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BIRTHDAYS: March 19

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CULTURAL ARTISANS -

- 1933 Philip Roth, Newark, NJ, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
(Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint)


ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRITIES -

- 1894 Jackie "Moms" Mabley (Loretta Aiken), Brevard, NC, comedian
(Merv Griffin Show) [D: 05/23/75]

- 1923 Tige Andrews, Brooklyn, NY, actor (Captain Greer-Mod Squad) [D:
01/27/2007]

- 1936 Ursula Andress, Berne, Switzerland, Golden Globe-winning
actress (Dr No, Casino Royale, She)

- 1947 Glenn Close, Greenwich, CT, Emmy/Tony-winning actress
(Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Attraction)

- 1955 (Walter) Bruce Willis, Idar-Oberstein, Germany, Emmy/Golden
Globe-winning actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard)

- 1969 Connor Trinneer, Wall Walla, WA, actor ("Trip"-Star Trek:
Enterprise)


HISTORICAL COMMUNITY -

- 1848 Wyatt Earp, Monmouth, IL, gambler/marshal (Gunfight at the OK
Corral) [D: 01/13/29]

- 1891 Earl Warren, LA, CA, (Gov-R-CA)/14th Supreme Court Chief
Justice (1953-69) [D: 07/09/74]

- 1904 John J Sirica, Waterbury, CT, US federal judge (Watergate
hearings) [D: 08/14/92]

- 1944 Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, Washington, DC, LBJ's daughter/
chairman (Reading is Fundamental)


MUSICAL INDUSTRY -

- 1937 Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Algiers, LA, musician/singer (You
Always Hurt the One You Love-Forrest Gump)

- 1946 Ruth Pointer, Oakland, CA, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So
Excited)
1953 Ricky Wilson, Athens, GA, guitarist (B-52's-Love Shack) [D:
10/12/85]


SCIENCE and INGENUITY -

- 1813 David Livingstone, Blantyre, Scotland, missionary/explorer
(found by Stanley in Africa) [D: 05/01/1873]

- 1883 Sir Walter Norman Haworth, Chorley, England, chemist (Nobel '37-
ascorbic acid/vitamin C [D: 03/19/50]

- 1900 Frederic Joliot-Curie, Paris, France, physicist (Nobel '35-
structure of the atom) [D: 08/14/58]

- 1943 Mario J. Molina, Mexico City, Mexico, chemist (Nobel '95-
Earth's ozone layer vs CFCs)


SPORTS PERSONALITIES -

- 1914 (John) Jay Berwanger, Dubuque, IA, 1st Heisman Trophy winner
'35 [D: 06/26/2002]

- 1927 Richie Ashburn, Tilden, NE, MLB CF (HoF '95)/sportscaster [D:
09/09/97]

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