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Today In History Basic Datebook-December 11th

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People on December 11th: birthdates

Bess Armstrong: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
TV Actress, On Our Own, All is Forgiven, Married People's Elizabeth Myers, My So-Called Life's Patty Chase
Max Baucus: 1941 (is 67 in 2008, 68 in 2009)
Senator
Elizabeth Baur: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)?
TV Actress, Lancer's Teresa O'Brien, Ironside's Fran Belding; some say b. Dec 1, 1947 (is 61 in 2008), or b. Dec 11, 1947 (is 61 in 2008)
Billy: yr unknown
Radio Disc Jock, host of the John Boy and Billy Show
Betsy Blair: 1923 (is 85 in 2008, 86 in 2009)
Actress, RLN:Boger
Susan Blanchard: yr unknown
Actress, Mr. T and Tina, All My Children; Charles Frank's wife
Ben Browder: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Actor, Party of Five's Sam Brody
Tony Brown: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
Music Figure, country music producer
Tom Brumley: 1935 (is 73 in 2008, 74 in 2009)
Country/Western Performer, Guitarist, of The Buckaroos
Justin Currie: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Singer, Bassist, Scotish, of Del Amitri
Gary Dourdan: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
Actor, CSI's Warrick Brown
Teri Garr: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Lakewood, OH; of Burns & Schreiber, Sonny & Cher, & Girl with Something Extra; Tootsie, Mr. Mom, Young Frankenstein, Star Trek's Miss Roberta Lincoln
David Gates: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Singer, Keyboardist, Music Producer, Songwriter, Guitarist, session musician, of Bread
Tina Gayle: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
Actress, CHiPs' Off. Kathy Linahan; ex-Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader girl
Lynda Day George: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
Actress, Christopher's widow; Mission Impossible's Casey, Roots, Rich Man Poor Man, Roots; NOT to be confused with Linda Day
Tom Hayden: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Politician, Political Activist, Journalist, Jane Fonda's ex-; b. 1939?
Isabella Hoffmann: 1958 (is 50 in 2008, 51 in 2009)
TV Actress, Homicide's Captain Megan Russert
Matt Hudson: yr unknown
Radio Disc Jock, of Hudson & Bauer
Peter Isacksen: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
Actor, CPO Sharkey's Seaman, 1/2 Hr Comedy Hour
Jermaine Jackson: 1954 (is 54 in 2008, 55 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Bassist, Music Producer, Songwriter, b. in Gary, IN; The Jacksons
Daryl Jones: 1961 (is 47 in 2008, 48 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Sting, Rolling Stones 1994-
John F. Kerry: 1943 (is 65 in 2008, 66 in 2009)
Senator, Presidental Candidate 2004
Brenda Lee: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Country Singer, b. in Atlanta, GA; RN:Brenda Mae Tarpley; I'm Sorry; NN:Little Miss Dynamite; Rockin' Around The Xmas Tree
Jared Martin: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)?
TV Actor, Dallas' Steven "Dusty" Farlow, War of the Worlds' Dr. Harrison Blackwood; some say b. Dec 21, 1941 (is 67 in 2008), b. Dec 21, 1943 (is 65 in 2008), or b. Dec 21, 1944 (is 64 in 2008)
Max Martini: 1969 (is 39 in 2008, 40 in 2009)
Actor, The Unit's Mack Gerhardt
Mike Mesaros: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
Alternative Rock Performer, of Smithereens
Donna Mills: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, Soap Actress, b. in Chicago; RMLN:Jean Miller; Secret Storm, Love is a Many Spendid Thing's Laura, The Good Life, Knots Landing's Abby Fairgate Cunningham Ewing Sumner, John Larroquette Show's Carol, Melrose Place's Sherri Larson; in the 9-17-02 issue of Star, they state that she was born in 1940 and not 1943 or 1946
Mo'nique: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
Actress, Comedienne, of The Parkers
Rita Moreno: 1931 (is 77 in 2008, 78 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Singer, Exerciser, Puerto Rican, Latin; RN:Rosita Dolores Alverio; The Electric Company (an Emmy), West Side Story (an Oscar), The Ritz (a Tony), 2 Grammys, 9 to 5's Violet Newstead (TV), B.L. Stryker's Kimberly Baskin, Cosby Mysteries' Angie
Mos Def: 1973 (is 35 in 2008, 36 in 2009)
Rap Singer, RN: Dante Smith
Robert Pickett: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)
Guitarist, Bassist, of Sugarloaf
Condola Phylea Rashad: 1986 (is 22 in 2008, 23 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Phylicia & Ahmad's daughter
David Schools: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Widespread Panic
Susan Seidelman: 1952 (is 56 in 2008, 57 in 2009)
Movie Producer/Director, b. in Philadelphia; Desperately Seeking Susan
Nikki Sixx: 1958 (is 50 in 2008, 51 in 2009)
Heavy Metal Bassist, Songwriter, b. in Los Angeles; RN:Frank Carlton Serafino Ferrao; of Motley Crue; Bob Barry listed him as being died as of 11-22-87 of a heroin overdose, but that is incorrect
Rider Strong: 1979 (is 29 in 2008, 30 in 2009)
Actor, Boy Meets World's Shawn Hunter, Party Of Five's Byron; some say b. Dec 12
Patrick Tovatt: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Soap Actor, As the World Turns' Cal Stricklyn
Jean-Louis Trintignant: 1930 (is 78 in 2008, 79 in 2009)
Actor, French, b. 1925?
Ken Wahl: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)?
TV/Movie Actor, Wiseguy's Vinnie Terranova; he says Oct 31, 1960, AP says Feb 14, 1957, USA says Feb 14, 1960, UPI says Dec 11, 1953; some say b. Feb 14, 1953 (is 55 in 2008), b. Oct 31, 1954 (is 54 in 2008), b. Feb 14, 1956 (is 52 in 2008), b. Feb 14, 1957 (is 51 in 2008), or b. Feb 14, 1960 (is 48 in 2008)
Curtis Williams: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Musician, of Kool & the Gang

People on December 11th: birth anniversaries

Harriet Stratemeyer Adams: 1892=d.Mar 27, 1982 (was 89)
Novelist, Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift Jr., Nancy Drew
Louis "Hector" Berlioz: 1803=d.Mar 8, 1869 (was 65)
Composer, French
Max Born: 1882=d.Jan 5, 1970 (was 87)
Physicist, Jewish, German, quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954; Olivia Newton-John's granddad
Sir David Brewster: 1781=d.Feb 10, 1868 (was 86)
Physicist, Scotish, invented the Kaleidoscope
Marjorie Buell: 1904=d.May 30, 1993 (was 88)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Little Lulu
Ron Carey: 1935=d.Jan 16, 2007 (was 71)
TV Actor, Comedian, b. in Newark, NJ; Corner Bar, Barney Miller's Off. Carl Levitt
Tom Fuccello: 1936=d.Aug 16, 1993 (was 56)
TV/Stage Actor, Soap Actor, OLTL 70s, Dallas's Dave Culver; b. 1943?
King Kamehameha V Of Hawaii: 1830=d.Dec 11, 1872 (was 42)
King, ruled 1863-1872
Walter Knott: 1889=d.Dec 3, 1981 (was 91)
Businessperson, Knotts Berry Farm founder
Robert Koch: 1843=d.May 27, 1910 (was 66)
Physician, Bacteriologist, German, discovered TB bacillis (Nobel-1905)
James Kraft: 1874=d.????
Manufacturer, Inventor, pasteurizing process for cheese; Kraft Co. founder
Sir Kenneth MacMillan: 1929=d.Oct 29, 1992 (was 62)
Choreographer, Scotish, London's Royal Ballet
Jean Marais: 1913=d.Nov 8, 1998 (was 84)
Movie Actor, French
Victor McLaglen: 1883?=d.Nov 7, 1959
Movie Actor, English; some say b. Dec 10, 1886, or b. Dec 11, 1886
Christina Onassis: 1950=d.Nov 19, 1988 (was 37)
Celebrity Daughter, head of a family business empire; Shipping executive; d. in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Grace Paley: 1922=d.Aug 22, 2007 (was 84)
Writer
Carlo Ponti: 1912=d.Jan 9, 2007 (was 94)
Producer/Director, Italian, Sophia Loren's hubby
Pope Leo X: 1475=d.Dec 1, 1521 (was 45)
Pope, (reigned 1513-21), made Rome a centre of European culture and raised the papacy to significant political power in Europe.
Gilbert Roland: 1905=d.May 15, 1994 (was 88)
Movie Actor, Bullfighter, Mexican, RN:Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso; dashing leading man from the '20s onward, including a series of films as the "Cisco Kid."
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn: 1918=d.Aug 3, 2008 (was 89)
Novelist, Russian, Nobel Prize Winner
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton: 1926=d.Jul 25, 1984 (was 57)
Blues Singer, Harmonicaist, Drummer, Songwriter
J. Frank Wilson: 1941=d.Oct 4, 1991 (was 49)
Music Figure, RFN:John
Marie Windsor: 1919=d.Dec 10, 2000 (was 80)
Movie/Stage Actress, Radio Actress, RN:Emily Marie Bertelson

People on December 11th: death anniversaries

Clifford Berryman: 1949 (was 80)/b.Apr 2, 1869
ComicStrip Cartoonist, created Teddy Bear after Prez Teddy Roosevelt's hunting trips
George Harold Brown: 1987 (was 79)/b.Oct 14, 1908
Engineer, electrical engineer who made major contributions to the development of radio and television broadcast antennas.
"Fiddlin'" John Carson: 1949 (was 81)/b.Mar 23, 1868
Country/Western Performer, Fiddler
Frank Conrad: 1941 (was 67)/b.May 4, 1874
Engineer, electrical engineer whose interest in radiotelephony led to the establishment of the first commercial radio station.
Sam Cooke: 1964 (was 29)/b.Jan 22, 1935
HALL OF FAMER, Soul Singer, Gospel Singer, Songwriter, b. in Clarksdale, MS; RFN:Samuel; The Soul Stirrers lead, soloist; You Send Me; some say d. Dec 10
Lindsay Crosby: 1989 (was 51)/b.Jan 5, 1938
Celebrity Son, Bing's son
Charles Fabry: 1945 (was 78)/b.Jun 11, 1867
Scientist, discovered the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere
Reed Hadley: 1974 (was 63)/b.Jun 25, 1911
Actor, RLN:Herring; Racket Squad's Capt. John Braddock, The Public Defender
John Heawood: 1995 (was 75)/b.May 30, 1920
Actor, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Richard Himber: 1966 (was 59)/b.Feb 20, 1907
Composer, Singer
Percy Kilbride: 1964 (was 76)/b.Jul 16, 1888
Movie Actor, movies' Pa Kettle
King Kamehameha V Of Hawaii: 1872 (was 42)/b.Dec 11, 1830
King, ruled 1863-1872
David Lewis: 2000 (was 84)/b.Oct 19, 1916
Soap Actor, General Hospital's ex-Edward Quartermaine
Robert Q. Lewis: 1991 (was 70)/b.Apr 5, 1921
TV Host, Radio Disc Jock, Game Show Host, Announcer, Panelist, Comedian
N. Richard Nash: 2000 (was 87)/b.Jun 7, 1913
Dramatist/Playwright
Luis Russell: 1963 (was 61)/b.Aug 6, 1902
Jazz Pianist, Bandleader, Composer
Albert Taylor: 1961/b.Jan 1, 1879?
Physicist, Engineer, Developed Radar; some say b. Jan 1, 1874
Charles R. Walgreen: 1939 (was 66)/b.Oct 9, 1873
Businessperson, drugstore chain founder
Lee Wiley: 1975 (was 60)/b.Oct 9, 1915
Jazz Performer, Singer
Oliver Winchester: 1880 (was 70)/b.Nov 30, 1810
Industrialist, Manufacturer, famous rifle maker

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