February 28
Today's:

Birthdays

Mary Lyon 1797 - Educator, founder of Mount Holyoke Seminary (later Mt. Holyoke College)

Sir John Tenniel 1820 - Cartoonist, illustrator

Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) 1824 - Acrobat, aerialist, first to walk across Niagra Falls on a tightrope.

Ben Hecht 1894 - Novelist, scriptwriter, playwright

Linus Pauling 1901 - Nobel prize for chemistry in 1954, Nobel peace prize winner in 1962

Vincente Minnelli (Lester Anthony Minnelli) 1903 - Director, Liza Minelli's father

Earl Scheib 1907

Milton Caniff 1907 - Cartoonist

Billie Bird 1908

Zero (Samuel) Mostel (Samuel Joel Mostel) 1915 - Actor

Lee Castle 1915 - Musician, bandleader (Jimmy Dorsey's band)

Alf Kjellin 1920 - Actor, director

Charles Durning 1923 - Actor ("Spy Hard", "Dick Tracy", "The Hindenburg")

Chris Kraft 1924 - NASA flight director and voice of Mission Control for all Mercury and many Gemini missions

Svetlana Allilueva 1926 - Author, daughter of Russian leader Joseph Stalin

Stanley Baker 1927 - Actor ("The Guns of Navarone")

Frank Malzone 1930 - Baseball player

Gavin MacLeod 1931 - Actor ("Love Boat", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show")

Don Francks 1932 - Actor

Tommy Tune 1939 - Dancer, actor, choreographer

Mario Andretti 1940 - Auto racer, twin of Aldo Andretti

Aldo Adnretti 1940 - Twin of Mario Andretti

Joe South 1940 - Songwriter, singer

Frank Bonner 1942 - Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati")

Brian Jones (Lewis Hopkin-Jones) 1942 - Musician (The Rolling Stones) - Rolling Stones Apparel and Gear

Poul Popiel 1943

Donnie Iris 1943

Barbara Acklin 1944

Kelly Bishop 1944 - Actress ("Gilmore Girls")

Bubba Smith 1945 - Football player

Stephanie Beacham 1947 - Actress

Marty Perez 1947 - Baseball player

Mercedes Ruehl 1948 - Actress ("Last Action Hero", "Married to the Mob")

Bernadette Peters (Lazzara) 1948 - Actress ("The Jerk", "Pennies From Heaven"), singer

Tom Riker 1950 - Basketball player

Roland Harper 1953 - Football player

Adrian Dantley 1955 - Basketball player

John Turturro 1957 - Actor ("Girl 6", "The Color of Money", "Desperately Seeking Susan")

Cindy Wilson 1957 Musician (B-52's) - Official B-52s Store

Phil Gould 1957 - Musician (Level 42)

Rae Dawn Chong 1961 - Actress

Robert Sean Leonard 1969 - Actor ("Manhattan Project", "House")

Pat Monahan 1969 - Musician (Train)

Maxine Bahns 1971 - Actress

Eric Lindros 1973 - Hockey player

FeFe Dobson 1985 - Singer

Bobb'e J. Thompson 1996

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