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Today In History Basic Datebook-November 12th

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People on November 12th: birthdates

Lourdes Benedicto: 1974 (is 34 in 2008, 35 in 2009)
Actress, NYPD Blue's Gina Colon, Titans' Samantha Sanchez, Dawson's Creek's Karen
Bertice Berry: 1960 (is 48 in 2008, 49 in 2009)
TV Talk Show Hostess
Hugh Bonneville: 1963 (is 45 in 2008, 46 in 2009)
Movie Actor, Notting Hill
Errol Brown: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Soul Singer, Songwriter, Jamaican, of Hot Chocolate; some say b. 1945
Tevin Campbell: 1978 (is 30 in 2008, 31 in 2009)
Soul Singer, Round And Round; AP says 1976
Bob Crewe: 1937 (is 71 in 2008, 72 in 2009)
Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer, RFN:Stanley Robert; Bob Crewe Generation; head of several music labels, production, & publishing co's; some say b. 1931
Macey Cruthird: 1992 (is 16 in 2008, 17 in 2009)
Actress, Hope and Faith's Hayley Shanowski
Ruby Nash Curtis: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)
Singer, Ruby & the Romantics lead known for Our Day Will Come
Charlotte Davis: 1936 (is 72 in 2008, 73 in 2009)
Singer, of Tune Weavers; Happy Happy Birthday Baby
Buck Dharma: 1947 (is 61 in 2008, 62 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Performer, RN:Donald Roeser; Blue Oyster Cult
Jerry Douglas: 1935 (is 73 in 2008, 74 in 2009)
Soap Actor, Young & the Restless' John Abbott, Melrose Place's Richard Damarr, Young & The Restless' Alistair Wallingford
Barbara Fairchild: 1950 (is 58 in 2008, 59 in 2009)
Country Singer, Songwriter
Ann Flood: 1933 (is 75 in 2008, 76 in 2009)?
Soap Actress, Edge Of Night; some say b. Nov 12, 1930 (is 78 in 2008), b. Nov 12, 1932 (is 76 in 2008), or b. Nov 12, 1934 (is 74 in 2008)
Ryan Gosling: 1980 (is 28 in 2008, 29 in 2009)
Singer, Actor, Canadian, of MMC 1993-94; The Notebook
Tonya Harding: 1970 (is 38 in 2008, 39 in 2009)
Figure Skater, Olympic Athlete, 1991 U.S. women's champion; involved in bizarre plot hatched by ex-husband Jeff Gillooly to injure rival Nancy Kerrigan in 1994 and keep her off Olympic team; won '94 U.S. women's title in Kerrigan's absence; denied any role in assault and sued USOC when her berth on Olympic team was threatened; finished 8th at Lillehammer (Kerrigan recovered and won silver medal); pleaded guilty, and stripped of U.S. Figure Skating Assn. title.
Anne Hathaway: 1982 (is 26 in 2008, 27 in 2009)
Actress, The Princess Diaries, Ella Enchanted, Becoming Jane, Get Smart (2008 movie)
Jimmy "Bro" Hayes: 1943 (is 65 in 2008, 66 in 2009)
Rhythm and Blues Performer, Singer, of The Persuasions
Aya Hisakawa: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
Entertainment Figure
Chris Huffman: 1980 (is 28 in 2008, 29 in 2009)
Musician, Contemporary Christian musician
Brian Hyland: 1943 (is 65 in 2008, 66 in 2009)
Pop Singer, Country Singer, Novelty Singer, b. in Queens; Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini; some say 1944
Vincent Irizarry: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
Soap Actor, Santa Barbara, Guiding Light's Lujack Luvoneck then Nick McHenry or Nick Spaulding?, 90210's Riggs, All My Children's and One Life to Live's Dr. David Hayward, Young & The Restless' David Chow
Donald Johnson: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Music Figure, of Taste Of Honey
Terry Johnson: 1935 (is 73 in 2008, 74 in 2009)?
Soul Singer, of The Flamingos; some say b. Nov 12, 1933 (is 75 in 2008)
Booker T. Jones: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Keyboardist, Pianist, Songwriter, b. in Memphis; of Booker T. & the MGs
Tamala Jones: 1974 (is 34 in 2008, 35 in 2009)
Actress, Dangerous Minds' Callie Timmons (TV), The Brothers
Kelly Kruger: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Young and the Restless' Mackenzie "Mac" Browning
Mills Lane: 1936 (is 72 in 2008, 73 in 2009)
Judge/Jurist, Judge Mills Lane
Joseph Marlon Lieberman: 1995 (is 13 in 2008, 14 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Marilu Henner & Robert's son
Sam Lloyd: 1967 (is 41 in 2008, 42 in 2009)
Actor
Charles Manson: 1934 (is 74 in 2008, 75 in 2009)
Outlaw, NN:No Name Maddox; killer behind bars
Charlie Mariano: 1923 (is 85 in 2008, 86 in 2009)
Alto-sax, Flutist, Reeds, Teacher
Leslie McKeown: 1955 (is 53 in 2008, 54 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Singer, of Bay City Rollers
Radha Mitchell: 1973 (is 35 in 2008, 36 in 2009)
Actress
Megan Mullally: 1958 (is 50 in 2008, 51 in 2009)
Actress, Cartoon Voicist, TV Hostess, Ellen Burstyn Show, Fish Police, Will and Grace
Ruby Nash: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)?
Singer, Ruby & the Romantics lead; Our Day Will Come; some say b. Jun 15, 1934 (is 74 in 2008)
Heather Lauren Olson: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Jan Spears
Omarion: 1984 (is 24 in 2008, 25 in 2009)
Pop Singer, of B2K
Emily Peden: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
TV Hostess, New Zoo Revue's Emmy Jo, wife of Doug Momary
Donald Roeser: 1947 (is 61 in 2008, 62 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, NN:Buck Dharma, of Blue Oyster Cult
David Schwimmer: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
TV Actor, Friends' Ross Geller, Madagascar; some say b. 1967
Wallace Shawn: 1943 (is 65 in 2008, 66 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actor, Dramatist/Playwright, Screen/Scriptwriter, Princess Bride, Toy Story's Rex, Clueless's Mr. Hall
Rhonda Shear: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
Comedienne, TV Hostess, Model, Miss Louisiana 1978; USA's Up All Night
Arthur Tavares: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Tavares
Edward "Kingsize" Taylor: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)
Music Figure, of Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes
Izabella Gabrielle Tylo: 1996 (is 12 in 2008, 13 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Hunter and Michael's girl
Brielle Nicole Underwood: 1998 (is 10 in 2008, 11 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Desiree and Blair's daughter
John Walker: 1943 (is 65 in 2008, 66 in 2009)
Singer, of The Walker Brothers
Angela Watson: 1975 (is 33 in 2008, 34 in 2009)
TV Actress, Step By Step's Karen Foster; AP says 1974
Ashley Williams: 1978 (is 30 in 2008, 31 in 2009)
Soap Actress, As The World Turns' Danielle "Dani" Andropoulos, Good Morning Miami's Dylan Messinger, One Life to Live's Ashley
Mary Louise Wilson: 1932 (is 76 in 2008, 77 in 2009)
Actress, Soap Actress, One Day at a Times' Ginny Wrobliki, One Life to Live, All My Children's Millicent Smythe
Neil Young: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Classic Rock Singer, Composer/Songwriter, Rock & Roll Guitarist, Music Producer, Canadian, b. in Toronto; of Buffalo Springfield (HofF); Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young; soloist

People on November 12th: birth anniversaries

Ernie Anderson: 1923=d.Feb 6, 1997 (was 73)
Announcer, ABC-TV
Baha'U'Llah: 1817=d.May 29, 1892 (was 74)
Religionist, Philosopher, RN:Mirza Husayn Ali; Persian; founder of the Baha'i faith
Ina Balin: 1937=d.Jun 20, 1990 (was 52)
Movie Actress, RLN:Rosenberg
Harry A. Blackmun: 1908=d.Mar 4, 1999 (was 90)
Supreme Court Justice, Roe Vs. Wade author; justice 1970-94
Alexander Borodin: 1833=d.Feb 27, 1887 (was 53)
Composer, Russian
Sunset Carson: 1927=d.May 1, 1990 (was 62)
Actor, El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail
Dick Clair: 1931=d.Dec 12, 1988 (was 57)
Comedian, Comedy Writer, wrote for Carol Burnett & Soap
Buck Clayton: 1911=d.Dec 8, 1991 (was 80)
Jazz Trumpeter, Arranger
Joseph Coors: 1917=d.Mar, 2003
Businessperson, Brewer; head of Adolph Coors Co. 1982-
Kim Hunter: 1922=d.Sep 11, 2002 (was 79)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, b. in Detroit; Planet Of The Apes; Backstairs at the White House; RN:Janet Cole; As the World Turns' Mrs. Tompkins
Grace Kelly: 1929=d.Sep 14, 1982 (was 52)
Movie Actress, Princess, Roman Catholic, b. in Philadelphia; MN:Patricia; Princess of Monaco; Rear Window
Seth Nicholson: 1891=d.Jul 2, 1963 (was 71)
Astronomer, discovered four Jupiter moons
Jack Oakie: 1903=d.Jan 23, 1978 (was 74)
Movie/Stage Actor, Vaudevillan, RN:Louis Delaney Offield; some say b. 1893
Richard Quine: 1920=d.Jun 10, 1989 (was 68)
Actor, Director
Francois "Auguste" Rene Rodin: 1840=d.Nov 17, 1917 (was 77)
Sculptor, French, The Thinker; d. in Meudon, France
Jack Ryan: 1926=d.Aug 13, 1991 (was 64)
Inventor, 1000 patents including Barbie doll & Military Missles (do you see any connection?), also Hot Wheels
Mort Shuman: 1936?=d.Nov 4, 1991 (was 54)
Songwriter, Singer, rock 'n roll; of Pomus & Shuman; d. Nov 3?; some say b. Nov 12, 1938
Jo Stafford: 1917=d.Jul 16, 2008 (was 90)
Country Singer, Variety Show Host, Jo Stafford Show; aka Cinderella Q (parodist); member of Tommy Dorsey's Pied Pipers; Paul Weston's wife and part of the Jonathan and Darlene Edwards spoof act; many say b. 1918
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: 1815=d.Oct 26, 1902 (was 86)
Social Reformer, Suffragate, American, Feminist, b. in Johnstown, N.Y.; Women's rights; wrote the women's version of The Bible
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen: 1866=d.Mar 12, 1925 (was 58)
Statesman, Chinese, date according to tradition; China revolution leader 1911
Letitia Christian Tyler: 1790=d.Sep 10, 1842 (was 51)
First Lady, John's wife #1
DeWitt Wallace: 1889=d.Mar 30, 1981 (was 91)
Publisher, Philanthropist, Founded Readers Digest with Lila Bell
Bukka White: 1906=d.Feb 26, 1977 (was 70)
Blues Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Pianist, Harmonicaist, slide guitarist
Richard A. Whiting: 1891=d.Feb 10, 1938 (was 46)
Composer/Songwriter

People on November 12th: death anniversaries

Eve Arden: 1990 (was 78)/b.Apr 30, 1912
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Mill Valley, CA; RN:Eunice Quedens; Our Miss Brooks' Connie Brooks, Eve Arden Show's Liza, The Mothers-in-Law's Eve Hubbard; Brooks West's wife; a Ziegfield girl
Jean Sylvain Bailly: 1793 (was 57)/b.Sep 15, 1736
Astronomer, Mayor, French, noted for his computation of an orbit for Halley's Comet (1759) and for his studies of the four satel lites of Jupiter then known.
Jonathan Brandis: 2003 (was 27)/b.Apr 13, 1976
TV/Movie/Soap Actor, MN:Gregory; One Life to Live, SeaQuest DSV's Lucas Wolenczak
Diane Brewster: 1991 (was 60)/b.Mar 11, 1931
Actress, Leave It to Beaver's Miss Canfield, Maverick
Sir Dugald Clerk: 1932 (was 78)/b.Mar 31, 1854
Inventor, English, inventor of the 2-stroke motorcycle engine.
Charles "Honi" Coles: 1992 (was 81)/b.Apr 2, 1911
Dancer, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Vaudevillan, tap dancer
Marcus Daly: 1900 (was 58)/b.Dec 5, 1841
Businessperson, Irish, American mining tycoon. Called the "Copper King," he was the prime mover behind the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., one of the world's largest copper producers.
Carrie Donovan: 2001 (was 73)/b.Mar 22, 1928
Actress, Old Navy lady in commercials as the fashion editor
Rudolf Friml: 1972 (was 92)/b.Dec 7, 1879
Composer, Musician, Czech
Billy Guy: 2002 (was 66)/b.Jun 20, 1936
HALL OF FAMER, Baritone, Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Coasters
Albert Hague: 2001 (was 81)/b.Oct 13, 1920
Actor, Composer, German, Fame's Mr. Benjamin Shorofsky; Broadway composer
H. R. Halderman: 1993 (was 67)/b.Oct 27, 1926
Government Official, b. in Los Angeles; Watergate figure, ex-White House chief of staff; RFMN:Harry Robert
Josef Gottlieb Kolreuter: 1806 (was 73)/b.Apr 27, 1733
Scientist, German, botanist who was a pioneer in the study of plant hybrids. He was first to develop a scientific application of the discovery, made in 1694 by the German botanist Rudolph Jacob Camerarius, of sex in plants.
Ira Levin: 2007 (was 78)/b.Aug 27, 1929
Author, Rosemary's Baby, No Time For Sergeants, Boys From Brazil, Deathtrap b. in New York City;
Percival Lowell: 1916 (was 61)/b.Mar 13, 1855
Astronomer, Planet observer; predicted the discovery of Pluto
Julia Marlowe: 1950 (was 84)/b.Aug 17, 1866
Stage Actress, English, RN:Sarah Frances Frost; known especially for her interpretations of William Shakespeare.
Eddie Mayehoff: 1992 (was 83)/b.Jul 7, 1909
Actor, of That's My Boy's Jarring Jack Jackson
Baroness Emmusky Orczy: 1947 (was 82)/b.Sep 23, 1865
Author, Hungarian, The Scarlet Pimpernel
Norman Rose: 2004 (was 87)/b.Jun 23, 1917
Actor, was also a voice-over actor whose skill and talent earned him the industry moniker "the voice of God"; All My Children's and One Life to Live's Dr. Marcus Polk; also the voice in "Deteriorata"
Byron Sanders: 2001 (was 76)/b.Sep 24, 1925
Soap Actor, One Life to Live, Love of Life, Doctors, etc.
Penny Singleton: 2003 (was 95)/b.Sep 15, 1908
Movie Actress, Cartoon Voicist, RN:Mariana Dorothy McNulty; The Jetsons' Jane Jetson; Famous as Blondie in 30-40's films; some say b. 1906
Sir Robert Stephens: 1995 (was 64)/b.Jul 14, 1931
Movie/Stage Actor, Director, English, one of the most accomplished King Lears; Holocaust, The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, Empire Of The Sun, Bonfire Of The Vanities, Henry V
J. I. M. Stewart: 1994 (was 88)/b.Sep 30, 1906
Mystery-writer, Scotish, RFMN:John Innes Mackintosh; pen name:Michael Innes; created the character of Inspector John Appleby, a British detective known for his suave humour and literary finesse.
Tony Thompson: 2003 (was 48)/b.Nov 15, 1954
Rock & Roll Drummer, of Chic, Power Station
Sid Tomack: 1962 (was 55)/b.Sep 8, 1907
Actor, The Life of Riley's Jim Gillis, My Friend Irma's Al
Dicky Wells: 1985 (was 78)/b.Jun 10, 1907
Trombonist, Composer

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