Welcome to Today In History for Saturday, October 12, 2024.

On this day in history ..

• 0638 - Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected
• 0642 - John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1165 - Rambam reaches Jerusalem
• 1285 - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire
• 1366 - King Frederick III of Siciliy forbids decorations on synagogues
• 1459 - Battle at Ludfor: Richard of York defeated
• 1492 - Columbus arrives in Bahamas [real Columbus Day]
• 1492 - Flemish rebel leader Philip van Kleef surrenders
• 1504 - Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament
• 1509 - Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy
• 1518 - Pontifical ambassador interrogates Martin Luther
• 1549 - John Dudley earl of Warwick becomes English premier
• 1576 - Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as arch duke of Austria
• 1609 - Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice," published in London
• 1654 - Kruittoren van Delft, explodes, 50-100 killed
• 1659 - English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals
• 1692 - Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials
• 1702 - Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch & English fleet destroy & occupy Spanish silver fleet & French squadron
• 1711 - Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor
• 1729 - Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland
• 1730 - Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
• 1775 - US Navy forms
• 1776 - British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx
• 1792 - Columbus Day is 1st celebrated
• 1798 - Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg
• 1798 - Friedrich von Schillers "Wallensteins Lager," premieres in Weimar
• 1815 - Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death
• 1822 - 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain
• 1823 - Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
• 1833 - Charles Darwin begins return trip to Buenos Aires
• 1836 - 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater NY
• 1850 - 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens
• 1853 - John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
• 1854 - Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute
• 1860 - British & French troops capture Beijing
• 1861 - Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi
• 1862 - JEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan"
• 1862 - Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi
• 1862 - Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland
• 1871 - Pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan
• 1872 - Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie
• 1879 - British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan
• 1881 - Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch
• 1886 - Hurricane & sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas
• 1886 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain" (BG)
• 1891 - Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
• 1892 - Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools
• 1899 - South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England
• 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House"
• 1903 - Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC
• 1907 - Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series
• 1913 - John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw & is fired
• 1914 - 1st battle at Ypres, begins
• 1915 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile
• 1915 - Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities
• 1916 - Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series
• 1918 - 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)
• 1918 - Cloquet Minn & 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die
• 1918 - Forest fire in Minnesota & Northern Wisconsin kills about 800
• 1920 - Cleve Indians beat Bkln Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series
• 1920 - Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting NJ & NYC
• 1920 - Man O'War's last race & win
• 1920 - Soccer team Quick '20 forms
• 1923 - NY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series
• 1924 - Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
• 1925 - Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)
• 1925 - German-Russian trade agreement signed
• 1927 - Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet
• 1929 - Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning
• 1931 - 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
• 1933 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)
• 1933 - John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, OH, jail
• 1935 - Cole Porters musical "Jubilee," premieres in NYC
• 1940 - Hitler begins operation-Seel”we (invasion of England)
• 1941 - Russian govt moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow
• 1942 - Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division
• 1942 - US navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance
• 1943 - US bombs Rabaul, New Britain
• 1944 - German army retreats from Athens
• 1948 - Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager
• 1949 - Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US
• 1950 - "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances
• 1952 - Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s v N Zone (Ind) his 1st fc cricket tons
• 1952 - KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1953 - US & Greece signs peace treaty (US bases)
• 1955 - -13] Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland
• 1955 - -13] Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti
• 1956 - Marga Klomp‚ becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister
• 1957 - "Mask & Gown" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 39 performances
• 1957 - "Simply Heavenly" closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 62 perfs
• 1957 - 1st coml flight between Calif & Antartica
• 1957 - Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize
• 1958 - CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium
• 1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
• 1958 - WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1960 - JFK & Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate
• 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session
• 1961 - "Let It Ride" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 68 performances
• 1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1962 - US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications & meteorology
• 1963 - "Student Gypsy" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 16 performances
• 1963 - Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel
• 1963 - At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck
• 1964 - 1st time 3 people in space
• 1964 - KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, CA (PBS) begins
• 1964 - Launch of Voskhod 1, 1st 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov)
• 1964 - Voskhod 1 launched: 1st flight with 3 cosmonauts
• 1964 - WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin
• 1964 - WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1966 - Jimi Henrix Experience fors with Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell
• 1967 - St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series
• 1968 - "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore NYC after 17 perfs
• 1968 - 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico
• 1968 - Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain
• 1968 - Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
• 1969 - 1st time 5 people in space
• 1969 - KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KAPN
• 1969 - KHOF (now KAGL) TV ch 30 in San Bernardino/Glenda, CA (IND) begins
• 1969 - Soyuz 7 is launched
• 1969 - Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage
• 1970 - Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East
• 1971 - "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 perfs
• 1972 - "Hurry, Harry" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 2 performances
• 1972 - 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
• 1972 - Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot
• 1972 - Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole
• 1973 - Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria
• 1973 - Juan PerĒn elected president of Argentina
• 1973 - Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP
• 1974 - 1st time Wash Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota
• 1975 - Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries
• 1975 - Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19)
• 1975 - NASA launches space vehicle S-195
• 1976 - 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach & land test (ALT) flight
• 1976 - Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party
• 1977 - "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers
• 1977 - 4th test of space shuttle Enterprise
• 1977 - Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van
• 1977 - US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of
• 1977 - Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School
• 1978 - Representatives of Israel & Egypt open talks in Washington
• 1978 - Sid Vicious charged in murder of girlfriend Nancyh Spungen
• 1979 - Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa
• 1980 - "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador NYC after 149 perfs
• 1980 - 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat & Tears concert in LA
• 1980 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
• 1981 - "Marlowe" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 48 performances
• 1981 - 15th Country Music Assn Award:
• 1982 - 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record)
• 1982 - Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits
• 1983 - 5225 Loral & 5424 Covington
• 1984 - IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
• 1985 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission
• 1985 - Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize
• 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1986 - Calif Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
• 1987 - 21st Country Music Assn Award: Hank William Jr wins
• 1987 - George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You"
• 1987 - Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant
• 1987 - Oscar Arias (Costa Rican Pres) wins Nobel Peace Prize
• 1988 - George Bush & Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate
• 1988 - Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations
• 1989 - Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players
• 1989 - Musical "Buddy" with Paul Hipp premieres in London
• 1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1991 - Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
• 1991 - Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
• 1991 - Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN
• 1991 - Steven Spielberg weds Kate Capshaw
• 1991 - Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush
• 1991 - Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime
• 1992 - 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die)
• 1992 - Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets
• 1992 - Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF Heavyweight title
• 1992 - Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain
• 1992 - Howard Stern radio show premieres in Albany NY (WQBK 103.5 & 103.9 FM)
• 1992 - Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life)
• 1992 - Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
• 1993 - "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 48 performances
• 1994 - Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken
• 1994 - Iranian Fokker's F28 explode between Isfahan & Teheran: 66 killed
• 1995 - "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 perfs
• 1997 - David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club
• 1997 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Samsung World Championship
• 1997 - Transamerica Senior Golf

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1350 - Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal
• 1490 - Bernardo Pisano, composer
• 1537 - Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)
• 1606 - Christoph B von Galen, prince-bishop of Mnster (1650-78)
• 1686 - Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer
• 1713 - Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer
• 1742 - Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor
• 1759 - Frantisek Vaclav Tomes, composer
• 1762 - John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape colony/Dutch-Indies 1811
• 1763 - John Ross, composer
• 1798 - A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil (1822-31)/king of Portugal
• 1798 - Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49)
• 1807 - John Tideman, Dutch Remonstrant theologist
• 1808 - John Liptrot Hatton, composer
• 1813 - Lyman Trumbull, MC (Union) died in 1896
• 1815 - William Joseph Hardee, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1873
• 1822 - Joseph Haydn Potter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
• 1832 - Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin)
• 1840 - Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian
• 1844 - George W Cable, American writer (Northampton Years)
• 1845 - Amintore Galli, composer
• 1855 - Arthur Nikisch, Szent-MiklĒs Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)
• 1855 - August Sauer, Austria literature historian (Euphorion)
• 1855 - Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Death of My Cat) [or 9/12]
• 1860 - Elmer A Sperry, inventor (gyrocompass)
• 1866 - Antonie Waldrop, painter/lithographer
• 1866 - James Ramsay MacDonald, (L) British PM (1924, 1929-35)
• 1872 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover)
• 1875 - Aleister [Edward S] Crowley, (75 pseudonames), British occultist
• 1878 - Karl Buresch, Austria politician
• 1880 - Healey Willan, composer
• 1881 - Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer
• 1881 - William Nigh, Berlin Wisconsin, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr Wong)
• 1882 - Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer
• 1884 - Godfrey Tearle, English/US actor (39 Steps)
• 1886 - Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Son of the Sheik)
• 1890 - Luis de Freitas Branco, composer
• 1891 - Edith Stein, German philosopher
• 1893 - Pall Isolfsson, composer
• 1894 - Charles Hodge, Calif, NYU professor (Answers for Americans)
• 1894 - Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid of Dutch queen
• 1896 - Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975)
• 1902 - Dirk A M Binnendijk, critic (Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion)
• 1903 - Grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator
• 1905 - Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher
• 1906 - Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer
• 1906 - Joe Cronin, baseball (Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL Pres)
• 1906 - Willy Hess, composer
• 1907 - Wolfgang Fortner, composer
• 1908 - Ann Lane Petry, US journalist/author (Street)
• 1909 - Josephine Hutchinson, Seattle WA, actress (Story of Louis Pasteur)
• 1909 - Zellig S Harris, US linguist
• 1911 - Louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister (1976-78)
• 1911 - Vijay Merchant, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman)
• 1913 - William James Moyce, armaments scientist
• 1917 - Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train)
• 1918 - Emil Cossetto, composer
• 1919 - Andre Casanova, composer
• 1920 - Alice Childress, US playwright/actress (Wedding Band)
• 1921 - Jaroslav Drobny, Czech, hockey (Oly-gold-1948), tennis (Wimb-1954)
• 1923 - Jean Nidetch, Brooklyn, nutritionist founder (Weight Watchers)
• 1925 - Bill Parkhouse, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59)
• 1925 - Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier (court jester of beliefs)
• 1925 - Guitar Gabriel Robert Lewis Jones, singer/guitarist
• 1925 - William Steinkraus, equestrian (Oly-gold/2 sil/br-52/56/60/64/68/72)
• 1926 - Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer (Nardo, Italy)
• 1927 - Antonia Rey, Havana Cuba, actress (True Colors, Wise Guys)
• 1928 - Al Held, US, painter/sculptor (hard edge-style)
• 1929 - Robert Coles, Milton Mass, author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973)
• 1930 - Jack S Gottlieb, composer
• 1931 - Raoul Pleskow, composer
• 1932 - Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist/dietician (Bahamian Diet)
• 1932 - Dusan Makavejev, Belgrade Yugoslavia, director (Man is Not a Bird)
• 1932 - Jake Edwin Garn, (Sen-R-Utah, 1974- )/astronaut (STS 51D)
• 1932 - Mayer Joel Mandelbaum, composer
• 1932 - Ned Jarrett, auto racer/announcer (50 Grand National victories)
• 1933 - Broos van Erp, Dutch MP (VVD)
• 1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, Modena Italy, operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio, 3 Tenors)
• 1935 - Sam Moore, Miami Fl, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave-Soul Sister)
• 1936 - Tony Kubek, shortstop (NY Yankees)/sportscaster (NBC-TV, MSG)
• 1941 - Craig A Washington, (Rep-D-Texas)
• 1942 - Daliah Lavi, Shavel Zion Israel, actress (Casino Royalle, Lord Jim)
• 1942 - Melvin Franklin, Montgomery Alabama, rocker (Temptations)
• 1946 - Ashok Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78)
• 1947 - Chris Wallace, Chic Ill, newscaster (NBC Weekend News)
• 1948 - Rick Parfitt, Surrey Engld, pop guitarist/singer (Status Quo-Wanderer)
• 1950 - Susan Anton, Oak Glen Calif, actress (Golden Girl, Spring Fever)
• 1951 - Bernie Ruoff, West Germany, CFL kicker (Winnipeg, Hamilton)
• 1951 - Ed Royce, (Rep-R-California)
• 1951 - Sally Little, Cape Town South Africa, LPGA golfer (1982 Dinah Shore)
• 1954 - Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer (Evening Rush Hour)
• 1955 - Pat Dinizio, rock vocalist (Smithereens)
• 1958 - Jeff Keith, rock vocalist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
• 1959 - Abigail Kingsley Alling, NYC, executive (Biosphere 2)
• 1960 - Lionel Washington, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
• 1960 - Stephen Brent Lowery, Birmingham AL, PGA golfer (1994 Sprint)
• 1962 - Dhammika Ranatunga, cricketer (bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan batsman 1990)
• 1962 - Sid Fernandez, Honolulu Hawaii, pitcher (NY Mets, Phila Phillies)
• 1963 - Michael Zordich, NFL strong safety (Phila Eagles)
• 1963 - Randy Wood, Princeton, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
• 1964 - Darrick Heath, Hempstead NY, team handball left back (Olympics-1996)
• 1964 - Fanie De Villers, cricketer (great South African pace bowler 1993- )
• 1964 - Jo Ann Willette, actress (Constance-Just 10 of Us, Real Genius)
• 1965 - Chris Chandler, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Atlanta Falcons)
• 1965 - J Daigneault, Montreal, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
• 1965 - Larry Silveira, Walnut Creek CA, Nike golfer (NIKE Knoxville Open-2nd)
• 1965 - Todd Krygier, Chicago Heights, NHL left wing (Anaheim, Washington)
• 1966 - Mel Rojas, Haina Dom Rep, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
• 1966 - Wim Jonk, Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
• 1967 - Becky Iverson, Escanaba MI, LPGA golfer (1995 Friendly's Classic)
• 1968 - Adam Rich, NYC, actor (Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy)
• 1968 - Charles Anthony, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1968 - Leon Lett, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1968 - Mike Trombley, Springfield MA, pitcher (Minn Twins)
• 1969 - Alison Peek, Australia, field hockey halfback/midfielder (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Dave Chaytors, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
• 1969 - David Collins, Bethpage NY, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996)
• 1969 - Jose Valentin, Manati Puerto Rico, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
• 1969 - Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mt Lake Park Md, Miss Maryland-America (1991)
• 1969 - Nancy Ann Kerrigan, Woburn Mass, figure skater (Olympics-silver-1994)
• 1969 - Terry Ray, NFL strong safety (NE Patriots)
• 1970 - Amy Beth Keller, Great Bend Kansas, Miss America (Kansas-Top 10-1996)
• 1970 - Charlie Ward, NBA guard (NY Knicks)/Heisman Trophy winner (1993)
• 1970 - Herman Arvie, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns)
• 1970 - Karen Courtland, Orange NJ, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
• 1970 - Kimberly Hoskins, Yuma Arizona, Miss Arizona-America (1991)
• 1970 - Kirk Cameron, Panorama City Calif, actor (Mike-Growing Pains)
• 1971 - Bronzel Miller, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1971 - Pavol Rybar, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
• 1972 - Jeroen Egge, WLAF offensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1972 - Neriah Davis, Los Angeles CA, playmate (Mar, 1994)
• 1972 - Singor Mobley, safety (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1972 - Tom van Mol, soccer player (PSV)
• 1974 - Karmyn Tyler, Shreveport Louisiana, Miss America-Louisiana (1996)
• 1974 - Miroslav Satan, Topolcany CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Edmonton)
• 1974 - Rachyl Hoskins, Miss USA-Kentucky (1997)
• 1975 - Scott Von Der Ahe, linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1977 - Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe (1997)