Birthdays for December the 30th:
1851 - Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola
1865 - Rudyard Kipling, author who coined "White man's burden" (Nobel '07)
1867 - Simon Guggenheim, sen
1869 - Stephen Leacock, Canadian economist, humorist
1876 - Pablo Casals, Spanish violinist, conductor, composer
1884 - Tojo Hideki, Japanese PM in WWII
1911 - Jeanette Nolan
1914 - Bert Parks, Miss America emcee
1919 - Jo Van Fleet, actress (Gunfight at the OK Corral, East of Eden)
1928 - Bo Diddley, Rock 'n' roll pioneer
1928 - Jack Lord, (Hawaii 5-0)
1929 - Barbara Nichols
1931 - Skeeter Davis, in Dry Ridge Ky
1935 - Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher
1942 - Mike Nesmith, (Monkees)
1959 - Tracy Ullman
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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