Today LXVI

Birthdays:

• Ernst Heinrich Weber, physician, a founder of experimental psychology, June 24, 1795 – January 26, 1878


• George James Webb, composer and organist, June 24, 1803 - October 7, 1887


• Victor Francis Hess, physicist, shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Carl David Anderson for the discovery of cosmic rays, June 24, 1883 – December 17, 1964


• William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey, World Heavyweight Championship boxer, June 24, 1895 - May 31, 1983


• Harry Partch, composer and musician, one of the first twentieth-century composers to work extensively with microtonal scales, June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974


• Phil Harris, singer, songwriter, jazz musician, bandleader, and comedian, June 24, 1904 - August 11, 1995


• Pierre Fournier, cellist, June 24, 1906 – January 8, 1986


• Hugo Distler, composer and organist, known for his church choral music, June 24, 1908 – November 1, 1942


• Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomer and science fiction writer, June 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001


• Martin Lewis Perl, Ph.D., physicist, won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the tau lepton, 1927


• Michael John Kells 'Mick' Fleetwood, drummer for Fleetwood Mac, 1942


• Michelle Lee Dusick, aka Michele Lee, singer, dancer, actress, producer, and director, 1942


• Arthur Wilton, aka The Rev. Arthur Brown, rock and roll singer, 1942


• Geoffery Arnold 'Jeff' Beck, rock guitarist!!, 1944


• Richard John Whitney, aka John "Charlie" Whitney, rock guitarist, 1944


• Chris Wood, musician, a founding member of Traffic, June 24, 1944 – July 12, 1983


• Colin Blunstone, pop singer/songwriter, a member of The Zombies, 1945


• Peter Weller, film actor and lecturer, 1947


• Patrick Moraz, keyboard player with Yes and the Moody Blues, 1948


• John Illsley, bass player for Dire Straits, 1949


• Mercedes Lackey, author of fantasy novels, 1950


• Nancy Allen, film actress, 1950


• Joe Penny, actor, 1956


• Michael 'Mike' Wieringo, comic book artist, 1963

RIP:

• Anthony John 'Tony' Hancock, television and radio comedian, May 12, 1924 – June 24, 1968


• Herbert John "Jackie" Gleason, comedian, actor, bandleader, and pool player, "The Great One", February 26, 1916 — June 24, 1987


• Robert Keith Richey, Jr., aka Brian Keith, stage, film and television actor, November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997


• David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson, film actor, May 7, 1917 – June 24, 2000


• Paul Wilchin, aka Paul Winchell, ventriloquist and voice actor, December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005