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Today In History Basic Datebook-July 13th

For The Weekday Of: Sunday in 2008, Monday in 2009
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People on July 13th: birthdates

Stephen Jo Bladd: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Drummer, Singer, of J. Geils Band
Will Champion: 1978 (is 30 in 2008, 31 in 2009)
Musician, of Coldplay
Cheech: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Director, Writer, Children's Singer, b. in Los Angeles; Iranian; RN:Richard Marin; of Cheech & Chong; Born in East L.A., Golden Palace's Chuy Castillos; Up In Smoke, An Earache My Eye; Nash Bridges' Joe Dominguez; Tin Cup, Paulie; sometime voice of Buck the Dog in "Married...With Children", Spy Kids, Pinocchio (voice), Judging Amy
Didi Conn: 1951 (is 57 in 2008, 58 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, Cartoon Voicist, Keep On Truckin', The Pracice, Benson's Denise Stevens Downey, Raggedy Ann & Andy; does Betty Boop-type voices, Grease and Grease II movies
Deborah Cox: 1973 (is 35 in 2008, 36 in 2009)
Singer
Crazy Jay: 1972 (is 36 in 2008, 37 in 2009)
Radio Disc Jock, host Crazy Jay radio show
Cameron Crowe: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
Actor, Writer, Producer/Director, Vanilla Sky, Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire
Gonzalo Martinez De La Cotera: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Marcy Playground
Lawrence Donegan: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
Harrison Ford: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Movie Actor, b. in Chicago; Star Wars' Hans Solo, Raiders of the Lost Ark's Indiana Jones, Witness, Patriot Games, American Graffiti, Regarding Henry, Blade Runner, The Fugitive movie, Clear and Present Danger, Sabrina, Six Days Seven Nights, K19, Firewall; Melissa Matheson's hubby; Christine Lavin sang a song about him
Robert Forster: 1941 (is 67 in 2008, 68 in 2009)
Actor, TV/Movie Actor, b. in Rochester, NY; Banyon's Miles Banyon, Jackie Brown
Danny Gayol: 1958 (is 50 in 2008, 51 in 2009)
Entertainment Figure, of Bo Deans
Joseph Gian: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
TV Actor, Soap Actor, Hooperman's homo cop Rick Silardi, Knots Landing's Tom Ryan
Michael Jace: 1965 (is 43 in 2008, 44 in 2009)
Actor, Dangerous Minds' Jerome Griffith (TV)
Laval Jones: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
Singer, of Twice; Lovell's twin
Lovell Jones: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
Singer, of Twice; Laval's twin
Jack Kemp: 1935 (is 73 in 2008, 74 in 2009)
Congressperson, NFL Quarterback, Government Official, b. in Los Angeles; ex-Secretary of Housing & Urban Development, 1996 V.P. Candidate with Dole
Noname Kennedy: 2001 (is 7 in 2008, 8 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Mary and Robert F Kennedy Jr's son
Tom Kenny: yr unknown
Comedian, TV Actor, The Edge
Lynn Loring: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)?
Actress, Movie Producer, Soap Actress, The FBI's Barbara Erskine, Search For Tomorrow's Patti 50s; Roy Thinnes' wife; some say b. Jul 14, 1943 (is 65 in 2008)
Louise Mandrell: 1954 (is 54 in 2008, 55 in 2009)
Country Singer, b. in Corpus Christi, TX; Barbara & Irlene's sis, born in Corpus Christi, TX
Daphne Maxwell-Reid: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
TV Actress, Tim's wife; Frank's Place's Hanna Griffin, Snoops, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Aunt Vivian Banks 1993-
Roger McGuinn: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Keyboardist, b. in Chicago; lead of The Byrds; RN:James Joseph III, Backup of Chad Mitchell Trio, Bobby Darin, & the Limeliters
Steve Chadwick McQueen: 1988 (is 20 in 2008, 21 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Stacey Totten & Chad's son; Steve's grandson
Mike Melancon: 1978 (is 30 in 2008, 31 in 2009)
Country Singer, of Emerson Drive
Mark Mendoza: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)?
Heavy Metal Bassist, of Twisted Sister; some say b. Jul 13, 1954 (is 54 in 2008)
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 2305 (is-297 in 2008, -296 in 2009)
Explorer, Fictious Character, French, led the starship Enterprise NCC-1701-D
Paul Prudhomme: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Chef, Cajun chef; Looks like Dom DeLuise
Bobby Rock: 1963 (is 45 in 2008, 46 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Vixen, Nelson
Dr. Erno Rubik: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
Inventor, Educator, Mathematician, Hungarian, Rubik's Cube, the puzzle that drove America nuts in 1981; when he was an infant, he had a Rubik's diaper
Al Santos: 1976 (is 32 in 2008, 33 in 2009)
Actor, Grosse Pointe's Johnny Bishop/Brad Johnson
Victoria Shaw: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Country/Western Performer
Patrick Stewart: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
TV/Stage Actor, English, Royal Shakesperian Co. veteran; Star Trek The Next Generation's & Deep Space Nine's Captain Jean-Luc Picard, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand
Carmen Thomas: 1967 (is 41 in 2008, 42 in 2009)
Soap Actress, All My Children's Hillary Wilson Georgia Martin 1984-88, Melrose Place lawyer Karen Broders 1998-99; (D.T. met her!)
Neil Thrasher: 1965 (is 43 in 2008, 44 in 2009)
Country Singer, of Thrasher Silver
Rhonda Vincent: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Bluegrass Performer
Jamie Walter: 1969 (is 39 in 2008, 40 in 2009)
Actor

People on July 13th: birth anniversaries

Albert Ayler: 1936=d.Nov 25, 1970 (was 34)
Tenor-sax, Composer, Alto-sax
Sidney Alderman Blackmer: 1895?=d.Oct 5, 1973
Movie/Stage Actor, Teddy Roosevelt in twelve films; some say b. Jul 13, 1896, or b. Jul 13, 1898
Sudie Bond: 1923?=d.Nov 10, 1984
TV Actress, of Temperatures Rising, Flo's Mama Velma Castleberry; some say b. Jul 13, 1925, or b. Jul 13, 1928
Sir Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: 1903=d.May 21, 1983 (was 79)
Author, Historian, Narrator, English, art historian
Bob Crane: 1928=d.May 29, 1978 (was 49)
Actor, Drummer, Radio Disc Jock, TV Talk Show Host, Donna Reed Show's Dr. Dave Kelsey, Hogan's Heroes' Col. Robert Hogan, Bob Crane Show; Sigrid Valdis' hubby; some say d. June 29
Dennis Crosby: 1934=d.May 4, 1991 (was 56)
Celebrity Son, was 56 or 57?; Dixie Lee & Bing's son, Philip's twin
Father Edward Joseph Flanagan: 1886=d.????
Religious Leader, Philanthropist, Boys Town founder
Nathan Bedford Forrest: 1821=d.Oct 29, 1877 (was 56)
General, b. in Bedford County, TN; Confederate cavalry commander; KKK grand wizard
Dave Garroway: 1913=d.Jul 21, 1982 (was 69)
TV Host, Newscaster, Garroway at Large, Today Show's 1st host 1951-61
Ernest Gold: 1921=d.Mar 17, 1999 (was 77)
Composer, wrote music for "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World"; Andrew's father
Lois Kibbee: 1922=d.Oct 18, 1993 (was 71)
Movie/Stage/Soap Actress, Screen/Scriptwriter, The Edge of Night's Geraldine Saxon Whitney
Bradley Kincaid: 1895=d.Sep 23, 1989 (was 94)
Folk Singer, Guitarist
Gerald Levert: 1966=d.Nov 10, 2006 (was 40)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Levert
Charles Jr. Scribner: 1921=d.Nov 11, 1995 (was 74)
Publisher, the longtime head of Charles Scribner's Sons book publishing company and Ernest Hemingway's editor
Harry Sosnik: 1906=d.1996
Bandleader, 50s TV Varieties including 54th St. Revue, Jack Carter Show, & Your Hit Parade
Tim Spencer: 1908?=d.Apr 26, 1974 (was 68)
Country Singer, Banjoist, RFN:Vernon; of Sons of the Pioneers; some say b. Jul 7, 1905
Danitra Vance: 1959=d.Aug 21, 1994 (was 35)
Comedienne, Saturday Night Live reg 1985-86
Leroy Vinnegar: 1928=d.1999
Bassist

People on July 13th: death anniversaries

Salomon Auguste Andree: 1897 (was 42)/b.Oct 18, 1854
Explorer, Swedish, Balloonist; ill-fated North Pole expedition [1897]
Pandro S. Berman: 1996 (was 91)/b.Mar 28, 1905
Movie Producer, produced such acclaimed films as "Top Hat," "Morning Glory" and "The Blackboard Jungle"
Eddie Boyd: 1994 (was 79)/b.Nov 25, 1914
Blues Singer, Pianist, Songwriter, Guitarist, Kazoo, Organist, NN:Little Eddy
Red Buttons: 2006 (was 87)/b.Feb 5, 1919
Comedian, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Variety Show Host, Jewish, b. in New York City; RN:Aaron Chwatt; own TV show, Double Life of Henry Phyfe, Knots Landing's Al Baker
Les Crane: 2008 (was 74)/b.Dec 3, 1935
TV Talk Show Host, The Sandpaper Communicator; Desiderata
John Charles Fremont: 1890 (was 77)/b.Jan 21, 1813
General, Explorer, Governor, Pioneer, mapmaker and explorer of Western United States; NN:Pathfinder
Stephen Hopkins: 1785 (was 78)/b.Mar 7, 1707
Judge/Jurist, Educator, Governor, Merchant, Declaration of Independence signer
Arthur Kane: 2004 (was 55)/b.Feb 3, 1949
Rock & Roll Bassist, Punk; of New York Dolls; b. Feb 4?
Yousuf Karsh: 2002 (was 93)/b.Dec 23, 1908
Photographer, portrait photographer (Life Magazine)
Gabriel Lippmann: 1921 (was 55)/b.Aug 16, 1865
Physicist, French, Color photography
Jimmie Lunceford: 1947 (was 45)/b.Jun 6, 1902
Bandleader, Jazz Saxophonist
Jean Paul Marat: 1793 (was 50)/b.May 24, 1743
Politician, Revolutionary, Writer, French
Alla Nazimova: 1945 (was 66)/b.Jun 4, 1879
Movie/Stage Actress, Russian
John Clifford Pemberton: 1881 (was 66)/b.Aug 10, 1814
General, Confederate general during the American Civil War, remembered for his tenacious but ultimately unsuccessful defense of Vicksburg.
Riley Puckett: 1946 (was 62)/b.May 7, 1894?
Country Singer, Country Guitarist, RFN:George; as a member of the SkilletLickers, he was the first to yodel on a hillbilly record...in 1924.; some say b. May 7, 1884
Grantland Rice: 1954 (was 73)/b.Nov 1, 1880
Sportsfigure, Poet, Sportswriter; named the 1924-25 Notre Dame backfield the "Four Horsemen," wrote "When the last Great Scorer comes/To mark against your name,/He'll write not "won" or "lost"/But how you played the game."
Arnold Schoenberg: 1951 (was 76)/b.Sep 13, 1874
Composer, Austrian, b. in Vienna; 12-tone music system, or else we'd all sing offkey.
Compay Segundo: 2003 (was 95)/b.Nov 18, 1907
Musician, Cuban, RN:Maximo Francisco Repilado Munoz; Buena Vista Social Club
Alfred Stieglitz: 1946 (was 82)/b.Jan 1, 1864
Photographer, Editor, father of modern photography.
Jerry Wald: 1962/b.Sep 16, 1911?
Movie Producer; some say b. Sep 16, 1912
Gerry "Wig" Wiggins: 2008 (was 86)/b.May 12, 1922
Jazz Singer

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