Friday, November 7, 2008

Birthdays for November 8

Birthdays for November the 8th:
1656 - Sir Edmond Halley, astronomer, 1st to calculate a comet's orbit
1848 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician, logician, philosopher
1900 - Margaret Mitchell, (Gone With the Wind)
1909 - Katherine Hepburn, in Conn (African Queen, On Golden Pond)
1916 - Peter Weiss, German dramatist, novelist (Marat/Sade)
1922 - Dr. Christiaan Barnard, performed 1st human heart transplantation
1927 - Patti Page, in Claremont Oklahoma
1931 - Morley Safer, TV newscaster (60 Minutes)
1933 - Esther Rolle, in Pompano Florida (Good Times)
1936 - Edward G. Gibson, astronaut (Skylab 4)
1947 - Minnie Ripperton, in Chic
1949 - Bonnie Raitt, in LA, singer
1952 - Christie Hefner, daughter of Hugh Hefner
1954 - Rickie Lee Jones, in Chicago

No comments: