Maybe This Explains Why I'm a Star Trek Fan?
August 19 Birthdays:
1631 - John Dryden, 1st poet laureate of England (All for Love)
1871 - Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers)
1902 - Ogden Nash, Rye NY, humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself)
1903 - James Gould Cozzens, US, novelist (1949 Pulitzer-Guard of Honor)
1915 - Ring Lardner, jr, writer
1919 - Malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine)
1921 - Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek)
1931 - Willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)
1940 - Jill St John, [Oppenheim], LA Calif, actress (Diamonds are Forever)
1942 - Fred Thompson, senator (R-Tenn)/actor (In the Line of Fire)
1945 - Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor)
1946 - William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, 42nd US Pres (D, 1993-01)
1947 - Gerald McRaney, Collins Miss, actor (Simon and Simon, Major Dad)
1948 - Tipper Gore, wife of vice president Al Gore (1993-01)
1952 - Jonathan Frakes, actor (Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen)
1955 - Peter Gallagher, Armonk NY, actor (Player, Summer Lovers, Dreamchild)
1956 - Adam Arkin, Bkln, actor (Busting Loose, Pearl, Northern Exposure)
1960 - Ron Darling, Hawaii, baseball pitcher (NY Mets)
1963 - John Stamos, Cypress Calif, actor (General Hospital, Full House)
1965 - Kevin Dillon, NY, actor (Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon)
1965 - Kyra Sedgwick, actress (Phenomenon, Singles, Julia-Another World)
1969 - Christian Slater, NYC, actor (Legend of Billie Jean)
1969 - Matthew Perry, Williamstown Mass, actor (Sydney, Chandler-Friends)
2335 - William T Riker, Valdez Alaska, character on Star Trek Next Generation
Add the subject of my Masters' thesis, Harold Frederic (1865),
and ME (1967)!
I wonder if Bill Clinton is a Star Trek Fan?
posted by Mark Mossa, SJ at 10:58 PM
9 Comments:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! MISS YOU!
Happy Birthday! So... you watch SciFi Fridays? :)
Happy Birthday. You seem to be in good company!!
Hope it was a great day.
Happy Birthday! It explains a lot.
John Stamos too!
Maggie
As we said in Malawi:
Tsiku abadwa wabwino!
Yes, I watch scifi Fridays!
Thanks, everyone, for the Birthday wishes.
It's my birthday too. It's a pleasure sharing the day with you. Happy Birthday!
It's my birthdy too, yeah.
Da na na na na . . .
So, Peter, since you've been talking about feeling old, which one is this for you?
Somewhere between me and Bill? :)
Happy Birthday!
Mark
Oh we're actually quite close, Mark (I'm 39). But feeling old is as much a function of parenthood as it is about chronological age. It's sort of a shock to realize that if my daughter ever brings someone home who looked like I did in college, I'm buying a gun...:-)
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