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Birthdays 1 - 48 of 48

1st - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India
1st - Barry Sadler, American singer (d. 1989)
2nd - Gigi Proletti, Italian entertainer
3rd - Dieter Acker, composer
4th - Delbert McClinton, Lubbock Tx, singer (Gonna Find a Good Woman)
5th - Elke Sommer, [Elke Schletz], Berlin Germany, actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar)
6th - Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President and President of the American Jewish World Service
6th - Dieter F. Uchtdorf, LDS apostle
7th - Guido Provoost, Belgian historian
9th - Sergio Cervetti, composer
10th - Screaming Lord Sutch, rocker
11th - Barbara Boxer, (Rep-D-CA, 1983-92/Sen-D-CA, 1993- )
12th - Ria Lubbers, wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers
12th - Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician
12th - Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician
13th - Jack Birkenshaw, cricketer (England off-spinner 1973-74)
13th - Joan Haanappel, figure skater/sports reporter
13th - Justine "Baby" Washington, US singer (Only Those in Love)
13th - Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor
14th - Freddie Garrity, rocker (Freddie & the Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now)
15th - Sam Waterson, Cambridge Mass, American actor (Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate)
15th - Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor
16th - Chris Balderstone, cricket batsman (England, belated faced WI in 1976)
17th - Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player
18th - Qaboos bin Sa'id, Sultan of Oman
19th - Alberto Villalpando, composer
20th - Bob Einstein, LA California, comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne)
20th - Helma Sanders-Brahms, Emden Germany, director (Apple Trees, Manoever)
21st - Dr John, [Rebennack], New Orleans La, vocalist (I Was in Right Place)
21st - Javed Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test)
21st - Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina (Kirov)/defected 1970
21st - Dr. John, American musician
21st - Richard Marcinko, American author
22nd - Terry Gilliam, Minneapolis, comedy author-animator (Monty Python)
23rd - Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees)
24th - Paul Tagliabue, commissioner (NFL)
24th - Wendell Morris Logan, composer
24th - Don Metz, American architect
24th - Eric Wilson, Canadian children's author.
25th - Percy Sledge, soul singer (When A Man Loves A Woman)
25th - Richard Furrer, Worgl Germany, astronaut (STS 22)
25th - Joe Gibbs, American football coach
Karate Star/Actor Bruce Lee (27th) 27th - Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], SF California, karate star/actor (Green Hornet), (d. 1973)
27th - John Alderton, Gainsborough England, actor (Zardoz)
28th - Bruce Channel, rocker
28th - Clem Curtis, rocker
29th - Chuck Mangione, Rochester NY, jazz hornist (Chasing the Clouds Away)
30th - Glenn English, (Rep-D-OK, 1975- )

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