Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of May 25:
1976 Tarik Glenn, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1975 Adam Saathoff, Tuscon Ariz, running target (Olympics-1996)
1974 Dennis Stallings, linebacker (Tennessee Oilers)
1973 Jos‚e Corbeil, Pointe-Claire Quebec, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
1973 Duncan Free, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1973 Earl Mackey, NFL linebacker (Minn Vikings)
1973 Jeff Smith, NFL/WLAF corner (Scotland Claymores/KC Chiefs)
1973 Maria Jose Gaidano, Buenos Aires Arg, tennis star (1993 Belg doubles)
1973 Racquel Spurlock, WNBA center (Houston Comets)
1972 Antonio Lang, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1972 Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1971 Alan Kline, NFL tackle (NO Saints)
1971 Justin Henry, Rye NY, actor (Kramer vs Kramer, 16 Candles)
1971 Keith Hamilton, NFL defensive tackle (NY Giants)
1971 Larry Thompson, CFL/NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, BC Lions)
1971 Tim Kroeker, Chilliwack BC, 110m hurdler (Olympics-96)
1970 Heather Simmons-Carrasco, Mt View Ca, synchro swimmer (Oly-alt-96)
1970 Joey Eischen, West Covina CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1970 Lindsay Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
1970 Michael B Enyaer, writer (Pilot One)
1970 Robert Croft, cricketer (Glamorgan off-spinner, England 1996-)
1970 Sandra Dopfer, Lustenau Austria, tennis star (1995 Futures-Lerida)
1970 Sidney Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
1970 Danni Roche, Melbourne VIC Australia, field hockey midfielder (Oly-96)
1969 Matt Borlenghi, LA Calif, actor (Brian Bodine-All My Children)
1969 Anne Heche, Ohio, actress (Donnie Brasco, Juror, Volcano)
1968 Shawn Bouwens, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1968 Nathalie Schneyder, SF Calif, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 Kendall Gill, NBA guard/forward (NJ Nets)
1968 Debbi Miho Koyama, LPGA golfer (1995 US Women's Open-28th)
1967 Juan Jimenez, WLAF quarterback/receivers coach (Barcelona Dragons)
1967 Luc Nilis, Belgian soccer player (RSC Anderlecht/PSV)
1967 Danny Gonzales, jockey
1967 Ruthie Bolton, McClain Miss, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1966 Bill Haselman, Long Branch NJ, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
1966 Melissa McNamara, Tulsa OK, LPGA golfer (1991 Stratton Mt Classic)
1966 Dave Hollins, Buffalo NY, infielder (Minn Twins)
1965 Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper (world record 1987)
1965 Roef-Ragas, Dutch actor (Missing Link, Red Rain, Juju, Mykosch)
1965 Remco Prins, Dutch rock guitarist/vocalist (Burma Shave-Stash)
1965 Mark Knight, Calif, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
1964 David Shaw, St Thomas, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1963 Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World) [or Jun 25]
1962 Zulqarnain, cricketer (last person in alphabetical order to play Test)
1962 Amy Read, Birmingham MI, golfer (1994 Healthsouth Palm Beach-15th)
1961 Hiro Saito, wrestler (All-Japan/NJPW/Calgary)
1960 BenoŒt van Innis, Belgian cartoonist/painter/cartoonist (NY Post)
1959 Cathryn Harrison, London England, actress (Old Woman in Black Moon)
1958 Claus Minah, singer (Scorpions)
1958 Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author (How World Begun)
1958 Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You)
1958 Paul Weller, guitar (Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council)
1957 Hillary Bailey Smith, Boston MA, actress (Nora-One Life to Live)
1956 Tatsutoshi Goto, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1955 Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress (Hotel, Capt America II)
1954 Alison Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern (Private Parts)
1953 Rich Alves, Pleasanton Calif, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
1953 Jane Priest, Perth Australia, Prince Charles' lover
1953 Donald Albert Weibring Jr, Quincy IL, PGA golfer (1979 Quad Cities)
1951 Clifford Archer, bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1949 Jamaica Kincaid, [Elaine P Richardson], Antigua/US journalist (NYer)
1949 Lalith Kaluperuma, cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982)
1947 Mitch Margo, Bkln, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
1947 Karen Valentine, Santa Rosa CA, actress (Love Amer Style, Room 222)
1947 Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa)
1946 Irnema Szewinski Kirszenstein, Poland, 200m runner (1968 Olym Gold)
1946 Janet E[llen] Morris, US, sci-fi author (Golden Sword, Tempus)
1946 Tommy Cecil, ferryman
1945 Dave Lee Travis, DJ
1944 Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate
1944 Frank Oz, Heresford England, puppeteer (Sesame St, Muppet Show)
1943 John "Poli" Palmer, rocker (Family K)
1943 Leslie Uggams, NYC, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots)
1943 Poli Palmer, rocker (Family)
1943 Sally Jesse Raphael, TV talk show host (Sally) [or Feb 25]
1943 Wynand C Malan, South African lawyer/NP/DP-politician
1942 Brian "Blinky" Davison, rocker
1942 Bill Young, rocker
1939 Ian McKellen, England, actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel)
1939 Dixie Carter, TN, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
1938 Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season)
1938 Ludmil Buldakova, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1936 Tom T Hall, Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA)
1936 Rusi Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969)
1934 Ron Nesson, press secretary (Gerald Ford)
1934 David J Burke, Liverpool England, writer
1933 Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia)
1932 Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14)
1932 John Grogery Dunne, US writer (Up Close & Personal, True Confessions)
1932 K C Jones, Taylor Tx, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
1931 John Gabriel, Niagara Falls NY, actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies)
1929 David S Ruder, 23rd chairman of Security & Exchange Commission
1929 Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Bkln NY, soprano
1928 Mary Tuck, social researcher/civil servant
1928 Frigyes Hidas, composer
1927 Robert Ludlum, NYC, spy novelist (Bourne Identity)
1926 M von der Grپn, writer
1926 Miles D Davis, Alton Ill, jazz trumpeter (L'ascenseur pour l'‚chafaud)
1926 Kitty Kallen, rocker
1925 Jeanne Crain, Barstow Calif, actress (Man Without a Star)
1925 Aldo Clementi, composer
1923 John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places)
1921 Hal David, lyricist (Promises Promises-Grammy 1969)
1919 Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski Tn, sportscaster (NY Mets)
1919 Gino Negri, composer
1918 Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-silver-1952)
1918 Claude Akins, Nelson GA, actor (BJ & Bear, Movin' On, Lobo)
1917 Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?)
1917 Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist
1917 Steve Cochran, Eureka CA, actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas)
1916 Virginia Ginny Simms, actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band)
1916 Lou van Rees, Dutch impresario [or May 29]
1915 Daniel Wolf, journalist
1913 Joseph Peter Grace, businessman
1912 Eddie Maxwell, singer (Yes We Have No Bananas)
1910 Ernest Anderson, publicist
1908 Theodore Roethke, US, poet (Words for the Wind)
1908 David Lean, British director (Lawrence of Arabia)
1907 U Nu, premier Burma (1948-58, 1960-62)
1907 Rachel Carson, conservationist/writer (silent springs)
1905 Binnie Barnes, London, actress (Adv of Marco Polo, Diamond Jim)
1905 Joseph C Harsch, Toledo Ohio, newscaster (Background)
1904 Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer
1902 Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer
1901 Milenko Zivkovic, composer
1898 Bennett Cerf, publisher (Random House) panelist (What's My Line)
1898 Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)
1898 Gustav Regler, writer
1898 Mischa Levitzki, composer
1897 Alan Kippax, cricketer (22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat)
1896 Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink, theologist/church historian
1894 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence)
1891 Robert W P Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper)
1889 Gilardo Gilardi, composer
1889 Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter
1889 Sverre Jordan, composer
1888 Miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock)
1886 Philip Murray, founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
1882 Harry Fox, entertainer
1879 W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker
1878 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel)
1877 Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale)
1865 Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18)
1865 John Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946)
1865 Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902)
1852 Louis FMF Franchet d'Espٹrey, [Desperate Frankey], Fren marshal (WW I)
1847 John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist
1847 Alphonse Goovaerts, composer
1845 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL)
1839 John Eliot, English meteorologist
1830 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)
1821 Diederich Krug, composer
1818 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian
1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
1781 Ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily)
1779 Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician
1767 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer
1767 Ferdinand Franzl, composer
1729 Jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war)
1726 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer
1713 John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63)
1688 Christian August Jacobi, composer
1550 Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint
1494 Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)
Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of January 09:
1979 Lavinia Magruder, Miss Vermont Teen USA (1996)
1976 Radek Bonk, Koprivnice Cze, NHL center (Ottawa Senators, Team Czech)
1976 Amy Safe, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1975 Mariano Friedick, Tarzana Calif, pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
1975 Justin Huish, Fountain Valley CA, archer (Olympics-gold-1996)
1974 Craig Wishart, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman vs South Africa 1995)
1974 Jamain Stephens, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 Ronald Hamming, soccer player (FC Groningen, Fortuna Sittard)
1973 Aaron Holbert, US baseball infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1972 Kristie Hicks, Bardstown Kentucky, Miss America-Kentucky (1996)
1972 Eddie Mason, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
1972 Jay Powell, Meridian MS, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1971 Scott Thornton, London, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1971 Elizabeth Punsalan, Syracuse NY, dance skater (& Swallow, Oly-15-94)
1971 Bill Schroeder, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1970 Graciela Schutt, El Paso Tex, WPVA volleyballer (Deerfield-25th-1995)
1969 Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Houston Astros)
1969 Johanna Ikonen, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)
1968 Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer (1991 Thailand Open)
1968 Katie Anderson, Kingston Jamaica, Canada 100m hurdler (Oly-7th-92, 96)
1968 Jimmy Adams, cricketer (prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992)
1967 Jamie Huscroft, Creston, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
1967 Dave Mcllwain, Seaforth, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
1967 Dave Matthews, singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band)
1966 Jimmie Jones, defensive end/defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1965 Vincent Brown, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1965 Atsuo Kudo, hockey defenseman
Events which occurred on your SELECTED date of January 09:
1998 Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned
1998 Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title
1998 Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hrs 8 mins
1998 Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving
1998 Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hours 8 mins
1998 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
1997 Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital
1995 Worker accidentally cuts electrial wires at Newark Airport
1995 Ecuador & Peru involve in boundary fight
1995 Ecuador and Peru involve in boundary fight
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record (156.201 points)
1994 Gunda Niemann skates world record (167.282 pts)
1994 14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
1993 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33)
1991 Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis
1991 Baker & Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis
1991 Dean Smith of NC is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
1991 Dean Smith of North Carolina is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
1990 Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs New Jersey Nets) and lose 87-78
1990 64th U.S. manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit
1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1990 64th US manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit
1990 Boston Celtics worst ¬ ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78
1990 Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1990 Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses
1989 Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989 Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989 "Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS
1988 August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston
1988 English earl of St Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
1988 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1988 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1988 English earl of St. Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
1987 Sir Rudolph Bing (of NY Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
1987 Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
1987 Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed
1987 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect
1986 New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
1986 NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
1985 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
1984 "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" premieres on NBC TV (Whoops)
1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
1984 John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me"
1983 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
1983 British PM Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
1982 Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game
1982 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855
1982 5.9 earthquake in New England and Canada; 1st since 1855
1981 Francisco Balsamao elected President of Portugal
1981 Francisco Balsamao elected pres of Portugal
1980 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
1979 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"
1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) PA law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
1979 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin
1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
1978 Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
1977 "Porgy & Bess" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 122 performances
1977 Superbowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
1977 Superbowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minn Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
1977 "Porgy and Bess" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances
1976 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
1976 Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK
1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot
1975 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike
1975 Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes
1973 Luna 21 launched, to Moon
1972 Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
1972 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
1972 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1971 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic New York City after 19 perf
1971 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic NYC after 19 perf
1970 Constitution of Singapore enacted
1969 Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight from Bristol England
1969 1st trial flight of Concorde
1969 Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight (Bristol England)
1968 Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon
1968 1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats