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8/11 Buster Brown 1914 "Singer-""Fannie Mae"" '60, ""Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby"" '60"
8/11 Eric Carmen 1949 "Singer-""Go All The Way"", ""All By Myself"", It Hurts Too Much""
8/11 Arlene Dahl 1924 Cosmetics Executive/Actress; F-Wild Irish Rose, Journey To Cen. Earth+
8/11 Mike Douglas 1925 "(Mike Dowd)Talk Show; Song-""The Men In My Little Girl's Life"" '65"
8/11 Jerry Falwell 1933 TV-Preacher
8/11 Alex Haley 1921 (Author-Roots, Autobiography Of Malcolm X)
8/11 Allegra Kent 1937
8/11 Lloyd Nolan 1902 Died-8/85; Ice Station Zebra, Earthquake, Airport '70, Circus World+
8/11 Otis Taylor 1942 Sports

8/12 Cecil B. De Mille 1881 Died-1959; Dir/Prod/Writer; 10 Commandments, Greatest Show On Earth+
8/12 John Derek 1926 Actor/Dir.; X/W-Ursula Andress, W-Bo Derek; F-10 Commandments (A)
8/12 George Hamilton 1939 F-Evil Knievel, Love At 1st Bite(Ct Dracula), Happy Hooker+
8/12 Oscar Homolka 1898 Died-1978; Nom. Oscar-I Remember Mama (Uncle Chris);
8/12 Joe Jones 1926 "Singer-""A Tisket A Tasket"", You Done Me Wrong""
8/12 Parnelli Jones 1933 Race Car Driver
8/12 Michael Kidd 1919 Dancer/Choreographer; Hello Dolly, Guys & Dolls,7 Brides For 7brothers
8/12 Buck Owens 1929 (Singer)-TV Star Hee-Haw
8/12 Marjorie Reynolds 1921 TV Life Of Riley (Wm Bendix's Wife); F-Holiday Inn (W/Bing Crosby)
8/12 Porter Wagoner 1927 C/W Singer Teamed Up With Dolly Before She Went On
8/12 Jane Wyatt 1911 F-Lost Horizon, Boomerang, None But The Lonely Heart+

8/13 John Beal 1909 30's; F-Ten Who Dared, The Vampire; TV-(Star) Another World+
8/13 Neville Brand 1921 TV-Laredo Series; F-(Al Capone) In Scarface Mob & George Raft Story+
8/13 Fidel Castro 1927 Cuba-Head Of State
8/13 Dan Fogelberg 1951 "Singer-""A Part Of Th Eplan, Missing You""+"
8/13 Alfred Hitchcock 1899 "Died-1980; F-Rear Window, Virtigo; TV-Own Show,""Master Of Suspense""
8/13 Ben Hogan 1912 (Golf)
8/13 Bert Lahr 1895 Died-1967; F-Wizard Of Oz (Cowardly Lion);F-Night They Raided Minsky's
8/13 Gene Raymond 1908 F-Best Man, Hit The Deck; W-Jeanette Macdonald
8/13 Charles Rogers 1904 W-Mary Pickford (Co-Starred In My Best Girl ('36));
8/13 Daniel Schorr 1916 TV-News Dismissed+Leaked Report
8/13 Regis Toomey 1902 TV-Peter Gunn,Burke's Law, Richard Diamond, Dante's Inferno+

8/14 John Brodie 1935 Football-S.F. 49er's
8/14 Dash Crofts 1940 "Singer-Seals & Crofts; ""Summer Breeze"", ""Diamond Girl""
8/14 David Crosby 1941 "Singer-Crosby,Nash & Young; ""Woodstock""+"
8/14 Larry Graham 1946 "Singer-""One In A Million"", ""Just Be A Lady""
8/14 Buddy Greco 1926 "Singer-""Mr. Lonely"","
8/14 Nehemiah Persoff 1920 B-Israel;F-On The Waterfront, Naked City, Greatest Story Ever Told+
8/14 Social Sercuity 1935 1st Signed Into Law On This Date
8/14 Connie Smith 1941 ?
8/14 Susan St. James 1946 TV-Mcmillan & Wife (Star),Name Of The Game; F-Love At 1st Bite, Sos
8/14 Earl Weaver 1930 Baseball

8/15 Princess Anne 1950 England
8/15 Bill Baird 1904 B-Grand Island, Nb; Puppeteer; TV-Own Show ('53), Morning Show, +
8/15 ethel Barrymore 1879 "Died-1959; ""1st Lady Of The American Theater""; Farmer's Daughter++"
8/15 Napoleon Bonaparte 1769 Dead
8/15 Lillian Carter 1898 Died-10/83 Ex-Pres Carter's Mother
8/15 Julia Child 1912 TV-The French Chef; 1/2 Hr French Cooking Show ('62-'73)('78-'79)
8/15 Mike Connors 1925 TV-Mannix, Tightrope; F-Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die+
8/15 Jim Dale 1935 "Actor/Singer; Carry On Comedy Series; Wrote Lyrics ""Georgy Girl""; F-"
8/15 Abby Dalton 1935 TV-Falcon Crest (Julia Cumson); Hennesey (Jackie Cooper's Girlfriend),
8/15 Francis Ford 1882 Died-1953; Older Brother Of John Ford; Director/Actor; F-Ox/Bow
8/15 Bobby Helms 1933 "Singer-""My Special Angel"" '57, ""Jingle Bell Rock""
8/15 Rose Marie 1925 Comic; TV-Dick Van Dick Show (Sally Rogers);
8/15 Lori Nelson 1933 Child Star-Ma & Pa Kettle At The Fair, Frances Goes To W. Point,Destry
8/15 Janice Rule 1931 X/H-Ben Gazzara; F-Chase, Swimmer; TV-Snows Of Kilimanjaro (Star)

8/16 Ann Blyth 1928 Radio At 5yr;F-Rose Marie, Buster Keaton Story,
8/16 Mae Clarke 1907 F-Front Page, Frankenstein, Sing'in In The Rain, Annie Get Your Gun+
8/16 Robert Culp 1930 TV-I Spy;F-Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Breaking Point+
8/16 Frank Gifford 1930 (Football)
8/16 Eydie Gorme 1931 "Singer; Wife Of Steve Lawrence; ""Blame It On The Bossa Nova""
8/16 Madonna 1960 "Singer #1-""Like A Virgin"" & ""Crazy For You"" ('85)"
8/16 George Meany 1894 Dead; Labor Leader
8/16 Julie Newmar 1935 TV-My Living Doll; F-Up Your Teddy Bear, For Love Or Money; Li'l Abner+
8/16 Fess Parker 1926 TV-Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
8/16 Elvis Presley 1977 "(Died On This Date In 1977); 1st Known As ""Hillbilly Cat""; 600 Million"
8/16 Carole Shelley 1939 TV-Odd Couple; Played Gwen Pigeon-Daffy Neighbor
8/16 Glenn Strange 1899 Died-1973; TV-Gunsmoke (Bartender Sam); F-Quantrill's Raiders+
8/16 Lesley Ann Warren 1946 Actress; TV-Mission Impossible (Dana Lambert)(70-71)

8/17 Evelyn Ankers 1918 F-The Texan Meets Calamity Jane, No Greater Love, Black Beauty+
8/17 Hazel Bishop 1906 1st No Smear Lipstick
8/17 Davy Crockett 1786 Dead
8/17 Robert De Niro 1943 Oscar/F-Godfather Ii; (Cabbie) In Taxi Driver, Nom. Oscar-Deer Hunter
8/17 Maureen O'hara 1920 F-Miracle On 34th St, How Green Was My Valley, Parent Rap+
8/17 Francis Gary Powers 1929 Dead-U 2 Pilot
8/17 Mae West 1892 Died-1980; Burlesque; Autobiography-Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It

8/18 Molly Bee 1939 Singer-C&W
8/18 Rosalynn Carter 1927 Ex-Pres Carter's Wife
8/18 Roberto Clemente 1934 Dead; Baseball
8/18 Rafer Johnson 1935 Athlete/Actor; Won Decathlon In 1960 Olympics; F-Soul Soldier, Red
8/18 Martin Mull 1943 Entertainer
8/18 Roman Polanski 1933 Director;F-Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Tess,
8/18 Johnny Preston 1939 "Singer-""Running Bear"", ""Cradle Of Love"", ""Free Me""
8/18 Robert Redford 1937 F-All The President's Men, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid,
8/18 Shelley Winters 1922 Oscar-Diary Of Anne Frank/A Patch Of Blue; Nom. Oscar-A Place In The

8/19 June Collyer 1907 Died-1968; H-Stuart Erwin; TV-Trouble With Father (W/Her Father)++
8/19 Gerald Mc Raney
8/19 Colleen Moore 1900 F-The Front Page (Star), Little Orphan Annie, April Showers, Scarlet
8/19 Johnny Nash 1940 "Singer-""Hold Me Tight"" '68, ""I Can See Clearly Now""
8/19 Ogden Nash 1902 Dead; Poet
8/19 Willie Shoemaker 1931 Jockey
8/19 Jill St. John 1940 F-Diamonds Are Forever,The Oscar, Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed+
8/19 Orville Wright 1871 Aviator (Dead)

8/20 Connie Chung 1946 TV News
8/20 Isaac Hayes 1942 "Soul Singer-""Walk On By"", ""By The Time I Get To Phonex""; Oscar Score-"
8/20 Craig Nettles 1944
8/20 James Pankow 1947 "Trombone-Chicago; ""Make Me Smile""+"
8/20 Robert Plant 1947 "Lead Vocal-Led Zeppelin; ""Fool In The Rain""+"
8/20 Alan Reed 1907 Died-1977; Voice Of Fred Flintstone 'The Flintstones'; F-Breakfast At
8/20 Jim Reeves 1924 "Died-1964 In Plane Crash;Singer-""He'll Have To Go"", ""Bimbo""
8/20 Jacqueline Susann 1921 Dead; Author-Valley Of The Dolls+

8/21 Count Basie 1904 Died-4/25/84; Jazz Band Leader
8/21 Marie Blake 1896 Older Sister Of Jeanette Macdonald; TV-Addams Family (Granny)
8/21 Wilt Chamberlain 1936 (Basketball)31419 Points
8/21 Jackie Deshannon 1944 "Female Singer/Writer-""What The World Needs Now"", ""Bette Davis Eyes"","
8/21 Princess Margaret 1930 (Of Scotland)
8/21 Patty Mc Cormack 1945 "TV-""Peck's Bad Girl"";(Played Troubled Teenager In Films);F-Bad Seed"
8/21 Harold Reid 1939 "Singer-Statler Brothers; ""Flowers On The Wall"", ""Bed Of Roses""
8/21 Kenny Rogers 1938 "Singer; Actor F-Six Pack; ""She Believes In Me""
8/21 Kim Sledge 1957 "Rock Group-Sister Sledge;""We Are Family"" Was Anthem For World Champion"

8/22 Elisabeth Bergner 1900 "B-Poland, Nom. Oscar ""Escape Me Never""(1935); F-The Pedestrian+"
8/22 Ron Dante 1945 "Singer-Archies; ""Sugar Sugar"", ""Jingle Jangle""
8/22 Valerie Harper 1940 TV-Rhoda (Star); Mary Tyler Moore Show; F-Freebie & The Bean,
8/22 Cecil Kellaway 1893 Died-1973; 100+ Films; Nom. Oscar-Luck Of The Irish/Guess Who's Coming
8/22 Kathy Lennon 1942 Singer-Law. Welk
8/22 Dorothy Parker 1893 Died-1967; Writer, Poet+; F-A Star Is Born, The Fan, The Little Foxes+
8/22 Diana Sands 1934 Died-1973; F-A Raisin In The Sun+
8/22 Cindy Williams 1947 F-Am Graffiti;TV-(Shirley) Lavern & Shirley; F-1st Nudie Musical,
8/22 Carl Yastrzemski 1939 Baseball

8/23 Rex Allen, Jr. 0 Singer:Me & My R.C.+
8/23 Bob Crosby 1913 Bandleader-Brother Of Bing C.
8/23 Barbara Eden 1934 TV-I Dream Of Jeannie, How To Marry A Millionaire, F-Harper Valley Pta
8/23 Gene Kelly 1912 "Dancer/Singer,""Singing In The Rain""Nom. Oscar-On The Town, Cover Girl+"
8/23 Shelley Long 1949 TV-Cheers (Diane Chambers);
8/23 Patricia Mc Bride 1942 TV-The Nutcraker (TV Special)
8/23 Vera Miles 1929 F-Psycho; (Hitchcock's)-The Wrong Man, Twilight's Last Gleaming+
8/23 Mark Russell 1932 TV-Bionic Woman, Kojak (Detective Saperstein); [Washington Satirist]
8/23 Rick Springfield 1949 Rock Star-The Boss

8/24 Kenny Baker 1934 Dwarf-Played R2d2 In Star Wars
8/24 Helena Carter 1923 F-Invaders From Mars, Pathfinder, Golden Hawk+
8/24 Preston Foster 1902 Died-1970; 100+ Films; F-Time Travelers, Man From Galveston+
8/24 Monty Hall 1923 TV-Let's Make A Deal; Started In 1963; (Anno-Jay Stewart;Model-Carol
8/24 Dennis James 1917 TV-Can You Top This?; Chance Of A Lifetime; Howard Miller Show; Dennis
8/24 Durwood Kirby 1912 TV-Appeared With Gary Moore; TV-Candid Camera, Sunday At The Bronz Zoo
8/24 Mason Williams 1938 TV-Writer/Composer; Smothers Brothers Show;

8/25 Leonard Bernstein 1918 Composer-On The Waterfront,West Side Story
8/25 Clara Bow 1905 "Died-1965;""It"" Girl In Roaring 20's; F-It, Hoopla, Her Wedding Night+"
8/25 Sean Connery 1930 1st James Bond-Dr. No; F-Robin Hood (Robin), Bridge To Far+
8/25 Elvis Costello 1954
8/25 Don Defore 1917 (Cedar Rapids)
8/25 Mel Ferrer 1917 War & Peace,Lost Boundaries, Wait Until Dark, Born To Be Bad,
8/25 Rollie Fingers 1946 Baseball
8/25 Richard Greene 1918 TV-Robin Hood;F-Fighting O'flynn, My Lucky Star+
8/25 Van Johnson 1916 F-Caine Mutiny,A Guy Named Joe, Yours Mine & Ours, Washington Story+
8/25 Ruby Keeler 1909 Broadway-Sidewalks Of N.Y.; F-42nd Street, Gold Diggers, Ready Willing
8/25 Michael Rennie 1909 Died-1971; TV-The Third Man (Star); F-Hotel, Lost World+
8/25 Gene Simmons 1949 "Bass-Group 'Kiss'; ""Shout It Out Loud""+"
8/25 George Wallace 1919 Shot While Campaigning For President

8/26 John Wilkes Booth 1838 Dead; Killed Lincoln
8/26 Vic Dana 1942 "Singer-""Little Altar Boy"" Christmas Song '61, ""Red Roses For A Blue"
8/26 Jim Davis 1915 "Died-1981; Lead With Betty Davis In ""Winter Meeting""; F-Rio Lobo+"
8/26 Lee De Forest 1873 B-C. Bluffs, Ia.;Died-1961; 300 Patented Inventions Contributed To
8/26 Geraldine Ferraro 1935 1st Female V.P. Candiate (1984)
8/26 Georgia Gibbs 1926 "Female Singer-""If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Baked A Cake"", ""Kiss Of"

8/27 Jeff Cook 1949 "Rock Group-Alabama; ""The Closer You Get"", ""My Home In Alabama""
8/27 Daryl Dragon 1942 "Captain & Tennile; TV-(1976-77); Keyboards;""Love Will Keep Us Together"
8/27 Samuel Goldwyn 1882 Died-1974; Producer-Metro/Goldwyn/Mayer; F-Best Years Of Our Lives,
8/27 Micki Haller 1968 (Niece)
8/27 Lyndon Johnson 1908 Dead--36th President
8/27 Martha Raye 1916 Stage-Hello Dolly,No No Nanette; TV-Polident
8/27 Tommy Sands 1937 Popular Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist; TV-Hawaii Five-O, F-Longest Day
8/27 Mother Teresa Of India 1910 (Nobel Winner)
8/27 Tuesday Weld 1943 At 10; Tried Suicide At 12; X/H-Dudley Moore; F-Looking For Mr Goodbar

8/28 Charles Boyer 1897 Died-1978; F-April Fools, Barefoot In The Park;Co-Founder 4 Star Prod.
8/28 Ben Gazzara 1930 TV-Run For Your Life, Arrest & Trial; F-Anatomy Of A Murder+
8/28 Billy Grammer 1925 "Singer-""Gotta Travel On"" '58"
8/28 Nancy Kulp 1921 TV-Beverly Hillbillies (Bank Sec.-Jane Hathaway), The Little People,
8/28 Wayne Osmond 1951 "Singer-The Osmonds; ""One Bad Apple""+"
8/28 Peggy Ryan 1924 F-Teamed W/Donald O'conner;TV-Hawaii 5-O (Jack Lord's Sec)
8/28 Daniel Seraphine 1948 "Drums-Chicago: ""Make Me Smile""
8/28 David Soul 1943 TV-Starsky & Hutch (Ken Hutchinson/Star); Casablanca (Star);

8/29 Sir Richard Attenborough 1923 F-Flight Of The Phoenix, Dr. Dolittle, Sand Pebbles+
8/29 Ingrid Bergman 1913 Died (8/82); F-For Whom The Bell Tolls; Casablanca, Joan Of Arc+
8/29 William Fiedkin 1939
8/29 Elliott Gould 1938 F-Mash, The Night They Raided Minsky's, A Bridge Too Far+
8/29 Richard Halligan 1943 "Keyboards-Blood, Sweat & Tears; ""Spinning Wheel""+"
8/29 Michael Jackson 1958 "Singer-The Jacksons; Album-""Thriller""; ""Beat It"", ""Billie Jean""+"
8/29 Peter Jennings 1938 Abc TV News
8/29 George Montgomery 1916 One Of 14 Children; X/W-Dinah Shore; TV-Cimarron City (Star);
8/29 Isabel Sanford 1917 (Louise-Wife) In The Jeffersons
8/29 Barry Sullivan 1912 F-Earthquake, Oh God, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here; TV-Harbormaster
8/29 Dinah Washington 1924 "Died-12/14/63; Singer-""What A Difference A Day Makes"" '59,"

8/30 Elizabeth Ashley 1939 S-(Maggie-Cat On Hot Tin Roof);F-Carpetbaggers, Ship Of Fools+
8/30 Julie Bishop 1914 F-High & The Mighty, Big Land, Tillie & Gus, Sands Of Iwo Jima+
8/30 Joan Blondell 1909 Died-1979; 10 Films/Yr, F-Greese, Champ, Support Your Local Gunfighter
8/30 Shirley Booth 1907 F-Come Back Little Sheba,The Matchmaker; TV-Hazel (Star)
8/30 Timothy Bottoms 1950 F-Paper Chase, Last Picture Show, Johnny Got His Gun, Rollarcoaster+
8/30 Dale Hawkins 1938 "Singer-""Susie Q""
8/30 Jean-Claude Killy 1943 (Skiing)
8/30 Peggy Lipton 1947 TV-Mod Squad (Julie Barnes); John Forsythe Show (Joanna);
8/30 Fred Mac Murray 1908 TV-My 3 Sons;F-Absent Minded Professor, Kisses For My President,Son Of
8/30 Raymond Massey 1896 Died 7/29/83;TV-Dr. Kildare (Dr. Gillespie);F-Played Lincoln In Abe
8/30 Donald O'connor 1925 F-Francis The Mule Series; F-Tom Sawyer/Detective (Tom), Singin' In
8/30 Regina Resnik 1924
8/30 Kitty Wells 1919 1st Queen Of C/M; Voted #1 Female
8/30 Ted Williams 1918 (Baseball)

8/31 Richard Basehart 1914 Died-9/18/84 TV-Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, F-Moby Dick, Hitler++
8/31 Warren Berlinger 1937 50-60's F-Blue Denim, I Will-I Will, The Shaggy D.A., Thunder Alley+
8/31 James Coburn 1928 B-Laurel,Nb.F-Our Man Flint, In Like Flint, Baltimore Bullet+
8/31 Arthur Godfrey 1903 Died-3/16/83 Broadcaster In Early Radio
8/31 Buddy Hackett 1924 (Leonard Hacker); Comedian; F-Mad Mad World, Love Bug, Muscle Beach
8/31 Hugh Harman 1908 Died-1982; Animator; Cited By Nobel Prize Jury For Animated Film-Peace
8/31 Fredric March 1897 Died-1975; 1st Oscar-Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde; 2nd Oscar-The Best Years Of
8/31 Van Morrison 1945 "Singer-""Brown Eyed Girl"" #10; ""Moon Dance""+"

9/1 Johnny Mack Brown 1904 Died-1974; Westerns+++, Oregon Trail+++
9/1 Yvonne De Carlo 1922 B-Canada; TV-Munsters; F-Buccaneer's Girl, Gal Who Took The West+
9/1 Barry Gibb 1946 Singer-Bee Gees; Had 9 #1 Hits; Album 'Saturday Night Fever'25 Million
9/1 Chuch Jones 1912 Animator; Helped Create Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweetie Pie
9/1 Gary Maddox 1949
9/1 George Maharis 1938 TV-Route 66 (Star); F-Exodus, Quick Before It Melts, Land Raiders+
9/1 Ron O'neal 1937 40 Stage Productions; F-Super Fly (Priest)('72); F-When A Stranger
9/1 Seiji Ozawa 1935 Conductor
9/1 Diane Ray 1942 "Singer-Only One Hit ""Please Don't Talk To The Lifeguard""
9/1 Lily Tomlin 1939 TV-Laugh-In, Gary Moore Show; Nashville, The Late Show, Moment By
9/1 Conway Twitty 1935 "Singer-""Its Only Make Believe"" #1, ""Danny Boy"","

9/2 Marge Champion 1921 Dancer/Actress; Model For Heroine In Snow White & Fairy In Pinocchio
9/2 Jimmy Clanton 1940 "Singer-""Just A Dream"" '58, ""Venus In Blue Jeans"", ""Go, Jimmy, Go""
9/2 Jimmy Conners 1952 (Tennis)$922,657 In 1977-Won
9/2 Jean Dalrymple 1910
9/2 Michael Gray 1951 TV-Shazam (Star-Bill Batson: Young Man Who Transformed Himself Into
9/2 Mark Harmon 1951 TV-St. Elsewhere, TV-Specials
9/2 Joan Kennedy 1936 Ex-Wife Of Ted

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