Birthdays for May the 1st:
1672 - Joseph Addison, English essayist (Spectator)
1769 - Duke of Wellington, (C), victor at Waterloo, British PM (1828-30)
1830 - Mary Harris Jones, (Mother Jones), hell-raiser
1881 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French philosopher, paleontologist
1900 - Ignazio Silone, Italian novelist, politician (Bread and Wine)
1909 - Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America)
1910 - Cliff Battles, NFL halfback (Boston/Washington Redskins)
1916 - Glenn Ford, actor (Big Heat, Midway)
1917 - Danielle Darieux, in France
1918 - Jack Paar, Tonight Show host
1925 - Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Mercury astronaut (Aurora 7)
1925 - Chuck Bednarik, NFL center, linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1930 - Ollie Matson, NFL halfback (Cardinals, Rams, Lions, Eagles)
1939 - Judy Collins, in Seattle Wash
1945 - Rita Coolidge, in Tennessee
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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