' hubby; Risky Business, Top Gun, Color of Money, Days of Thunder, Rain Man, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Interview With The Vampire; Captain Planet (1st 6 shows), Mission Impossible (1996, 2000), Jerry MaGuire, Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia, Vanilla Sky, Minority Report, The Last Samurai, Collateral, War of the Worlds, M-i-III, Lions For Lambs; overrated first-class humorless twit
Taylor Dayne: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)
Pop Singer, b. in Long Island, N.Y.; RN:Lesley Wonderman; some also say b. 1963, This Day In Rock listed 3/7 and 7/3.
Judith Durham: 1943 (is 66 in 2009, 67 in 2010)
Folk Performer, Singer, Australian, lead of The Seekers
Jean-Claude Duvalier: 1951 (is 58 in 2009, 59 in 2010)
Head of State, ex-Haitian pres-for-life, son of Papa Doc; aka Baby Doc
Pete Fountain: 1930 (is 79 in 2009, 80 in 2010)
Jazz Musician, Clarinetist, b. in New Orleans; Lawrence Welk Show's dixieland clarinetist
Thomas Gibson: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, Chicago Hope's Dr. Daniel Nyland, Dharma and Greg's Greg Montgomery, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Criminal Minds' Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner
Damon Harris: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Temptations
Isabella Justice Hartley: 2004 (is 5 in 2009, 6 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Lindsay Hartley and Justin's daughter
John Heard: 1938 (is 71 in 2009, 72 in 2010)
Bassist
Kevin Hearn: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Modern Rock Musician, of Barenaked Ladies
Elizabeth Hendrickson: 1979 (is 30 in 2009, 31 in 2010)
Soap Actress, All My Children's Maggie Stone, Young & The Restless' Chloe
Keri Houlihan: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Actress, Our House's Molly Witherspoon
Frederic Wyatt Imus: 1998 (is 11 in 2009, 12 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Deirdre Coleman and Don's son
Mykel Shannon Jenkins: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Actor, Bold & The Beautiful's Charlie Baker
Johnny Lee: 1945 (is 64 in 2009, 65 in 2010)?
Country Singer, Songwriter, b. in Texas City; Honky-Tonk; LN:Ham; Charlene Tilton's ex-; AP says 7-3-46; some say b. Jul 3, 1946 (is 63 in 2009)
Shane Lynch: 1976 (is 33 in 2009, 34 in 2010)
Pop Singer, of Boyzone
Audra McDonald: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
Actress, Singer
Ryan McPartlin: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Passions' Hank Bennett
Stephen Morgan: 1960 (is 49 in 2009, 50 in 2010)
Singer, Bassist, Australian, of Icehouse
Lindsey Ann Neidenfuer: 1989 (is 20 in 2009, 21 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Judy Landers & Tom's girl
Connie Nielsen: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Actress, Soldier, Mission to Mars, Gladiator, Basic, The Ice Harvest
Stephen Pearcy: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)?
Heavy Metal Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, RATT Lead singer, Taboo, Arcade; some say b. Jul 3, 1960 (is 49 in 2009)
Susan Penhaligon: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
Actress
Jeff Phillips: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
TV/Soap Actor, Guiding Light's Hart Jessup; Adventures of Brisco County Jr.'s Whip Morgan, Another World's Matt Cory
Tucker Danforth Quayle: 1974 (is 35 in 2009, 36 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Dan's son
Faye Resnick: 1957 (is 52 in 2009, 53 in 2010)
Author, Nicole Brown Simpson, Private Diary
Grant Rosenmeyer: 1991 (is 18 in 2009, 19 in 2010)
Actor, Oliver Beene's Oliver David Beene
Mae Roth: 2005 (is 4 in 2009, 5 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Laurie Metcalf and Matt's daughter
Ken Russell: 1927 (is 82 in 2009, 83 in 2010)
Movie Producer/Director, Dramatist/Playwright, English, b. in Southhampton; expert in shock films
Gary Ryan: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Joan Jett
Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt: 1935 (is 74 in 2009, 75 in 2010)
Senator, Astronaut, Apollo 17
Corey Sevier: 1984 (is 25 in 2009, 26 in 2010)
Actor, Canadian, North Shore's Gabriel Miller
Kurtwood Smith: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
Actor, New Adv's of Beans Baxter's Mr. Sue, leader of U.G.L.I., Renegades, Rambo III, Robocop, That 70's Show's Red Foreman; AP says b. 1943
Shawnee Smith: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
Actress, Becker's Linda
Yeardley Smith: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Cartoon Voicist, TV/Movie Actress, The Simpsons' Lisa Marie Simpson, Herman's Head's Louise
Jan Smithers: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
TV Actress, b. in North Hollywood; WKRP in Cincinnati's Bailey Quarters; James Brolin's ex-wife
Nathan Thomas Stewart: 2004 (is 5 in 2009, 6 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Tracey Stewart and Jon's son
Tom Stoppard: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Dramatist/Playwright, Czech, RN:Thomas Straussler; Empire Of The Sun, The Real Thing
Jay Tarses: 1939 (is 70 in 2009, 71 in 2010)
Actor, Comedy Writer, Producer, of the (Tom) Patchett & Tarses writing team of Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, & Tony Randall Shows; Open All Night, The Duck Factory
Tonia Tash: 1979 (is 30 in 2009, 31 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Leonard Tepper: 1939 (is 70 in 2009, 71 in 2010)
Actor, Late Show with David Letterman player
Aaron Tippin: 1958 (is 51 in 2009, 52 in 2010)
Country Singer
Vince Tippin: 1958 (is 51 in 2009, 52 in 2010)
Country Singer
Trent Tomlinson: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Country Singer
Justin Torkildsen: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Bold and the Beautiful's Eric "Rick" Forrester
Hunter Tylo: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Model, Days of Our Lives' Marina Toscano, All My Children's Robin, Bold & the Beautiful's Dr. Angel Taylor Hayes Forrester; RN:Deborah Hunter then Morehart
Amy Van Horne: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
Soap Actress, The City's Carla Soleito
Montel Williams: 1956 (is 53 in 2009, 54 in 2010)
TV Talk Show Host, Journalist, Soap Actor, All My Children's Judge Pearson, Guiding Light's Clayton Bourdeau
Andreas Wisniewski: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Movie Actor, West German, Living Daylights

People on July 3rd: birth anniversaries

Louise Allbritton: 1920=d.Feb 16, 1979 (was 58)
Actress, Panelist, I've Got a Secret
Laura Branigan: 1957=d.Aug 26, 2004 (was 47)
Pop Singer, TV/Movie Actress, b. in Brewster, N.Y.; Gloria
John Mason Brown: 1900=d.1969
Critic, Essayist, Lecturer, American, Drama; TV Personality
Earl L. Butz: 1909=d.Feb 2, 2008 (was 98)
Government Official, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
Johnny Coles: 1926=d.Dec 21, 1997 (was 71)
Trumpeter, Flugelhorn
Leon Errol: 1881=d.Oct 12, 1951 (was 70)
Movie Actor, Comedian, Dancer, Vaudevillan, Australian, Ziegfeld Follies
Jerry Gray: 1915=d.1976
Bandleader, Composer, His distinctive arranging was key to the sound of several top big bands. He arranged "A String of Pearls" and "Pennsylvania 6-5000" for the Glenn Miller Orchestra and "Begin the Beguine" for Artie Shaw.
Johnny Hartman: 1923=d.Sep 15, 1983 (was 60)
Singer, Pianist
Samuel Huntington: 1731=d.Jan 5, 1796 (was 64)
Judge/Jurist, Governor, Revolutionary, Declaration of Independence signer; prez of Continental Congress, CT gov
Leos Janacek: 1854=d.Aug 12, 1928 (was 74)
Composer
Franz Kafka: 1883=d.Jun 3, 1924 (was 40)
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet, Austrian, Czech, Amerika
Dorothy Kilgallen: 1913=d.Nov 8, 1965 (was 52)
Columnist, Panelist, Journalist, What's My Line
King Louis XI Of France: 1423=d.Aug 30, 1483 (was 60)
King, reigned 1461-83
Doris Lloyd: 1896=d.May 21, 1968 (was 71)
Actress
David Lynch: 1929=d.Jan 2, 1981 (was 51)
HALL OF FAMER, Singer, of The Platters
Suzanne "Susan" Peters: 1921=d.Oct 23, 1952 (was 31)
Movie Actress, RLN:Carnahan
Herb Polesie: 1899=d.Jun 8, 1979 (was 79)
Producer, Dramatist/Playwright, Charade Quiz & 20 Questions panelist
George Sanders: 1906=d.Apr 25, 1972 (was 65)
TV/Movie Actor, Russian, one of the movies' classiest scoundrels; Batman's Mr. Freeze; Tom Conway's brother; d. suicide
Elizabeth (author) Taylor: 1912=d.Nov 19, 1975 (was 63)
Novelist, English
Tommy Tedesco: 1930=d.Nov 10, 1997 (was 67)
Guitarist, king of studio musicians, lent his talents to records by Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as TV themes such as Bonanza and M*A*S*H
Johnnie Wilder: 1949=d.May 13, 2006 (was 56)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Heatwave

People on July 3rd: death anniversaries

Jim Backus: 1989 (was 76)/b.Feb 25, 1913
TV/Movie Actor, Cartoon Voicist, Comedian, b. in Cleveland, OH; RFN:James Gilmour; I Married Joan's Judge Bradley Stevens; Jim Backus Show's Mike O'Toole; Gilligan's Island's Thurston Howell III; Mr. Magoo voicist; Blondie's J.C. Dithers
John Barron: 2004 (was 83)/b.Dec 24, 1920
Actor, English
Andre Citroen: 1935 (was 57)/b.Feb 5, 1878
Manufacturer, Engineer, French, introduced Henry Ford's methods of mass production to the European automobile industry.
Johnny Copeland: 1997 (was 60)/b.Mar 27, 1937
Blues Performer, Singer/Guitarist
James Daly: 1978 (was 59)/b.Oct 23, 1918
TV/Stage Actor, b. in Wisconsin Rapids, WI; Studio One, Omnibus, Medical Center's Dr. Paul Lochner; Hope Newell's hubby, Tyne & Timothy's dad
Gabriel Dell: 1988 (was 68)/b.Oct 7, 1919?
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, RN:Gabriel Gabe Del Vecchio; orig Bowery Boy, Dead End Kid; Steve Allen reg, Corner Bar; some say b. Oct 4, 1919, b. Oct 8, 1919, b. Oct 7, 1920, b. Oct 7, 1921, or b. Oct 7, 1923
"Curly" Joe De Rita: 1993 (was 83)/b.Jul 12, 1909
Movie/Stage Actor, Comedian, Vaudevillan, RN:Joseph Wardell; The Three Stooges' Curly Joe 1959-65, replacing Joe Besser and became the second and last of the Shemp replacements.
Dustin Farnum: 1929 (was 59)/b.May 27, 1870
Actor
William Crawford Gorgas: 1920 (was 65)/b.Oct 3, 1854
Scientist, Doctor, fought yellow fever and malaria with mosquito control
Henrietta "Hetty" Green: 1916 (was 80)/b.Nov 21, 1835
Zillionaire, Financier, NN:Witch of Wall Street
Larry Harmon: 2008 (was 83)/b.Jan 2, 1925
Entrepreneur, The Franchiser of Bozo the Clown
Joel Chandler Harris: 1908 (was 59)/b.Dec 9, 1848
Short Story Writer, Editor, Uncle Remus stories
Alfred Harvey: 1994 (was 80)/b.yr unknown
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Harvey World Famous Comics featured such characters as Casper the Friendly Ghost and Richie Rich
Benjamin Hendrickson: 2006 (was 55)/b.Aug 26, 1950
Soap Actor, As the World Turns' Hal Munson
Theodor Herzl: 1904 (was 44)/b.May 2, 1860
Writer, Hungarian, Founder of Modern Zionism
Brian Jones: 1969 (was 27)/b.Feb 28, 1942
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Keyboardist, Saxophonist, Percussionist, Clarinetist, Xylophonist, Flutist, Harp, Zitarist, English, Harpsichord; Koto; Marimbas; RN:Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones; of The Rolling Stones
Ross Martin: 1981 (was 61)/b.Mar 22, 1920
TV/Movie Actor, Polish, RN:Martin Rosenblatt; Mr. Lucky, The Wild Wild West's Artemus Gordon
"Mississippi" Fred McDowell: 1972 (was 68)/b.Jan 12, 1904
Blues Performer, Singer/Guitarist
Pierre Michelot: 2005 (was 77)/b.Mar 3, 1928
Bassist, French
Jim Morrison: 1971 (was 27)/b.Dec 8, 1943
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, NN:The Lizard King; Doors' lead singer; FN:James Douglas; d. heart failure in Paris; his name is an anagram for "Mr. Mojo Risin'".
Harold Nicholas: 2000 (was 76)/b.Mar 27, 1924
Dancer, Singer, some say Mar 17, 1921
Boots Randolph: 2007 (was 80)/b.Jun 3, 1927
Saxophonist, Composer, b. in Paducah, KY; Yakety Sax; his music was often used in the children's show Wonderama; also for Benny Hill Show; some say b. 1926
Johnny Russell: 2001 (was 61)/b.Jan 23, 1940
Country Singer, wrote "Act Naturally" for The Beatles
Jack Smith: 2006 (was 92)/b.Nov 16, 1913
TV Host, Pop Singer, TV Actor, Tenor, You Asked for It
Trigger The Horse: 1965 (was 33)/b.1932
Animal Star, Roy Rogers' horse
Rudy Vallee: 1986 (was 85)/b.Jul 28, 1901
Crooner, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Writer, Bandleader, Comedian, Clarinetist, Composer, Music Publisher, Saxophonist, b. in Island Pond, VT; RN:Hubert Prior Rudy Vallee; Famous of the 20-30s; Batman's Evil Lord Phogg; d. while watching the Statue of Liberty Centennial ceremonies

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