*~* 4 December – Happy Birthday Emi! *~* Hey,Hey,Paula ............LPF

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Hey! THis is LPF subbing in for Hey, Hey Paula while she's on vaca'!

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Days may come and days may go,

but, the best day is this one, this we know.



So sprinkle confetti and put on your hat,

Because today we will all remember that,



On this day, many years ago,

you were born and were treasured so.



With hugs and lots of chocolate cake,

much love we send, that's no mistake!

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Birthdates which occurred on your date of December 04:

1443 Pope Julius II (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael

1584 John Cotton Puritan clergyman in Massachusetts Bay colony

1660 Andre Campra composer

1667 Michel Pignolet de Monteclair composer

1708 Marianus Konigsperger composer

1720 Jean-Jacques Robson composer

1786 John LA Luyten Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]

1791 Johann Gottlob Topfer composer

1795 Thomas Carlyle Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)

1800 Emil Aarestrup Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)

1803 Augustus Zerega diZerega Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)

1808 Ernest Panckoucke French publisher (Horatius)

1812 Elias Smith Dennis Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894

1818 William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring Major General (Confederate Army)

1822 Frances Crabbe England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society

1825 Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek composer

1835 Samuel Butler England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)

1838 Melesio Morales composer

1858 Billy Gunn cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)

1861 Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard] US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)

1865 Edith Louisa Cavell England, nurse (WWI)

1866 Vassily Kandinsky Russian/German/French abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration)

1868 Richard N Roland Holst Dutch artist/painter

1874 Jean H L Bossard actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)

1875 Rainer Maria Rilke Germany, poet (Duino Elegies)

1876 Dimitur Poljanov [Popov] Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)

1879 Herbert Hamilton Harty composer

1881 Erwin von Witzleben German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)

1888 Aleksandar I Karadordjevic king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)

1889 Buck Jones [Charles F Gebhart] US actor (War Horse)

1889 Isabel Randolph Illinois, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)

1892 Francisco Franco [y Bahamonde] general/dictator of Spain (1936-75)

1895 Nils FA Nilsson Piraten Swedendish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)

1896 Nikolai S Tichonov Russian writer (against Pasternak)

1897 Mari Andriessen Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)

1899 Douwe Hermans Kiestra [Harm Harmstra] Frisian farmer/writer

1903 Alfred Leslie Rowse historian

1903 Cornell Woolrich US, writer (El Angel Negro)

1905 Emilio Médici President of Brazil (1969-74)

1907 Jo Boer Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)

1908 A D Hershey US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)

1910 Alex North Chester PA, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)

1910 Amar Singh cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties)

1910 Ramaswamy Venkataraman President of India (1987-92)

1912 Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok)

1912 Jack Walsh New South Wales/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't represent Australia)

1912 Jimmy Jewel comedian

1912 John W Pritchard [Ian Wallace] US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)

1915 Allan Jackson Hot Springs AR, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand)

1915 Fred Freer cricketer (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946)

1920 Michael Bates Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton)

1921 Deanna Durbin Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl)

1922 Gerard Philipe Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)

1923 Charles Keating district attorney (Los Angeles CA)

1924 John Portman South Carolina, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)

1925 Maurice Binder New York NY, photographer/film titler (James Bond)

1926 Lee Doraey rocker

1928 Dena Dietrich Pittsburgh PA, actress (Dena-Karen, Ethel-The Ropers)

1928 Russell L Rogers USAF/astronaut (X-20)

1930 Harvey Kuenn baseball player (American League Rookie of the Year-1953)

1930 Ronnie Corbett England, comedian (2 Ronnies)

1930 Paul-Heinz Dittrich composer

1930 Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou composer

1932 Edgar Valcarcel composer

1932 Joanne Battiste artist (heroines)

1932 Roh Tae Woo Taegu South Korea, President of South Korea (1988-93)

1933 Horst Buchholz Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe, Sahara)

1934 Victor French Santa Barbara CA, actor (Highway to Heaven)

1934 Wink [Winston Conrad] Martindale Jackson TN, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This)

1935 Fred Rumsey England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)

1936 Larry Davis blues singer/guitarist

1937 Donnelly Rhodes Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, actor (Dutch-Soap, Double Trouble)

1937 Max Baer Jr Oakland CA, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)

1938 Andre Marrou Libertarian presidential candidate (1992)

1938 Liesbeth Struppert actress (Miep Gies-Anne Frank)

1938 Lynn Blessing vibes Player

1940 Freddy Cannon [Picariello] Lynn MA, rocker (Palisades Park)

1940 John Cale Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground)

1941 Humberto Solas director/writer (Lucia)

1941 Raul Blanco Australian soccer assistant coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)

1942 Bob Mosley Paradise Valley CA, rock bassist (Moby Grape)

1942 Chris Hillman San Diego CA, singer (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man)

1943 Patti Chandler California, actress (Bikini Beach)

1944 Dennis Wilson Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-In My Room, California Dreaming)

1945 Michael Gerzon mathematician

1945 Pam Higgins LPGA golfer

1947 Ursula Krechel writer

1948 Southside Johnny Lyon Neptune NJ, rocker (Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home)

1948 Lin Onus artist

1948 Roberta Lynn Bondar Ontario, astronaut (STS 42)

1949 Jeff Bridges Los Angeles CA, actor (Stay Hungry, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds)

1949 Mary Bea Porter-King Everett WA, LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic)

1949 Russ Karel director

1950 Pamela Stephenson Auckland New Zealand, actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live)

1950 Jan Rietman Dutch radio/TV host

1950 Karel van de Graf Dutch TV host

1951 Gary Rossington rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band)

1951 Patricia Wettig Cincinnati OH, actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something)

1952 Ronald Michael Sega Cleveland OH, PhD/Astronaut (STS 60, 76)

1955 Brian Prout Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)

1955 Cassandra Wilson jazz singer

1956 Bernard King basketball player (New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets)

1956 Blagoi Blagoyev Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifter (Olympics-silver-1976)

1956 Herbert Groenemeyer Germany, rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge)

1957 Raul Boesel Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)

1957 Lee Smith Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)

1958 Bill Roy Versailles IL, skeet (Olympics-1996)

1961 Frank Reich NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions)

1962 Arnold Scholten soccer player (Feyenoord)

1962 John Gaasbeek soccer player (FC Twente/NAC)

1962 Stan Gelbaugh NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)

1963 Johanna Wright Raleigh NC, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4th)

1963 Mike Snoei soccer player (Sparta)

1963 Sergey Bubka Ukraine, pole vaulter (Olympics-gold-88, 92)

1964 Bill Peterson Smithfield NC, WLAF general manager (Amsterdam Admirals)

1964 Marisa Tomei Brooklyn NY, actress (My Cousin Vinny)

1965 Rob Smits pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm)

1967 Klaus Wilmsmeyer NFL punter (New Orleans Saints)

1967 Martha O'Kelley US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)

1968 Mike Barrowman Costa Mesa CA, kayak/200 meter breast stroke (Olympics-gold- 92, 96)

1969 Ferric Collons NFL defensive end (New England Patriots)

1969 Jacques Landry Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist (Olympics-96)

1969 Marie-Josée Morneau Longueuil Québec, 56 kg judoka (Olympics-96)

1969 Mik Middleton WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons)

1969 Terry Glenn wide receiver (New England Patriots)

1970 Jeff Blake NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)

1971 Terrence Wisdom NFL/WLAF guard/center (New York Jets, London Monarchs)

1972 Damien Covington NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)

1972 Howard Eisley NBA guard (Utah Jazz)

1972 Jassen Cullimore Simcoe, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)

1972 Jude St John CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)

1972 Kerry Anne Guse Brisbane Queensland, tennis star (1996 final Hobart)

1972 Ted Johnson NFL inside linebacker (New England Patriots)

1973 Corliss Williamson NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)

1973 Tyra Banks model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)

1974 Anke Huber Bruchsal Germany, tennis star (1996 finalist Australian)

1976 John Lee Chicago IL, dance skater (& Julia Bikbova)

1977 Emily Ballard Miss Washington Teen USA (1996)

1977 Shahid Nazir cricketer (Pakistan Test fast bowler vs Zimbabwe 1996)



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Thought for the day:

"A closed mouth gathers no foot "

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