Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Today CLXXXI

Birthdays:

  • Baldassarre Galuppi, composer, noted for his operas, particularly opera buffa, October 18, 1706 - January 3, 1785

  • Henri-Louis Bergson, philosopher, awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize for Literature, October 18, 1859 – January 4, 1941

  • Joichi Sakurazawa, aka George Ohsawa, founder of the Macrobiotic diet and philosophy, October 18, 1893 - April 23, 1966

  • Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, aka Lotte Lenya, singer and actress, October 18, 1898 – November 27, 1981

  • Miriam Hopkins, actress, October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972

  • Pascual Jordan, theoretical and mathematical physicist, who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, October 18, 1902 - July 31, 1980

  • Robert Rowe Gilruth, aviation and space pioneer; at the beginning of his career, he was involved with early research into supersonic flight and rocket-powered aircraft, and then with the U.S. manned space program, October 18, 1913 - August 17, 2000

  • Victor Sen Yung, character actor, with dozens of credits in television and feature films, remembered as Hop Sing, the cook on Bonanza, October 18, 1915 - November 9, 1980

  • Bobby Troup, actor, jazz pianist, and songwriter, who wrote (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66, October 18, 1918 - February 7, 1999

  • Anita O'Day, jazz singer, 1919

  • Joseph Philippe PIERRE Yves Elliott Trudeau PC, CC, CH, QC, MA, LLD, FRSC, the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada, October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000

  • Maria Amalia MELINA Mercouri, actress and political activist, who starred in the 1960 film Never on Sunday, October 18, 1920 – March 6, 1994

  • Hugh Alan BUDDY MacMaster, CM, ONS, LL.D, musician in the tradition of Cape Breton fiddle music, 1924

  • Charles Edward Anderson CHUCK Berry, guitarist, singer, and song writer, 1926

  • Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszynski, aka Klaus Kinski, actor, October 18, 1926 – November 23, 1991

  • George Campbell [George C.] Scott, film and stage actor, director, and producer, known for his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the movie Patton, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1970; after declining an Academy Award nomination for his appearance in the The Hustler, he returned his Oscar for Patton, October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999

  • Christiern Gunnar CHRIS Albertson, jazz journalist, writer, and record producer, 1931

  • Inger Stensland, aka Inger Stevens, movie and television actress, October 18, 1934 – April 30, 1970

  • Peter Boyle, actor, known for his role as Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, and his film roles in Joe and Young Frankenstein, 1935

  • Cynthia Weil, songwriter, 1937

  • Howard Leslie Shore, film composer, who composed the scores to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, 1946

  • Joe Morton, stage, television, and film actor, 1947

  • Laura Nigro, aka Laura Nyro, singer and songwriter, October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997

  • Joe Egan, singer and songwriter, founded Stealers Wheel in 1972 with Gerry Rafferty, 1949

  • George Andrew Hendrick, Jr., former MLB outfielder from 1979 to 1984, currently the first base and outfield coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1949

  • Gary Richrath, musician, a member of REO Speedwagon from 1971 to 1990, 1949

  • Pam Dawber, actress, known for her role as Mindy McConnell on Mork & Mindy, and as Samantha Russell on My Sister Sam, 1951

  • Martina Navratilova, former World No. 1 woman tennis player, 1956

  • Craig Michael Bartlett, animator, best-known for creating the television series Hey Arnold!, 1956

  • Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, aka Jean-Claude Van Damme, martial artist and actor, 1960

  • Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter and composer, who has made 16 classical and more than 30 jazz recordings, and has been awarded nine Grammy Awards, spanning both genres; he is the son of Ellis Marsalis, 1961

  • Erin Moran, actress, played Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days, 1960

  • Vincent Spano, actor, 1962

  • Basil White, comedian and writer, 1968

  • Douglas Anthony DOUG Mirabelli, MLB catcher, who currently plays with the Boston Red Sox, and is the personal catcher for pitcher Tim Wakefield, 1970

  • Anders PETER Svensson, musician, plays for The Cardigans, in which he is the guitarist and composer, also playing keyboard, vibraphone, and bass guitar, and providing some backing vocals, 1974

  • José Alexander ALEX Cora, MLB utility infielder for the Boston Red Sox; he is the younger brother of Joey Cora, 1975

  • Azlea Antistia, film actress, 1976


RIP:

  • John Taverner, composer and organist, 1490 – October 18, 1545

  • Etienne Henri Méhul, composer, June 24, 1763 - October 18, 1817

  • Charles Babbage, mathematician, analytical philosopher, mechanical engineer, and proto-computer scientist who originated the idea of a programmable computer, December 26, 1791 – October 18, 1871

  • Charles-François Gounod, composer, known for his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette, June 17, 1818 – October 18, 1893

  • Alfred Binet, psychologist, inventor of the first usable intelligence test, July 8, 1857 – October 18, 1911

  • Thomas Alva Edison, inventor and businessman, February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931

  • Florence Nightingale Graham, aka Elizabeth Arden, businesswoman, founder of the Elzabeth Arden cosmetics empire, December 31, 1878 - October 18, 1966

  • Sebastian Spering Kresge, merchant and philanthropist, the founder of the The S. S. Kresge Company, July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966

  • Dwain Esper, director and producer of exploitation films, October 7, 1892 — October 18, 1982

  • Willie Edward Jones, MLB third baseman, in a 15-season career, was an All-Star in 1950 and 1951; hit four straight doubles in a game on April 28, 1949; had six career grand slams, August 16, 1925 – October 18, 1983

  • Gayle Peck, aka Julie London, singer and actress, September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000

  • Gwyneth Evelyn GWEN Verdon, dancer and actress, January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000

  • Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut, who flew three of the space missions of the Soyuz programme, September 18, 1932, Tomsk – October 19, 2002

  • John Hollis, actor, played Lobot in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Professor Sondergaard in the Doctor Who serial The Mutants, 1931 - October 18, 2005

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