Welcome to Today In History for Friday, April 26, 2024.

On this day in history ..

• 0757 - Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I
• 1220 - German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights
• 1478 - 1st Easter
• 1478 - Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici
• 1514 - Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn
• 1532 - Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna
• 1564 - William Shakespeare baptized
• 1607 - 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va
• 1654 - Jews are expelled from Brazil
• 1655 - Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam
• 1677 - Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck
• 1709 - Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa
• 1721 - Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated
• 1755 - 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)
• 1777 - Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia
• 1803 - Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France
• 1814 - King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England
• 1819 - Odd Fellows Lodge forms
• 1828 - Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence
• 1835 - Fr‚d‚ric Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris
• 1841 - "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk
• 1853 - Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber
• 1855 - Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy
• 1865 - Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro)
• 1865 - Battle of Ft Tobacco, VA
• 1865 - Confederate Gen J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tenn, at Durham NC
• 1887 - Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity
• 1890 - Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London
• 1893 - 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms
• 1900 - AL opener in Cleve draws 6,500
• 1904 - Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
• 1905 - Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
• 1906 - 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii
• 1907 - Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens
• 1912 - 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
• 1913 - Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
• 1913 - Sun Yet San calls for revolt against pres Yuan Shikai in China
• 1915 - Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia
• 1920 - H Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae
• 1923 - English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
• 1925 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"
• 1926 - Germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty
• 1926 - Karachai Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1943)
• 1928 - Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London
• 1929 - 1st non-stop England to India flight lands
• 1931 - Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season
• 1932 - Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris
• 1933 - Jewish students are barred from school in Germany
• 1935 - Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
• 1936 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony
• 1937 - German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain
• 1938 - Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks
• 1941 - A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
• 1941 - Potatoes rationed in Holland
• 1942 - Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
• 1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Bath
• 1944 - 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down
• 1944 - Papandreou govt in Greece forms
• 1945 - Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
• 1947 - "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London
• 1950 - Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
• 1950 - U of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82
• 1951 - Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum
• 1952 - Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
• 1952 - US minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176
• 1954 - Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
• 1954 - Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins
• 1957 - Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens
• 1959 - Cuba invades Panama
• 1959 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
• 1961 - French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria
• 1961 - Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
• 1962 - 1st Lockheed A-12 flies
• 1962 - Ariel 1 Launch (1st UK Satellite)
• 1962 - Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon
• 1962 - Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0
• 1962 - US/UK launch Ariel; 1st international payload
• 1964 - 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 1
• 1964 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
• 1964 - Tanganyika & Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika & Zanzibar
• 1965 - Ives' 4th Symphony premieres
• 1966 - Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
• 1967 - "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 perfs
• 1967 - KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1967 - San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
• 1968 - Students seize administration building at Ohio State
• 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1968 - US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar," 1 megaton device
• 1969 - "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 110 performances
• 1969 - "George M!" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 435 performances
• 1969 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman
• 1970 - "Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 690 performances
• 1971 - Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs
• 1971 - SF lightship replaced by automatic buoy
• 1971 - Turkey state of siege proclaimed
• 1973 - "2 Gentlemen of Verona," musical opens in London
• 1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1974 - Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
• 1974 - Malta adopts constitution
• 1974 - Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline & Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow & Upshaw
• 1975 - Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal
• 1975 - Penguins 0-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Isles win series 4-3
• 1975 - Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 HRs ties NL record of 11 HRs in April
• 1976 - Pan Am begins non-stop flights NYC-Tokyo
• 1977 - NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens
• 1978 - France sends troops to Chad
• 1978 - NASA launches space vehicle S-201
• 1980 - Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)
• 1980 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1980 - Iran begins scattering US hostages from US Embassy
• 1980 - Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'
• 1980 - Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)
• 1981 - "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 13 performances
• 1981 - Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
• 1981 - Largest US bank robbery (Tucson Ariz), more than $33 million stolen
• 1982 - Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
• 1982 - CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
• 1982 - Gene Michael becomes NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
• 1982 - Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche
• 1983 - Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead
• 1983 - Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time
• 1983 - San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game
• 1984 - Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens
• 1984 - Pres Reagan visits China
• 1986 - Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver
• 1986 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman
• 1986 - France performs nuclear test
• 1986 - Game between Angels & Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds
• 1986 - Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl USSR explodes, 31 die
• 1987 - "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador NYC after 13 perfs
• 1988 - 1st TNN Viewers choice awards-Randy Travis wins in 5 categories
• 1988 - NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season
• 1988 - NY Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st)
• 1989 - AT&T announces NJ's 201 area code will split into 908 & 201
• 1989 - Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany
• 1990 - "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 52 performances
• 1990 - 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China
• 1990 - Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle
• 1990 - NY court of appeals ends 2« year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
• 1990 - Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters
• 1991 - "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV
• 1991 - 23 killed in Kansas & Okla by tornadoes
• 1991 - Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics
• 1992 - "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1,018 perfs
• 1992 - "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV
• 1992 - "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 569 performances
• 1992 - "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
• 1992 - "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 13 performances
• 1992 - "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
• 1992 - Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously
• 1992 - Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
• 1992 - Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base
• 1993 - "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 266 perfs
• 1993 - Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56
• 1993 - NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman
• 1993 - STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit
• 1994 - 26.9øC in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record)
• 1994 - Mad About You actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34)
• 1994 - Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed
• 1994 - 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr Nomaza Paintin in NZ is 1st black South African to vote
• 1995 - Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
• 1995 - Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings
• 1996 - Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H
• 1996 - Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
• 1997 - "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater NYC
• 1998 - wins Chick-fil-A Golf Charity Championship

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 0121 - Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome (161-180)
• 1319 - Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)
• 1538 - Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)
• 1564 - William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)
• 1567 - Nicolas Forme, composer
• 1573 - Marie de'Medici, Queen of France
• 1603 - Francesco Nigetti, composer
• 1637 - Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
• 1648 - Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
• 1711 - David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)
• 1718 - Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)
• 1726 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter
• 1776 - Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)
• 1782 - Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria
• 1785 - John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
• 1787 - Ludwig Uhland, writer
• 1796 - Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer
• 1798 - Ferdinand EugŠne Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)
• 1806 - Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
• 1808 - Martha Finley, children's book author
• 1812 - Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
• 1820 - Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)
• 1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)
• 1822 - Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist
• 1827 - Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1834 - Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist
• 1834 - Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer
• 1836 - Erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary)
• 1839 - Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
• 1841 - Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian
• 1860 - Alphonse M A J Ari‰ns, Dutch pastor
• 1863 - Arno Holz, writer
• 1863 - Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter
• 1868 - Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher
• 1868 - Robert Herrick, US writer (Common lot)
• 1873 - Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon)
• 1874 - J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v Australia 1902)
• 1875 - Syngman Rhee, South Korea, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Mar 26]
• 1878 - Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again)
• 1879 - Owen Williams Richardson, England, physicist (Nobel 1928)
• 1880 - Mikhail Fokine, Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance
• 1884 - Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers)
• 1886 - Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer
• 1888 - Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer
• 1889 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austria, philosopher (Tractatus)
• 1890 - Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, US actor/director (My Old Dutch)
• 1893 - Anita Loos, author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
• 1894 - Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy F�hrer, only prisoner at Spandau
• 1897 - Olga Chekova, Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children)
• 1898 - Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32)
• 1898 - John Grierson, documentary film maker
• 1898 - Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977)
• 1899 - Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, TX, actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail)
• 1900 - Charles Richter, Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale)
• 1900 - Douglas Sirk, director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje)
• 1900 - James Sutherland, English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953)
• 1903 - Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall
• 1903 - Niven Busch, US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice)
• 1904 - Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop (Montreal)
• 1904 - William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist (Policy Man, Blazing Saddles)
• 1905 - Charles K Feldman, [Gould], NYC, producer (Casino Royale)
• 1905 - Denis O'Dea, Dublin, actor (Esther & the King, Treasure Island)
• 1905 - Jean Vigo, France, actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante)
• 1906 - Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show)
• 1906 - Leopold Spinner, composer
• 1907 - Theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981)
• 1909 - Richard Howorth, cricketer (English all-rounder, three county doubles)
• 1910 - Erland von Koch, composer
• 1910 - Ernst Tittel, composer
• 1910 - Johan Doorn, Dutch journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper)
• 1910 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, director (Godzilla)
• 1911 - Marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany (Bei Thea, Liebrauen)
• 1912 - A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn)
• 1914 - Bernard Malamud, US, novelist (Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967)
• 1914 - Charlie Chester, British comedian (Never Say Die)
• 1914 - Horace Leonard Gold, Sci-Fi writer/editor
• 1914 - James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland)
• 1914 - Wilfred Howard Mellers, composer
• 1916 - Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer
• 1916 - Morris L West, Australia, novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman)
• 1917 - I[eoh] M[ing] Pei, Canton, China, architect (1961 Brunner Prize)
• 1917 - Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher (NY Giants, 8th best won-lost pct)
• 1918 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler (Olym-gold-1948)
• 1918 - Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar (Leeds University)
• 1918 - Stafford Repp, Calif, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road)
• 1920 - Juan C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
• 1921 - Harry Knutton, Maj-Gen/dir-general (London City & Guilds Institute)
• 1921 - Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
• 1921 - Margaret Gowing, professor (history, science)
• 1922 - James Holt, medieval historian
• 1922 - Jeanne Sauv‚, 1st female Governor-General (Canada, 1984-90)
• 1922 - Margaret Scott, founder (Australian Ballet School)
• 1922 - Mike Kellin, Hartford Ct, actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz & Bones)
• 1922 - Paul-Andre Gaillard, composer
• 1922 - Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor
• 1923 - Oliver Millar, Surveyor (Queen's Pictures)
• 1924 - Russell Nype, Zion Ill, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy)
• 1926 - Anton PO Ekstr”m, Swedish writer (Summer Dances)
• 1926 - David Coleman, sports commentator
• 1926 - Michael Joughin, CEO (Scottish Hydro-Electric)
• 1926 - Oldrich Frantisek Korte, composer
• 1926 - Preston "Bob" Tisch, NFL co-owner (NY Giants)
• 1927 - Anne McLaren, biologist/zoologist/actress (Things to Come)
• 1927 - Jack Douglas, comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show)
• 1928 - Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep (Independent)
• 1928 - Hertha Kr„ftner, writer
• 1930 - Derek Waring, actor (Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country)
• 1930 - Justin Gosling, principal (St Edmund Hall Oxford)
• 1930 - Roger Moens, Belgium, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
• 1933 - Carol Burnett, San Antonio Tx, comedian/actress (Annie, 4 Seasons)
• 1934 - J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist/chairman (Sierra Club)
• 1936 - Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge
• 1937 - Robert Boozer, Omaha Neb, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1938 - Duane Eddy, Phoenix, Az, country singer (Peter Gunn, Cannonball)
• 1938 - Maurice Williams, rocker
• 1938 - Willie Wood, bowler
• 1939 - Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge
• 1940 - Giorgio Moroder, composer (Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun)
• 1941 - John Battle, MP
• 1942 - Bobby Rydell, Phila Pa, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie)
• 1942 - Claudine Auger, Paris France, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball)
• 1942 - Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
• 1943 - Claudine Auger, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball)
• 1943 - Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
• 1944 - Bruce Johnston, US pop musician (Beach Boys-God Only Knows) [or 6/24]
• 1944 - David O'B Martin, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )
• 1944 - Martha Rockwell, Providence RI, skier (Mount Washington)
• 1945 - Giorgio Moroder, producer/singer/songwriter (150 gold discs)
• 1945 - V K Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup)
• 1947 - Donna Elizabeth De Varona, Greenwich Ct, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64)
• 1947 - Gervase Frank Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser
• 1948 - Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent (National Geographic Explorer)
• 1948 - Gerry Sikorski, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- )
• 1948 - Stevie Nicks, Calif, rocker/druggie (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours)
• 1949 - Jimmy Hall, rocker (Wet Willie)
• 1950 - Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist (Champaign)
• 1950 - Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin)
• 1951 - Lynne Jones, MP
• 1952 - Popo Simon Molefe, secretary-general (South Africa UDF)
• 1956 - Koo Stark, [Kathleen Dee-Anne], photographer/actress (Emily)
• 1958 - Giancarlo Esposito, actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of NY)
• 1958 - Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver
• 1959 - Ann O'Neill, Toowoomba QLD, golfer (1989 Downs District Champ)
• 1960 - Roger Taylor, rock drummer (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
• 1961 - Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
• 1961 - Joan Chen, [Chen Chong], Shanghai China, actress (Heaven & Earth)
• 1961 - Nancy Scranton, Centralia IL, golfer (1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
• 1962 - Graham "Skin" Skinner, rocker (Hipsway)
• 1962 - Michael Damian, San Diego, singer (Rock on)/actor (Young & Restless)
• 1963 - Bill Wennington, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
• 1963 - Michael Damian, actor/singer (Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
• 1963 - Thomas Searle, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
• 1964 - Tod Bass, LA Calif, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)
• 1966 - Andrea Temesvari, Budapest Hungary, tennis star (1985 US Clay Courts)
• 1967 - Klaus Merk, Augsburg GER, hockey goaltender (Team Germany 1998)
• 1967 - Matt Peterson, Chicago IL, Nike golfer (1992 Hawkeye Open-7th)
• 1968 - Ahmed Elmaghraby, Suez Egypt, US field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Ryan Yarborough, NFL wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens, NY Jets)
• 1972 - Francisco Cordova, Veracruz Mexico, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
• 1972 - Marco Rivera, NFL/WLAF guard (Scot Claymores, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1972 - Natrone Means, NFL running back (SD Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1973 - Damien Munoz, Miss USA-Colorado (1997)
• 1973 - Mark Davis, NBA guard/forward (Phila 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves)
• 1973 - Tracy Kathleen Hayes, Wheaton Ill, Miss America (Illinois-5th-1996)
• 1975 - Jabbar Threats, defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1975 - Trudi Ferguson, Miss Universe-Jamaica (1996)
• 1976 - Sarah Tueting, ice hockey goalie (USA, Oly-98)
• 1979 - Sean Fox, actor (3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl)
• 1980 - Jordana Brewster, Panama, actress (Nikki Graves-As the World Turns)
• 1980 - Marne Patterson, Sherman Oaks Cal, actress (Nicole-Something So Right)
• 1984 - Ryan O'Donohue, Pomona Ca, actress (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back)