*~* 29 December – Happy Birthday DMK! *~* Hey,Hey,Paula

Ice cream and cake and candles galore,

icing and sprinkles all over the floor.

People are singing and children they laugh,

all this is for on your behalf!



So put on your hat and come join the party,

this special day you can eat hearty!

Open up presents all filled with surprises,

and let's all party until the sun rises!



Hap-py Birth-day to you!



Birthdates which occurred on your date of December 29:

1563 Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer

1586 Francisco de Moncada Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona

1678 Gotthard Wagner composer

1709 Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great

1721 Madame De Pompadour mistress of French King Louis the 15th

1743 Alexander van Bylandt Dutch military officer

1767 Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer

1776 Charles Macintosh Scotland, patented waterproof fabric

1792 Archibald Alison Scottish historian (History of Europe)

1800 Charles Goodyear inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)

1808 Andrew Johnson Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th President (1865-69)

1808 György Apponyi Hungarian Parliament member

1809 William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) British PM (1868-74, '80-86, '92-94)

1809 Albert Pike Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1891

1813 Etienne-Joseph Soubre composer

1831 Adam Badeau Brevet Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1895

1833 John James Ingalls (Representative-KS)

1843 Elisabeth queen of Romania/poet (Rumänische Dichtungen)

1850 Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer

1856 Thomas J Stieltjes mathematician (Stieltjes integral)

1859 Venustiano Carranza President of México (1915-20)

1866 Joseph Limburg liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19)

1869 Bill Howell cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century)

1876 Pablo Casals Vendrell Catalonia Spain, cellist/conductor/composer

1878 Felix M Abel French bible scholar (Jérusalem Nouvelle)

1879 Billy Mitchell aviation hero general (WWI)

1880 Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin composer

1887 Kiyoshi Nobutoki composer

1888 Joseph Beran Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal

1890 Jozef Cantré Flemish sculptor/wood carver

1892 Emory Parnell St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair)

1896 David Alfaro Siqueiros México, painter/muralist (Liberation of Chile)

1897 Hermann Heiss composer

1898 Jeanne Leleu composer

19-- Ronnie Younkins rocker (Kix-Hot Wire)

19-- Susie Garrett Detroit MI, actress (Punky Brewster)

1900 Willie Humphrey jazz Clarinetist

1903 Clyde McCoy jazz trumpeter/bandleader

1904 Wendell Niles Twin Valley MN, TV announcer (It Could be You)

1907 James Gardner designer

1908 Claire Dodd Arkansas, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy)

1908 Gerben Sonderman Dutch test pilot (Fokker)

1912 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad)

1913 Laurence Gower academic

1915 Robert Ruark US writer (Something of Value)

1915 Charles L[eonard] Harness US, sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead)

1915 John P W Meefout Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman)

1917 Tom Bradley (Mayor-D-LA) (1973-93)

1919 Pieter Terpstra Dutch journalist/writer (De dei is forroun/Havank-T)

1919 Roman Vlad composer

1920 Syd Dernley hangman

1920 Viveca Lindfors Uppsala Sweden, actress (Way We Were, Welcome to LA)

1921 Dobrica Cosic writer

1925 Dina Merrill New York NY, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8)

1927 Jim Simpson Washington DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)

1928 Bernard Cribbins Oldham England, actor (Val Doonican Show)

1930 Willy Giefer composer

1931 Barbara Steele England, actress (Castle of Blood, Dark Shadows)

1932 Inga Swenson Omaha NE, actress (Gretchen-Benson)

1933 Prez "Kidd" Kenneth blues singer/guitarist

1934 Ed Flanders Minneapolis MN, actor (Dr Westphall-St Elsewhere)

1934 Tom Jarriel LaGrange GA, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20)

1935 Tony Bramall England, auto dealer/multi-millionaire (Harrogate)

1936 Mary Tyler Moore Brooklyn NY, actress (Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People)

1936 Ray Nitschke NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers)

1936 Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky composer

1938 Jon Voight Yonkers NY, actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy)

1938 Wayne Huizenga CEO (Waste Management, Blockbuster, Miami Dolphins)

1939 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom President of Maldives (1978- )

1940 Brigitte Kronauer writer

1940 Ed Buce Keiser AR, country singer (Texas)

1940 Peter Koelewijn Dutch writer/vocalist (Come off that Roof)

1941 Ray Thomas England, rock vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)

1942 Jerry Summers rocker

1943 Maij-Wegge Dutch traffic minister (19..-94)

1944 Rodney Redmond New Zealand cricket (opener scored century in Test vs Pakistan 1973)

1945 Adje Roland Dutch disc-jockey

1946 Laffit Pincay Jr jockey (Kentucky Derby 1984, Belmont Stakes 1982-84, Swale)

1946 Paul Trible (Senator-R-VA)

1946 Marianne Faithfull Hampstead England, vocalist (Money)

1947 Ted Danson San Diego CA, actor (Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men & a Baby)

1947 Cozy Powell England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP)

1949 Angel Tompkins actress (Bees, Prime Cut, Murphy's Law)

1949 Syed Kirmani cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer)

1950 Jon Polito Philadelphia PA, actor (Fire With Fire, Homicide)

1951 Laurel Masse Holland MI, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Operator)

1951 Yvonne Elliman US actress/singer (I Don't Know How to Love Him)

1952 Nikolai Andrianov USSR, gymnast (Olympics-gold-1972, 76, 80)

1952 Gelsey Kirkland Bethlehem PA, ballerina/druggie (Nutcracker)

1953 Kate Schmidt US javelin thrower (Olympics-bronze-1972)

1954 Glenn Myernick Trenton NJ, US soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96)

1954 Roger Voudouris Sacramento CA, rock vocalist

1955 Jan Pijnenburg Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar-Bomb)

1955 Neil Giraldo rocker (Pat Benatar Band)

1956 Dolf de Vries Dutch musical/director/arranger (Josephine)

1958 Curt Allen Byrum Onida SD, PGA golfer (1989 Hardee's Golf Classic)

1959 Leslie Graves Silver City NM, actress (Brenda-Capitol)

1959 Paula Poundstone comedienne (Emmy Awards)

1960 Dave Gilbert cricketer (Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86)

1960 David Boon cricketer (short backward square from Tasmania)

1961 Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss journalist/travel writer

1962 Devon White Kingston Jamaica, outfielder (Florida Marlins)

1964 Kimberly Russell actress (Sarah-Head of the Class)

1964 Craig Grebeck Cerritos CA, infielder (Florida Marlins)

1965 David Delfino hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)

1966 Bruce Bulina Vancouver British Columbia, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Alberta Open)

1966 Drew Hartt Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Desert Tour)

1967 Henry Jones NFL safety (Buffalo Bills)

1967 Jason Gould son of Elliot Gould/Barbra Streisand, (Prince of Tides)

1967 Kevin Toth Cleveland OH, shot putter

1967 Tony Tolbert NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)

1968 Carlo H L Ponti Jr son of Carlo Ponti & Sophia Loren

1968 Darren Perry NFL free safety (Pittsburgh Steelers)

1968 James Mouton Denver CO, outfielder (Houston Astros)

1970 Yaroslav Ihorovych Pustovyi Kostroma Ukraine, cosmonaut

1971 Jay Fiedler NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles)

1971 Margot Thien San Diego CA, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)

1971 Mark Montreuil NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers)

1971 Toby Mills WLAF corner (Frankfurt Galaxy)

1972 Jessica Lee McMinn Miss North Carolina USA (1996)

1972 Malcolm Seabron NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)

1972 Melissa Hall Miss USA-Minnesota (1997)

1972 Randy Neal NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)

1973 Tomas Perez Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)

1974 Brad Hodge cricketer (promising Victorian middle-order batsman)

1974 James Darling linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)

1974 Tom Knight cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)

1979 Laura Larson Miss Maine Teen USA (1996)

2943 Kathryn Leigh Scott [Kringstad] Den Helder Netherlands, actress (Voice of the Heart, Big Shamus)



Thought for the day :

“The minute a man is convinced that he is interesting, he isn`t.”

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