January 8 Today's:

Birthdays

James Longstreet 1821 - U.S. Civil War general

Wilkie Collins 1824

Jose Ferrer 1909 - Actor, director

Larry Storch 1923 - Actor ("F Troop")

Ron Moody 1924 - Actor ("Oliver Twist")

Soupy Sales (Milton Hines) 1926 - Comedian (Host: The Soupy Sales Show)

Walter Hergesheimer 1927 - Hockey player

Sander Vanocur 1928 - Broadcast journalist (ABC News)

Doreen Wilbur 1930 - Archery

Charles Osgood 1933 - Broadcast journalist (CBS News Sunday Morning)

Gene Freese 1934 - Baseball

Elvis Presley 1935 - Musician, known as "the King of rock 'n' roll"

Shirley Bassey 1937 - Singer

Christy Lane 1940 Country-gospel singer

Anthony Gourdine 1940 Singer (Little Anthony and The Imperials)

Yvette Mimieux 1941 - Actress ("The Time Machine", "The Most Deadly Game")

Stephen Hawking 1942 - Theoretical physicist, writer (A Brief History of Time)

Ron Ellis 1945 - Hockey player

Robby Krieger 1946 - Musician (The Doors)

David Bowie (David Robert Jones) 1947 Singer, movies ("The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Labyrinth", "Basquiat"), Broadway ("The Elephant Man")

Terry Sylvester 1947 (Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans)

Joe Reed 1948 - Football player

Wilbur Howard 1949 - Baseball player

John McTiernan 1951 - Director

Calvin Smith 1961

Maria Patillo 1965 - Actress

R. Kelly 1969

Ami Dolenz 1969 - Actress

Jeff Abercrombie - Musician (Fuel)

Jenny Lewis 1976 - Actress

Gaby Hoffman 1982 - Actress

Genevieve Nicole Cortese Padalecki - Actress ("Supernatural")

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